Official Speculation Thread (Pt. XXXIII Off-Season Edition)

[magic111]

I refuse to believe Henny would be stupid enough to start off his Magic career by turning the Nets, an eastern conference team, into a championship contender for the next 5+ years... it's not like we'd be exchanging stars.

You guys HAVE to understand this....Henny has no choice in this. He is being forced to trade dwight to the nets...cuz we are getting low balled by everyone else..bynum not wanting to sign extention causes him to have to take nets deal...i think his hands are tighted in this matter...he has no choice

[BelgianMagic]

Tommy Dee ‏@TommyDeeTKB
11 players non confirmed, but that's what it is sounding like from what I hear. no names in particular though.

[RickB-Orlando]

If this goes down, it's not the fact that we get Lopez in return that irks me, it's that fact that Dwight screwed us so badly into a corner and winds up getting exactly what he wanted in the end.

[WeAreVenom]

Lopez
Big Baby
Turkoglu
J.Brick
Nelson

2013 LETS GO!

Holy hell, it just hit me that that's what our starting lineup could look like ina few months.

Oh lord....God, no.....Please.

[eyriq]

Tommy Dee ‏@TommyDeeTKB
11 players non confirmed, but that's what it is sounding like from what I hear. no names in particular though.

An 11 player trade?

[K_ick_God]

Seems like Rob wants 3 things. Draft picks. Young players. Cap space. If he doesn't get all 3, he may just hang on to Howard and dare him to walk.

And that is the issude...NETS are giving us all that...even tho the deal still sucks BIG TIME FOR US

The Magic don't dump any bad deals with this trade. Lopez is BYC so trading Humphries to a third team would just open up enough room for the Nets to take Dwight, not Turkoglu or Richardson.

[Idunkonyou2]

What I will find hilarious is if we do this deal and Stern kills it, LOL!

[darthmerrick]

Tommy Dee ‏@TommyDeeTKB
11 players non confirmed, but that's what it is sounding like from what I hear. no names in particular though.

Trade checker time. Lets see what works.

[cvMagic]

this all seems like smoke screen. get a bunch of rumors out that that we're close to a trade and try to force Lakers hand.

Even having Bynum not interested in staying in Orlando fits the smoke screen. I think we deal with LA by monday night/tuesday

+1000

It simply makes the most sense. Period.
None of the other trades do.

[D12Magic89]

If this goes down, it's not the fact that we get Lopez in return that irks me, it's that fact that Dwight screwed us so badly into a corner and winds up getting exactly what he wanted in the end.

Dwight now takes Shaq's title as the most hated????

[chrpri84]

If this goes down, it's not the fact that we get Lopez in return that irks me, it's that fact that Dwight screwed us so badly into a corner and winds up getting exactly what he wanted in the end.

[woosah]

What I will find hilarious is if we do this deal and Stern kills it, LOL!

I did lol. thanks for that.

[BelgianMagic]

Tommy Dee ‏@TommyDeeTKB
11 players non confirmed, but that's what it is sounding like from what I hear. no names in particular though.

An 11 player trade?

Yeah, that's what he's saying:

Tommy Dee ‏@TommyDeeTKB
this sounds like a whopper of a deal. 11 players in total. Complicated to say the least. ‪#magic‬ ‪#nets‬

[MagicMan89]

We have to give it time. Even after this deal we will be far from done. Lopez even on a max contract will still be very tradable. Over the last year we have seen Nene and Okafor dealt. Lopez is only 24 years old. We would have him locked into a contract and can trade him at any point we want out.

[The Effect]

If this goes down, it's not the fact that we get Lopez in return that irks me, it's that fact that Dwight screwed us so badly into a corner and winds up getting exactly what he wanted in the end.

Def the worst part. So sick what the NBA allows to happen. The teams get screwed so that players can do whatever they want and big market teams get everything they want for nothing. So sad

[Def Swami]

David Aldridge ‏@daldridgetnt
Cavs will need more than just Humphries from Brooklyn to give away those picks to Orlando. But Nets have to give their picks to Magic, too.

[eyriq]

[cvMagic]

this all seems like smoke screen. get a bunch of rumors out that that we're close to a trade and try to force Lakers hand.

Even having Bynum not interested in staying in Orlando fits the smoke screen. I think we deal with LA by monday night/tuesday

I'd like to think you're right. But I think LA has no reason to be concerned. They're a Finals contender now with Bynum. If the Magic come knocking, they win. If the Magic don't, they still win. They're fine where they're at.

Totally disagree.
Nash still isn't Westbrook.
Kobe just ain't as good as Durant is now.
They need a defensive presence to cement their standing as a favorite.
If anything, they are a worse defensive team after signing Nash.

[magic04life]

If this goes down, it's not the fact that we get Lopez in return that irks me, it's that fact that Dwight screwed us so badly into a corner and winds up getting exactly what he wanted in the end.

Dwight now takes Shaq's title as the most hated????

Dwight will be 1,000 times worse than Shaq. He has single handily ruined this franchise fo many years to come with blatant disregard for us fans that he claims to love.

[OrlChamps2030]

@JasonLloydABJ: #Cavs fans can relax. I've been told the Nets are "reaching out wildly" to everyone with cap room .

^Cavs beat writer.