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

MagicTownBaller · Post #201 » by **MagicTownBaller** » Thu Aug 9, 2012 11:18 pm

MoMM wrote:8, right? And Harper will play at 3 this season and Earl could play at 3 too.

Yeah, I just fixed my post.

Nyce_1 · Post #202 » by **Nyce_1** » Thu Aug 9, 2012 11:23 pm

MagicTownBaller wrote:
MoMM wrote:8, right? And Harper will play at 3 this season and Earl could play at 3 too.

Yeah, I just fixed my post.

I think Harper gets moved in this mess.

OOO · Post #203 » by **OOO** » Thu Aug 9, 2012 11:24 pm

ESPN

"Dwight Howard to Lakers very close"

MagicFan41 · Post #204 » by **MagicFan41** » Thu Aug 9, 2012 11:24 pm

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=8ncdv4m

Flip Pau and Vucevic to Houston for D-Mo + Parsons + pick

Now THAT would be a nice young core to build around. Get rid of JRich and Turk. Have a good amount of cap room next summer.

Jameer/?
Afflalo/JJ
Chandler/Parsons (hehehe, get it?)
BBD/Nicholson
D-Mo/Ayon/OQuinn

Basically next summer we would only really have BBD, Jameer, Afflalo, Chandler of any significant amount of $ on the books right? Prob totals to about $28mil or so. D-Mo, Parsons, Nicholson are all cheap for the remainder of their contracts. Could have $ to go after a max guy and another stud. That lineup would be fun to watch actually.....similar to the current Nuggets, who can put up 130+ in a game!

arkknight1988 · Post #205 » by **arkknight1988** » Thu Aug 9, 2012 11:26 pm

super excited about this deal. phili and denver has great young talent. big fan of afflalo, can be our sefalosha only better. dwight/bynum/gasol will bring nice pieces.

b_mind · Post #206 » by **b_mind** » Thu Aug 9, 2012 11:26 pm

Driguez wrote:
Nemesis21 wrote:Not a fan of this deal, give me the Houston deal!

Agreed

What IS the Houston deal you speak of?

The one that's probably been offered but doesn't seem sufficient enough for Orlando to pull the trigger already and Houston seemingly unmoving from...or the one Magic fans been throwing out and seeming to hope&pray they get in Lamb+Dmo+Parsons+picks?

Rick Rolled · Post #207 » by **Rick Rolled** » Thu Aug 9, 2012 11:27 pm

OOO wrote:ESPN

"Dwight Howard to Lakers very close"

just read the article.... Consider this deal dead.

MagicTownBaller · Post #208 » by **MagicTownBaller** » Thu Aug 9, 2012 11:28 pm

Hey arsenal, look at the latest updated stats when you get a chance.

Cigamodnalro · Post #209 » by **Cigamodnalro** » Thu Aug 9, 2012 11:30 pm

Former NBA and Morehouse College guard Harold Ellis begins his first season as an assistant coach with the Detroit Pistons. He spent the last six seasons as a minor league coordinator/scout with the Atlanta Hawks. Prior to his time with Atlanta, Ellis served as an assistant coach in 2001-02 on the inaugural staff of the NBA Development League's Roanoke Dazzle. In 2006, Ellis coached the Rome (GA) Gladiators of the World Basketball Association (WBA) to their second consecutive league title. He earned coach of the year honors in the process for the second straight time and led the club to a 42-6 mark during that span. He was also the team's general manager and was named by ProBasketballNews.com as the second-best coaching talent in the minors. Additionally, Ellis has spent time coaching with Rockford (CBA) and Las Vegas (IBL).
A former pro player in four leagues (the NBA, Continental Basketball Association, U.S. Basketball League and Greece), he is a 1992 graduate of Morehouse College. Ellis averaged 5.8 points in three NBA seasons with the L.A. Clippers (1993-94 and '94-95), where he was a teammate of Hall-of-Famer Dominique Wilkins, and Denver Nuggets.
An outstanding NCAA Division II player who led the Maroon Tigers in scoring in each of his four seasons (1988-92), Ellis became only the fifth player from a historically black college or university (HBCU) to have his uniform number retired (#30). Morehouse had a 90-30 record during his four years as a player there.
Ellis, the son of educators, has a Master's degree in sports management and administration from the U.S. Sports Academy in Daphne, AL and is pursuing a Ph.D. in sports psychology at the San Diego University for Integrative Studies. He recently served as Director of College Counselors at the adidas Basketball Experience in 2007 and has participated in the NBA's Basketball Without Borders Africa tour for the last four summers.

http://www.nba.com/coachfile/harold_ell ... l?nav=page

Post #210 » by **Howard Mass** » Thu Aug 9, 2012 11:32 pm

I do not believe this deal happens.

