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

OrlandO · Post #1221 » by **OrlandO** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:02 am

magic111 wrote:
OrlandO wrote: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

Our options are limited thanks to Dwight's greed, but we are not forced to make a deal with the Nets. I would rather trade for Bynum even without an extension (he'd get his dream of being a first option here - I think he'd re-sign), trade with houston for whatever package they can put together or even just keep Dwight and let him walk to any team not named Nets at the end of the season. Turning the Nets into a top 2 seed in the same conference for a long time is not an option for me...

Idunkonyou2 · Post #1222 » by **Idunkonyou2** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:03 am

If it is 11 players, I'm guessing they also mean draft picks. We get 5 draft picks, Lopez and Brooks for Howard (Nets), Hedo, KH and JRich to a 3rd team.

Post #1223 » by **Def Swami** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:03 am

WeAreVenom wrote:
VGOSWAMI wrote:
mattyBoi wrote:Trade with the Nets and I'm done. Been supporting stupidity for way too long for it to start all over again.

I'm on the brink with you there.

But I know it's just irrational anger right now. I hope Hennigan can show me a light at the end of this tunnel.

Can't lie, I'm right there, too.

I sick of these stupid moves.

This deal had better have more than meets the eye, or a plan down the road.......or something.

Because I honestly feel like I'd rather just take the risk on Bynum, and if he shows inclination on leaving, trade him at the deadline, or even let him expire.

Because the alternative, just letting D12 walk, would be better than locking Lopez up to a near max deal for the next 4 years. It's like the Magic are making a deal just for the sake of making one.

The Effect · Post #1224 » by **The Effect** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:03 am

On the bright side, if we do make this deal and get rid of all those bad deals and only actual player we get this year is brook lopez, we are almost a LOCK for a 25 win season and #1 pick in the draft! (we all know stern loves to reward teams that lose superstars with that #1 pick)

CraZyPraiZ · Post #1225 » by **CraZyPraiZ** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:03 am

Nolimit1211 wrote:Lopez
Big Baby
Turkoglu
J.Brick
Nelson

2013 LETS GO!

HAHAHA. This one had me rolling.

magic04life · Post #1226 » by **magic04life** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:03 am

YANKE3 wrote:
Tony Mejia ‏@TonyMejiaNBA
Spoke w/ source who tells me Nets deal WON'T happen. Teams lining up w/ offers featuring cap relief/picks, which Hennigan wanted all along.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wod-MudLNPA[/youtube]

Post #1227 » by **Def Swami** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:04 am

YANKE3 wrote:
Tony Mejia ‏@TonyMejiaNBA
Spoke w/ source who tells me Nets deal WON'T happen. Teams lining up w/ offers featuring cap relief/picks, which Hennigan wanted all along.

Rob Hennigan's plan to ante up the offer from other teams working? :pray:

Nyce_1 · Post #1228 » by **Nyce_1** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:04 am

Tony Mejia ‏@TonyMejiaNBA
Spoke w/ source who tells me Nets deal WON'T happen. Teams lining up w/ offers featuring cap relief/picks, which Hennigan wanted all along.

D12VCMagic · Post #1229 » by **D12VCMagic** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:05 am

Seriously, all you have to do to make people take you seriously on twitter is just add NBA to your name. Your BS will get spread across forums in a heartbeat.

I'm not taking every little tweet or rumor, good or bad, until something with some substance pops up.

Tayswagzzz · Post #1230 » by **Tayswagzzz** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:05 am

VGOSWAMI wrote:
YANKE3 wrote:
Tony Mejia ‏@TonyMejiaNBA
Spoke w/ source who tells me Nets deal WON'T happen. Teams lining up w/ offers featuring cap relief/picks, which Hennigan wanted all along.

Rob Hennigan's plan to ante up the offer from other teams working?

Please be true :pray:

TDJacksonville · Post #1231 » by **TDJacksonville** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:06 am

Nyce_1 wrote:
Tony Mejia ‏@TonyMejiaNBA
Spoke w/ source who tells me Nets deal WON'T happen. Teams lining up w/ offers featuring cap relief/picks, which Hennigan wanted all along.

be nice to not have tweets about D12 anymore :wink:

OrlandO · Post #1232 » by **OrlandO** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:06 am

Who the hell is Tony Mejia... he hardly has any followers and his site looks like utter crap.

darthmerrick · Post #1233 » by **darthmerrick** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:06 am

Nyce_1 wrote:
Tony Mejia ‏@TonyMejiaNBA
Spoke w/ source who tells me Nets deal WON'T happen. Teams lining up w/ offers featuring cap relief/picks, which Hennigan wanted all along.

SO wait...

Rob used the Nets and Lakers against each other while secretly talking to other teams for cap relief and picks. 8-)

Backing off the fire Rob bandwagon.

RickB-Orlando · Post #1234 » by **RickB-Orlando** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:06 am

MagicMan89 wrote:Even if Dwight changed his mind and wanted to sign, we are not title contenders. It is not a fluke that we had 2 first round exits in a row. This team was moving backwards and even quick fixes would likely leave us in the middle of the pack. Miami, Boston, Chicago, LA, SA and OKC have settled as the top tier of teams. Even if we cleared the deck and got Ellis or Smith, im not sure we would beat these teams in a 7 game series.

I would argue the second time actually was a bit of a fluke. Who expected Dwight to miss the last quarter of the season with an injury? If he stayed healthy we were looking like one of the top five teams in the league last year.

WeAreVenom · Post #1235 » by **WeAreVenom** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:06 am

VGOSWAMI wrote:
YANKE3 wrote:
Tony Mejia ‏@TonyMejiaNBA
Spoke w/ source who tells me Nets deal WON'T happen. Teams lining up w/ offers featuring cap relief/picks, which Hennigan wanted all along.

Rob Hennigan's plan to ante up the offer from other teams working?

Quick! Does anybody know if this guy has any credibility?

I swear in the last week or so, a dozen journalists I have never heard of have popped up out of nowhere......

The Effect · Post #1236 » by **The Effect** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:07 am

BelgianMagic wrote:Don't know if this guy's credible, but I thought i'd share this
Tony Mejia ‏@TonyMejiaNBA
Spoke w/ source who tells me Nets deal WON'T happen. Teams lining up w/ offers featuring cap relief/picks, which Hennigan wanted all along.

Who is that?

Nolimit1211 · Post #1237 » by **Nolimit1211** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:08 am

The Effect wrote:
BelgianMagic wrote:Don't know if this guy's credible, but I thought i'd share this
Tony Mejia ‏@TonyMejiaNBA
Spoke w/ source who tells me Nets deal WON'T happen. Teams lining up w/ offers featuring cap relief/picks, which Hennigan wanted all along.

Who is that?

BrianEvansfor3 · Post #1238 » by **BrianEvansfor3** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:08 am

OOH I have a twitter account I have sources look at me...

Shishnizzle · Post #1239 » by **Shishnizzle** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:09 am

I call bs on any Nets deal. The Dwight Camp and the media are trying to wear down Magic fans. It's not working. Houston or "Roll the Dice".

Jordan45822 · Post #1240 » by **Jordan45822** » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:09 am

Tony Mejia
@TonyMejiaNBA
Daddy, Orlando-based Senior writer/editor, ProBasketballNews.com, covering NBA for CBS/PBN since '05, NCAA since '01 and the Draft for those same 10 years.