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It's a good thing he's a basketball player and not someone who has to think for a living. The move here is to threaten to show up and tank if he's claimed. If he's just going to retire, he should get claimed by every team who has a shot to be competitive just so the Heat can't have him.
I really hope Tor, Mil, Phi, Min or some other bottom feeder puts in a claim.
Zero chance of that happening.
If that happens, the Lakers would be a far worse team going forward.
more likely to be settled with draft picks than this.
Bynum > Lopez. Arenas has already been amnestied. Smith's priority should be to ensure he gets a young, talented all-star caliber big man in return for Howard, while also ridding himself of Hedo's albatross. That's why the Lakers refused to include Bynum in the CP3 trade, and why they refused to take on the Okafor contract when their frontcourt is almost bare by trading Pau and Lamar. Not sure it will go down, but it fits perfectly.
Yeah, it's looking like we'll see the Kobe, Howard, Paul Superteam after all. I never would have believed it a few days ago.And now the Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Smith says Howard has requested a trade.
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Is this legit?If so, what could they possibly have to offer. I can't think of one good young player on their team.
Requested a trade to Lakers, Mavs, or Nets. Certainly won't be Mavs though.
Here is everybody currently on their roster.Dirk NowitzkiJason TerryJason KiddShawn MarionBrendan HaywoodCorey BrewerRudy FernandezRodrigue BeauboisDominique JonesIan MahinmiIf you are trading Howard, Fernandez and Beaubois are the only guys you would even want include, but those are more along the lines of the throw ins you would expect after getting a young stud and a couple first rounds, not the headliners to the trade. No ####### way they'll end up with Howard. Better the the Magic to bench Howard for 66 games out of spite than to take that trash for him.
the Mavs received a 12 million dollar trade exception in the Chandler sign and trade. That may help in acquiring Howard if it happens.
But it would take much more than that. This is Dwight Howard we're talking about, not Al Jefferson.
The report I read had the trade exception being used primarily to take on the contract of Turkoglu. I'm not sure how it would all work but apparently it's doable or it wouldn't be being reported as a possibility.
I think most would agree that Bynum is more talented than Lopez (along with pretty much every other young C in the league). But Bynum's talent and his value are very different things.
I think Bynum with healthy knees is a great player. He doesn't have healthy knees. I would rather have Lopez and the picks that were speculated than Bynum.Deron Williams and Dwight Howard is a pretty solid combo for the Nets.
Being doable and being realistic are two different things.
I think Lopez may be more talented than Bynum, but he doesn't appear to be a hard worker. Without looking I would guess they are the same age, so that's a wash. So, if you are looking at the two of them you are comparing a lazy young big with lots of talent and a small contract to an all around young talented big with a maturity problem and 40 year old man knees. Bynum is high risk - high reward, Lopez is low risk - slightly lower reward.
Of course. I was just responding to a post that asked what they had to offer, not whether what they had to offer was going to be good enough. My only point is that it can be done.
And now the Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Smith says Howard has requested a trade.
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That would be awesome. Houston wants any big man really bad though. Maybe they'd be ok with Haywood?
About as sensible as Bynum for Howard.
Oh lordy. You can't get away with posts like this in THIS thread. Wishing you the best.
Sign and trade with NO for J O'Neal. Makes no sense to me but that's whats going down.
that's insane, why would hornets want that bum
Most likely to send him and his one year deal elsewhere (LA?) to facilitate a trade.
