Official Speculation & Free Agency Thread (Part VIII)

ZeusIsLoose · Post #381 » by **ZeusIsLoose** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:31 am

TSKD000 wrote:I'm ready to roll with...

Jameer, Dragic
JRich, JJ
KMart, Q
Scola, Anderson
Bynum, BBD

Make it happen Otis! Lol

I kinda like that

pogiro · Post #382 » by **pogiro** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:32 am

Coach_McGuirk wrote:Man cant believe CP3 pulls in that much stuff. Too bad Howard holds us hostage...

You know what happens? The longer we hold on to Dwight, the more teams Dwight will be willing to be traded to, the better the offers are. Relax guys.

ADRajX · Post #383 » by **ADRajX** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:32 am

Nemesis21 wrote:
arsenal6106 wrote:My doctor said it's not healthy for me to view this thread anymore. Then he prescribed me depression medication for when Dwight leaves

So basically this thread is a bad/addictive drug, and I'm the drug dealer... thanks :lol:

Tcarl67 · Post #384 » by **Tcarl67** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:32 am

pogiro wrote:Fact of the matter is, the Magic don't have much to gain by trading him now. I think they gain the most by holding on to him. The new CBA makes it a lot harder for him to leave in the summer if we have him still. I don't think people are seeing what kind of decision and options he'll have if he's still here. I've already made a lengthy post about it and no one responded, but I really think you gotta take a look at the CBA changes and see what kind of situation he'll be forced and the pros and cons of staying or leaving. In my eyes, if we keep him til summer, the best decision he can make for himself is opt-in one more year.

There's very little reason to trade him right now. So people whining that they can't take it anymore, strap in, because this SHOULD go all season.

Somethin smells but I have said the same thing in an earlier post. Wouldnt be easy for him uin less what he says is true "I only want to win"

thelead · Post #385 » by **thelead** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:33 am

ZeusIsLoose wrote:
TSKD000 wrote:I'm ready to roll with...

Jameer, Dragic
JRich, JJ
KMart, Q
Scola, Anderson
Bynum, BBD

Make it happen Otis! Lol

I kinda like that

to lose in the first round???

We need to get Bynum and clear house for draft picks and hope to draft Anthony Davis.

The-Dawson · Post #386 » by **The-Dawson** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:33 am

I wouldnt mind if we got

Lakers picks
Bynum
Pau (Traded for picks after)

For

Dwight
Hedo
Q
Duhon

SnuggLes__ · Post #387 » by **SnuggLes__** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:33 am

Nemesis21 wrote:
arsenal6106 wrote:My doctor said it's not healthy for me to view this thread anymore. Then he prescribed me depression medication for when Dwight leaves

LMAO

New Sig

Coach_McGuirk · Post #388 » by **Coach_McGuirk** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:33 am

ZeusIsLoose wrote:
TSKD000 wrote:I'm ready to roll with...

Jameer, Dragic
JRich, JJ
KMart, Q
Scola, Anderson
Bynum, BBD

Make it happen Otis! Lol

I kinda like that

You cant win a championship with this, with all those super teams out there. Either we keep Howard or we rebuild.

Nemesis21 · Post #389 » by **Nemesis21** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:34 am

DJRajX wrote:
Nemesis21 wrote:
arsenal6106 wrote:My doctor said it's not healthy for me to view this thread anymore. Then he prescribed me depression medication for when Dwight leaves

So basically this thread is a bad/addictive drug, and I'm the drug dealer... thanks

MagicMan89 · Post #390 » by **MagicMan89** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:34 am

Maybe we can send Gasol or Bynum to New Jersey for 5 first round picks.

Nemesis21 · Post #391 » by **Nemesis21** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:34 am

SnuggLes__ wrote:
Nemesis21 wrote:
arsenal6106 wrote:My doctor said it's not healthy for me to view this thread anymore. Then he prescribed me depression medication for when Dwight leaves

LMAO

New Sig

I need a new sig ?

