2012 Non-Nets NBA Game Thread

N Ireland Nets · Post #601 » by **N Ireland Nets** » Thu Apr 5, 2012 9:28 pm

NyCeEvO wrote:There's video!! http://www.nba.com/magic/video/2012/04/ ... index.html

That is the single greatest video I've seen in the NBA. I've never seen a person be so confident and giddy with fun at the start putting his arm around SVG untill he left and Howard realised what just happened :lol:

POOF goes the loveable character, his entire fun persona has been destroyed. It's all out in the open now Dwight, deal with it bro, dont hide and deny everything.

Best interview ive seen in a long time.

On a side note, id take SVG as coach in an instant

Post #602 » by **NyCeEvO** » Thu Apr 5, 2012 9:32 pm

Has it ever been more apparent that Dwight and D-Will are two of the biggest prima donas in the league?

Deron sulks for 80% of the season, G-Wallace comes in and is instantly liked and looked up to by the younger guys.

Dwight has fractured his team completely. The Indecision and now THIS.

They're a perfect match for each other. And yet they'd still need a leader smh...

N Ireland Nets · Post #603 » by **N Ireland Nets** » Thu Apr 5, 2012 10:06 pm

Another thing to note, this could completely rip apart the entire franchise which is already starting to fall apart internally with reports of the majority of players picking SVG to side with (reports on twitter).

This could lead to Howard being traded in the summer after this season goes down like a fart in a space suit for the Magic.

As much as I dislike the guy and think he is a completely different person than he leads the public to believe in front of the camera's, the Nets are still going to have a go at getting Howard somehow this summer.

Like I said before though, SVG would be a hell of a coach to have to teach Lopez how to grow a set of balls, rebound and play some d, basically how to be a proper big man.

Great to watch the implosion though lol

therealbig3 · Post #604 » by **therealbig3** » Thu Apr 5, 2012 10:11 pm

We can't trade for Howard in the summer though, unless we do some complicated maneuvering with Lopez.

If we sign and trade Lopez for say draft picks, can we then flip those picks for Howard in a trade? Like, can we trade them as soon as we acquire them?

Because that would be the only way I see a possible Howard trade happening on draft night.

Post #605 » by **NyCeEvO** » Thu Apr 5, 2012 10:16 pm

therealbig3 wrote:We can't trade for Howard in the summer though, unless we do some complicated maneuvering with Lopez.

If we sign and trade Lopez for say draft picks, can we then flip those picks for Howard in a trade? Like, can we trade them as soon as we acquire them?

Because that would be the only way I see a possible Howard trade happening on draft night.

Can't happen on draft night, but if we wanted to S&T Lopez w/Brooks and picks for Dwight to them and they were willing to listen, there could be a deal.

Lopez's new contract will be much cheaper than what it should have been considering his injuries this season. The Magic wouldn't have to pay much to get him and at this point, the amount of damage that has been done over the past few weeks, this might be the first time where the Magic seriously entertain trading Dwight.

From a basketball perspective, I might be happy but boy would we have some emotional dudes on the team. I'd probably respect G-Wallace the most out of all of them.

Shark · Post #606 » by **Shark** » Fri Apr 6, 2012 12:34 am

Great to see this situation finally blow up in Howard's face.

vincecarter4pres · Post #607 » by **vincecarter4pres** » Fri Apr 6, 2012 12:54 am

jeff1624 wrote:Sooo Durant... with a turnovers and a terrible three point shot with 15 seconds left. MVP!

Ronito · Post #608 » by **Ronito** » Fri Apr 6, 2012 4:03 am

I'm disappointed in Dwight for wanting SVG out. Does he think he's better off without him? SVG made him into a monster, and now he's calling for his head (for over two years). I'm glad SVG did what he did, too, he isn't going down like he did last time. Last point: Dwight says he doesn't want to be like Shaq, yet both of them called for SVG's firing...

I saw someone tweet something like this: If he's anything like picking coaches as he picking players, the Magic will probably hire Vinny Del Negro :rofl:

Ronito · Post #609 » by **Ronito** » Fri Apr 6, 2012 4:08 am

N Ireland Nets wrote:Another thing to note, this could completely rip apart the entire franchise which is already starting to fall apart internally with reports of the majority of players picking SVG to side with (reports on twitter).

