The Dwight Howard trade rumors continue to unfold and conflicting reports seem to coming out as a result. Sources recently revealed that Howard would sign a long term extension if he was traded to the Lakers. This seemed to indicate that a trade to LA was imminent and around the corner. However, these reports seem to have doubt attached to them. Howard's agent is apparently refuting reports that Howard would sign an extension if traded to the Lakers. The agent then stated that Howard intends to explore free agency at the end of next season no matter who trades for him, including the Nets.
Here's the thing: DWIGHT COULD BE EXPLORING FREE AGENCY RIGHT NOW IF HE DIDN'T OPT IN FOR NO REASON!!! This whole story still has me trying to figure out why he opted in for another year. Anyway, the whole real conclusion to this story is that it seems that we are nowhere closer to finding out where Dwight Howard is going to play this season. Perhaps there is some truth to both stories. Maybe Howard hinted to the Lakers that he would be open to hearing extension talks or hearing them when free agency came around.
It's still all speculation at this point but it's starting to make me want to start pulling hair out of my head. I'm sure that I'm not the only spectator that feels like this.
P.S. Any significance to commenting on Nets within this story? No. I think he still wants to go to Brooklyn but just wants to make a PR point with this story.
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Thursday, July 19, 2012
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Nets Stop Chasing Howard
Don't you just hate it when you're not able to go where you want to go? Dwight Howard feels your pain.
Howard has been wanting to go to Brooklyn for a while now but the Orlando Magic don't seem to want to roll over and just let him go. After about a week or so of negotiations, talks have stopped between the Nets and the Magic about Dwight Howard going to Brooklyn. The Nets have actually ended the talks seeing that they couldn't risk having no center going forward. So they re-signed Brook Lopez to a four year deal worth $60 million. Because of the deal, they cannot trade Lopez anywhere until January 15 because of the new CBA. With him taking up a lot of the cap room and not being an immediate trade commodity, the Nets pulled out of the Dwight talks.
The one team that wanted Dwight the most is out of the running and so some of that demand for the center has gone down. There is still some interest from elsewhere like the Lakers and perhaps the Rockets but the one team that Howard wanted to go to has stopped trying to acquire him. If there is a trade now, it is likely going to be with the Lakers and involving their big guy, Andrew Bynum. But the Magic better act on something. If they go into the year with Dwight Howard still on the roster, the whole season will be worse than the last one. Every media professional will not want to talk about anything else regarding Orlando but Dwight Howard and if he will be traded or not.
I actually wanted Dwight to go to Brooklyn. It would've been fun to see the team with Dwight mixed in with Deron Williams and Joe Johnson. The Nets as a team look alright and will do okay in their first year in Brooklyn but this series of failed talks will have NYC thinking "what could've been?"
P.S. Could you imagine if Howard doesn't get traded at all? The Magic will not have gotten anything and Dwight Howard will have given them another year for nothing. I still don't get why he opted-in.
Howard has been wanting to go to Brooklyn for a while now but the Orlando Magic don't seem to want to roll over and just let him go. After about a week or so of negotiations, talks have stopped between the Nets and the Magic about Dwight Howard going to Brooklyn. The Nets have actually ended the talks seeing that they couldn't risk having no center going forward. So they re-signed Brook Lopez to a four year deal worth $60 million. Because of the deal, they cannot trade Lopez anywhere until January 15 because of the new CBA. With him taking up a lot of the cap room and not being an immediate trade commodity, the Nets pulled out of the Dwight talks.
The one team that wanted Dwight the most is out of the running and so some of that demand for the center has gone down. There is still some interest from elsewhere like the Lakers and perhaps the Rockets but the one team that Howard wanted to go to has stopped trying to acquire him. If there is a trade now, it is likely going to be with the Lakers and involving their big guy, Andrew Bynum. But the Magic better act on something. If they go into the year with Dwight Howard still on the roster, the whole season will be worse than the last one. Every media professional will not want to talk about anything else regarding Orlando but Dwight Howard and if he will be traded or not.
I actually wanted Dwight to go to Brooklyn. It would've been fun to see the team with Dwight mixed in with Deron Williams and Joe Johnson. The Nets as a team look alright and will do okay in their first year in Brooklyn but this series of failed talks will have NYC thinking "what could've been?"
