Dwightmare Over! 4-Way Deal

[elcheato]

The Cavs would probably take on Hedo's contract then, or some other bad one.

 

[cruzg24]

Seriously fuck Dwight Howard, I would trade his bitch ass to the Bobcats.

 

[Mexi]

JRich would be a throw in to free up money for Orlando, but he'd be pretty huge on this team

 

[Pugz]

Dwight Howard's agent responded to a report from RealGM's Jarrod Rudolph that his client would commit long-term to the Lakers if traded to the franchise.

"Dwight's position has remained unchanged since the end of this past season," said Dan Fegan of LaGardere Unlimited. "He fully intends to explore free agency at the end of next season, regardless of what team trades for him, including Brooklyn."

Howard had previously only wanted to be traded to the Nets, but sources told RealGM that he was ready to commit to the Lakers. Howard wouldn't sign an extension, but wait until the summer of 2013 to sign a new deal worth as much as $108 million over five seasons.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

Lakers were heavy favorites in 2009
that team was money

Orlando was lucky to even get a game

OKC had a legitimate shot to beat Miami

Ummm Orlando had Games 2 AND Games 4 won and blew it. That was a closer series than the 5 games indicated.

 

[Mexi]

when it comes to the 2009 Lakers, im super homer

 

[cruzg24]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are eager partners in the three-way blockbuster trade talks to send Dwight Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers, but won’t proceed until the Lakers grant them permission to talk to All-Star Andrew Bynum and his agent about the center’s willingness to sign a contract extension, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

Dwight Howard is expected to commit to staying with the Lakers if they trade for him. (AP)
"Cleveland will only do the deal if Bynum extends," a league official directly involved in the talks told Yahoo! Sports.

Los Angeles wants the structure of a three-team deal agreed in principle before letting Cleveland take that next step to communicate with Bynum and his representatives – and that won’t happen until Orlando makes a decision that it wants to also lock-in the framework of a trade, sources told Y!

So far, Orlando has shown a level of indecisiveness in the talks, sources involved in the negotiations said.

Source: Yahoo Sports

 

[jonathanlambert33]

The Cavaliers have been discussed as a trade partner with the Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic as facilitators in a trade involving Dwight Howard, but there is no substance to the talks and no deal is remotely close to being concluded, a league source with knowledge of the talks confirmed Wednesday.

ESPN.com reported Wednesday that the Cavs have moved ahead of the Houston Rockets as a facilitator in a deal with the Lakers and Magic, but a league source maintained this is all a leverage tactic to get the Rockets to up their offer for Howard.

The Rockets remain the only team in the league with both the assets and desire to acquire Howard outright. The Lakers need a third team to get something done because of their cap constraints and lack of desirable assets and the Brooklyn Nets are out of any trade talks until the middle of January.

The Rockets, meanwhile, still haven’t signed any of their three first-round picks from last month’s draft, hoping to at least include some — if not all — in a future deal for Howard. Once the players sign their rookie contracts, they cannot be traded for 30 days.

The Cavaliers to this point have not seemed inclined to include any of their young players in any potential deals. That includes Dion Waiters, Tristan Thompson, Tyler Zeller and reigning Rookie of the Year Kyrie Irving, who is essentially an untouchable.

The same rule applies to the Cavs: Waiters and Zeller aren’t eligible to be traded until Aug. 5, a full 30 days after signing their rookie deals.

Cavs General Manager Chris Grant left the Las Vegas summer league this week earlier than scheduled, but it was so he could return to Cleveland in time for the surgery on Irving’s fractured right hand. It had absolutely nothing to do with any advancing trade talks, a league source said. Irving had successful surgery on his right hand at the Cleveland Clinic and is expected to be ready for the start of training camp.

In an intriguing twist, the Rockets were believed to be incredibly high on Zeller, whom the Cavs selected 17th overall. They had three picks in the middle of the first round, and had two chances at him before the Cavs traded up to No. 17. Yet they never selected him.

The belief of at least one front-office official involved in the trade talks is that the Rockets were selecting players the Magic liked in an effort to get a deal done.

The Cavs first surfaced as a potential home for Andrew Bynum when he recently listed Cleveland as a destination he’d consider when his contract expires at the end of the season. It would be stunning for a player to leave the Lakers and sign with the Cavs and the report was widely dismissed initially on the simple basis that the Cavs are one of the handful of teams that has the cap space to sign him.

In truth, Bynum and Cavs coach Byron Scott have a close, personal relationship that has grown over the years as a result of their mutual ties to the Lakers. One source with knowledge of the All-Star center’s thinking said Bynum respects Scott as a coach and could be intrigued by the Cavs’ up-and-coming roster as opposed to the Lakers’ collection of aging stars.

Bynum’s ties to Scott should leave everything open to consideration, but at this point, there isn’t much substance to any of the trade negotiations.

Still, the Cavs have surfaced as trade partners in multiple scenarios in recent weeks, something that will likely continue.

“They’re always very aggressive, they have a lot of draft picks and a lot of cap space,” said one Eastern Conference front office executive whose team has held recent trade talks with the Cavs. “They’re going to get pulled in on a lot of things.”

 

[ZigZag]

I don't think Orlando has any room to be indecisive...

 

[DJT]

This situation is so dumb.

Report A: Dwight will sign with the Lakers
Report B: Dwight will be a free agent no matter what.
Report C: Houston will not trade any more than 1 of their rookies
Report D: Houston will trade all of their rookies.

:spideypalm:

 

[Pugz]

Report E: Orlando wants to start rebuild.
Report F: Orlando may take their chance trying to sign Dwight.
Report G: Repeat Reports A-F.

 

[Elite]

The problem is Dwight changes his mind every 5 minutes

 

[Pugz]

then work that much harder to get a deal set up and ready. you dont tell him until its ready to be submitted. if he says yes then it gets sent to the league. no backing out then. its not like he has a NTC and its not like many team will have cap space next year. if he gets dealt to la he'll opt out and then resign, lets not think otherwise.

 

[Elite]

I'd send him to the D-League lolz

 

[Pugz]

amnesty him. lol

 

[Elite]

Why? Then he'd get two salaries lol

 

[Pugz]

it just shows his attitude really isnt needed. i didnt think youd take that serious lol.

 

[CameronCrazy06]

Trade him to Charlotte lol.

:fumj:

 

[RipCity32]

I think it is more or less the media making shit up, not that Dwight can't make up his mind. Especially with this testing FAcy thing or re-signing with the Lakers. I really don't think he flip-flops every other day with that lol.

 

[Amare]

this draggin for to long..