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

Blue_and_Whte · Post #321 » by **Blue_and_Whte** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:40 pm

ThatFloridaDude wrote:What could Houston possibly do to convince him to stay in Houston though? Why would they be so willing to take that risk?

Bynum makes sense. Dwight to la, bynum to Houston, picks, rooks, expirings to Orlando.

ThatFloridaDude · Post #322 » by **ThatFloridaDude** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:42 pm

rcklsscognition wrote:
ThatFloridaDude wrote:What could Houston possibly do to convince him to stay in Houston though? Why would they be so willing to take that risk?

The thought is they are stuck in mediocrity. They make a move this year to take a shot at it, try to convince him to stay, and if it fails, they've got 20 mil in capspace and can rebuild next year. They could always trade him this year at the deadline I think too. If things weren't working out.

Essentially a win win for Houston then either way? Well Houston has nothing to lose and I'd assume they'd be the aggressor in pursuing Howard right now.

AdamTheGreek · Post #323 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:42 pm

TheXFactor wrote:
MagicTownBaller wrote:So, is this Chad Evans legit or what?

No, he has been exposed before.

Several times. Stop posting his garbage tweets in here. They hold no weight.

Post #324 » by **Def Swami** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:43 pm

ThatFloridaDude wrote:
rcklsscognition wrote:
ThatFloridaDude wrote:What could Houston possibly do to convince him to stay in Houston though? Why would they be so willing to take that risk?

The thought is they are stuck in mediocrity. They make a move this year to take a shot at it, try to convince him to stay, and if it fails, they've got 20 mil in capspace and can rebuild next year. They could always trade him this year at the deadline I think too. If things weren't working out.

Essentially a win win for Houston then either way? Well Houston has nothing to lose and I'd assume they'd be the aggressor in pursuing Howard right now.

And, I'm not sure about this, but they'd make a play for Monta and/or Iggy and/or J-Smoove to convince D12 to stay.

rcklsscognition · Post #325 » by **rcklsscognition** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:45 pm

VGOSWAMI wrote:And, I'm not sure about this, but they'd make a play for Monta and/or Iggy and/or J-Smoove to convince D12 to stay.

If Houston could take J-Rich, Hedo, Duhon, Dwight and still make enough room next season to get Ellis, they'd be in the same situation as the Magic, but wouldn't be the Magic, which by all reports, is where Dwight doesn't want to be. I have always kept the Hakeem perspective in this. The Rockets want the next Hakeem and they want it to be Dwight, turn him into the offensive go-to guy he never was.

Post #326 » by **SOUL** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:46 pm

I could be correct in my "sources" if I repeated what Woj, rumors, and things that made obvious sense. It's really, really not hard.

RickB-Orlando · Post #327 » by **RickB-Orlando** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:48 pm

Orlando Tragic wrote:
Nyce_1 wrote:FWIW:

Chad Evans @ChadEvansNBA
Source confirms #Rockets willing to amnesty Scola if they can come to a trade agreement with #Magic

Chad Evans @ChadEvansNBA
Source believes the #Magic are hoping to get both Bynuma nd Gasol from LA. #Lakers aren't budging (yet?)

Chad Evans @ChadEvansNBA
#Rockets will take Hedo, Duhon, and J-Rich from the Magic if they can come to an agreement

Chad Evans @ChadEvansNBA
Source believes DeVos is still in "win now" mode which is slowing up this trade process

Is this guy legit? Who is he?

Regardless of legitimacy or not, there would be some irony to Dwight getting to spend next season in Houstonw ith Turk, JRich and Duhon as his veteran teammates.

BelgianMagic · Post #328 » by **BelgianMagic** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:49 pm

Alex Kennedy ‏@AlexKennedyNBA
Source confirms that Magic brass tried persuading Dwight Howard to drop his trade request and stay in Orlando. Howard has no interest.

Alex Kennedy ‏@AlexKennedyNBA
The relationship between Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic is irreparable.

