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

[T25]

Fellow members,

We have to be patient even though we are all going nuts we cannot fold.
No matter what offers we get Fegan is going to somehow wreck the deal so unfortunately we must be patient and force either the Rockets or Dwight to become desperate.

The closer we get to training camp the more desperate he becomes. There is no way he can face people in Orlando for a 2nd year in a row with his demands.

There is no way he walks to Dallas who's going thru a rebuild as well. He will cave in due time and either open his list of teams or accept were we trade him too.

But we are going to have to be patient in these hard times

[toquito]

Whoever wants to arrange a Dwight Howard jersey burning i'm in. We should try to set a world record or something

[sChOlaRlY_Magi]

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Howard is such a contrary little beeyatch these days that not even his poster will cooperate with being burned in effigy!

[gomagic77]

Nothing ground breaking. This was from 6 hours ago.

"@WojYahooNBA: Y! Sources: Dwight Howard tells Magic he wants trade to Los Angeles Lakers in short-term, Brooklyn Nets in longer. http://t.co/sByQdq1i"

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What's crazy is that Dwight doesn't realize we will never trade him to the Nets. He's a stubborn mule.

He also needs to understand that because of the cap situation of those two teams, neither of them are going to be able to acquire him in a sign and trade next summer because of the new CBA. He needs a trade to them before February. He really needs to shut up and let Hennigan do his job.

This is what is funny to me about how spoiled Dwight is, if he was smart (hahahahaha) he would have told his people to keep there mouth shut and work with the Magic on the low to get him out of here. He needs the Magic to be able to go where he wants to go but instead he has pitched a hugh fit everytime he hears he might be going to teams like Houston or Golden State. If I was Rob I would have just went in and said you in or out? out ok great either work with me and help us get full value or I will sit your ass on the bench all next season, have Coach Vaughn only play you for 4 mins every home game (so our fans can boo you). Watch your image and a year of your carrer go down in flames and ohhh at the end you can go to Dallas and lose 30 milllon dollars...you son are being paid 19 million dollars this year to help our basketball team in anyway possiable so get you ass back to church, stop having unprotected sex (even your mom is ashamed of you right now) and start painting the image of this team as gold and maybe just maybe I will trade you to the Lakers. Please dont forget we have the upper hand right now Rob, dont let them bully you.

[ThatFloridaDude]

This needs to end. The Organization is losing me. I've been a fan for life but thats ending. Not because of dwight, I never was a Dwight Fan by himself (He's a center ) but I have loved the magic. But the way this organization is being run is starting to have me believe we can win it. At least Otis got things done. The players he brought in couldn't produce as they did on previous teams (maybe it's Dwight?) but I do know Otis made moves.

I defininetly won't be starting the season as a Magic fan if dwight is on the roster, unless he changes his stance. It will be hell for those in the lockeroom . Last season we were the 5th best team until after all-star break. The potential for this team to go to the next level has been there for years, we just need the pieces to do so and the organization needs to realize that or start rebuilding the team asap.

Whichever direction it just needs to happen.

When does training camp begin? September right?

[arsenal6106]

Dwight took down twitter.

Does that mean that something is about to go down.

[bigmoe1952]

Does anyone know for a fact if Bynum has been open to re-signing with Houston after this season if he is traded to the Rockets?

[ThatFloridaDude]

This needs to end. The Organization is losing me. I've been a fan for life but thats ending. Not because of dwight, I never was a Dwight Fan by himself (He's a center ) but I have loved the magic. But the way this organization is being run is starting to have me believe we cant win it. At least Otis got things done. The players he brought in couldn't produce as they did on previous teams (maybe it's Dwight?) but I do know Otis made moves.

I defininetly won't be starting the season as a Magic fan if dwight is on the roster, unless he changes his stance. It will be hell for those in the lockeroom . Last season we were the 5th best team until after all-star break. The potential for this team to go to the next level has been there for years, we just need the pieces to do so and the organization needs to realize that or start rebuilding the team asap.

Whichever direction it just needs to happen.

When does training camp begin? September right?

[arsenal6106]

Whoever wants to arrange a Dwight Howard jersey burning i'm in. We should try to set a world record or something

Let's do the opposite and donate it to the needy.

