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

magicman123 · Post #1141 » by **magicman123** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:28 am

i hope to god those picks are not lottery protected, with bynums injury history and iggy, the picks from philly and denver could be lottery, but it wouldnt matter if they were lottery protected

MagicTownBaller · Post #1142 » by **MagicTownBaller** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:29 am

arsenal6106 wrote:watch dwight not pass his physical

I'm pretty sure there won't be a physical for Dwight.

thelead · Post #1143 » by **thelead** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:30 am

Bensational wrote:
Rick Rolled wrote:Backup pg needs to be addressed now...

When did we address starting PG?

Or starting sf, pf, or c...

Cigamodnalro · Post #1144 » by **Cigamodnalro** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:30 am

@christeyenga8: woooow this is amazing

Noonskadoodle · Post #1145 » by **Noonskadoodle** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:30 am

Those protected picks piss me off more than anything...

OrlandoMajinBuu · Post #1146 » by **OrlandoMajinBuu** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:30 am

If this really happen, I will be going to one last Magic game just to booed on the Devos and on Henny.

Showbiz Bear · Post #1147 » by **Showbiz Bear** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:30 am

IGotDaMagicInMe wrote:SO what does everybody think the houston deal was?

A gentle nut-grab, as opposed to the cheese-grater taint scrape we just received.

Chet Wagner · Post #1148 » by **Chet Wagner** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:32 am

Optimus_Steel wrote:
mattyBoi wrote:Every analyst has come one and tried to give a positive spin to Magic fans specifically and can't come up with anything LOL

Thats because no one has perspective. For example, we dont want Bynum because we are doing a full on rebuild which is the right thing to do. But in this twitter era everyone wants changes imediately and in the situation we are in we would be stuck being mediocre with large contracts, no capspace and no draft picks. When we traded Tmac and got back 3 veterans (Francis, Mobley, Cato) that did not turn out very well did it? We did not make the playoffs with those guys, we did not have capspace and our draft position sucked. So if we do the deals that ESPN says we should have done then that would be our destiny- being mediocre.

This. Remember the Gasol trade? Everyone was crapping on Memphis

..I think I even remember Popovich saying something like they needed a "trade council" after that thing went down

I think the true outcome of this trade will be more shaped around what Henny does now with this situation. He has a chance to completely erase this firestorm by building well like Memphis did

Post #1149 » by **FFBlitzace** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:32 am

Cigamodnalro wrote:@christeyenga8: woooow this is amazing

Poor kid seems to think he's going to be a factor here.

MagicTownBaller · Post #1150 » by **MagicTownBaller** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:32 am

Larry Ridley @mrlarryridley
Will Rob Hennigan wake up this morning after sleeping on decision and pull a Dwight and change his mind! #Magic #Orlando #NBA

Yes please!

RickB-Orlando · Post #1151 » by **RickB-Orlando** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:33 am

Noonskadoodle wrote:Those protected picks piss me off more than anything...

Protected could mean lottery protected or top 3 protected - or anything in between. Big difference, and we don't know which, yet.

cvMagic · Post #1152 » by **cvMagic** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:33 am

Chris Broussard on ESPN

Seems like Orlando panicked.
They had a better deal from Houston.

thelead · Post #1153 » by **thelead** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:33 am

Chet Wagner wrote:
Optimus_Steel wrote:
mattyBoi wrote:Every analyst has come one and tried to give a positive spin to Magic fans specifically and can't come up with anything LOL

Thats because no one has perspective. For example, we dont want Bynum because we are doing a full on rebuild which is the right thing to do. But in this twitter era everyone wants changes imediately and in the situation we are in we would be stuck being mediocre with large contracts, no capspace and no draft picks. When we traded Tmac and got back 3 veterans (Francis, Mobley, Cato) that did not turn out very well did it? We did not make the playoffs with those guys, we did not have capspace and our draft position sucked. So if we do the deals that ESPN says we should have done then that would be our destiny- being mediocre.

This. Remember the Gasol trade? Everyone was crapping on Memphis

..I think I even remember Popovich saying something like they needed a "trade council" after that thing went down

I think the true outcome of this trade will be more shaped around what Henny does now with this situation. He has a chance to completely erase this firestorm by building well like Memphis did

The point is he should be able to get more. Even as a rental.

pogiro · Post #1154 » by **pogiro** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:33 am

Noonskadoodle wrote:Those protected picks piss me off more than anything...

Doesn't that depend on how heavy the protections are? Would you care about a top 3 protection for teams that all will be out of the lottery? Maybe the protections will indeed suck, but at least wait for the terms to be made more clear damnit.

magicman123 · Post #1155 » by **magicman123** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:33 am

RickB-Orlando wrote:
Noonskadoodle wrote:Those protected picks piss me off more than anything...

Protected could mean lottery protected or top 3 protected - or anything in between. Big difference, and we don't know which, yet.

yea im guessing top 3 or 5 protected, i hope

RickB-Orlando · Post #1156 » by **RickB-Orlando** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:34 am

cvMagic wrote:Chris Broussard on ESPN

Seems like Orlando panicked.
They had a better deal from Houston.

Broussard certainly doesn't know that. Just like the rest of us, he knows the rumors of what the Houston deal was, nothing more.

G-Heel · Post #1157 » by **G-Heel** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:34 am

There gotta be more to what's reported. I don't mind trading Dwight, but what we're getting back is a load of crap. What upset me is the fact that we managed to be Lakers bitch again. We could've traded him to Houston and get basically the same deal.

Noonskadoodle · Post #1158 » by **Noonskadoodle** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:34 am

Lol this just doesn't seem real.

We have been speculating on who we could receive in a Dwight trade. NOBODY would have ever guessed it would be Afflalo...Harrington...Harkless...Vucevic...& Eyenga hahaha

Yikes

MagicFan41 · Post #1159 » by **MagicFan41** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:34 am

MagicTownBaller wrote:
Larry Ridley @mrlarryridley
Will Rob Hennigan wake up this morning after sleeping on decision and pull a Dwight and change his mind! #Magic #Orlando #NBA

Yes please!

The more I think about this....the more I think it might actually happen. Wouldn't be shocked at all. Has this all really gotten the 3-week long typical approval by the Devos' too?? Seems rather quick...

OrlandoMajinBuu · Post #1160 » by **OrlandoMajinBuu** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:35 am

arron afflalo‏@arronafflalo

Orlando .... above all i love this game .... destiny and opportunity ... excited