P.S. Could you imagine if Howard doesn't get traded at all? The Magic will not have gotten anything and Dwight Howard will have given them another year for nothing. I still don't get why he opted-in.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Ray Allen Goes to Miami
Sorry for the late reaction. I now just got the realization that Ray Allen didn't move to Florida to retire.
Either way, the big three in Boston is over. The 5 seasons during this trio's era is out the window and only one title during it. Ray Allen of the Celtics was a question mark going into free agency and at best he was going to be a bench player moving forward. He's 36 and not the same player he once was. Ray Allen didn't seem to like it that much in Boston but he doesn't seem to mind so much for Miami. Ray Allen has apparently agreed to join the Miami Heat and not simply retire in Miami.
Hey, if you can't beat them, join them. While the Celtics did put up a respectable series against Miami, they did it for the most part without Bosh out there for the Heat. Another year older doesn't help the Celtics' case. I'm sure that Allen didn't like how he was being used either and figured that if he was going to be used like that, he might as well be on a better team.
Feels like the last real threat to Miami's throne in the Eastern Conference is gone and we now wait for a new one to arrive eventually. Perhaps the Nets are on the way to becoming that thorn in the Heat's side.
Either way, the big three in Boston is over. The 5 seasons during this trio's era is out the window and only one title during it. Ray Allen of the Celtics was a question mark going into free agency and at best he was going to be a bench player moving forward. He's 36 and not the same player he once was. Ray Allen didn't seem to like it that much in Boston but he doesn't seem to mind so much for Miami. Ray Allen has apparently agreed to join the Miami Heat and not simply retire in Miami.
Hey, if you can't beat them, join them. While the Celtics did put up a respectable series against Miami, they did it for the most part without Bosh out there for the Heat. Another year older doesn't help the Celtics' case. I'm sure that Allen didn't like how he was being used either and figured that if he was going to be used like that, he might as well be on a better team.
Feels like the last real threat to Miami's throne in the Eastern Conference is gone and we now wait for a new one to arrive eventually. Perhaps the Nets are on the way to becoming that thorn in the Heat's side.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Deron Williams Going to Brooklyn
The Nets made a huge gamble a season and half ago when they acquired Deron Williams through a trade. While Williams at the time probably didn't think he wanted to be on the team for the long term, the Nets got him in hopes that he would come around. That has happened earlier today. In the midst of the Joe Johnson trade and the team trying to acquire Dwight Howard, Deron Williams has agreed to come back to the Nets. He agreed to a contract worth $98 million over five years instead of picking the Mavericks who could only offer $75 million over 4 years because of the CBA.
Deron Williams stays with the Nets and is their main attraction moving into their new stadium in Brooklyn... for now. With Johnson and Williams locked up, Dwight Howard is the only question mark remaining. Or maybe Howard isn't a question mark? Sure, Williams wasn't going to make his decision just waiting for Dwight Howard but that doesn't mean that his decision to stay with the Nets wasn't influenced by it at all. Maybe Williams heard that a deal is close and decided to stay on board. Maybe he thinks that the Nets will eventually get Howard whether it be this year or next.
It's hard to decipher what Williams true reasons were for staying with the Nets. It may have just been about the money. Either way, this move along with the Joe Johnson one makes the Nets a playoff team. If they can add one more piece to the puzzle, they can become something more.
Deron Williams stays with the Nets and is their main attraction moving into their new stadium in Brooklyn... for now. With Johnson and Williams locked up, Dwight Howard is the only question mark remaining. Or maybe Howard isn't a question mark? Sure, Williams wasn't going to make his decision just waiting for Dwight Howard but that doesn't mean that his decision to stay with the Nets wasn't influenced by it at all. Maybe Williams heard that a deal is close and decided to stay on board. Maybe he thinks that the Nets will eventually get Howard whether it be this year or next.
It's hard to decipher what Williams true reasons were for staying with the Nets. It may have just been about the money. Either way, this move along with the Joe Johnson one makes the Nets a playoff team. If they can add one more piece to the puzzle, they can become something more.
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