Antihero

Highly likely this happens 2012 Hornets trade chris paul and new ownership 1st pick 2011 Cavs lose Bron to South Beach 1st pick 2010 Arenas screws over the Wiz with gun charges 1st pick This trade was so bad that I believe Stern promised Magic the 1st pick if they sent D12 to the Lakers

D12 spent his whole career being the man in Orlando. He might play nice early but their is a reason Shaq and Bynum left Kobe on bad terms. D12 isn't gonna lay back and let Kobe berate him like he does to Gasol

It will be interesting watching two alpha dog personalities between Kobe and d12 vying for power. Every team needs a leader and I don' t think D12 is going to roll on his back for Kobe. I don't see them meshing like Bron and Wade Durant and RW KG and Pierce I see them more like amare and melo.

If we can't get a top 2 pick I hope the magic take McAdoo. McaDoo is going to dominate college basketball this year high energy player that brings it on borh sides of the court.

Thanks for the memories Dwight you put Orlando on the map and made them the laughing stock of the NBA.

CP3 wanted out of the Hornets situation why would he want to come to a similar situation in Orlando? He wants to play with established stars

I'm sure the 76ers believe Bynum is more important to their long term success than Turner or Iggy. Similar to the Lakers willing to part with Gasol and Bynum to get a superior player in D12. I'm thinking if it was around the trade deadline and the 76ers were the 7th-10th seed they will be pressured into making a blockbuster deal

You do realize their were two other teams involved in this trade that have good young players. A better deal for the Magic would be sending Affalo and having Turner coming to the Magic

Is that an excuse to make a bad trade? And who knows what offers were on the table. If recent star players players like Paul, Melo, KG, and DW who all wanted to go to certain teams can net promising building blocks to the future and future 1st rounders. Why can't a vastly superior player do the same yet gets worse value.

you don't need to listen to espn to come to a conclusion that this is a bad trade. Shame on the people who don't think Hennigan is preaching the gospel whenever he makes a move.

The caliber of prospect when they were traded for stars like Melo, DW, and KG not the players as of now. A prospect like Evan Turner is what I'm suggesting

I never said get Al Jefferson or Eric Gordon

Is Harden and Ibaka centerpieces for the Thunder? no they are very good young players that compliment stars in Durant and Westbrook. I don't understand why some posters are insuled by the idea of getting a good-elite young prospect to pair with future top picks and rather have mid-level prospects

How many have future draft prospects won?

The thing is we got no foundation player out of this trade all these players can easily be moved within three years. It would've been nice to get an Eric Gordon, Al Jefferson, Derrick Favors, Gallinari type prospect in return

Nuggets in 2014 are most likely going to be a top 4 seed with Lawson Iggy and Mcgee as their Big 3 76ers 2015 pick is interesting their whole team can fall apart if Bynum leaves in free agency or misses time with injuries. pick should be top 10-15 Lakers 2017 is meaningless Gasol and Bryant take 50 mill off the cap and by that time the Lakers will pair John Wall or Kyrie Irving plus another max player with Dwight

Only positive thing about this trade is that its still better than the Nets trade

Favors is a top 5 pick who is buried behind borderline all stars in Jefferson and Milsap. Hes played great in his limited time and the Jazz are going to have to deal jefferson, Milsap, or both they also have Kanter pushing for PT

I know its rebuild mode it would've been nice to tank with an elite prospect on roster to pair with a potential top 5 pick in 2013 to fast forward the rebuilding process. The Timberwolves got a promising prospect in Al Jefferson for an aging Kevin Garnett.

How can the 4th-5th best PG in the NBA Deron Williams net an elite prospect in Derrick Favors and D12 can only net Aaron Affalo and 3 role players?

All 3 teams upgrade while the Magic get protected firsts from 3 teams that are going to the playoffs two mid level prospects an aging 3 point specialist and a solid 2 gurad. And this is the best we could get for a top player in the league the best big man right now in a league of his own and who is in his prime. I can no longer support Hennigan he played right into Sterns vision of the NBA the best players in the big markets, Now the Magic have to wait 5+ years to be relevant again . And what's the point of getting a top pick when the Magic have a habit of top picks wanting out., The NBA is going to be Lakers Heat Thunder for the next 5 years

If Dwight wants to get to LA or NJ he needs to start kissing Hennigan's ass. Hennigan has all the leverage and trying to bully him is only going to piss him off and make sure he never gets to NJ or LA. Dwight HWNSNBU, and Rudolph have to be the three stoogies its beyond comical these childish antics they are pulling.

Then take them to a grease monkey and lube them up

The Heat aren't a juggernaut team. They play a lot of close games and win them mainly because they get favorable calls because of star power. Bosh and Wade are regressing and have durability concerns. I wouldn't be surprised if the Heat only win one championship.

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