Official Speculation Thread (Pt. XXVII: Offseason Edition)

[PeePee la Fritz]

ESPNSteinLine Interesting morsel from @iwhittell: Warriors scout Speedy Claxton at Great Britain practice today in Houston. GSDubs are a Luol Deng suitor

A lineup of:
Curry
Thompson
Deng
Lee
Bogut

With Jefferson, Biedrens, Wright, and Rush off the bench is not a bad team. They would have a legit shot at that 7-8 seed

[OrlandO]

Sure, he'd get 18 and 9 but for the money he's being paid? I'd be hard pressed to find a team willing to take his contract. Every year from now his production is going to decline. It may be a decent basketball move in the short-term, but long term it could lead to cap hell and declined production. I view Boozer in the same light as Joe Johnson and Amare Stoudemire. Good players, but not worth the dollar they get.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think he's worth the money and wouldn't want him on our team either. He definitely fits the overpaid category. But I still think there are crappy/desperate teams that would consider him, especially if their plan A or B trades fall through. Turkoglu has no value at all. Boozer still has value, even if he's overpaid. His contract is only for 3 more years. I can see him putting up 18/9 on developing teams for at least 2 of those years and he can easily be traded in the final year.

Look at Joe Johnson... he's getting paid significantly more and longer than Boozer and he didn't even average great numbers the season before he signed his max deal (came off a terrible playoff performance, too). The Hawks made a deal everybody knew was horrible, but they still made it because they were desperate to secure a b-level player. I would not be surprised if a crappy team traded for Boozer.

I'm not sure this rumor about trading Noah has any legs anyway. NY Daily put a single line about it on the second page of an article about Pat Riley and the Heat. No mention of a source, no link to another site... just seems like speculation generated from water cooler talk from a month ago - http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/14/ ... noah-deng/ .

[Ahmadab]

Alex Kennedy ‏@AlexKennedyNBA
Orlando Magic GM Rob Hennigan is expected to meet with Dwight Howard "within the next few days," according to sources close to situation.

[PeePee la Fritz]

Alex Kennedy ‏@AlexKennedyNBA
Orlando Magic GM Rob Hennigan is expected to meet with Dwight Howard "within the next few days," according to sources close to situation.

[OrlandO]

Alex Kennedy ‏@AlexKennedyNBA
Orlando Magic GM Rob Hennigan is expected to meet with Dwight Howard "within the next few days," according to sources close to situation.

So before the draft? Shocker!

Tweets like this only degrade the use of "sources" even more. I'm going to have to call Alex Kennedy out and say he is just making an educated guess tagged with "sources" to try and get some cheap retweets and referrals. And hey, it worked, you've posted his tweet on the biggest Magic forum on the web. Henny already said he would meet with Dwight "in the very near future" and anything we do on draft day and beyond will be based on Dwight's decision. Obvious speculation is obvious.

[CPBalla2003 n da 863]

Hopefully Rob slap the crap out of him, and say Calm the eff Down, i got this!

[PeePee la Fritz]

Hopefully Rob slap the crap out of hi, and say Calm the eff Down, i got this!

I'd love a shut it or I am trading you to Cleveland......or worse Detroit! Do you know the only good thing about Afghanistan?.........It's not Detroit

[glennathan]

Alex Kennedy ‏@AlexKennedyNBA
Orlando Magic GM Rob Hennigan is expected to meet with Dwight Howard "within the next few days," according to sources close to situation.

I can hear it now:

RH: "Hey Dwight what is it honestly going to take for me to get you to sign the extension in Orlando? What pieces do you want/need around you?"

DH: "Deron Williams, Stephen Jackson, Monta Ellis, Josh Smith, etc. Those are the kinds of players I want here. That will get me to sign the extension"

RH: "you know Houston has some beautiful weather this time of year..."

[Ahmadab]

I'd imagine it going like this :

Rob : Hello Dwight
Dwight : Yo JJ when did you come back from New York
Rob : Dwight, i am Rob Hennigan, the new Orlando Magic General Manager and wanted to share my plan for the future and see if you had any suggestions.
Dwight : Dammnn JJ why you playin me dumb i know i got back surgery but that **** didn't mess my head up.

