Dwight Howard traded to the Lakers

[stevsta]

I really cant see a team trading for howard if he wont sign an extension and they have to take on some of the magics inflated contracts

something is going to have to give

[Argath]

The Magic have royally fucked theselves


I don't understand why they don't just unload his ass for a couple 1st round picks and try dump as many bad contracts as possible even if it's only 1 or 2 contracts. Anything has to be better than the limbo they're in now. If they keep dwight for half the year or more, they're just fucking themselves out of a top pick. They're not going to win a championship with Howard next year, just swallow your pride and let the fucker go.


A top pick next year means a chance at Nerlens Noel(whatever his name is), Cody Zeller, Isiah Austin (Dwights replacement?) or Shabazz Muhammad

[MattD56]

nerlens has barely any offensive game..he's a less refined version of anthony davis

zeller might be pretty good.....

isiah plays a little too much like a guard and isn't strong inside..he needs to work on that but he has alot of potential

shabazz might be the best bet out of the 4

though who knows what the picture will exactly look like after a year of college basketball?

i doubt orlando would get the top pick(too much chance involved and such) but if they can clear some bugs, i think they can be viable for a top 3,top 5 pick

[Argath]

nerlens has barely any offensive game..he's a less refined version of anthony davis

zeller might be pretty good.....

isiah plays a little too much like a guard and isn't strong inside..he needs to work on that but he has alot of potential

shabazz might be the best bet out of the 4

though who knows what the picture will exactly look like after a year of college basketball?

i doubt orlando would get the top pick(too much chance involved and such) but if they can clear some bugs, i think they can be viable for a top 3,top 5 pick

Any one of those players is going to be better than what they'll get with the 20th pick if they keep dwight plus they'll still be stuck with all those contracts. Not really seeing any logic in the magic holding out till next year unless there's some plan in place with NJ

[MattD56]

Any one of those players is going to be better than what they'll get with the 20th pick if they keep dwight plus they'll still be stuck with all those contracts. Not really seeing any logic in the magic holding out till next year unless there's some plan in place with NJ

i never said the magic holding out is a good thing(which i hope/assume you understand)

what i'm saying is that i'm not so sure there will be a strong #1 pick this year, as compared to guys like irving,griffin,rose,james,howard,etc.

and even if there is, there's no guarantee the magic will get it...

so,while i see your point and i agree with it, the whole pick thing is very much up in the air, which does mean contrastingly that i could be proven wrong and one of those guys listed could end up being really nba ready and could fall to the magic in the event that the magic would trade(which wont happen at this point)

and as for the 20th pick thing, most likely the top 5 will be better, but it's not a guarantee..

again, i see your point, just pointing out the crop for the draft next year might not be as strong...

[Chrispy]

He may be doing everything wrong right now but the girl he had a baby with

 

I think i ed like 5 times creating this post.

[ralaw]

I think i ed like 5 times creating this post.

Pulling chicks like that is easy when you're a sports superstar. Howard is starting to have a few baby mammas. I remember when he came into the league he use to try to speak about his wholesome Christian values............LOL. However, I can't fault him, because if a chick looking like her comes a calling I don't see how you could pass that up....

[Argath]

Per ESPN Rumors

Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski reports that there is yet one more possible trade scenario in the ongoing Dwight Howard saga.
"There are multiple moving parts in the fluid talks," Wojo noted, "but the framework of a possible deal includes Howard and Denver forward Al Harringtongoing to the Lakers, Philadelphia guard Andre Iguodala going to the Nuggets, Los Angeles center Andrew Bynum moving to the 76ers, and Los Angeles forward Pau Gasol and Denver guard Arron Afflalo going to the Magic, sources told Yahoo! Sports."
He added that a deal is not imminent, but talks have heated up this week. This deal would take care of some issues that have caused the Magic to stop short of pulling the trigger on a trade before. They would get draft picks, salary-cap relief and Gasol, rather than a one-year rental of Andrew Bynum. However, Wojnarowski noted that the final destination for both Gasol and Bynum remain fluid.
Because all teams involved in this rumored trade would actually get valuable pieces that make sense to their rosters, this may actually have some teeth to it. Stay tuned.

[Chrispy]

I'll believe it when it is official, hopefully they get it done so we can be over with this.

[stevsta]

Im not really liking that trade

giving up gasol and bynum for al harrington and dwight howard.....

I thought the point was to improve not just change faces

[Warner2BruceTD]

He may be doing everything wrong right now but the girl he had a baby with

 

I think i ed like 5 times creating this post.

This reminds me of the new 'Nigerian Scam' I heard about from Chris Rock when he came on Howard Stern.

He says what they do, is target wealthy black men. They'll be eating in a restaurant or checking into a hotel or whatever, and a really hot (like, beyond hot) white woman will approach them as a fan. She'll talk him into coming back to her room, fucks him, and never talks to him again...until like 10 months later, when she drops that bomb that she had his baby, and wants child support. If they are married, which is what they specifically target and prefer, she also embezzles them in exchange for not going to the tabloids.

What really happens, is the Nigerian scam artist knocks up the slut, so when she pops out the zebra baby, the celeb falls for it. Even if the celeb is skeptical, if he's married and wants to keep it quiet, he won't fight it. Then the slut & the Nigerian split the cash.

Rock says he got baited into the scam, but he made the tough decision to fight it, admitted the one night stand to his wife, and took a paternity test. Ouch.

Rock went on to say that he personally knew of at least two or three famous black men who were currently being embezzled with this scam or something similar.

[Villain]

Im not really liking that trade

giving up gasol and bynum for al harrington and dwight howard.....

I thought the point was to improve not just change faces

I fucking hate that guy.

[Chrispy]

WojYahooNBA
Orlando's Jason Richardson has been significant name in 4-way talks too, sources tell Y! There's a scenario where he goes with Howard to LA.

[ralaw]

Im not really liking that trade

giving up gasol and bynum for al harrington and dwight howard.....

I thought the point was to improve not just change faces

I agree.....the Lakers better not make that trade or I will be pissed. I don't see how that trade improves the team...........I'd rather them just stick with the roster the way it is.

[Argath]

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