[Local Orlando News] Dwight Howard trade could be imminent

multiple teams in a trade involving dwight means the nets are getting him since they needed some one to take kardashians contract

 

Hard to see a trade announce a full 30 days before completion. Don't recall it ever happen.

Also, if trade was "imminent" then HOU would have held off signing Motiejunas for a day or 2, no?

 

multiple can also means 2 teams

 

I will go nuts if he gets traded to the Nets.

 

We can now refer to Dwight as "Your Immenence"



Copy Editors of the World Unite.

 

I fully expect a trade that sends Howard to LA followed by ESPN slurping with stories about how Nash reached out to Howard and made this happen.

This is a sneak peek of Stern's office afterward:

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Spoiler

 

Regardless of whether or not this guys crap sandwich of a story is true or reliable doesn't really matter.

What pisses me off about this whole deal (and maybe others have said this already ... If so I didn't see it) is that Dwight says he wants "global market, max deal, and the opportunity to be option number one on the new team". Well ... I don't know about anyone else, but that sounds an awful lot like Htown.

Why doesn't this guy man up, pull his balls out of his purse, and put his money where his mouth is? You want a global market? Ever heard of Yao Ming - basically a global ambassador for the NBA? You want a max deal? Ever heard about our GM publically stating he is on a mission to acquire an elite NBA talent? You want to be option number one? Who else on our roster is going to challenge you on that one?

Dude, sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees ...

 

i guess i don't understand...if it's imminent and if motie is involved, i interpreted it as the magic waiting for him to sign before they made the trade.

 

The Rockets are not a global market. They may have popularity in another country (China) but they don't even hold serious relevance in their local market, let alone the US market.

Sad reality we face.

 

Exactly.

Mexico could care less about the Rockets. Considering geographic location, thats a bit surprising.

 

Honestly, if Brooklyn Nets stayed in New Jersey and wasn't getting a real nice arena and wasn't owned by Jay-Z... Dwight wouldn't have a problem coming here.

I can't fault him for that and his actions to an extent.

I doubt he hates Houston or the thought of playing here but as mentioned above... if you can go do the same thing there, I would try my hardest to do so.

 

"couldn't care less"



Houston barely cares about the Rockets. It's frustrating as a Rockets fan, but the Rockets just don't have serious relevance in their own market. We might be the worst foreign team t-shirt fan city in the NBA.

 

If the deal was coming together before we signed Dmo and the magic wanted him in it, we could have just traded his right and let Orlando sign him

 

I just hope we don't facilitate in any trade. Screw getting Gasol. I would rather roll out with the team we have now. Dwight or bust.

 

But to be honest it's not really about which cities are "global markets" it more or less should be about which cities is it impossible to be globally marketable, and the answer is none.

By LeBron James being global from Cleveland (and now Miami) and Kevin Durant being global from OKC it just proves that you don't need to worry about the market you just need to make sure that you are performing on the court. If you're performing on the court you WILL become globally marketed.

 

Yeah Mexico doesn't care at all about the rockets, ive never heard the rockets be mentioned in Mexico.

 

ah. yeah, that makes a bunch more sense haha. :grin:

i knew there was something that wasn't sinking into my brain. at least i was smart enough to figure out that i must be missing something obvious.

 

Being marketed in New York is a significant advantage. LA and New York offer huge market places to athletes.

 

Now or later or whenever, he'll end up in LA.