Magic Posturing About Keeping Dwight Howard Until Feb. 2013?

To be fair I have this name because I thought we were gonna get Dwight,but im a Rockets fan first before Dwight.

 

Carl. It was a reasonable opinion that can easily be supported by stats and advanced stats.

 

Lol, Chuck Hayes has more wins than Dirk...

 

I'd rather not. First, if we take on more bad contracts but keep our young talent, we can always package a Royce White or a Terrence Jones with one of them for an expiring if we NEED to clear the space, because most of their 'bad' contracts aren't franchise-killers. Second, if everything goes to hell and Dwight bails on us, we just have to spend the next season or two digesting their bad contracts. We can still be players on the trade market if we have most of our young assets.

Finally, cap space is really overrated. Unless you are in a destination city that players really want to get to, it doesn't do you much good. Even assuming a star you want chooses not to sign the bigger contract with the team that holds his Bird rights (unlikely) you've still got to beat out all the other suitors to get him.

 

I'm good either way ... But I do wonder if Hakeem had a conversation w/ him yet ... I don't buy that Dwight wouldn't want to play here because of the pressure of Hakeems success, when Dwight was more than willing to pay for Hakeem to train him ... :/ But that's a conversation of its own

 

He has a lot more options than you think when he becomes a FA. Stop being a homer and blinded by ignoring teams with cap (Mavs) and teams with cap (nets, lakers) can unload players to teams without.

Don't forget Lakers still have their amnesty!

 

I was responding to a previous comment, referring to a scenario where Dwight agrees to resign before we trade for him.

 

^^ correction

 

It really doesn't matter who has cap, well be in the driver seat because we can pay him 30 more million period.
Right now we have no chance of signing howard , but if we trade for him our chances increase dramatically, although its not even remotely close to a sure thing id put our percentage at 60%.
I just hope we do end this saga with him becoming a rocket because iam confident morey will be able to convince him to stay, weather it be by making more moves, or using yao or hakeem to convince him this is the right place for him to continue his career.

 

LOL. They're not just a little over the cap - they're so far and beyond that they can't even see being $20 million under the cap. Tell me, in the Nets/Lakers case, what precedent is there for dumping about $40 million in contracts for nothing?

 

http://www.foxsportsohio.com/07/29/...ing_cavaliers.html?blockID=768157&feedID=3561

 

If he goes to the Lakers via 3 way trade, Orlando is the stupidest team in the league.

 

via 3 way trade with Cavs*

 

Landry Fields at 9.2? GTFO ah here.

 

Lol more speculation who wants a story because there is nothing else to talk about

 

I have no idea Lakers need to dump 40 millions of cap to retain D12 as a FA. Is that what you are saying??

If D12 becomes a FA, Bynum will be off the book. Thats 16.5 mils. If they amnesty 1) Gasol 19 millions or 2) Matte World War 7.7 mils. That's plenty of room for DH.

Again, do not underestimate the desire for DH not wanting to play in Houston.

 

I can't find a current Rocket on the list.

 

No. Not nearly enough. They'd have to either dump Gasol and World Peace at minimum in order to do that( and who's going to do that, since the Lakers don't really have any picks as they were sent to Phoenix for Nash and they have no good prospects) or amnesty Kobe. I actually think the Lakers could get under if they amnestied Kobe, but that's not going to happen for obvious reasons.

 

You might want to actually look at their cap situation:

http://hoopshype.com/salaries/la_lakers.htm