Rob proceeds to leave the room and trade Dwight

[PeePee la Fritz]

I'd imagine it going like this :

Rob : Hello Dwight
Dwight : Yo JJ when did you come back from New York
Rob : Dwight, i am Rob Hennigan, the new Orlando Magic General Manager and wanted to share my plan for the future and see if you had any suggestions.
Dwight : Dammnn JJ why you playin me dumb i know i got back surgery but that **** didn't mess my head up.

Rob proceeds to leave the room and trade Dwight

So are you trying to say all us white people look the same........you and Dwight are racists, and I am offended lol

[eyriq]

ESPNSteinLine Interesting morsel from @iwhittell: Warriors scout Speedy Claxton at Great Britain practice today in Houston. GSDubs are a Luol Deng suitor

A lineup of:
Curry
Thompson
Deng
Lee
Bogut

With Jefferson, Biedrens, Wright, and Rush off the bench is not a bad team. They would have a legit shot at that 7-8 seed

They would have a legit shot at a championship.

[The Effect]

I can hear it now:

RH: "Hey Dwight what is it honestly going to take for me to get you to sign the extension in Orlando? What pieces do you want/need around you?"

DH: "Deron Williams, Stephen Jackson, Monta Ellis, Josh Smith, etc. Those are the kinds of players I want here. That will get me to sign the extension"

RH: "you know Houston has some beautiful weather this time of year..."

3 out of those 4 are actually attainable
People seem to think deron is a possibility too, but i dont buy it

[Ahmadab]

I'd imagine it going like this :

Rob : Hello Dwight
Dwight : Yo JJ when did you come back from New York
Rob : Dwight, i am Rob Hennigan, the new Orlando Magic General Manager and wanted to share my plan for the future and see if you had any suggestions.
Dwight : Dammnn JJ why you playin me dumb i know i got back surgery but that **** didn't mess my head up.

Rob proceeds to leave the room and trade Dwight

So are you trying to say all us white people look the same........you and Dwight are racists, and I am offended lol

No lol as i am white myself, the only people that look alike are asians . Anyways what i meant was that Rob seems to be fighting JJ for the "Pretty Boy" guy in the Magic organization

[Driguez]

Alex Kennedy ‏@AlexKennedyNBA
Orlando Magic GM Rob Hennigan is expected to meet with Dwight Howard "within the next few days," according to sources close to situation.

Im about to unfollow this fool, he's becoming another Kyler.

[PeePee la Fritz]

I'd imagine it going like this :

Rob : Hello Dwight
Dwight : Yo JJ when did you come back from New York
Rob : Dwight, i am Rob Hennigan, the new Orlando Magic General Manager and wanted to share my plan for the future and see if you had any suggestions.
Dwight : Dammnn JJ why you playin me dumb i know i got back surgery but that **** didn't mess my head up.

Rob proceeds to leave the room and trade Dwight

So are you trying to say all us white people look the same........you and Dwight are racists, and I am offended lol

No lol as i am white myself, the only people that look alike are asians . Anyways what i meant was that Rob seems to be fighting JJ for the "Pretty Boy" guy in the Magic organization

[Nemesis21]

Alex Kennedy ‏@AlexKennedyNBA
Orlando Magic GM Rob Hennigan is expected to meet with Dwight Howard "within the next few days," according to sources close to situation.

Im about to unfollow this fool, he's becoming another Kyler.

I unfollwed him last season.

[NickAnderson]

Alex always does the obvious tweets, of course he is going to meet with Dwight.

[Blue_and_Whte]

Alex Kennedy ‏@AlexKennedyNBA
Orlando Magic GM Rob Hennigan is expected to meet with Dwight Howard "within the next few days," according to sources close to situation.

That's some ground breaking reporting Kennedy. Hennigan expected to meet with Howard within the next few days? Totally out of left field.

[PeePee la Fritz]

stevekylerNBA:
RT @JaySway52: whats the best and worst nba rumor youve heard today? ---> The Magic looking to trade the #19 -- qualifies as both
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[NickAnderson]

JJ or Jrich and 19th for?