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Reverse_Angle wrote:eyriq wrote:Josh Robbins @JoshuaBRobbins wrote:After 41 games this season, the #Magic are 26-15. After 41 games last season: 26-15. After 41 in 2009-10: 26-15.
jadewbj wrote:Dwight Howard: "It's a great win for our team," Howard said. "We just have to continue to play this brand of basketball night-in and night-out, and we'll have a good chance of contending for a championship at the end of the season."
Let's try and stay positive.
08:18 AM ET 03.08 | Otis Smith, staring down the deadline to move Dwight Howard, may just run out of time on purpose. I'm sure some of the "Magic resolve" chatter that's been gaining traction in recent days about how increasingly determined they are to keep him beyond the deadline is at least partly designed as a means of trying to improve the offers that come in before the deadline. Yet it seems evident that the stronger belief in the Magic Kingdom is that it's better to keep Dwight and face the worst-case-scenario consequences of losing him for nothing if there's so much as a 10 percent chance of him changing his mind. The vibe coming from the Magic is that owner Rich DeVos prefers that scenario, frightening as it is.
jadewbj wrote:08:18 AM ET 03.08 | Otis Smith, staring down the deadline to move Dwight Howard, may just run out of time on purpose. I'm sure some of the "Magic resolve" chatter that's been gaining traction in recent days about how increasingly determined they are to keep him beyond the deadline is at least partly designed as a means of trying to improve the offers that come in before the deadline. Yet it seems evident that the stronger belief in the Magic Kingdom is that it's better to keep Dwight and face the worst-case-scenario consequences of losing him for nothing if there's so much as a 10 percent chance of him changing his mind. The vibe coming from the Magic is that owner Rich DeVos prefers that scenario, frightening as it is.
Read more: http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/325216-howard-staying-put-thanks-to-owner?xid=cnnbin#ixzz1ocyXbR3B
Yay RDV!
DJRajX wrote:jadewbj wrote:08:18 AM ET 03.08 | Otis Smith, staring down the deadline to move Dwight Howard, may just run out of time on purpose. I'm sure some of the "Magic resolve" chatter that's been gaining traction in recent days about how increasingly determined they are to keep him beyond the deadline is at least partly designed as a means of trying to improve the offers that come in before the deadline. Yet it seems evident that the stronger belief in the Magic Kingdom is that it's better to keep Dwight and face the worst-case-scenario consequences of losing him for nothing if there's so much as a 10 percent chance of him changing his mind. The vibe coming from the Magic is that owner Rich DeVos prefers that scenario, frightening as it is.
Read more: http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/325216-howard-staying-put-thanks-to-owner?xid=cnnbin#ixzz1ocyXbR3B
Yay RDV!
Oh God... we're actually hanging on to him and hoping for the best this summer
Swiftraven wrote:Brian K. Schmitz @MagicInsider
If it's true Dwight's ($400 mill) shoe deal in Brooklyn is larger than DRose's, plus Russian billionaire promi$e$, can't blame D12 for move.
This kind of stuff us complete bull. No shoe company should have that much control of where a player goes, but that's the world we live in.
WeAreVenom wrote:Swiftraven wrote:Brian K. Schmitz @MagicInsider
If it's true Dwight's ($400 mill) shoe deal in Brooklyn is larger than DRose's, plus Russian billionaire promi$e$, can't blame D12 for move.
This kind of stuff us complete bull. No shoe company should have that much control of where a player goes, but that's the world we live in.
Wow........If so, I guess we can't really blame him.
I doubt it, though.
Swiftraven wrote:Brian K. Schmitz @MagicInsider
If it's true Dwight's ($400 mill) shoe deal in Brooklyn is larger than DRose's, plus Russian billionaire promi$e$, can't blame D12 for move.
This kind of stuff us complete bull. No shoe company should have that much control of where a player goes, but that's the world we live in.
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prorl wrote:There is no way that Addidas gives a big man that big a contract. Big men are not good shoe salesman. Guys like Rose who are perimeter players that are flashy sell shoes.
Also do you really want to put trust into a shady Russian guy?
prorl wrote:There is no way that Addidas gives a big man that big a contract. Big men are not good shoe salesman. Guys like Rose who are perimeter players that are flashy sell shoes.
Also do you really want to put trust into a shady Russian guy?
jadewbj wrote:prorl wrote:There is no way that Addidas gives a big man that big a contract. Big men are not good shoe salesman. Guys like Rose who are perimeter players that are flashy sell shoes.
Also do you really want to put trust into a shady Russian guy?
Exactly this is a guard game now, not a big man game. There is 0 chance that they double roses deal.
KingRobb02 wrote:prorl wrote:There is no way that Addidas gives a big man that big a contract. Big men are not good shoe salesman. Guys like Rose who are perimeter players that are flashy sell shoes.
Also do you really want to put trust into a shady Russian guy?
Rose has 0 personality and never smiles. Dwight is one of the five most recognizable faces in the NBA. This kind of makes sense. What I don't get is why it is tied to Brooklyn. This is the internet age. People don't care who the local guys are anymore. People in Atlanta get stabbed over Jordans. People in Kansas are die hard Heat fans. Being in a bigger market doesn't make Dwight any more or less appealing, but his choices leading up to that, might. The brains behind Adidas, don't seem to smart.
KingRobb02 wrote:prorl wrote:There is no way that Addidas gives a big man that big a contract. Big men are not good shoe salesman. Guys like Rose who are perimeter players that are flashy sell shoes.
Also do you really want to put trust into a shady Russian guy?
Rose has 0 personality and never smiles. Dwight is one of the five most recognizable faces in the NBA. This kind of makes sense. What I don't get is why it is tied to Brooklyn. This is the internet age. People don't care who the local guys are anymore. People in Atlanta get stabbed over Jordans. People in Kansas are die hard Heat fans. Being in a bigger market doesn't make Dwight any more or less appealing, but his choices leading up to that, might. The brains behind Adidas, don't seem to smart.
PeePee la Fritz wrote:People are ore likely to buy something that represents NY. The team the player is on matters when companies are trying to move gear. Brooklyn sells way more shoes and clothes in addidas mind then Orlando does, it's that simple. For example, throw an NY on a pair of Dwight's and all you "sneakerheads" probably go grab a pair. NY sells.
OTownHoopstar23 wrote:WHo the heck goes to the mall and buys a pair of "Dwights"?!?..i dont even know what they look like..and im a sneakerhead!