If you just read all the stuff on all the boards and use a little common sense it is clear the Rockets got this wrapped up. I would be shocked if Howard doesn't pick the Rockets. Think About it. X from LG (said the Lakers weregetting Howard first, reliable) says almost 100% the Lakers think Howard is gone. Doc Rocket says Howard is coming. Kobe just derailed that meeting and acted the pompous arrogantarse he is. Howars people say that was a complete turn off. Golden State is just some wish the Lakers have conjured up with GS to try and get something. Some Celebrity Tat guy says howard is coming. Hakeem says 85% Howard is coming. Morey sounds as confident as he can that we got him. Morey's M.O. is to be pessimistic or poker faced. The fact he actually posted his daughters pitch is as good as anything that the deal is almost done. That video with a bunch of white kids doesn't help lure Dwight at all and he's got to know that. He only puts that out if he feels pretty confident. Barbers are reporting stuff. Trainers are being hired. Everything points here nothing except lying reporters and dreams by the Lakers points anywhere else. It's a done deal guys. I'll eat crow if it's not by I would be in complete shock if Howard doesn't announce he is signing with Houston very soon. Dwight removed his twitter wallpaper of Lakers past centers
Reading that Golden State could trade only Bogut+Jefferson+Rush, and buyout Biedrins. Ok. What teams have currently the cap space to get Bogut / Jefferson contract by giving no contracts in exchange? Cleveland, Sacramento... Some else? The thing fo G.State is that they can offer their pick plus lets say Esely, for one of them. But how do you dump the other one? They have absolutely nothing else, no assets, aside of Klay/Barnes/Curry/Lee, of course.
We have $3 million to pay a team to take Royce. That's a $1.3 million profit to a non-playoff team just to take up one of their roster spots. I'm sure we could find a taker.
@WojYahooNBA: Holed away in Colorado, the Lakers are still prominent in Dwight Howard's mind, sources tell Y! Rockets remain strong, Warriors lurking. lmao Woj trolling now. this tweet says absolutely nothing we don't kno. this is madness
Rockets are able to offer D12 a little over $19mil(after trob trade) which isn't quite max, but i think that is enough for Howard...he just needs to decide if he wants to play in Houston/
Like i said, dont know what it was before, just confirming its blank now. Not saying you're wrong though. And yes, profile pic still lakers related.
Update: The Warriors have offered Andrew Bogut, Andris Biedrins and Richard Jefferson to the Hawks, Cavaliers and Jazz. It's not that big of a surprise since these three contracts are among the worst in the league. Richard Jefferson and Andris Biedrins make a combined $20 million this year, but they played a combined 19.4 minutes per game for the young Warriors. When Bogut is healthy, he is a productive player for the Warriors. Obviously, that statement is fundamentally flawed due to the propensity of Bogut missing tons of games with his oft-injured ankle. If the Warriors can clear two of these contracts, they'd have a great chance of signing a big-name player like Andre Iguodala. Source: CBS Sports Jul 5 - 9:40 AM
It means Dwight wants everybody to be happy, so until his decision is announced, you're gonna hear a lot of essentially meaningless "Dwight really likes TEAM X, Y & Z. Teams A & B left impressions as well."
You completely missed the point. Even ESPN realizes he's not going back to LA, as do Laker fans, casual viewers and readers. In Journalism, drama sells. Period. ESPN needs a foil to the Rockets in this story to keep people reading or watching for website hits or TV viewership. With them resigned to the fact the Lakers and Mavs are done, the Warriors are the only way to keep the suspense going because it's a plausible scenario.
It seems like none of the these writers have any clue what he's going to do. Everyone is just wasting time until his decision is announced.
Look at KG's twitter, he is still with the Celtics, or Paul Pierce still shows he belongs to the Celtics. I think J.Lin didn't change his facebook, or twitter picture until a week, or two. I don't expect immediate changes if he decides unless Dwight is so excited about his new team. Regardless, I saw someone posted that Dwight will not go to the Lakers because he will get 'Shaq'd by Kobe'. I always enjoy this 'In Dream house, not a Shaq'.
