What's crazy to me is the Lakers fans wanting Dwight. He's definitely not enough to put them over the top, especially with that old ass roster. They should be ready for the rebuild.
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2013 NBA Offseason |OT| Already Planning for the 2014 Offseason
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1.5 million away. They need to waive or trade Royce White.
obijkenobi
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Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 4m
Dwight Howard and his representatives still need to go through details of a proposed contract with the Rockets, sources tell Y! Sports.
Wut? I mean, wut?
Still can't believe that trade to be honest.
Dwight Howard and his representatives still need to go through details of a proposed contract with the Rockets, sources tell Y! Sports.
Wut? I mean, wut?
Still can't believe that trade to be honest.
lol say what now Dominican
He'll get used to it.
So they basically traded their superteam to create one in Houston. All in an effort to keep Ibaka and Perkins.
jordan0386
Member
Wait. Rockets dont have enough space to give him the $88 million?
Edit: ESPN so didnt want to lead with Dwight to HOU.
Lol, they just tried to take it back before commercial break.
Edit: ESPN so didnt want to lead with Dwight to HOU.
Lol, they just tried to take it back before commercial break.
I'd like to see us make a move to replace Perk/Brooks before I sign on to that one. And it's undeniable the West is even tougher now.
Thunder
Spurs
Rockets
Warriors
Clippers
Would all be the 2 seed in the East. It'll be a tough road, but people forget how good we were last year.
MegaKungFuRadio
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THE CIRCLE OF LIFE
Black Mamba
Member
I wonder if this is what is going on:
Dwight: Houston
Agent: Lakers
And they're fighting because the agent wants more money.
Officerrob
Banned
It never made ESPN.com either
Black Mamba
Member
You can't waive a player to gain his cap space. That only works with amnesty.
But yeah, they should be able to trade him with $3 mil to any team under the cap, really.
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
Thats what I said and it led to a whole back & forth a few pages back with linsivi. Rockets were feeling big stealing lin from the knicks and asik from the bulls.... now they're about to put dwight next to harden and try to add J smoove and calderon for lin and asik all because presti fucked up.... and they still have all their damn picks.
Like OKC had a few championships on lock and instead they created a monster in Houston...
Ninja Scooter
Member
I hope this get dragged out until the 10th. It's hilarious. What do I care? We are going to suck next year with or without Dwight.
Gully State
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For all intents and purposes, the Warriors are out of the running..
lmfao
Lol why the fuck is comic sans commenting on this.
Matrix
LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world hed rather have. The problem is, Dwyanes not a woman.
That's pure evil you're wishing for.
I secretly wanted him to choose the Warriors so both teams would have to hammer out a trade that would take forever.
At some point you just gotta lean into it.
When you have a chance to have a terrible front court vs. Harden you gotta go with shitastic front court.
god frank isola has the worst joke tweets ever
lmfao
WonkyPanda
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RT @sportscenter: UPDATE: Dwight Howard's camp has informed Lakers that he will not re-sign with them. (via @Chris_Broussard )
Matrix
LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world hed rather have. The problem is, Dwyanes not a woman.
lol
Stretch provision would save them about $700k and then they would need to trade G. Smith for a 2nd instead.
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
thats why i call him Asshola and Woj is Wojina...
MorisUkunRasik
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Frank Isola ‏@FisolaNYDN
Brilliant RT@FakeSportsCentr: Dwight Howard reportedly unhappy in Houston
ha
Brilliant RT@FakeSportsCentr: Dwight Howard reportedly unhappy in Houston
ha
lol
Laker fans are used to rooting for pure evil
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
Holy fucking shit, Strauss can be great.
MorisUkunRasik
Member
Karl Malone wasn't that bad.
Generally speaking, it's stupid to try and work a lot of magic with wage income.
The Stealth Fox
Junior Member
I'm sorry MorisRokoUkic
fixd
MetalFearSolid
Banned
Let's face it, this man should have won executive of the year. He will win it next year.
madmaxx350
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what is going on lol
touche good sir
Exactly. We were going to suck until at least 2014 the moment we got swept by the Mavs. This changes nothing.
Black Mamba
Member
save $700k, add in a $500k cap hold. They save very little.
lolz
I seem to remember everyone predicting the Lakers would win the West last year when they got Dwight.
The temptation is to think creating a winning basketball team is about putting all the big names on one roster, and it's rarely that simple.
Dwight is no less of a cancer just because he's on a team with Harden (who hasn't shown himself to be much of a leader yet). In fact, Harden is pretty quiet and unassuming, I could see Dwight's BS and "comedic" antics overwhelming that.
Don't get me wrong, they have a chance to be great. But it's just that, a chance. Most people were predicting OKC would suffer greatly last season, and they won 60 games and the 1 seed.
Let's see some actual basketball before we make grand pronouncements. Honestly, the Clippers scare me more than Houston does.
The temptation is to think creating a winning basketball team is about putting all the big names on one roster, and it's rarely that simple.
Dwight is no less of a cancer just because he's on a team with Harden (who hasn't shown himself to be much of a leader yet). In fact, Harden is pretty quiet and unassuming, I could see Dwight's BS and "comedic" antics overwhelming that.
Don't get me wrong, they have a chance to be great. But it's just that, a chance. Most people were predicting OKC would suffer greatly last season, and they won 60 games and the 1 seed.
Let's see some actual basketball before we make grand pronouncements. Honestly, the Clippers scare me more than Houston does.
Iamwolfthing
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The only way I would've approved of signing Iggy is if it meant we were able to s&t for Dwight. Now we have Iggy for four years and we're probably going to stay a sixth seed.