Comments on: Report: Magic might decide to trade Howard before season

By: bozosforall

bozosforall — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:00:43 +0000

No one outside of craphole Boston wants to see that.

By: bozosforall

bozosforall — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:58:34 +0000

Give the Lakers Jameer Nelson with Howard and it’s a deal.

By: sscampton

sscampton — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 01:01:40 +0000

It hurts to listen to all this Howard trade mess (he looks awesome in Orlando black and blue). I can’t think of a truly good enough haul that any of the more interested teams have that would convince me to be ok with a trade. NJ’s picks would be too far out to be very valuable, nor is Brook Lopez really all that great. LA can only offer an injury prone Bynum, a choice of Odom or Gasol, and some late first round picks.

Honestly, why are people not more interested in a possible Paul to Orlando trade? Of all the reported suitors for CP3, Orlando’s package would be pretty good. Paul and Ariza for J.J. Reddick, choice of Brandon Bass/Ryan Anderson, and Jameer Nelson plus picks. The money works out and New Orleans cuts close to 4 million before the amnesty. Hell, they could flip Okafor for Turkoglu straight up and save a few million on the cost of the amnesty. Even without the Okafor, Turkoglu thing, it still works. New Orleans gets a still young Nelson, a bargain chip in Reddick, and a solid role player along with picks for Paul and an overpriced Ariza. This is a far superior package then what most of the other teams could offer.

If you’re Otis Smith, why not go all in and pair Paul and Howard. At the very worst, if they both opt out, he clears tons of cap room to go out and bid for another superstar to rebuild with.

By: dawkattack

dawkattack — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:38:52 +0000

Get him Buford let him learn from the best TIMVP!!!!

By: bebopa

bebopa — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:17:51 +0000

As a Laker fan i say , yes, bynum and odom for Howard yes.

By: mdpickles

mdpickles — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:48:26 +0000

Man, if I was the 76ers, trade 3 out of Turner, Iquoodala, T.Young, Speights plus every draft pick for the next 3 years. JHolliday, Turner, Hedo, Nocioni, Howard. I guess a guy can dream eh?

By: ddtman76

ddtman76 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:23:59 +0000

Dwight stays in Orlando and Chris Paul joins him.

By: sonofsambowie

sonofsambowie — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:55:04 +0000

Disagree here. What Otis did was take a very calculated risk. He knew his franchise player was 50/50 on leaving or staying, and he made a few bold moves in attempt to get Orlando back to the finals and convince Howard to stay. If Arenas and Hedo had played well last year everyone would be talking about what a genius he was.

Yeah, the gamble failed, but I can definitely understand making a move like that rather than sitting idly by with a team you know isnt good enough to contend. VC and Rashard weren’t getting it done.

Honestly, Danny Ainge did the same thing last year and that didn’t work either.

By: cheelio

cheelio — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:51:18 +0000

This could be the WORST advice the Magic could take. Why in the world would they give up Dwight anywhere but right near the trade deadline? Teams are going to be salivating for Dwight at this point and will only increase the possible value we’ll get for Dwight. Magic need to WAIT… get the most you possibly can for Dwight. Brook Lopez and two future low first rounders is far from the best offer we’ll see for Dwight. Learn by what Denver did last year… They got the a TON value for Melo because they held out.

By: blueintown

blueintown — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:22:22 +0000

Diabllito clearly finds brooms sexy.

By: goforthanddie

goforthanddie — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:15:45 +0000

All they had was Rose, and they went to the conf finals. Think Dwight might be able to extend that season?

By: Kurt Helin

Kurt Helin — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:55:53 +0000

The rule states you cannot trade your own first round pick in consecutive years. Meaning that if they package picks they would have to be well into the future (unless they acquire other team’s first rounders). It’s the Ted Steipen rule from when he tried to run a team into the ground as an owner and kept giving away picks.

By: blueintown

blueintown — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:50:04 +0000

They’d have to get pretty creative. The salaries on this one are a mess. The Bulls would probably have to take on at least one bad contract (Turkoglu). You could do something like Boozer/Noah/Korver/picks for Howard/Turkoglu. I would even go farther, and try something along the lines of Boozer/Noah/Deng/picks for Howard/Turkoglu/Redick because the Bulls need multiple shooters, and I don’t value Deng as much as they claim they do.

By: diablito0402

diablito0402 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:59:38 +0000

Bulls arent sexy except for rose, how about fisher kobe howard turkoglu and gasol,, thats more like it!!!

By: dubbski

dubbski — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:59:20 +0000

Come home dwight atl need you ,magic can have al horford Marvin Williams,and a first rounder.

By: oldhighs

oldhighs — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:03:21 +0000

Imagine a Bulls starting lineup with Rose-Howard-Deng-Gibson-Brewer.

