Howard Trade, take.....34?

[RR7]

Potential to be a 4 way with LA, Denver, Philly and Orlando.

LA sends Gasol and Bynum for Howard and Al Harrington
Denver sends Afflalo and other pieces for Igguodola
Philly sends Iggy and potentially more for Bynum
Orlando sends Howard for Gasol(to possibly move elsewhere), Afflalo, and other pieces from philly and Denver.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--l...rade-talks-to-send-dwight-howard-to-l-a-.html

 

[e_blazer]

Given the age difference and declining productivity of Gasol, Orlando had better be getting more in terms of additional players or some good picks. Otherwise, they'd be ahead just to take Bynum.

 

[KingSpeed]

When I first saw your subject title, I thought we were getting Juwan or Josh Howard.

 

[ironcrotch]

If I were LA, I'd rather have Nash, Kobe, Pau, Bynum.

 

[Sedatedfork]

If I were LA, I'd rather have Nash, Kobe, Pau, Bynum.

If I'm Kobe I think I would too. D Ho is a Diva. Take the blue collar players who have been there. If Aflallo was available, would you rather have him than Wes? I'm not sure. Wes might be a good vet to help the rookies learn the ropes.

 

[mook]

If I were LA, I'd rather have Nash, Kobe, Pau, Bynum.

For this year, maybe yes. But they don't want to contend this year. They want to contend every year.

Howard is 26. All those other guys (except Bynum) are much older. The Lakers are used to having superstar/best-in-the-league talent, and they need to start looking at reloading that pool for another decade.

The price they pay for it is living with a ridiculous diva. Which is what Shaq and Kobe were for a long time, so it's not like it's something they couldn't historically handle.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Thought 1: Is this really the best Orlando can do?
Thought 2: It sort of sounds sort of fair for everyone else.
Thought 3: What's Howard's incentive to stay around, given that his supporting cast is all in the AARP?

 

[MARIS61]

Meanwhile Blazers GM Neil Oshley is putting the finishing touches on a trade with the Clippers, offering Kaleb Canales and a 2nd round pick for the Clippers' team bus.

 

[KingSpeed]

Meanwhile Blazers GM Neil Oshley is putting the finishing touches on a trade with the Clippers, offering Kaleb Canales and a 2nd round pick for the Clippers' team bus.

Hahahaha!

 

[MARIS61]

Hey Eric, what are you working on lately?

 

[Pinwheel1]

Interesting down here in Socal, they are saying (on the radio) that Gasol is not part of the trade. They can't explain how the deal would work without him, but that's what they are hearing......

 

[Nikolokolus]

It's only fair that LA gets him, I mean what team is more deserving?

 

[jlprk]

Olshey thinks his big trade was to get Jared Jeffries at center. Howard is beyond his imagination.

 

[KingSpeed]

Hey Eric, what are you working on lately?

Good question. The next month is actually busy. I'm going to GenCon (game convention) for fun next week. Then, when I come back, I have a role in a movie called "Lady Peacock" that I'll shoot for about 10 days. Then I go to San Diego for a party to celebrate my recent marriage with West coast friends and family. THEN, the coolest thing, I'm being flown out to Paris, put up at a hotel, and paid very nicely to sign autographs at this: parismanga.fr/. There's another movie called "Disorientated" that I'm supposed to shoot in Italy in January but if that gets postponed (it's been postponed a few times already), I'll go back to LA for pilot season.

Thanks for asking.

It's only fair that LA gets him, I mean what team is more deserving?

Hahahahahahahahahaha!

 

[DaLincolnJones]

Hey, gratz on the wedding, I must have missed my invite. Sounds like you have a lot on your plate, nice. I would like to see you in more stuff, so good luck.

 

[KingSpeed]

Hey, gratz on the wedding, I must have missed my invite. Sounds like you have a lot on your plate, nice. I would like to see you in more stuff, so good luck.

Thanks.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Deal being reported as done.

D-bag Howard is a Laker.

Reason 9854 to hate the Lakers.

 

[illmatic99]

LA getting Howard for Bynum. WTF is this bullshit?!

 

[KingSpeed]

Sixers will be a tough out now. Sixers/Lakers final? If there are no injuries, there's no way the Lakers lose. What next? Is Phil coming back too? Book it. 2013 champs = Lakers

 

[KingSpeed]

LA getting Howard for Bynum. WTF is this bullshit?!

Magic don't even get Bynum. They get Moe Harkless. Who the fuck is that?

 

[keebs3]

I can already see BS Laker fans at the RG on Halloween night dressed as Superman..

 

[Pinwheel1]

Sixers will be a tough out now. Sixers/Lakers final? If there are no injuries, there's no way the Lakers lose. What next? Is Phil coming back too? Book it. 2013 champs = Lakers

Bynum is an idiot. The Lakers got rid of a fucking headache in exchange for the best center in the game. But apparently Philly was glad to get rid of Iggy. Orlando on the other hand is beyond idiotic.

 

[ironcrotch]

This sounds like a terrible deal for Orlando. They wanted draft picks. So they get 3 of them from the best teams in the league.

 

[OregonHuskerMan]

Wonder if this means Hawes is on the trade market now.

 

[NJNetz]

How many of you feel this deal is better for the Magic than the Nets' last offer?

@WojYahooNBA
Final Nets offer Orlando rejected in July: Lopez, Humphries (1 year, $9.6M), Brooks, 4 unprotected No. 1’s for Howard, JRich, Duhon, Clark.

 

[KingSpeed]

I wish we could've gotten into this and gotten Bynum like Philly did. Bynum is a total dick but he's a top 2 center in the league and if we could've traded Batum and Matthews for him, I would've done it. Philly only gave up Iggy.

 

[OregonHuskerMan]

It is a significantly worse offer as currently reported.

3 protected draft picks vs. 4 unprotected.

Afflalo vs Brooks (Marshon is apparently very well regarded around the league)

Vucevic vs Lopez (Lopez easy)

Harrington vs Humphries (expiring 10 mill)

The nets offer isn't great, but this offer is shit.

 

[OmazingBaller]

The only winner in this entire deal is LA. This is just a crazy as when Shaq left Orlando, joined the Lakers and became part of a dynasty. It's like deja vu all over again. I understand Orlando needed to get rid of Howard but you cannot send him to a team with weapons like Kobe, Nash and Pau. As mentioned earlier, Orlando is idiotic. Wouldn't be surprised if some personnel get fired for making this move.

 

[RR7]

The only winner in this entire deal is LA.

Denver got Iggy for Afflalo and Harrington. Win. Philly got Bynum for Iggy. Win. Orlando lost atthe expense of everyone else in this deal.

 

[ironcrotch]

How many of you feel this deal is better for the Magic than the Nets' last offer?

@WojYahooNBA
Final Nets offer Orlando rejected in July: Lopez, Humphries (1 year, $9.6M), Brooks, 4 unprotected No. 1’s for Howard, JRich, Duhon, Clark.

This was considered a mediocre deal. Now it looks like a gold mine.

3 protected picks from playoff teams, so they'll most likely be in the high 20's vs 4 unprotected 1sts.