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It's a good deal for the Magic... It's either this or let Dwight walk. No team is going to mortgage the farm to get Dwight especially any team in a mid-tier market. Options were limited. Houston was done as soon a they got Asik.... The committed to a different plan. We now will have some decent young talent and flexibility. Turkoglu and Harrington will both become vital assets at this years deadline. It's a plan with risk, but doing nothing was riskier.

Again we should be celebrating, Duhon is gone. The only sad people are Orlando's downtown bar owners. Duhon was the worst thing ever to happen to the Orlando Magic.

The problem with trading Howard to Oklahoma City is that OKC would have a big void at SG and PF. OKC is planning to play against Miami and you cant do that without being deep at the 2,3, an 4 positions with or without Howard- Don't forget they just added 2 more shooters to spread the floor If this trade would of happened at the start of free agency, it would have been perfect- OKC could have gone after Crawford, Terry, Allen, or Mayo to fill the SG harden role and would of been able to find a solid PF with the new roster.

Is the Magic's reluctance to hire a coach Dwight Howard related? Is Henny indecisive or strategic, only time will tell

Make these pictures go away.... Good thing no sound bites, it's torture

Weak-minded is an understatement... If any of this stuff about him is true the guy needs to be thrown in jail for a while to toughen up

Or the names Chris Broussard and Steven A Smith

Who here would be excited to rebuild around Bynum? I'm not sold he can be dominating if he received double teams the way Howard does, but I haven't seen him play enough to have a qualified opinion.. Can Bynum be the primary piece in a championship team? If you were to have a fantasy draft and all teams had to start from scratch what pick would he be?

Welcome to my frustrations. There were way to many PGs on the market to pay Nelson anywhere close to what we did. Now that players are starting to sign you are seeing the "Who will sign for less players". I like Nelson but as a backup only and certaintly not that price- hopefully the 3rd year is a small buyout like $1M an then his contract is no big deal as we will have another good expiring deal next year.

Sorry, aded everything in reply- iPhone makes thing difficulty occasionally It makes sense that he needs to grow up and stop being a baby. If his ego is that fragile how does he ever expect to win a championship when all the pressure in the world is on him. I'm finally starting to understand why he can't make free throws in game situations. I got some news for Mr. Howard welcome to the real world. Time to be an adult. Play like one, act like one, and carry yourself like one.

Why can't you, the worst thing that happens is we lose games and aren't we most likely losing without Howard anyways? I love the way people overreact and let the media make decisions

Why does ESPN keep beating the Brooklyn dead horse.... Is it run by the Russian Mafia? Dwight Howard is not going to Brooklyn; nobody in the league is going to come close to sniffing Brook Lopezs contract- its a bad as the one we gave Sugar Rashard- how bout Holligner does a stat analysis on the terrible Lopez deal instead.

Does anyone buy anything from Amway? For the life of me I can't see how that business works, especially since websites like Amazon are out there now. I never like our ownership group and wish someone like Heisley (or Disney related) would have bought us.

What's your twitter name so we can follow!

Depending on how the rest of free agency goes, the list is as follows- Please note this does not include recent signings, rookie signings, or some recent trades and the cap figures are estimate and just gauranteed $$$. Philly-$20m Toronto- $25m Cleveland $18m Milwaukee- $11m Houston- $12m Atlanta-$15m Bobcats- $20m Minnesota-$40m Portland-$20m Utah-$16m Phoenix-$30m Sacramento-30m There is alot of free agency left and some teams will cap out- i.e. if minnesota gets Batum they are not a player next year. With the new cap rules, I see more teams playing hardball and signing non-gauranteed or one year contracts. The cap is $58m this year and next year I would estimate it at $60- if some teams like Atlanta do not commit long term salary the will e able to sign $3 max deals

If Asik is not matched it could make this trade a little more difficult. Also, what we don't know is Dwight's status- he could at any minute increase the list of teams he is willing to be traded to or state under no circumstances will he resign with Houston- this could send the deal into places unknown. The Magic have one huge asset in this entire ordeal- Hakeem , who still lives in Houston half the year and has a relationship with Dwight

If Dwight truly is 100% out the door and Houston deal is 90% as advertised this deal should have been done yesterday..... I hope this is the way we go, I'm more excited to see some heart and hustle than any borderline playoff team (which we will be with Bynum). See New Orleans from last season. The sucked but were fun to watch because they competed every game.

Remember when Jacque Vaughn missed like 30+ shots in a row over multiple games? Sports enter had a daily segment on Jacque Vaughn updates on making a shot, it was classic

He averages 5 ppg and 20 mpg in Europe he's a bust whether or not he ever comes to the NBA.

Various reports also said Dwight Howard was being traded to New Jersey. Until Chicago matches it is a cap hold on the rockets which makes taking on additional salary outside Dwight difficult. Deal with the facts, I would like the Rockets deal as much as everybody but with Asik cap hold the rockets lose some flexibility.... with Dwight/ Bynum they will have cap almost maxed. I do not believe Martin is traded if they acquire a b

Rockets are out... They signed Omar Asik to an offer she 3 years @ 25 mil

There aren't too many players who give 100% effort all the time. I would say maybe only 20% of the league or 2-3 players per team. College sports is great because many atheletes are playing simply because they enjoy it- much more hustle and effort displayed. One of the most beloved teams in Magic history didn't even make the playoffs- but it was the effort that we all loved

I agree... I want to see players who give it 100% every night win or lose. I get tired of seeing lackluster effort which has been the norm for Orlando Magic basketball over the last couple years.

Anybody else here hate ESPN? I'm tired of them treating sports like a soap opera. I want old school Sports Center and reporters who report facts and not just state opinions.