By: oldhighs

oldhighs — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:59:37 +0000

Bulls should offer Boozer, Noah, and two first-round picks for Howard.

By: bigmike7914

bigmike7914 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:54:06 +0000

After Bynum finally got his knee operated on correctly and stopped getting patch up work he didnt miss a game last year, the only reason he missed games last year at the beginning of the season is, because he got surgery late claiming he was at the FIFA soccer championships. Now if you want to talk about immaturity that’s a whole different story, as far as his game goes he’s a more polished offensive player than Howard is right now but if Howard goes to LA he’ll have Kareem at his disposal also.

By: inbounds

inbounds — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:33:13 +0000

Dwight Howard to Celtics.

They need a center. That would make a starting line up containing all All Star players from last year (has a team ever had all their starters in an All Star game before?)

Take a salary cut for one year, get a championship, then trade off everyone, pump up his salary and rebuild around him, Rondo, maybe another player.

Yeah, I’m dreaming, but what a sweet dream that would be

By: jbndesigns1

jbndesigns1 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:02:34 +0000

Boozer, asik and a couple of picks.

By: v2the4

v2the4 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:55:13 +0000

I think they will trade him to LA…..the Clippers, not the Lakers…in return, they can get Deandre Jordan, either Eric Gordon, Al Farouq Amani and a couple of first rounders for Dwight….in addition, the clippers will have to take Hedo Turkalou’s contract back.

of course, they could trade him to New Jersey for Brook Lopez and a couple of 1st rounders, but I would also ask for one of their point guards, either Jordan Farmer or Sasha Vujacic as well

By: legend72

legend72 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:32:56 +0000

The only way Loungefly could live with that is if he is a Lakers fan…

By: hail2tharedskins

hail2tharedskins — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:07:49 +0000

You can give up hope on that one. Dallas has zero tradeable assets. Their most tradeable asset (Nowitzki) is untouchable and too old to be considered the centerpiece for a rebuilding effort. And that is their best trade asset. If he is traded, it will come down to New Jersey or LA (both teams), with LA having the big advantage because that is Dwight’s stated prefernce

By: thatboi901

thatboi901 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:53:49 +0000

I’ll always said Bynum is more unfortunate than injury prone. Both times he was injured was due to 215 plus pound falling on his knees. Don’t know if many or any players could survive that. Greg Oden on the other hand has knees made of baby powder. Guy gets injured with nobody touching him.

By: watermelon1

watermelon1 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:50:53 +0000

Dwight Howard on almost any other team would definitely raise my interest in the NBA before March. And since that’s what the NBA needs, I predict this definitely happens. I just hope it’s a team that I can actually “cheer” for… and not another team with obviously no chance.

By: fordman84

fordman84 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:48:12 +0000

Hope Dallas gets him. Howards humor with Cubans antics would be great, Cuban would allow him to do anything he wants. Dirk only has a couple of years and then Howard will be the superstar of the future with all the big money going to him until he retires. Dirk and Howard gives a great chance for more success. Dallas has a history of being able to put lesser pieces around a couple of guys and having success. Dallas could give picks, young talent like DoJo and RoddyB, maybe a veteran like Caron, and/or a center back in Haywood along with some money for Haywoods contract.

By: redbullenergydrink

redbullenergydrink — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:16:17 +0000

You sure you can live with Bynum missing 40% of the season? Cause we all know he’ll be injured given time.

By: brooklynbulls

brooklynbulls — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:10:02 +0000

Never thought about it before but……Noah/Deng or Boozer/Deng…..interesting Blue

By: loungefly74

loungefly74 — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:00:54 +0000

i could live with Bynum, a couple vets (odom), and some picks for superman…

By: leearmon

leearmon — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:31:53 +0000

Otis Smith needs to be fired ASAP. His moves lacked foresight and even a little (a lot) of logic. Now they’ve gone from a young NBA Finals team to an old, over the cap squad who is about to unload their franchise player, probably the second to third best player in the league. What a waste! In consecutive seasons they have traded young assets like Courtney Lee, then last season it was Gortat, and now Howard. What does it take to get fired in the NBA? Though I think it would be great for the NBA, especially the Eastern Conference if Dwight went to Brooklyn, its hard for me to imagine the Magic organization accepting a deal of Brook Lopez and picks for D12, especially if Andrew Bynum and Odom are being dangled. But the way team’s front offices are run nothing will truly surprise me.

One question Kurt, New Jersey traded Favors and 2 1st round picks to Utah last season correct? So if they were to package picks to Orlando which years would they be? I know in the last CBA you couldn’t trade picks in consecutive years, did that rule stay in the new CBA because if so, wouldn’t the picks Orlando would receive be 3 and 5 years from now? Essentially making those picks very late 1st rounders because a DWill and DHoward will be hitting their primes together around that time.