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rcklsscognition wrote:
Where are all the offers now for the 2nd most valuable player in the league?
rcklsscognition wrote:YosemiteSam wrote:rcklsscognition wrote:Here's my thing with that plan. What contender can give us assets we want without making them less of a contender?
Well, since Dwight is the 2nd most valuable player in the league? Many of them.
But my first choice is the Clippers once they get a new GM. I think it is very likely we could swing a Dwight/BBD/Duhon for Griffin/Jordan/Bledsoe type deal and the Clippers are more poised to compete due to Dwight's game-changing defense.
Where are all the offers now for the 2nd most valuable player in the league?
YosemiteSam wrote:That's curious, right? It makes no sense since the Nets can't sign Dwight outright anymore.
Therefore the fact there are no offers is due to uncertainty. Let the FA offers settle in and allow the GMs to take stock of their position. Force Dwight to come out and say whether or not his back is OK by getting further along into the offseason. And basically say we will not take the crap from the Nets - so he either opens up his options or he stays with us all year.
But no matter what we do not take on the contract of Brook Lopez - it will be an albatross as he is truly terrible IMO
cvMagic wrote:rcklsscognition wrote:
Where are all the offers now for the 2nd most valuable player in the league?
Yeah, i'm having a hard time believing he's the second most valuable player in the league.
I'd take Lebron and Durant in a heartbeat over him. He doesn't have that killer-instinct intangible that makes the great ones great.
cvMagic wrote:Why does no one see that the only reason every sports reporter is hyping the Nets deal is because they generate tons of hits, views, and ratings from the number one market in the country...
NEW YORK
Do you really think Henny gives a damn what they think? Dwight has zero power in getting himself to the Nets. He has 100% power in leaving Orlando. But zero power in going to the Nets.
cvMagic wrote:Why does no one see that the only reason every sports reporter is hyping the Nets deal is because they generate tons of hits, views, and ratings from the number one market in the country...
NEW YORK
Do you really think Henny gives a damn what they think? Dwight has zero power in getting himself to the Nets. He has 100% power in leaving Orlando. But zero power in going to the Nets.
Why would we want to become the equivalent of last years Nets team WITHOUT DERON? A lottery team without its best player. It would be the worst trade in NBA history.
YosemiteSam wrote:cvMagic wrote:rcklsscognition wrote:
Where are all the offers now for the 2nd most valuable player in the league?
Yeah, i'm having a hard time believing he's the second most valuable player in the league.
I'd take Lebron and Durant in a heartbeat over him. He doesn't have that killer-instinct intangible that makes the great ones great.
OK, so he's 3rd or 4th or 5th. Still not someone who you cannot get offers for from any other team right? Even the Nugs had 2 teams fighting for Melo
Skin wrote:The longer Dwight is a Magic, the more bargaining power we have.
cvMagic wrote:Skin wrote:The longer Dwight is a Magic, the more bargaining power we have.
D12VCMagic wrote:The reason the media is hyping the Nets deal is because that is where Dwight wants to go.
Idunkonyou2 wrote:NEM wrote:Idunkonyou2 wrote:If we can gain 3 or more 1st rounders and young talent, I'll take it, although like I have said in the past, I want Rob to call Howard's 30 million dollar bluff and keep him.
you understand it's not a 30 million dollar bluff, but rather 5 million... the only reason we can offer more money is because we can give him an extra year... a year that is gonna get anyways, after his next deal because he will only be like 30 years old when the deal expires... he will walk, and we will be stuck with not only no assets, but j-rich's deal still on the books as well as duhon and bbd and q and hedo
This is the last 100+ million dollar deal he is going to get. He will be 27 years old this year, 28 years old next year. Even if he takes the 4 years deal, he would be going on 32 by the time it ends. Any one who gives him a 100+ million dollar deal after this one obviously is a moron.
Regardless, he is still turning down a year that would pay him 25 to 30 million in the prime of his career. He will never get that back.
Skin wrote:The longer Dwight is a Magic, the more bargaining power we have.
OrlandO wrote:Skin wrote:The longer Dwight is a Magic, the more bargaining power we have.
Only with certain teams. Once you enter into the season, don't we lose any offers from teams willing to rent him?
Skin wrote:OrlandO wrote:Skin wrote:The longer Dwight is a Magic, the more bargaining power we have.
Only with certain teams. Once you enter into the season, don't we lose any offers from teams willing to rent him?
Once you enter the season, anything goes. But the longer we kept him this offseason, that's what I meant. I really don't think he wants to show up for the first home preseason game. I don't even think he wants to show up for the first practice.
Dude you've got to get in that high school math class, he's 26 now, he'll be 27 after this season, he'll sign a 4 year contract if he leaves after this year, he'll be 31 when that expires and he would easily get another max deal. I hate when people say it's a 30 million dollar bluff, far from it.
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