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darthmerrick wrote:We should have taken the warriors offer Steph, Klay, David Lee for Dwight.As they wanted to pair him with Monta Ellis before eventually sending monta to bucks for Bogut.
In retrospect, do you wish we traded Dwight Howard somewhere else?
Magic Acquire Six Players, Five Draft Picks in Howard Trade
That inspired renewed talks, in which the Nets offered four future first-round picks, Lopez and power forward Kris Humphries in sign-and-trade deals and $3 million to acquire Howard, Jason Richardson, Chris Duhon and Earl Clark, the source said.
That offer was rejected by the Magic, who did not want Humphries and also wanted to unload Quentin Richardson. Brooklyn's sign-and-trade proposal would have involved Humphries signing a heavily front-loaded multiyear contract, with only the first-year salary fully guaranteed.
Without a third team to take Humphries, the Nets had no choice but to reject the Magic's counteroffer and extend Lopez, who cannot be traded until Jan. 15 because of the new collective bargaining agreement's rules.
The Orlando Magic traded Maurice Harkless to the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday and got, in a practical sense, nothing in return for him.
As the Blazers noted in their press release announcing the trade, the 2020 second-round pick they sent to Orlando is heavily protected, specifically "from picks 31 through 55."
the Pelicans' total haul of draft picks includes: this year's No. 4 overall selection, a top-eight protected pick in 2021 (which becomes unprotected in 2022 if it does not convey), the right to swap first-round picks with the Lakers in 2023, and an unprotected 2024 first-round pick that New Orleans can defer to 2025
EAS Law wrote:I wish we could have maintained our relationship with SVG. I think that would have helped us a lot.
MagicFan101 wrote:darthmerrick wrote:We should have taken the warriors offer Steph, Klay, David Lee for Dwight.As they wanted to pair him with Monta Ellis before eventually sending monta to bucks for Bogut.
Show me an article saying Golden State was offering both Steph and Klay. I do not believe that.
darthmerrick wrote:MagicFan101 wrote:darthmerrick wrote:We should have taken the warriors offer Steph, Klay, David Lee for Dwight.As they wanted to pair him with Monta Ellis before eventually sending monta to bucks for Bogut.
Show me an article saying Golden State was offering both Steph and Klay. I do not believe that.
You are correct the ony article I found was for Klay. But imagine we could have gotten Steph too, if they wanted to pair Monta with Dwight. Maybe throw in JJ at the time and they would have been all over it. In hindsight Klay was a rookie and Steph was still a project...would the splash brothers have become the splash brothers under Van Gundy? He would have likely stunted their growth and made them earn minutes and hooked them for taking a contested three whether they made it or not.
BadMofoPimp wrote:Durant thinks Vooch is one of the Best Centers in the NBA. I will take his word over a couch-GM yelling at a TV.
BadMofoPimp wrote:Durant thinks Vooch is one of the Best Centers in the NBA. I will take his word over a couch-GM yelling at a TV.
SHAQ32 wrote:LA was the beginning of the end of his dominant reign.![]()
Flannerz wrote:Just imagine if Dwight hadn't opted in to the final year of his deal. What would have happened then?
Def Swami wrote:EAS Law wrote:I wish we could have maintained our relationship with SVG. I think that would have helped us a lot.
OH and this THIS too. It's so hard to find good coaches in the NBA. SVG was and is a good coach. He held every player to a standard that we've been fighting for ever since he left. We had a pretty good culture among our team sans Dwight Howard. He understood what it took to win in the regular season and playoffs. We developed young players. He endorsed a modern offense that prioritized 3 point shooting. He coaxed Rashard Lewis into sacrificing his own glory into playing the 4 for the betterment of the team. We wasted the next 6 years between Jacque Vaughn, Scott Skiles, and Frank Vogel. All just to end up with SVG's assistant coach, Steve Clifford. Firing SVG was dumb. IIRC, they didn't even fire Otis Smith. He simply resigned once they fired SVG out of loyalty to SVG. The front office and Alex Martins had no idea what they were doing.