Magicalltheway · Post #392 » by **Magicalltheway** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:34 am

i swear I feel other GMs in the league bullie Otis around and want to take his lunch money. he is just not respected around the league.

jadewbj · Post #393 » by **jadewbj** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:34 am

I would much rather make him walk from the money. I can handle sucking for a few years and go into rebuild mode. Why let dwight get everything he wants and all the money and look like a good guy. Make him choose to walk away and not get to cop out and say well they traded me.

davngab · Post #394 » by **davngab** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:34 am

Tcarl67 wrote:
pogiro wrote:Fact of the matter is, the Magic don't have much to gain by trading him now. I think they gain the most by holding on to him. The new CBA makes it a lot harder for him to leave in the summer if we have him still. I don't think people are seeing what kind of decision and options he'll have if he's still here. I've already made a lengthy post about it and no one responded, but I really think you gotta take a look at the CBA changes and see what kind of situation he'll be forced and the pros and cons of staying or leaving. In my eyes, if we keep him til summer, the best decision he can make for himself is opt-in one more year.

There's very little reason to trade him right now. So people whining that they can't take it anymore, strap in, because this SHOULD go all season.

Somethin smells but I have said the same thing in an earlier post. Wouldnt be easy for him uin less what he says is true "I only want to win"

Thing is, i don't think anything he says is true.

ADRajX · Post #395 » by **ADRajX** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:35 am

Nemesis21 wrote:
DJRajX wrote:
Nemesis21 wrote:

So basically this thread is a bad/addictive drug, and I'm the drug dealer... thanks

rcklsscognition · Post #396 » by **rcklsscognition** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:35 am

VGOSWAMI wrote:
Talks between the Magic and Nets reached the ownership level before Otis Smith began to inform teams that Dwight Howard had been removed from trade consideration.

Howard told teammates on Tuesday that he thought the trade to the Nets was a “done deal,” a league source told Y! Sports. Twenty-four hours later on Wednesday, Howard told them he was under the impression that “ownership killed it,” the source said.
Via Adrian Wojnarowski/Yahoo! Sports

Read more: http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/21 ... z1gZAat1gX

What does "ownership level" mean? This whole story doesn't make sense.

I think that means the GM presented the deal to the owner. Sort of like when the NBA player's union wouldn't present them a deal until they thought it was the best they'd get or that they would vote on it. So, Otis approved of the trade, took it to Martins/Devos who turned it down. IMO

Tcarl67 · Post #397 » by **Tcarl67** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:35 am

davngab wrote:
NickAnderson wrote:
Howard has warned the Magic if they don’t move him by the March 15 trade deadline, they’ll lose him for nothing in free agency. Howard told the Magic again on Tuesday that he wanted a trade, a league source said.

aka I want the most money I can get and still **** on Orlando. If this is true **** this POS. Call his bluff let him walk and lose millions, selfish baby he is.

This.

He's acting like a punk... i'd let him walk, lose millions and build from the bottom up. I can handle being bottom feeders for some good picks. I can't handle letting him get everything he wants while we're just mediocre/s*** for years and years to come

As I believe there is alot he deserves, if any/all is true whats being reported he has out grown himself and there for become selfish. Let him walk and lose. Been at the bottom before nuthin new.

pogiro · Post #398 » by **pogiro** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:36 am

Tcarl67 wrote:Somethin smells but I have said the same thing in an earlier post. Wouldnt be easy for him uin less what he says is true "I only want to win"

If it comes to that, Dwight just needs to be talked to, and convinced to stay 1 more year. And with the financial sacrifices he'll make to leave next summer, it won't take much convincing to give the Magic one more year. If he opts in, we have a plethora of expirings that we can trade out, and can give Dwight a clearer plan on the Magic's future and show him that he can win here.

The-Dawson · Post #399 » by **The-Dawson** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:36 am

MagicMan89 wrote:Maybe we can send Gasol or Bynum to New Jersey for 5 first round picks.

Ha sounds about right but those are a lil better than Wallace we should take 7

SnuggLes__ · Post #400 » by **SnuggLes__** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:37 am

Nemesis21 wrote:

LMAO

New Sig[/quote]

I need a new sig ?[/quote]

No lol, the quote is my new sig... Lol but yea you may also need one ahah