Official Speculation Thread (Pt. XXXII Off-Season Edition)

woosah · Post #21 » by **woosah** » Thu Jul 5, 2012 4:53 pm

OrlandO wrote:OP you missed a perfect opportunity to use a picture of Otis Smith for thread 32.

no mumbling in this thread please.

:lol:

MagicTownBaller · Post #22 » by **MagicTownBaller** » Thu Jul 5, 2012 4:53 pm

Just so everyone knows, that's not a real SAS quote. I made it up to make it sound like him. Every time they bring up Dwight Howard on ESPN, that's always what he says.

NEM · Post #23 » by **NEM** » Thu Jul 5, 2012 4:53 pm

woosah wrote:
MagicTownBaller wrote:Stephen A. Smith: "Well, Dwight Howard ya see. He wants to go to Brooklyn. He doesn't want to be in Orlando, he certainly doesn't want to go to the Houston Rockets, and he doesn't want to go to the Lakers. He wants to be with Deron Williams in Brooklyn. If he wanted to be in Houston, they would have traded him there at the deadline last season, but Dwight opted in to his contract so he wouldn't have to go the Rockets, because he wants to be in Brooklyn.

Yet, if he opted out he could have been in Brooklyn. He is trying to say Dwight knew they would trade for JJohnson and wanted to force his way into a so called "big3"? Or was that a joke?

who cares what he said/meant, SAS is a talking head that no one QUITE FRANKLY cares about... pun fully intended

Idunkonyou2 · Post #24 » by **Idunkonyou2** » Thu Jul 5, 2012 4:54 pm

So if the Lakers are serious about not moving Bynum or Gasol, which I believe, where could Howard go to next? The Mavs with old timers like Dirk or Kidd, the Hawks, who were never on his list? Seriously. The guy is running out of option. He may just want to write an apology letter to the organization, fans, city and sign an agreement to sign a 5 year, 120 million deal with Orlando once the season ends. That would be his best play because that commits him to the team and this gives Rob a chance to clear more space and get some cap room to start targeting FAs in 2013.

ThatFloridaDude · Post #25 » by **ThatFloridaDude** » Thu Jul 5, 2012 4:55 pm

NEM wrote:
woosah wrote:
MagicTownBaller wrote:Stephen A. Smith: "Well, Dwight Howard ya see. He wants to go to Brooklyn. He doesn't want to be in Orlando, he certainly doesn't want to go to the Houston Rockets, and he doesn't want to go to the Lakers. He wants to be with Deron Williams in Brooklyn. If he wanted to be in Houston, they would have traded him there at the deadline last season, but Dwight opted in to his contract so he wouldn't have to go the Rockets, because he wants to be in Brooklyn.

Yet, if he opted out he could have been in Brooklyn. He is trying to say Dwight knew they would trade for JJohnson and wanted to force his way into a so called "big3"? Or was that a joke?

who cares what he said/meant, SAS is a talking head that no one QUITE FRANKLY cares about... pun fully intended

He's better than majorite of those trash reporters on ESPn

TDJacksonville · Post #26 » by **TDJacksonville** » Thu Jul 5, 2012 4:56 pm

Breaking. Dwight traded to Montepaschi Siena for 10,000 Basketballs.

Just Kidding

NEM · Post #27 » by **NEM** » Thu Jul 5, 2012 4:56 pm

ThatFloridaDude wrote:
NEM wrote:
woosah wrote:
Yet, if he opted out he could have been in Brooklyn. He is trying to say Dwight knew they would trade for JJohnson and wanted to force his way into a so called "big3"? Or was that a joke?

who cares what he said/meant, SAS is a talking head that no one QUITE FRANKLY cares about... pun fully intended

He's better than majorite of those trash reporters on ESPn

all the same garbage. they all come from the same "reporter" tree that espn is growing in its' backyard... the one where they live by "the holy lebron"

NEM · Post #28 » by **NEM** » Thu Jul 5, 2012 4:57 pm

TDJacksonville wrote:Breaking. Dwight traded to Montepaschi Siena for 10,000 Basketballs.