This could lead to Howard being traded in the summer after this season goes down like a fart in a space suit for the Magic.

As much as I dislike the guy and think he is a completely different person than he leads the public to believe in front of the camera's, the Nets are still going to have a go at getting Howard somehow this summer.

Like I said before though, SVG would be a hell of a coach to have to teach Lopez how to grow a set of balls, rebound and play some d, basically how to be a proper big man.

Great to watch the implosion though lol

Nets will try for sure, but I'm not betting the Magic trade him. The ownership is going through all this because they desperately want to keep him; the firing of SVG is Dwight's call and clearly, the only reason he opted in was because ownership promised him to make whatever changes he wanted.

NyCeEvO wrote:Has it ever been more apparent that Dwight and D-Will are two of the biggest prima donas in the league?

Deron sulks for 80% of the season, G-Wallace comes in and is instantly liked and looked up to by the younger guys.

Dwight has fractured his team completely. The Indecision and now THIS.

They're a perfect match for each other. And yet they'd still need a leader smh...

I gotta think Dwight's become the most hated player in the league now. This is way worse than LeBron's garbage; the Indecision is still airing, too :wink:

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Shameer1016 · Post #610 » by **Shameer1016** » Fri Apr 6, 2012 2:31 pm

I think the media is hurting the Magics more than anything else. The Nets on the other hand shot themselves in each leg prior to the season.

Post #611 » by **NyCeEvO** » Sat Apr 7, 2012 3:04 am

Down go the Mavs!!!

jeff1624 · Post #612 » by **jeff1624** » Sat Apr 7, 2012 3:49 am

Let's go Rockets!

Courtney Lee still sucks though.

EDIT:Just realized that Ben Uzoh started for the raptors and played 34 minutes...

vincecarter4pres · Post #613 » by **vincecarter4pres** » Sat Apr 7, 2012 5:50 am

So I didn't realize how close Milwaukee still is from relegating the Knix to a failure of epic proportions.

jeff1624 · Post #614 » by **jeff1624** » Sat Apr 7, 2012 5:58 am

vincecarter4pres wrote:So I didn't realize how close Milwaukee still is from relegating the Knix to a failure of epic proportions.

That has never left my radar. I'm biding my time waiting for it to happen. If it does it's gonna be a REALLY fun offseason here on RealGM.

Ronito · Post #615 » by **Ronito** » Sat Apr 7, 2012 6:32 am

I'd like to thank Andrew Bynum for his services tonight. Won me quite a bit of $$$.

therealbig3 · Post #616 » by **therealbig3** » Sat Apr 7, 2012 12:08 pm

And the Bucks would only be half a game back if the Magic weren't such **** ups...

Same as jeff, I've been biding my time, I REALLY want them to miss the playoffs after all the ridiculous talk of them possibly making the conference finals...

jeff1624 · Post #617 » by **jeff1624** » Sat Apr 7, 2012 12:26 pm

Ronito wrote:I'd like to thank Andrew Bynum for his services tonight. Won me quite a bit of $$$.

You live in Vegas?

vincecarter4pres · Post #618 » by **vincecarter4pres** » Sat Apr 7, 2012 3:31 pm

jeff1624 wrote:
Ronito wrote:I'd like to thank Andrew Bynum for his services tonight. Won me quite a bit of $$$.

You live in Vegas?

Pretty sure it's mid Cali.

I was assuming online or a bookie.

Ronito · Post #619 » by **Ronito** » Sat Apr 7, 2012 9:38 pm

jeff1624 wrote:
Ronito wrote:I'd like to thank Andrew Bynum for his services tonight. Won me quite a bit of $$$.

You live in Vegas?

I live in Southern California but my brother is in Nevada with some friends. So I gave him some money to put on games for me while he's there.

http://twitter.com/R0nito/status/188741167062593536

jeff1624 · Post #620 » by **jeff1624** » Sat Apr 7, 2012 10:39 pm

Damn it.. I'm dying to place a couple of bets. I use to do it all the time when I lived in DR.