Ahmadab · Post #329 » by **Ahmadab** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:50 pm

Blake Griffin hurt his knee, will miss Olympics, they will call up Anthony Davis

Fred Katz ‏@FredKatz
RT @SherwoodStrauss: I picture Team USA summoning Anthony Davis with a brow signal in the night sky

Made me lol :lol:

Post #330 » by **SOUL** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:51 pm

Prime example, Alex Kennedy's sources confirming always happens hours later when it could be on **** nba.com.

T-Rob · Post #331 » by **T-Rob** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:51 pm

Post #332 » by **Def Swami** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:52 pm

rcklsscognition wrote:
VGOSWAMI wrote:And, I'm not sure about this, but they'd make a play for Monta and/or Iggy and/or J-Smoove to convince D12 to stay.

If Houston could take J-Rich, Hedo, Duhon, Dwight and still make enough room next season to get Ellis, they'd be in the same situation as the Magic, but wouldn't be the Magic, which by all reports, is where Dwight doesn't want to be. I have always kept the Hakeem perspective in this. The Rockets want the next Hakeem and they want it to be Dwight, turn him into the offensive go-to guy he never was.

Yes, but HOU still offers the "fresh start" that he can't get in ORL. Too much dirty laundry in ORL that he's trying to escape. If his relationships were still intact, I think we'd be more likely to see D12 stay. But the relationships seem to be beyond repairing.

rcklsscognition · Post #333 » by **rcklsscognition** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:52 pm

If they trade us K. Mart and others, amnesty Scola, I've got the Rockets somewhere around 10 mil in salary committments right now, with a basical rookie deal for Donatas. Is that real? Damn, they don't have nobody on their team.

10 mil + Howard, Duhon, J-Rich, Hedo= 40401835= 50,401,835. If they could move a couple more salaries to the Magic and get their 2012 cap number around 45 mil, they'd have 13 mil to work under the cap plus MLE to field a team this year.

woosah · Post #334 » by **woosah** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:52 pm

Ahmadab wrote:Blake Griffin hurt his knee, will miss Olympics, they will call up Anthony Davis

Fred Katz ‏@FredKatz
RT @SherwoodStrauss: I picture Team USA summoning Anthony Davis with a brow signal in the night sky

Made me lol

I thought he was hurt too.

and yeah the tweet is :lol:

T-Rob · Post #335 » by **T-Rob** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:52 pm

VGOSWAMI wrote:
Marc J. Spears ‏@SpearsNBAYahoo
Bobcats are finalizing a deal to sign Lakers free agent guard Ramon Sessions, sources tell Yahoo! Sports.

I wonder what will happen with Augustine now.

rcklsscognition · Post #336 » by **rcklsscognition** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:53 pm

T-Rob wrote:
VGOSWAMI wrote:
Marc J. Spears ‏@SpearsNBAYahoo
Bobcats are finalizing a deal to sign Lakers free agent guard Ramon Sessions, sources tell Yahoo! Sports.

I wonder what will happen with Augustine now.

I think he's going to Indiana.

Ahmadab · Post #337 » by **Ahmadab** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:53 pm

BelgianMagic wrote:
Alex Kennedy ‏@AlexKennedyNBA
Source confirms that Magic brass tried persuading Dwight Howard to drop his trade request and stay in Orlando. Howard has no interest.
Alex Kennedy ‏@AlexKennedyNBA
The relationship between Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic is irreparable.

Better, i don't want him near the team anymore

Post #338 » by **Def Swami** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:54 pm

SOUL wrote:Prime example, Alex Kennedy's sources confirming always happens hours later when it could be on **** nba.com.

+1
This dude is just trying to stay relevant. Every time a story breaks, he bites someone who broke it. That or he's got the same sources as everyone else but is just always 2 minutes 2 late.

Post #339 » by **Def Swami** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:54 pm

T-Rob wrote:
VGOSWAMI wrote:
Marc J. Spears ‏@SpearsNBAYahoo
Bobcats are finalizing a deal to sign Lakers free agent guard Ramon Sessions, sources tell Yahoo! Sports.

I wonder what will happen with Augustine now.

Portland still needs a PG.

ThatFloridaDude · Post #340 » by **ThatFloridaDude** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:56 pm

You guys are awesome. Im new to this twitter and realgm stuff. I don't know who is legit yet and not.