magic04life 9 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 http://twitpic.com/ahk21e That Link don't work, can someone quote what was said Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UEBERMORTAL 125 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 Some private DM's of his leaked out basically him saying don't believe the ESPN rumors and the trade is not true Yeah... the real trade is still up in the air! We will get Kurt Thomas a bag of nuts... and with that flexibility und hard fighting team we will compete for asylum title! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Berto 338 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 This is fine I guess if you trade Afflalo and Harrington later, and if we're unloading every contract. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wharf Rat 94 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 http://twitpic.com/ahk21e Haha, what a douche. He still hasn't given up the Brooklyn dream. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UEBERMORTAL 125 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 Sounds all so familiar, reminds me alot to this trade: On February 1, 2008, Gasol was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers along with a 2010 second round draft pick for Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton, Aaron McKie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PennysRUs 5 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 No way those DMs are real. He isnt that stupid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybridalienhog 7 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 John Hollinger @johnhollinger Go easy on Hennigan. Hearing Orl Pres Alex Martins likely ran this one. Always good to have non-bball folks make critical decision. Better not be true im tired of non basketball people interfering and ruining our team LMAO at people defending this trade as a reasonable decision by Hennigan, when he may not have even supported it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ball junkie 277 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 Hollinger called it a head-scratcher for the Magic..... I don't feel totally comfortable ripping them because I don't know what competing offers they had, but I have a hard time believing they couldn't do better than this. Suddenly, overpaying Brook Lopez doesn't sound so bad.The Magic didn't generate that much salary-cap savings, but they didn't really need to. They'll have max cap room heading into the 2013 offseason, and they'll be even further under the cap if they cut partially guaranteed deals belonging to Harrington and Hedo Turkoglu. But let's put it this way: The two players they received as salary ballast wouldn't have been my first two choices from the three other rosters in this deal.Afflalo is a halfway decent scorer who decided he was "The Man" last season and stopped playing defense. He's a hard-working, quality player, but he's also owed $31 million over the next four years and he'll be 27 years old by the start of this coming season. Harrington had a nice 2011-12, too, but Denver was wise to sell high. He is a Fluke Rule player (i.e., his stats can be expected to regress sharply next season), has a bad knee and is 32 years old. Just what you need to rebuild. Together, Afflalo and Harrington make nearly as much as Howard, and I'd argue that their two contracts have negative value going forward (although the Magic could cut Harrington after the season and save half the money since his deal is only 50 percent guaranteed). Oh, the Magic got some other things out of it, but it's all flotsam. They received three first-round picks, but they won't get much immediate help from those -- Philly's pick won't arrive until 2015 at the earliest, and the pick from the Lakers won't be available until 2017. The Magic also get two recent draft picks in the deal, Harkless and Vucevic, so they'll argue that they got five first-round picks for Howard. But they'll likely end up being five low-value firsts at the back end of the draft. In fact, they're guaranteed to be bad, since our Marc Stein reports that all three future ones are lottery protected. Of the other two, Vucevic is a solid backup center but nothing special, and I thought Harkless was a reach as a first-rounder.Instead, the only lottery pick Orlando gets out of this is its own, after what figures to be a 19-win season in 2012-13 leaves the Magic with a top-five pick. The amazing part, however, is what Orlando didn't get out of this: No Bynum. No Pau Gasol. Not even an Iguodala. I have a hard time believing Orlando couldn't stick the Lakers with Harrington and Magic forward Glen Davis in return for Gasol, given that the Lakers had no other realistic means of acquiring Howard.It appears Orlando wants to rip its roster down to the studs and emulate the Oklahoma City model -- after all, new general manager Rob Hennigan came from the Thunder -- and perhaps the Magic can pull it off. Now all they have to do is select an all-time great and two other All-Stars in the next three drafts, and they'll be all set to emulate the Thunder. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
§issie 4 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 I am so lost .....And confused.. I love my Magic... Im glad this thing with Dwight is over ... All but the ink on the line..... I just wish I know who my Magic are gonna be.... Anyone know the lineup ?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
God Hates Otis Smith 153 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 No way those DMs are real. He isnt that stupid. :shard: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soul Bro 1,417 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 As listed on ESPN, this is perhaps the worst trade in NBA history Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
My 6th Rebuild 6 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 I don't believe this trade is the way it's being reported. 3 first round picks, all lottery protected? I don't believe it. No way. There has to be something else. We better cut Al Haarington at the end of the season. I think this is the proposal given to the Magic by all 3 teams. I just don't believe it. Kind of like the Nets trade that was supposedly complete. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
