Post#862 » by bicatmit » Mon Jun 25, 2012 7:16 pm
It's becoming very clear to me now that Dwight Howard won't be wearing a Magic uniform in October. Hennigan has come in and made it clear that he wants to clean house and start a new era of Magic basketball with no traces of the previous reign.
Dwight has been MIA, doing his best to stay clear of Orlando, and Hennigan has stated that he won't be hiring a coach until after the draft. To me, this SCREAMS that the Magic will try to move Dwight this summer. If there were plans for him to stay, don't you think Hennigan would have met with him and talked about potential coaches? That's what any team who values their franchise player would do. It's also important to have a coach in place for the draft so the team is able to select players to fit the system that will be run. In our case, it looks like we don't want to sell a potential coach on our team as it's currently constructed only to have it be blown up in a matter of weeks and go from "contender" status to "rebuilding" status.
But most importantly, these firings of Twardzik, Foyle, and scouts tells me that not only is Hennigan interested in working with a blank canvas, he also has some cold-bloodedness in him, which is a trait of shrewd businessmen. It tells me that he won't succumb to Dwight's trade requests and give in to sending him to New Jersey. Rather, I see Hennigan wanting to ship Howard out ASAP to the team offering the best package in return, wherever that may be (OKC, Houston, etc.). I also think he's savvy enough to understand that trading Howard to an Eastern Conference team could result in a tarnished legacy, should Dwight's new team pester the Magic in the future, so I see Rob doing everything he can to send Dwight west.
