BadMofoPimp wrote:IGotDaMagicInMe wrote:So. . .how may people here think Dwight actually already knows what he's going to do and how many people think he has no clue what he wants?
I think Dwight does not know which way he prefers to go.
I think he decided to leave earlier in the season. He could be 50/50 at times or even now but when offseason rolls around, he will see Dallas with Dirk and Deron, or NY with Deron and pick 1. In the offseason, it's all agent talk and big market hype in his ears. The Magic would have to go to a competitive ECF at the least for Dwight to keep thinking about staying home in another lasting way. Who knows, we may seed up with lucky match ups and we may also just see our team hit another level after Mar. 15th if Dwight's still here because now he's locked in until summer after playoffs and the team knows it, he knows it, and they step up around him even more.
Is it fair the Magic have to step up in these playoffs specifically to show Dwight we are still title contenders? I don't think so when I look at players like Dirk, Pierce who stayed forever and still won titles in their later primes. Kobe and MJ also took lumps at points in their careers. LBJ is taking lumps now still.
That's why I think demoting/firing Otis and getting a new GM is the best move now. We need a GM who will sell Dwight on an Orlando future. The most obvious plan is to get cap space, we can get plenty, I think max space, in 1-2 seasons, with no complicated maneuvers either. What's wrong with fighting for 1st-5th in East/League while getting max cap space soon? There are some obvious stars who'd dramatically improve us even more. They're not CP3, but for how good our team role players and team offense system is, they are the kind of stars who'd help put Dwight over the top as the next guy who did it on his own. One title in Orlando equals two or more in those big markets, and I think Dwight might know that too as one of his Orlando-side reasons. It's a pretty damn big reason.