Ahmadab · Post #211 » by **Ahmadab** » Thu Aug 9, 2012 11:32 pm

Still not buying Gasol and Afflalo, Bynum and Afflalo + Vucevic is much more likely and i would like it personally, with Howard out West we would have the best bigman in the East, one summer later with correct FA signings and decent trades we can contend.

cvMagic · Post #212 » by **cvMagic** » Thu Aug 9, 2012 11:34 pm

OrlandoMajinBuu wrote:Eric Pincus :: Update ::

http://tinyurl.com/9j5vgmb

There is no deal to speak of yet, just discussions - and not all scenarios include Gasol leaving Los Angeles. HW has learned there are variations of the rumored deal being discussed that does not include Gasol but hav a similar structure with Bynum to Phi, Iguodala to Den, Howard to LA & Afflalo to Orl. It’s unclear if Harrington is in that scenario. Additionally LA said to have Josh McRoberts and Devin Ebanks (via sign and trade) as outgoing salary for a Howard deal.

This is what i was saying earlier. It makes zero sense for the Lakers to trade one of the best P&R power forwards in the game when they've just signed the best P&R PG in the game. especially when they only have a two year window to contend with Kobe and Nash.

But...
This deal now sucks majorly for Orlando. Looks like another BS scenario to get us all worked up for nothing.

MagicTownBaller · Post #213 » by **MagicTownBaller** » Thu Aug 9, 2012 11:34 pm

kombayn wrote:ESPN LA 710 just reported that a deal is imminent but they are getting it from Chris Broussard and his multiple-personalities... err... I mean sources.

From the general board.

Hotshot Hower · Post #214 » by **Hotshot Hower** » Thu Aug 9, 2012 11:34 pm

Incarcerated Bob ‏@incarceratedbob
**BREAKING NBA NEWS**Source: 4 Way deal between 76ers Nuggets Lakers Magic is now DONE! #Howard LA Bound / Bynum Philly / Iggy Nuggets

MagicTownBaller · Post #215 » by **MagicTownBaller** » Thu Aug 9, 2012 11:35 pm

Hotshot Hower wrote:
Incarcerated Bob ‏@incarceratedbob
**BREAKING NBA NEWS**Source: 4 Way deal between 76ers Nuggets Lakers Magic is now DONE! #Howard LA Bound / Bynum Philly / Iggy Nuggets

I call shenanigans.

Cigamodnalro · Post #216 » by **Cigamodnalro** » Thu Aug 9, 2012 11:35 pm

Hotshot Hower wrote:
Incarcerated Bob ‏@incarceratedbob
**BREAKING NBA NEWS**Source: 4 Way deal between 76ers Nuggets Lakers Magic is now DONE! #Howard LA Bound / Bynum Philly / Iggy Nuggets

Who is IncarceratedBob?

Post #217 » by **SOUL** » Thu Aug 9, 2012 11:36 pm

Wake me up when it's not a random twitter guy with a **** of followers.

MagicTownBaller · Post #218 » by **MagicTownBaller** » Thu Aug 9, 2012 11:37 pm

Jarrod Rudolph @JRudolphSports
For those wondering, I can't speak to anything being imminent, but there is a confidence that a Howard deal gets done. More so than before.

Ahmadab · Post #219 » by **Ahmadab** » Thu Aug 9, 2012 11:37 pm

Cigamodnalro wrote:
Hotshot Hower wrote:
Incarcerated Bob ‏@incarceratedbob
**BREAKING NBA NEWS**Source: 4 Way deal between 76ers Nuggets Lakers Magic is now DONE! #Howard LA Bound / Bynum Philly / Iggy Nuggets

Who is IncarceratedBob?

Some guy who said that Dwight to LA is done last season

Hotshot Hower · Post #220 » by **Hotshot Hower** » Thu Aug 9, 2012 11:37 pm

Earvin Magic Johnson ‏@MagicJohnson
If the 4 team trade involving @DwightHoward happens, every team (@Lakers, Magic, 76ers & Nuggets) win in the deal.

After these two tweets simultaneously, I think the DEAL is actually DONE.