Official Speculation Thread (Pt XXI, Mods Close)

[MoMM]

If Dwight really waives his ETO today, we can be players in the summer of 2013 if we do some smart trading.

Would something like this be realistic if we included picks or cash?
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachi ... Id=79d46ya

I think we could swap Clark to Portland, cuz the Clippers are getting too much for Bledsoe and Gomes.

[glennathan]

RealGM mentioned on CF News 13 just now

[IGotDaMagicInMe]

On Mike and Mike, chris broussard is reporting about howard now wanting to opt in and broussard sounds really confused

[liquid_softgel]

On Mike and Mike, chris broussard is reporting about howard now wanting to opt in and broussard sounds really confused

Of course he does. His dream of Howard in a Laker Uniform is fading by the minute. But in all seriousness it is a very confusing situation.

[OrlandO]

Rudolph just said: 150% sure dwight will sign today. He told me he was going to sign those papers, he will sign those papers.

[justanotherfan]

On Mike and Mike, chris broussard is reporting about howard now wanting to opt in and broussard sounds really confused

Broussard is an idiot

[FFBlitzace]

I have been highly critical of Rudolph in the past, and I can't say I feel any need to make apologies for that. I don't think he's really done anything to deserve admiration.

But I will give him his due credit if this all works out the way he says it will. All of these bigger outlets, the Sentinel seemingly among them, look set to be all kinds of butthurt if they end up getting scooped on this.

I've never not believed Rudolph. I know he is good friends with Dwight, so he doesn't just make stuff up. I think a lot of you guys heard him report rumors, trade-talks etc, and WANTED them to happen so badly that when they didn't (and THE MASS MAJORITY OF RUMORS don't end up coming to fruition) you blamed him and thought he just made stuff up. Can you point to one thing really that he lied about though?

I'm not accusing him of lying. I'm just saying I don't think he's been a very reliable insider up to this point.

If he were to get this one right, and then go on to get other things right, that's great. Good press for RealGM.

[ZeusIsLoose]

On Mike and Mike, chris broussard is reporting about howard now wanting to opt in and broussard sounds really confused

Broussard is a NJ homer. but if Dwight signs extension, you better believe Deron is out in NJ whether trade or FA to Dallas. that is 100% fact

[Tarnag]

On Mike and Mike, chris broussard is reporting about howard now wanting to opt in and broussard sounds really confused

Of course he's confused, the situation has changed so much in the last 24 hours it's hard not to be confused. It seems like every time I leave my computer to sleep or work Dwight changes his mind, so I'm just gonna keep it planted here until 3pm.

[liquid_softgel]

Wow he gave props to Realgm.

[WeAreVenom]

Broussard just shouted out RealGM and Rudolph....

[justanotherfan]

Broussard just credited realgm wow niceeee

[MoMM]

On Mike and Mike, chris broussard is reporting about howard now wanting to opt in and broussard sounds really confused

Of course he's confused, the situation has changed so much in the last 24 hours it's hard not to be confused. It seems like every time I leave my computer to sleep or work Dwight changes his mind, so I'm just gonna keep it planted here until 3pm.

The best you could do is just come here 3pm and see what happened

[ZeusIsLoose]

Did Broussard take a slight dig at Dwight? "Deron is a grown man and will make his OWN decision. Wont let emotions affect him." hmmmmmm


he did give credit to Rudolph.

[MagicFan41]

I'm not accusing him of lying. I'm just saying I don't think he's been a very reliable insider up to this point.

If he were to get this one right, and then go on to get other things right, that's great. Good press for RealGM.

On things "Dwight" he has been pretty spot on. He called a lot of stuff early, including the discontent of Dwight this summer with the front office and such. On leaguewide rumors, no, he is not as in-touch it seems as most national media, but on Dwight personally, he has been.

[IGotDaMagicInMe]

Did Broussard take a slight dig at Dwight? "Deron is a grown man and will make his OWN decision. Wont let emotions affect him." hmmmmmm


he did give credit to Rudolph.

That's how I interpreted it

[MitchellUK]

Did Broussard take a slight dig at Dwight? "Deron is a grown man and will make his OWN decision. Wont let emotions affect him." hmmmmmm


he did give credit to Rudolph.

Probably was a dig. But you can't really discount emotion from this sort of decision. There's obviously always going to be the practical side of things, but the relationships he's built in Orlando, the connections with the city, the ownership, his team-mates and the fans, were always going to play a part. And let's face it, it's not like he's committing to stay for five more years on a losing team - right now, it's one more year on a team that's won 50+ games for four straight years.

[magicman123]

Someone wake up Otis, we still need to improve the team today if we can

[ZeusIsLoose]

If he signs those papers, im going to the game tomorrow, and i will give him a standing ovation. i dont care about this wishy washy thing. if he signs, then i know that he made this choice for himself.

[eyriq]

Jarrod Rudolph's stock has just gone through the roof.

Also, does anyone else notice this symbiotic relationship between ESPN and the agents? Control the narrative, control the market. I think that is another big story to come out of Dwight's reversal, he is not only making a huge professional decision but he is bucking the system. I almost want to say he is showing a level of bravery and loyalty that we don't see very often.