[Just Plain Mark]

This needs to end. The Organization is losing me. I've been a fan for life but thats ending. Not because of dwight, I never was a Dwight Fan by himself (He's a center ) but I have loved the magic. But the way this organization is being run is starting to have me believe we can win it. At least Otis got things done. The players he brought in couldn't produce as they did on previous teams (maybe it's Dwight?) but I do know Otis made moves.

I defininetly won't be starting the season as a Magic fan if dwight is on the roster, unless he changes his stance. It will be hell for those in the lockeroom . Last season we were the 5th best team until after all-star break. The potential for this team to go to the next level has been there for years, we just need the pieces to do so and the organization needs to realize that or start rebuilding the team asap.

Whichever direction it just needs to happen.

When does training camp begin? September right?

I think this about sums up the differences in opinion right now on whether the Magic should have already made a move. I would have just preferred for Otis not to "get things done" as his way of getting things done made meant things like resigning J-Rich, signing Duhon, and trading for Gilbert Arenas.

[ThatFloridaDude]

Does anyone know for a fact if Bynum has been open to re-signing with Houston after this season if he is traded to the Rockets?

Nope. Well I have not seen an article or quote from Bynum. Just speculation.
I did however see when Bynum returned from his fishing trip in Alaska that he said nothing about wanting to go to Cleveland.

[sChOlaRlY_Magi]

Whoever wants to arrange a Dwight Howard jersey burning i'm in. We should try to set a world record or something

I've got home and alternate away to put in on it...

[ThatFloridaDude]

This needs to end. The Organization is losing me. I've been a fan for life but thats ending. Not because of dwight, I never was a Dwight Fan by himself (He's a center ) but I have loved the magic. But the way this organization is being run is starting to have me believe we can win it. At least Otis got things done. The players he brought in couldn't produce as they did on previous teams (maybe it's Dwight?) but I do know Otis made moves.

I defininetly won't be starting the season as a Magic fan if dwight is on the roster, unless he changes his stance. It will be hell for those in the lockeroom . Last season we were the 5th best team until after all-star break. The potential for this team to go to the next level has been there for years, we just need the pieces to do so and the organization needs to realize that or start rebuilding the team asap.

Whichever direction it just needs to happen.

When does training camp begin? September right?

I think this about sums up the differences in opinion right now on whether the Magic should have already made a move. I would have just preferred for Otis not to "get things done" as his way of getting things done made meant things like resigning J-Rich, signing Duhon, and trading for Gilbert Arenas.

Well thats my point. Otis got things done. Whether those things backfired or worked out, completely new subject, but he did show that he could make moves and he was willing to make the team better.

I think Rob could be the same way but he got put into such an ugly situation that we will remain stuck until the organization decides what they want to do.

[Magic#1]

Dwight took down twitter.

Does that mean that something is about to go down.

Probably not. More than likely it means that he's tired of having half the city of Orlando and NBA fans outside of LA and Brooklyn calling him a diva and a prick.

[arsenal6106]

For those that care.

Evan Dunlap ‏@BQRMagic
ICYMI: Deadspin on SportsCenter reading Jarrod Rudolph's Dwight story, word-for-word, w/o attribution. http://deadspin.com/5929250/last-nights ... -realgmcom

http://deadspin.com/5929250/last-nights ... -realgmcom

[MAGICian619]

Fellow members,

We have to be patient even though we are all going nuts we cannot fold.
No matter what offers we get Fegan is going to somehow wreck the deal so unfortunately we must be patient and force either the Rockets or Dwight to become desperate.

The closer we get to training camp the more desperate he becomes. There is no way he can face people in Orlando for a 2nd year in a row with his demands.

There is no way he walks to Dallas who's going thru a rebuild as well. He will cave in due time and either open his list of teams or accept were we trade him too.

But we are going to have to be patient in these hard times

Agreed we must remain patient. Henny has a plan and we have to see it through.

[Blue_and_Whte]

I've been on the be patient bandwagon...but even Im starting to wonder what the hold up is.

[Ahmadab]

Just.. trade him for Bynum. I don't care anymore.

[Potterman]

I've been on the be patient bandwagon...but even Im starting to wonder what the hold up is.

More importantly. What's the plan? The direction? Dwight is injured regardless of whether we have him or not. What team are we going to field? Is this it?

As much as people hate on Nelson. That's fine, but we still have the worst point guard in the league on our bench.

[ThatFloridaDude]

Twitter is back up, if anybody else's was not working.