Official Speculation Thread (Pt XIX: Trade Deadline cont.)

[arsenal6106]

And we have a big game tonight in 3 hours!

[rj2496]

Now, lets us focus on Moving JRich, BBD and Duhon.

So far, I hear JRich to Minny for Beasely. I like Beasley being I followed him in Miami for the 3 years he was there. He started at both PF and SF depending on the lineups. More PF in Miami. But, he played SF in Minny. He would be a nice player for the playoffs being he is an expiring and can put up points. Tall dude at 6'10" about 225 as I didn't look him up yet.

Need to Move BBD, Duhon and a future 1st for an expiring bag o chips and a beer asap.

Latest rumor is Beasley to the Lakers, so I think you might scratch that.

[Optimus_Steel]

Von is not like us. I dont ask people where I can find cheerleading shoes.

[BadMofoPimp]

And we have a big game tonight in 3 hours!

This news is the perfect boost this team needs to overtake the 4th best record in the league. Make it happen Magic!

[iTs JusT zo]

do we trade dwight before tomorrow if he does not sign the paper?

[toquito]

At this rate we'll be at pg. 100 within the next 30-45min... I'll have Part 20 up immediately when we do

Superman Returns?

At this rate we'll be at pg. 100 within the next 30-45min... I'll have Part 20 up immediately when we do

Bring it home!

HOORAH!

Let's do this!

I called 20 threads in like thread 13. Should i not get a cookie?

[ADRajX]

And we have a big game tonight in 3 hours!

another distracting night for us fans

[Darth Magic]

von wafer ‏ @vonwafer13

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thursday 3pm please please just get here

Yep he's one of us! This confirms it.

[jadewbj]

What timE will the press start talking to players/personel before todays game. I need closure.

[jezzer45]

dang we need to sign ryno and redick at the end of the year. really need to lose duhon,jrich,hedo, bbd asap.

[Viper1500]

do we trade dwight before tomorrow if he does not sign the paper?

After all this media light about him opting in his final year and that not being enough for him to do so, yes. It would be obvious what his true decision is

[BadMofoPimp]

Now, lets us focus on Moving JRich, BBD and Duhon.

So far, I hear JRich to Minny for Beasely. I like Beasley being I followed him in Miami for the 3 years he was there. He started at both PF and SF depending on the lineups. More PF in Miami. But, he played SF in Minny. He would be a nice player for the playoffs being he is an expiring and can put up points. Tall dude at 6'10" about 225 as I didn't look him up yet.

Need to Move BBD, Duhon and a future 1st for an expiring bag o chips and a beer asap.

Latest rumor is Beasley to the Lakers, so I think you might scratch that.

Depends on the Rumor. If it came from ESPN, Twitter or any other media outlet, it is most likely false.

What I saw was JRich not at the arena last night. That to me means something is up.

[OrlandO]

Baffles me that Wafer still uses "too" when he really means "to"
Kids don't even make that mistake... maybe the other way around.

[carter388]

anyone that has doubts that dwight wont sign, just take a deep breath he will. its in the works.

[Nolimit1211]

Today is the biggest tease in Magic history!!!!

[magicman123]

Von is not like us. I dont ask people where I can find cheerleading shoes.

no sht.........i already know where to get them

[pakishazi]

Magic want it in writing; will Dwight oblige?

By Ken Berger | NBA Insider

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There are conflicting accounts of what Dwight Howard said during a players' meeting in San Antonio Wednesday, but a person with knowledge of the conversation told CBSSports.com that the All-Star center told a Magic official outside of that meeting he will not opt out of his contract for next season.

Some players in the meeting, which Howard called after a hotel walk-through to prepare for Wednesday night's game against the Spurs, came out of the room believing Howard indicated he was "all in" for the rest of the season, multiple sources said. Other players have told associates they interpreted Howard's stance to mean he was opting in for next season.

"It's like a game of telephone," one person briefed on the players' meeting said.

But Howard has in his possession a waiver of his early-termination option for next season, which he indicated to a high-level management figure Wednesday that he would sign. The Magic, fearful of Howard's indecision over his future, also want to require Howard's agent, Dan Fegan, to sign the document.

The requirement to get a commitment from Howard in writing that he won't become a free agent if the Magic keep him beyond Thursday's 3 p.m. ET deadline essentially would be unprecedented. As a matter of business, agents are not required to sign any documents related to player contracts, player options or early-termination options. The only document they sign is an affidavit associated with their representation agreement that stipulates there will be no side deals.

Chris Paul was traded to the Clippers in December with the understanding that he would not exercise his player option for 2012-13 as part of the trade. The player option was exercised as part of the three-team deal that sent him from New Orleans to the Clippers.

Whether Howard will take the additional step of signing the ETO waiver -- and, more to the point, wheher Fegan will agree to such a departure from protocol -- will provide the next dramatic turn of events in the Howard saga.

On Tuesday night, after leading the Magic to a 104-98 victory over the Heat in his final home game before the trade deadline, Howard infuriated some Magic officials when he put all the onus on them heading into Thursday. Howard told reporters that he's "going to stay" with the team for the rest of the season and that the Magic needed to "roll the dice" on whether he'd return beyond that.

Magic officials were so concerned about how many times Howard has changed his story about wanting to stay or leave Orlando as a free agent this summer that they went to San Antonio armed with the ETO waiver for Howard to sign. It's not a league requirement or league protocol, but rather what the Magic feel they need to protect their interests if they decide not to trade Howard by Thursday.

On the one hand, you can't blame them. This is big business, and Howard is a prized asset that the franchise can't afford to lose for nothing the way the Magic lost Shaquille O'Neal to the Lakers as a free agent in 1996. On the other, if the Magic need Howard's signature on a legal document as proof that he won't abandon them or go back on his word, that says everything you need to know about where the two sides stand.

[Last Guardian]

So the only people that will end up hating Dwight is Nets fans. So about 4 people.

Last night after the game, it seemed that most of Magic Nation hated Dwight. But, today we love him. . .

Only a few were crazy bashing him. Most just wanted to see the Magic not get screwed...again. Opting in changes everything...Magic can't get screwed really. He could technically still leave for nothing in 2013, but we'll have so much cap room that it should be easy to convince him to stay.

[Idunkonyou2]

dang we need to sign ryno and redick at the end of the year. really need to lose duhon,jrich,hedo, bbd asap.

Very true. If we could some how trade off Hedo, JRich, Davis, Duhon and QRich, we would have a ton of cap room for the 2013 season with Redick, Howard and Anderson on the books. We could probably even resign Nelson for cheap.

[Driguez]

I'm dying for a cig, picked the wrong damn time to quit! :?