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tugs wrote:Orlando doesn't have the leverage anymore. either play their headache of a player or get something of value.
so if the Lakers manage to get Dwight, what's the strategy for next year when he becomes an UFA?
iamworthy wrote:H00PDREAMS wrote:DHoward has been in LA all off season so far... Magic GM had to travel here to meet with him. Why isnt he home in ATL? I dunno those facts just speak volumes to me.
rehabing in Beverly Hills
KB24TBOTB wrote:Dwight is seriously turning into a prick day by day. I really don't want this dude anymore, he seems like he'll only ruin the team chemistry even more.
H00PDREAMS wrote:iamworthy wrote:H00PDREAMS wrote:DHoward has been in LA all off season so far... Magic GM had to travel here to meet with him. Why isnt he home in ATL? I dunno those facts just speak volumes to me.
rehabing in Beverly Hills
Um you can rehab anywhere why Beverly Hills. Its not the top Rehab place in the states. That would be Mayo Clinic which isnt in LA. He can rehab in ATL. Sorry not buying that excuse.
More on the Lakers Roll in all of this....
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:8124266
Dwight Howard will rehab his back in L.A. for next 3 weeks
7:52 p.m. EST, April 24, 2012|
By Josh Robbins, Orlando Sentinel
Dwight Howard will spend about the next three weeks in the Los Angeles area to rehabilitate his surgically repaired back and visit his surgeon for check-ups and will not attend Orlando Magic playoff games, both the team and Howard’s surgeon said Tuesday.
“Originally, his plan was, because he wanted to be around, is to go back and forth, but those are long flights back and forth, not particularly good for your back to begin with,” Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said, responding to questions about Howard’s status.
“Plus, [it’s] costing you a whole lot of time. You guys [in the media] know; you’ve done it. You’re basically wasting a day when you could be rehabbing. I think the agreement on all sides was that he’d be better off just staying out there and getting his rehab with the group that did his surgery and the whole thing.”
Howard’s California-based agent, Dan Fegan, and Howard's manager, Kevin Samples, did not comment. But a statement from Howard's primary surgeon, Robert Watkins Sr., was released early Tuesday night in which Watkins said he advised Howard to remain in California.
"I examined Dwight Howard on Saturday, April 21, 2012 and he showed significant improvement from his preoperative condition that necessitated mandatory spine surgery," Watkins said in the statement. "He was discharged from Marina Del Rey Hospital on Saturday afternoon and will be reexamined this week. I have advised Dwight not to travel and to undergo rehabilitation treatment for the next three weeks in Los Angeles. He has agreed with my recommendation. While it is anticipated that Dwight will not be able to participate in the Olympics, I am very optimistic that he will be able to play next season.”
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/201 ... agic-owner
H00PDREAMS wrote:Like they couldnt find a specialist in NYC, ATL, or CHI... Yeah suuuuure.
Anklebreaker702 wrote:KB24TBOTB wrote:Dwight is seriously turning into a prick day by day. I really don't want this dude anymore, he seems like he'll only ruin the team chemistry even more.
Turning in to? Man the only ones who still want him on the team is because they are just looking at the image of what they think he is instead of what he's showing himself to be.
H00PDREAMS wrote:I mean come on man. Why not Germany or Norway. Seattle where all the Olympians go? I mean if I was Howard I would pick Beverly Hills too if I was going to be in constant contact with my agent and Mitch.