Official Speculation & Free Agency Thread (Part IX)

chunnyboy · Post #21 » by **chunnyboy** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:03 am

zerp wrote:Orlando Magic still looking for a backup center:

-Curry
-Dalembert
-Dampier
-Elson
-Ely
-Fesenko
-Gadzuric
-Haddadi
-Mbenga
-Powel
-Ratliff
-Skinner
-Songalia
-E.Thomas

josh powell is dwight's boy right? could he be another force that allows him to stay?

chunnyboy · Post #22 » by **chunnyboy** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:18 am

so in additional news...

vanessa bryant just filed for divorce...

no wonder kobe's so pissed

trade request more likely now?

Nyce_1 · Post #23 » by **Nyce_1** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:20 am

this is part of why Dwight wants to go to NJ. When you have a GM & FO who thinks like this, can't help but feel confident they'll get the team with the right pieces. Big ups to Billy King for learning from his mistakes in Philly and being on the same page with his start player.

And after losing out on his top free agent targets and with the Dwight Howard trade in a holding pattern, King said he’s treasuring the flexibility he has salvaged.

“I didn’t want to get guys and just spend money because if it doesn’t work, that’s your roster. I’ve done that in the past and then once you get that, that’s where you are. So you want to be prudent,” said King, who reached out to free agents like Tyson Chandler, Nene and Caron Butler but ended up without a high-profile signing. “Very surprised (by the money free agents were commanding).

“But I think some people jumped out and did things that they felt was best for them. But I wanted to make sure we were very prudent in how we did it. And I’m confident with Deron and Brook and Anthony and we’ll add some more pieces – Shawne coming in, and we’ll get some other pieces – that we’ll add some more veteran guys that will help in other areas as well. We’ll get there. It just may not be opening day, but I think our fans shouldn’t panic because we didn’t get names, as we’re trying to build a team.”

The Nets still need to acquire a starting power forward and are in discussions to re-sign Kris Humphries, who King lauded for his versatility.

“We’re working on it. It’s something we’ll get there,” King said about the power forward hole. “It can be done via signings, trades, but it’ll be something we’ll look at and add to the few.”

christian72589 · Post #24 » by **christian72589** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:23 am

WHERE'S THE GAME THREAD??!!

Nemesis21 · Post #25 » by **Nemesis21** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:28 am

The Effect wrote:
damo[23] wrote:Lets hope its trading for someone good MTB!

All we can do is pray, unfortunately Tebow is probably too busy preparing for the Patriots to answer our prayers for the next few days

Even on an Orlando Magic forum, there is talk about Tebow. :banghead:

Nemesis21 · Post #26 » by **Nemesis21** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:28 am

christian72589 wrote:WHERE'S THE GAME THREAD??!!

jadewbj · Post #27 » by **jadewbj** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:29 am

http://m.espn.go.com/wireless/story?storyId=7359919
Have to agree as a small market team you need to build through youth and the draft. Its the only option.

chunnyboy · Post #28 » by **chunnyboy** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:39 am

hahaha kobe had no prenup

he's gonna lose close to $200 mil

Post #29 » by **ChosenSavior** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 12:44 am

Nemesis21 wrote:
christian72589 wrote:WHERE'S THE GAME THREAD??!!

OrlandO · Post #30 » by **OrlandO** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:05 am

Kyrie Irving didn't get the start tonight? SMH...

cb1115 · Post #31 » by **cb1115** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:10 am

WindhorstESPN Brian Windhorst
About to go up on ESPN.com, Baron Davis has cleared amnesty waivers and is free to sign with any team.

Sign Baron and trade for S-Jax! Orlando Warriors FTW!

JF5 · Post #32 » by **JF5** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:11 am

cb1115 wrote:
WindhorstESPN Brian Windhorst
About to go up on ESPN.com, Baron Davis has cleared amnesty waivers and is free to sign with any team.

Sign Baron and trade for S-Jax! Orlando Warriors FTW!

Baron Davis has a herniated disk... You know that right?

Nemesis21 · Post #33 » by **Nemesis21** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:11 am

cb1115 wrote:
WindhorstESPN Brian Windhorst
About to go up on ESPN.com, Baron Davis has cleared amnesty waivers and is free to sign with any team.

Sign Baron and trade for S-Jax! Orlando Warriors FTW!

Baron wants to go to the Knicks.

Post #34 » by **Def Swami** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:14 am

B.Diddy is out 8-10 weeks. I don't know if he gets picked up.

MiracleBZop · Post #35 » by **MiracleBZop** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:15 am

Yay we made it to thread 9! But where did DJ go?

OrlandO · Post #36 » by **OrlandO** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:16 am

I bet the injury isn't as bad as they made it sound... just enough to clear the waivers, so he can choose his own team. This system is so broken.

JF5 · Post #37 » by **JF5** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:19 am

OrlandO wrote:I bet the injury isn't as bad as they made it sound... just enough to clear the waivers, so he can choose his own team. This system is so broken.

The Cavs were going to waive him anyway healthy or not.

rcklsscognition · Post #38 » by **rcklsscognition** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:21 am

JF5 wrote:
OrlandO wrote:I bet the injury isn't as bad as they made it sound... just enough to clear the waivers, so he can choose his own team. This system is so broken.

The Cavs were going to waive him anyway healthy or not.

Some rumors that he will be out 2 weeks and was overstating the injury so he cleared waivers.

OrlandO · Post #39 » by **OrlandO** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:23 am

JF5 wrote:
OrlandO wrote:I bet the injury isn't as bad as they made it sound... just enough to clear the waivers, so he can choose his own team. This system is so broken.

The Cavs were going to waive him anyway healthy or not.

Not sure what that has to do with clearing the waivers...

jadewbj · Post #40 » by **jadewbj** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:51 am

Going to the practice tomorrow and hoping that the cheering fans completely drown out any idiots booing.