MagicFan41 wrote:LOL. You've admired how he has handled it? You might be the only person on the Earth who has (including the Magic FO, his teammates, his coaches, the media, the fanbase...). This whole idea of his trade request was supposed to be private is so dumb. You don't think the second that the Magic started calling teams asking what they would give up for Dwight, that it wouldn't start to become painfully obvious? Or that he wouldn't block the same teams that he is blocking us from trading now by not committing to them? It would've all ended up in the exact same scenario. Also, if I were Dwight, I would do what's best for me, but also be honest with my organization to the fullest. If I wanted to go to NJ, I would tell them straight up. "I'm sorry guys, it's been an amazing run, thank you so much for everything, but I'm going to go sign in Brooklyn in the summer. 100%. No ifs ands or buts about it. It's just something I have to do for me. No hard feelings I hope?" Also, if I already had that amount of money and was going to basically get a crapload more even if I stayed here (and I was supposedly so religious where I agreed with somebody's twitter quote from the Bible about a rich man being hard to get into the kingdom of Heaven - which Dwight did)....then, no, that wouldn't factor into my decision whatsoever. There does come a point of diminishing marginal utility in the world of economics. Again, if he wants to go to NJ, that's his right, nobody is denying that. Just man up and say that's exactly what you want. Don't leave your organization that basically built you from the ground up high and dry simply because you want to get wined and dined by a few teams this summer. That's petty and selfish.
Thing is we assume so much when we think we know what Dwight has or has not said to management. "If I were Dwight, I would," blah blah blah. What if Dwight did exactly what we would do? In my eyes, the direct quotes that I have seen from Dwight, the interviews that I've seen, the way he's been playing and acting on the court, that's what I admire. If I bought in to all the media and fan speculation and hype on the situation, then yea, he'd be deplorable. I'm not. And I think that's where a lot of people are going wrong. And I get caught up in it all sometimes too, and think negatively of him. But when that clears, I take a step back and look at the facts and exclude the rumors, and Dwight's been fine. Given he requested a trade, that I wish was different. What I have seen from Dwight after that has been fine.
