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

darthkiller · Post #621 » by **darthkiller** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:52 am

silent1900 wrote:I'm thinking Lamb, D-Mo, KMart and a couple picks would suit me fine. I think the TOR pick is guaranteed to be in the lottery 'someday', and I for one think Houston is going to be AWFUL even after trading for Dwight. I mean...Jeremy Lin would be their #2 option? Dwight's gonna be totally disengaged, even if he doesn't fake a back injury. Their pick, plus our pick, plus maybe TOR if they aren't as solid as I think they will be...makes for a fun draft next year.

And to all of you Hennigan apologists...i'd be right there with you if not for the Jameer signing. Straight garbage, that was. Badly shook my confidence in our new GM.

that will nver be offered.

MagicFan41 · Post #622 » by **MagicFan41** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:53 am

Are the Rockets really gonna sit there with Dwight, Asik, AND D-Mo? I know one of them "could" play PF....but they are really honestly all centers at heart. That's why I'm not sure why a lot of people think it's super crazy that they would include D-Mo. If that's what lands them Dwight or Bynum, why on earth wouldn't they?? Not like this guy is some proven superstar....he was a late 1st round pick who hasn't played a game in the NBA right? Don't get me wrong, I like what I saw too and want him, but people act like it would be impossible to get him in a deal. I don't see:

D-Mo/KMart/Parsons/Lamb/picks

for Dwight/JRich/BBD or Duhon as crazy at all....

colamagicfan · Post #623 » by **colamagicfan** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:53 am

arkknight1988 wrote:i guess bynum would be a better trade chip at the deadline if he can stay healthy

I would take Bynum even if he did walk over this clown

MagicFan41 · Post #624 » by **MagicFan41** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:54 am

darthkiller wrote:
silent1900 wrote:I'm thinking Lamb, D-Mo, KMart and a couple picks would suit me fine. I think the TOR pick is guaranteed to be in the lottery 'someday', and I for one think Houston is going to be AWFUL even after trading for Dwight. I mean...Jeremy Lin would be their #2 option? Dwight's gonna be totally disengaged, even if he doesn't fake a back injury. Their pick, plus our pick, plus maybe TOR if they aren't as solid as I think they will be...makes for a fun draft next year.

And to all of you Hennigan apologists...i'd be right there with you if not for the Jameer signing. Straight garbage, that was. Badly shook my confidence in our new GM.

that will nver be offered.

Why not? You all act like that's some INSANE package....it's not like those pieces are going to make HOU into a contender, but Dwight def can with pieces around him.

Nyce_1 · Post #625 » by **Nyce_1** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:55 am

mattyBoi wrote:I'm sorry to say it, but this team is a joke right now and we aren't heading in the right direction.

We're currently in a free-fall, but it'll stop once this guy is gone.

colamagicfan · Post #626 » by **colamagicfan** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:56 am

Nyce_1 wrote:
mattyBoi wrote:I'm sorry to say it, but this team is a joke right now and we aren't heading in the right direction.

We're currently in a free-fall, but it'll stop once this guy is gone.

+1000

b_mind · Post #627 » by **b_mind** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:56 am

MagicFan41 wrote:Are the Rockets really gonna sit there with Dwight, Asik, AND D-Mo? I know one of them "could" play PF....but they are really honestly all centers at heart. That's why I'm not sure why a lot of people think it's super crazy that they would include D-Mo. If that's what lands them Dwight or Bynum, why on earth wouldn't they?? Not like this guy is some proven superstar....he was a late 1st round pick who hasn't played a game in the NBA right? Don't get me wrong, I like what I saw too and want him, but people act like it would be impossible to get him in a deal. I don't see:

D-Mo/KMart/Parsons/Lamb/picks

for Dwight/JRich/BBD or Duhon as crazy at all....

You REALLY think the Rockets will include LAMB, PARSONS, and DONUTS? really?

With what's going on, Orlando will be lucky to even sniff Donuts let alone get him as an offer. BTW Donuts is a PF at heart, not a center.

Best offer Orlando will get is Lamb+Tor pick. They should just settle for that.

magicman123 · Post #628 » by **magicman123** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:57 am

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=cxam2mt

tiderulz · Post #629 » by **tiderulz** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:58 am

Chet Wagner wrote:
Hennigan informed Howard that he didn’t have any deals in the works and wasn’t quite sure how to respond to what he was told, according to sources. Hennigan was noncommittal on any of the discussed scenarios as the meeting ended.

Good god this looks bad

please, this was reported by Rudolph from Dwights people. Did you think they would paint him looking good?

TNMagicFan · Post #630 » by **TNMagicFan** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:58 am

silent1900 wrote:And to all of you Hennigan apologists...i'd be right there with you if not for the Jameer signing. Straight garbage, that was. Badly shook my confidence in our new GM.

