InFlames wrote:PaMagicFan1 wrote:Hey guys, haven't posted in a while, but following every day. Did anyone listen to van pelt show with Linda Cohn??? WTF? I'm so sick of espn. She basically said the nets could be giving up too much for Dwight but they have to do it. She said Orlando is getting a great deal and that both sides would be extremely happy. Do these idiots even watch the games???
Shes an idiot.
I'm listening to 98.5 FM (Boston sports radio), and they are saying something very similar, wonder who else we'd be sending to make it worth the Nets' while, which sounds insane, but their line of thinking goes, Why would the Nets do the trade? Sure, you get Howard, but even with Howard, Williams, Johnson, and Crash, you're still the second or third best team in the east. Basically saying the trade wouldn't make the Nets contenders--again, sounds insane to me, because I think that Nets team with Howard could make a few runs at a title, but it's a perspective. (As far as Linda Cohn goes, though, no one on ESPN has a lick of sports sense.)
And just to throw a few more cents out there, of the teams currently mentioned as trade partners, I'd go with Atlanta first, followed by Houston. I say Atlanta, because one, a team of Josh Smith, Dwight, Devin Harris, and whoever they get in free agency next year could be pretty explosive and fun to watch whilst still not being a serious title threat (they'd compete but not contend, essentially being the Clippers of the east), but also it is Dwight's hometown, and if he still wants to trot off to a big market once his contract is up, he has to pull a Lebron and bail on his birthplace, which turns him into an even more gigantic DB than he's already turning himself into.
That's from a non-sports motivation, though; I also think that trade would be good for our team going into a rebuild. Horford is a very solid player, high IQ guy, as is Teague, we shed some lousy contracts, grab a pick or two, and tank hard for next seasons' rooks to let Rob and the management structure he's putting in place to put together the team from the ground up. Houston trade offers similar benefits, but lacks in the added bonus of putting Dwight into a further PR bind.
100% agree. 
We are not getting that haul from the Rockets for an unsigned Dwight. Keep dreaming.
