A Better DJ & Photographer 457 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 Rockets fan here. Congrats on getting rid of your Dwightmare. I am curious. It appears that Hennigan was looking for picks, young talent, cap space. With regards to this, how would you compare what you received (allegedly) with what Houston (allegedly) offered? @WojYahooNBA HOU offered ORL $12M in space (instead of Afflalo), recent 1st picks, future lottery and unprotected picks. Would've taken bad deals and no need to take on Harrington contract. Thoughts? Woj's latest post said that HOUSTON would not take back ANY bad contracts. The Magic decided to send Dwight Howard to the Lakers in a four-team trade instead of offers from both the Rockets and Nets. Houston's final offer was $12 million in immediate cap space instead of Arron Afflalo and Al Harrington, several of their recent first round selections, along with future lottery and unprotected draft picks. The Rockets were unwilling to take back any bad contracts in return while dealing for Howard. Read more: http://basketball.re...d#ixzz23A75XduK Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Antihero 0 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 Agreed, but are you going to stop a trade over evan turner? If they offered him and we said no it would be different but they didnt offer him so what can you do? 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fultz4thewin 2,464 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 Dont get me wrong, I love the city of Orlando and especially you fans because you guys been die hard for a long time. Plus you got my fellow Blue Devil J.J., should trade him to my squad so we can have two Blue Devils ;) But you guys would really rather this deal than Lopez? With good coaching, Lopez would have got off his feet for a chance to grab a rebound, and played D. It's not like he can't, he just don't try, no doubting his offensive skills, one of the best offensive bigs IMO, top 5 I think. So to me he would be worth it, or you could've flipped him in a trade, but I would've rather keep him because it's hard to find good offensive bigs.(so I would've dealt with his "weakness") Marshon is a good player, while Humphries would make up for all of Lopez weaknesses. And I would've pushed Morrow who's a 3 point specialist. Is lopez the #1 option on a championship team? nuff said. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nyce_1 311 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 Let's not forget now.. With 2 powerhouses in the West, us having cap room next offseason with these moves.. Good chance at making a run at Chris Paul? do you really believe yourself with this comment? I really can't tell if you're serious or not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NittanyBuc 757 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 In non-NBA news (since everyone is in this thread), LSU CB Tyrann Mathieu is looking to transfer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sumike4ya 23 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 Done deal. Adrian Wojnarowski@WojYahooNBA Trade call is done with the league office. Dwight Howard has joined the Los Angeles Lakers. Expand Reply Retweet Favorite finally, its over. Lets move on to the next portion of our era. We got shaq. We got Tmac. Then we got Dwight, It will happen again and hopefully with Henny this will be a positive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TN_Magic 12 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 So.......what's our cap space for next summer look like? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlackWat3r 20 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 John Hollinger @johnhollingerMemo to Magic: $30M in 2014 cap room might impress us if you didn't also have $30M before the trade. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jsam7 0 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 finally, its over. Lets move on to the next portion of our era. We got shaq. We got Tmac. Then we got Dwight, It will happen again and hopefully with Henny this will be a positive. Surprised there is no News Conference time set yet...... maybe more to come? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Antihero 0 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Makin' Cutestory Bacon 24 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 Stephen A. has been reporting all day that the Nets trade was way better I have no respect for that pompous man and the media he works for. Like someone said earlier, someone has to lose and that's how they will run it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bauncey Chillups 288 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 Trading capspace for capspace was such a smart move and I hear we also have our own draft pick available what a steal 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