I don't understand why people are making a big deal over the Jameer deal. Do you not understand how a rebuild works? Cap space isn't gonna be a concern for the next couple of years . We are gonna have a bunch of guys on rookie deals and a minimum cap level to maintain .

rcklsscognition · Post #631 » by **rcklsscognition** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:59 am

magicman123 wrote:http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=cxam2mt

Nice.

tiderulz · Post #632 » by **tiderulz** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 3:00 am

MagicFan41 wrote:Are the Rockets really gonna sit there with Dwight, Asik, AND D-Mo? I know one of them "could" play PF....but they are really honestly all centers at heart. That's why I'm not sure why a lot of people think it's super crazy that they would include D-Mo. If that's what lands them Dwight or Bynum, why on earth wouldn't they?? Not like this guy is some proven superstar....he was a late 1st round pick who hasn't played a game in the NBA right? Don't get me wrong, I like what I saw too and want him, but people act like it would be impossible to get him in a deal. I don't see:

D-Mo/KMart/Parsons/Lamb/picks

for Dwight/JRich/BBD or Duhon as crazy at all....

yes it is, because they dont HAVE to do the deal. Orlando has to make a deal or Dwight walks. Houston will keep all that they can to make their own team better. They arent going to take all our trash.

silent1900 · Post #633 » by **silent1900** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 3:00 am

darthkiller wrote:
silent1900 wrote:I'm thinking Lamb, D-Mo, KMart and a couple picks would suit me fine. I think the TOR pick is guaranteed to be in the lottery 'someday', and I for one think Houston is going to be AWFUL even after trading for Dwight. I mean...Jeremy Lin would be their #2 option? Dwight's gonna be totally disengaged, even if he doesn't fake a back injury. Their pick, plus our pick, plus maybe TOR if they aren't as solid as I think they will be...makes for a fun draft next year.

And to all of you Hennigan apologists...i'd be right there with you if not for the Jameer signing. Straight garbage, that was. Badly shook my confidence in our new GM.

that will nver be offered.

I would never offer that for a one year rental, but that really is not the case here. If HOU feels they are not making any headway with D12 by the deadline, they can always flip him to LA or take the NJ deal that we turned down. Houston is not taking a lot of risk here. And hey, I didn't even throw a bunch of bad contracts in my proposal

rcklsscognition · Post #634 » by **rcklsscognition** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 3:00 am

So Henny went to LA to meet with Dwight to build a relationship and wouldn't even tell him the name of the coach?

ChildishGambino · Post #635 » by **ChildishGambino** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 3:00 am

Ok so i'm suppose to believe that After Hennigan tried his "Campaign" speech he actually ASKED Dwight what he thought about a Houston Trade to which he said no to.....seriously? not sure i'm buying that...If Dwight Doesn't want to stay after i have said my piece then it's end of discussion....i'm not going to ask him what he thinks about trades....who cares what he thinks....we should be doing what's best for us not what's best for Dwight....it's just not logical looking at it from a Orlando standpoint....would make sense if that the info we're hearing now is being leaked by Dwight's camp.....

Orlando is not saying anything now because i believe Rob is going to address it when we announce our Coach....If there was any doubt that Dwight was going to stay until the deadline that is almost tossed out the window if the reports i'm hearing have any shred of truth to it....this is a sh tstorm turning into a sh t hurricane.....

Chet Wagner · Post #636 » by **Chet Wagner** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 3:01 am

D12fan wrote:I have no idea why he would even try to convince this douchebag to stay. This has to be the owner not wanting to let go

No, this had to be Henny

Why would the FO send him off on a fool's quest to humiliate him?

I think the last thing they want to do is make their GM look like a incompetent beggar. Henny obviously thought he could do something

rcklsscognition · Post #637 » by **rcklsscognition** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 3:01 am

Best case scenario is we hear Bynum won't resign in LA.

magicman123 · Post #638 » by **magicman123** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 3:01 am

rcklsscognition wrote:So Henny went to LA to meet with Dwight to build a relationship and wouldn't even tell him the name of the coach?

we dont have a name, martins still needs to perform his own interviews, then devos, then back to henny, then back to martins, then back to devos, then all 3 of them get together and devos picks his choice

rcklsscognition · Post #639 » by **rcklsscognition** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 3:03 am

magicman123 wrote:
rcklsscognition wrote:So Henny went to LA to meet with Dwight to build a relationship and wouldn't even tell him the name of the coach?

we dont have a name, martins still needs to perform his own interviews, then devos, then back to henny, then back to martins, then back to devos, then all 3 of them get together and devos picks his choice

That sounds uber complex. I read reports we had finished phase 2 and were moving to the Devos meetings. No?

The Real Dalic · Post #640 » by **The Real Dalic** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 3:04 am

rcklsscognition wrote:
magicman123 wrote:
rcklsscognition wrote:So Henny went to LA to meet with Dwight to build a relationship and wouldn't even tell him the name of the coach?

we dont have a name, martins still needs to perform his own interviews, then devos, then back to henny, then back to martins, then back to devos, then all 3 of them get together and devos picks his choice

That sounds uber complex. I read reports we had finished phase 2 and were moving to the Devos meetings. No?

I think he's joking around.