Neil, Please trade the #6, #11, Matthews, Thomas, Williams, Babbitt, Williams, Smith, rights to Claver and Freeland for Dwight Howard. The deal can be agreed to and announced on draft night but become official on July 1st. We would then have Howard, LaMarcus, and RFA Batum, and both second round picks. We'd have about $16 million in cap room. Obviously you have to make a quick inquiry on July 1st at 12:01am if Deron is interested in a long-term or just a one year deal, but he probably stays in Brooklyn so you need to then act very fast. Immediately make a run at Nash, try to talk him into a one year deal. If he signed for $9 million we have another $7 million or so to throw at a starting SG. Then $2.5 million for our 6th man. We’d round out the roster with minimum salary vets. Players love to play with Nash and players love to go to a situation where minutes are available and a deep playoff run is probable. With that roster we could contend for a title next season. Would Howard stay here beyond that? Probably not, but there might be a small chance he does. But who cares, we’d have a legit chance at a title and could immediately retool if Howard does leave. Dwight’s salary and Nash would come off the cap so we’d have massive dollars to throw around in 2013 free agency.
They could ask for more, but they wouldn't get abetter offer than that anywhere, so no reason to go above that. New GM is from OKC. There's the potential he goes the slow build through draft process OKC took, instead of the quick fix Otis was looking for their, which might make 2 lotto picks in a deep draft enticing. Though I think the salaries are off above some 19 for Howard, 14 for Aldridge, 5 for Batum hold, and then 10 roster charges equaling another 5 million or so total. 43 million and change in salary, gives us a tiny bit under 15 to get Deron. He'd have to take a cut, which seems unlikely. But, to play with Dwight, maybe he would. Or, you renounce Batum, and give him what he wants.
this really is a stars league, and babbitt ewill wes claver freeland smith and likely 6 and 11 are not stars, nor ever will be
he could absolutely get a better offer than 6 and 11 and scrappy scraps i think lma + would get it done though
I meant they wouldn't get a better offer than LMA, so no reason to go + on it. Likely they can ge a better offer than 2 lotto picks, but from a team willing to just rent him, what is a likely better offer?
I would think Orlando's interest would be in the picks and maybe one or two more cheap prospects (E. Williams). I don't think they want to take on contracts if they are rebuilding. Draft picks and good deals only. Otherwise, just trade for Bynum. I could see them possibly being interested in all the scraps above plus 6 and 11 for Howard and TurkeyGlue. That would free them up a lot.
I would do LMA + 11 for DHo You can resign Hickson who then is your starting PF Resign Batum Go after D Will or Nash. Even if D Ho walks after a year, I think this team does better in 1 year than the Blazers are likely to do in the next 5 years, so why the hell not? D12 has never really played with a PG like Nash. I think he would blow up.
To make the deal a bit more enticing; first do a trade with Charlotte to completely unprotect next seasons pick for us to move from #6 to #2. Then we can give Orlando the #2 instead of the #6. Yes I agree the wouldn't want Thomas/Williams, but they will be over the cap next season anyways so its not too big of a cost for them if these are the best lotto picks they can get. It would massively help us out since we'd get those savings in cap room. Perhaps we also send them $3 million cash. The other rookies, Babbitt/EWill/ euro rights, arn't worth much but they are still worth more then their cheap contracts.
Just stop this. Dwight Howard is not walking through that door, fans. Deron Williams is not walking through that door, and Phil Jackson is not walking through that door. And if you expect them to walk through that door, they're going to be here for a game against us. What we are is young, exciting, hard-working, and we're going to improve. People don't realize that, and as soon as they realize those three guys are not coming through that door, the better this town will be for all of us because there are young guys in that (locker) room playing their asses off. I wish we had $90 million under the salary cap. I wish we could buy the world. We can't; the only thing we can do is work hard, and all the negativity that's in this town sucks. I've been around when Jim Rice was booed. I've been around when Yastrzemski was booed. And it stinks. It makes the greatest town, greatest city in the world, lousy. The only thing that will turn this around is being upbeat and positive like we are in that locker room... and if you think I'm going to succumb to negativity, you're wrong. You've got the wrong guy leading this team
https://twitter.com/JRudolphSports/status/217237316660510723 This dude is from RealGM based out of Orlando.
I wouldn't dangle LA in a deal for Dwight unless: 1-there is some sort of extension involved 2- his injury isn't chronic If both of those are okayed, then I'd deal LA + 11 for him. Move 6 + whatever else for 2. Draft TRob. Then go HARD after Deron/Dragic/Nash. Then re-sign Nic and Hickson.
I wouldn't trade LaMarcus for Dwight, we would be as crappy or more so then the Magic and he'd then want to leave. Adding Howard only makes sense if we can comepete for a title next season, to do that we need to keep LaMarcus. If those offers are unacceptable for Orlando then so be it. The problem the Magic are going to have is any team acquiring Dwight needs to retain enough assets to compete for a title, so they can't get more then the second best asset from another team. You don't want to trade for Dwight then be even worse then the Magic were last season that makes no sense. Yes that is why a Howard trade is very difficult for both sides to find acceptable but that is true for all superstar trades.