Just Kidding

i thought you were serious... its better than the nets offer

RickB-Orlando · Post #29 » by **RickB-Orlando** » Thu Jul 5, 2012 4:57 pm

Zmill wrote:
Idunkonyou2 wrote:By the way, the Lakers are now saying they don't intend to trade Bynum or Gasol now that Nash is on the roster. Where to next Howard?

they also said they wouldn't be making any big moves this offseason

i dont think theyre out of it for howard until he is actually gone, it just makes too much sense for both teams

Yup. Posturing, nothing more.

Idunkonyou2 · Post #30 » by **Idunkonyou2** » Thu Jul 5, 2012 4:58 pm

NEM wrote:all the same garbage. they all come from the same "reporter" tree that espn is growing in its' backyard... the one where they live by "the holy lebron"

Exactly. When you hear the word "sources" from ESPN, it is SAS who is stating his opinion.

mattyBoi · Post #31 » by **mattyBoi** » Thu Jul 5, 2012 4:58 pm

Is anyone else not impressed by what Rob has done so far?

gp123 · Post #32 » by **gp123** » Thu Jul 5, 2012 4:58 pm

ThatFloridaDude wrote:
He's better than majorite of those trash reporters on ESPn

If by better you mean 10 times worst, then yes.

TDJacksonville · Post #33 » by **TDJacksonville** » Thu Jul 5, 2012 4:59 pm

NEM wrote:
TDJacksonville wrote:Breaking. Dwight traded to Montepaschi Siena for 10,000 Basketballs.

Just Kidding

i thought you were serious... its better than the nets offer

wish i was serious. we need to get rid of the Cry baby coward

NEM · Post #34 » by **NEM** » Thu Jul 5, 2012 5:00 pm

mattyBoi wrote:Is anyone else not impressed by what Rob has done so far?

give the dude an entire off-season and probably some more time before you judge him lol... this takes time... jameer's contract is not bad, especially if the 3rd year is a TO

mhectorgato · Post #35 » by **mhectorgato** » Thu Jul 5, 2012 5:00 pm

mattyBoi wrote:Is anyone else not impressed by what Rob has done so far?

All depends on your expectations.

What did you expect him have accomplished at this point into his 2 week tenure?

woosah · Post #36 » by **woosah** » Thu Jul 5, 2012 5:00 pm

mattyBoi wrote:Is anyone else not impressed by what Rob has done so far?

No opinion yet. What did you expect by now?

NEM · Post #37 » by **NEM** » Thu Jul 5, 2012 5:00 pm

i guess everyone stopped posting in the super-cool 105 page thread :/

arsenal6106 · Post #38 » by **arsenal6106** » Thu Jul 5, 2012 5:01 pm

woosah wrote:
mattyBoi wrote:Is anyone else not impressed by what Rob has done so far?

No opinion yet. What did you expect by now?

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MagicTownBaller · Post #39 » by **MagicTownBaller** » Thu Jul 5, 2012 5:02 pm

mattyBoi wrote:Is anyone else not impressed by what Rob has done so far?

I'm going to give him more time, but yeah. So far, I'm not really impressed. I see that Danny Ferry takes over the Hawks and they made some big trades right away, getting rid of their two worst contracts.

Idunkonyou2 · Post #40 » by **Idunkonyou2** » Thu Jul 5, 2012 5:02 pm

mattyBoi wrote:Is anyone else not impressed by what Rob has done so far?

There isn't much he can do. We have no cap space. Our assets suck. He resigned Nelson, which to me was more of a force than a good resigning because we only had Duhon at PG. His next moves need to be sign a coach, let Anderson walk and don't sign any one else to a long term deal.

He will have more options in the summer of 2013 or right before the trade deadline.