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iLLoQuent aka DSK said:
This is what it comes down to.

You're absolutely right about the Knicks too. :smh:

He roots for LeBron.

And the Bulls.
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nah he only roots for lebron because he knows alot of the extreme kobe fans hate him and cant grasp the concept of lebron being the best player in the league.
 
FinallyFamous said:
Stan Van definitely got dog treated and I believe he can coach somewhere else fo sho
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I agree I bet he will be back coaching in the league by next season.  The Magic front office is whos to blame for the Magic never doing ****.  They never put another star player around Howard.  just a bunch of over paid role players.
 
bhzmafia14 said:
What's even more funny is that people think Iguodala is Lebron or something. What makes people think Denver won't have similar problems this season that they had last season? .
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Denver's main problem is giving up too many points. Number 1 in scoring and 28th in defense

Iggy is gonna be asked to put the defense on his back not the offense.
 
An excerpt from a SI article chronicling Orlando trade/ potential deals.

Sources with knowledge of the talks said that wasn't the case with Brooklyn's most recent proposal. Before Brook Lopez's re-signing on July 11 ended the talks with the Nets because he could no longer be included in the deal, the Magic -- who had a chance to get four first-round picks (with Nets guard MarShon Brooks being traded to the Clippers, or some other third team, in exchange for one of the picks) -- had been against the idea of saddling their payroll with Lopez on a maximum contract (four years, $61 million) or, to a much lesser degree, power forward Kris Humphries on a deal that would guarantee him about $10 million next season. Most, if not all, of those picks would likely have all been late first-rounders based on any reasonable projections of the Nets' future (and that of the Clippers, if they had signed off on that deal).

The offerings from Houston, sources said, weren't as plentiful as previously believed either. In both the two-team talks with Houston and three-team discussions that involved the Lakers and would have sent center Andrew Bynum to the Rockets, sources said Houston was offering only two first-round picks. From Houston's perspective, however, the comparative value of the picks far outweighed anything available to the Magic elsewhere and it had been made clear that a third pick could be added "if it got the deal done."

One of the picks, which would have come via Toronto as part of Houston's recent trade of point guard Kyle Lowry, has protections that make it likely to land in the lottery. The other being offered, by way of Dallas, had an outside chance at becoming completely unprotected in 2018 if the Mavericks didn't finish the regular season in the league's top 10 in the five years prior.

Many assumed that the Rockets' three first-round picks from this year's draft -- guard Jeremy Lamb and forwards Royce White and Terrence Jones -- would be made available in a Howard deal. But sources close to the Magic said Lamb was the only such prospect offered, and that he was off the table by the time the talks involved the Lakers and Lamb had impressed at the Las Vegas summer league in July (he averaged 20 points in five games). Meanwhile, unwanted players like Gary Forbes, Jon Brockman and Marcus Morris were made available (along with shooting guard Kevin Martin, whose expiring $12.9 million contract was a must to make the money work).

On the Rockets' side, meanwhile, sources said the message had been sent that the Magic could have one or possibly two prospects from a pool that included Morris, Patrick Patterson, Lamb, Jones, White and Donatas Motiejunas. Houston offered significant salary-cap relief, but, as had been the case on the topic of young players, never in the form that the Magic wanted.

"I enjoyed working with Rob on a potential deal," Rockets general manager Daryl Morey told SI.com via text message. "He went with what was best for Orlando and over time people will see that he has made a good decision. He has a plan for Orlando and he has proved his ability to execute a plan to make franchises great from his time in San Antonio and Oklahoma City."

Hennigan wouldn't discuss the negotiations in any detail but made it clear he is content.

"What's available in theory and what's available in reality aren't necessarily the same," he said. "At the end of the day, we're happy with the net result of the trade considering the circumstances."

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...nnigan-orlando-magic/index.html#ixzz23hBOiY8M
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/sam_amick/08/15/dwight-howard-rob-hennigan-orlando-magic/
 
Ballinsam23 said:
Who do you guys think has a better chance of making playoffs, Warriors or Wolves?
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it depends on how ricky and steph curry would bounce back next season, but I'd give the wolves the benefit of the doubt. Mainly because of the experience of the players in their roster and kevin love who is fresh from the olympics :smokin
 
quik1987 said:
Yo-Yao.gif
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Damn, I miss Yao. :smh:

Where is he at these days?
 
Yao :nthat:

Rockets are gonna have a nice core for the future if Lin pans out. All they need really is someone in the middle.
 
Still not seeing how Orlando possessed all this leverage. Yeah, they had Dwight, but unless they were willing to let him walk in the offseason (which clearly they weren't) then what leverage did they truly have?

New Jersey resigned their pieces so that's one major player out the picture.

Houston wasn't gutting their young team just to rent Dwight or acquire Bynum.

Lakers were really the only legitimate destination for Howard.

And the longer the Magic waited, the worse the offers became. You think at the trade deadline, a team would've panicked and traded the farm to Orlando knowing the Magic had to make a move.

If you recall, last year, the Magic requested Gasol & Bynum for Howard from LA. They had more leverage then...
 
AG 47 said:
Still not seeing how Orlando possessed all this leverage. Yeah, they had Dwight, but unless they were willing to let him walk in the offseason (which clearly they weren't) then what leverage did they truly have?

New Jersey resigned their pieces so that's one major player out the picture.

Houston wasn't gutting their young team just to rent Dwight or acquire Bynum.

Lakers were really the only legitimate destination for Howard.

And the longer the Magic waited, the worse the offers became. You think at the trade deadline, a team would've panicked and traded the farm to Orlando knowing the Magic had to make a move.

If you recall, last year, the Magic requested Gasol & Bynum for Howard from LA. They had more leverage then...
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So by your logic.... Lakers were they only team he could've gotten sent to? D12 had the leverage? And since he wanted to go to LA that's the only place? Correct?
 
solarius49 said:
JohnnyRedStorm said:
Yao :nthat:

Rockets are gonna have a nice core for the future if Lin pans out. All they need really is someone in the middle.
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How do people feel about Patrick Patterson and his potential for development at the PF?
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At the PF position, I feel like he could do some work since he has learned some moves from Scola. Just hope he can finally be 100% for once, and also play up to his height/build instead of playing small. He just doesn't stay aggressive every game. Don't even get me started when he's played center.

Wow, so Orlando basically wanted our entire squad for just a sniff at Howard, including Montiejunas? :lol: :lol: Noooo thanks.
 
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