Our team around Dwight: Has anything really changed?

The offense Dwight and McHale want starts inside/out, then transitions to pick-n-roll. I think we have guys that can get the pass inside. We just need a pg who can bring the ball up the court, who can finish on the PnR, and can funnel players to Dwight on D. That guy doesn't cost 10M/yr.

 

I actually think even with the depleted roster and the players u mentioned we would still be a very good team. Before your post i was under the impression that we would be left with nobody but in reality our team is so stacked 1-12 that we would still have solid players to surround howard with let alone morey could also move and trade for other players.

 

I think the step down from Dragic to Lin/Brooks is quite substantial, as well as the impending loss of Marcus Camby. If you're all-in on Dwight Howard, you don't give up talent so you can have flexibility 4 years from now, nor do you let a capable veteran big man like Camby walk away. You want to be competitive right out of the gate with Howard. Those 2 moves in particular are the actions of a team hedging their bets. They are sacrificing their competitiveness in a hypotherical Howard scenario so they won't hurt as bad in a non-Howard scenario. Maybe smart, but not the message that maximizes the chance of Howard re-signing. That's why it doesn't really look like we're really trying for Howard at this point, and why I think it's probably a bad idea to get him at this point.

 

If we get Howard another move would be in place either for a 2-3 position.

 

Getting Dwight is only for profit. It has nothing to do with winning.

 

Man I hope Brooklyn or LAL can land Howard soon, so we can end this bull**** already.

 

Maybe if we sign Dwight, Clutch will be able to afford the Gas for his motorcycle he use to ride out on before the starting lineup.

 

i was thinking the same thing... adding a super star shows that we havent changed directions. Again Morey making parallel moves while keeping us flexible cap wise. You can argue that we have gotten worse by letting Lowry & Dragic go....I am not too sure about it just yet.

 

No top free agent will bother to come and stay here with a barren supporting cast. Investing in the younger players,was the best thing that happened since Yao left. Parsons was an upgrade at the SF,Dragic did well and so did Lee. That is all missing and Lowry despite his problems with McHale was still valuable. Keep the Toronto pick along with the rest. Stop wasting time with Howard etc.

 

Having a star is everything in this league.

Without it, the team is worthless.

Even the Wizards and Cavs have better futures than us because they have Kyrie and John Wall.

Think about it...

 

Is John wall that good? I dont think he is particularly great. I mean I kind of view him on the same level as dragic or even lin...

 

Youre right, that team would be pretty good for one season. But not good enough to get Howard to stay. Keep Lamb and the young guys and start from scratch.


Say NO to Howard!

 

Yes he is really good, but its about star potential. And he has it.

A team full of #2 or #3 type players don't win championships.

We need a #1, someone with the potential of being a #1 type player.

 

"Stripped down" is probably not how i should have described it...the way i see it, it's going to be difficult for them to really strip the team down and end up like miami. The magic don't want 8 players for 2 or 3. For the rockets, a stripped down team would still include some solid players, since that's what we actually have a lot of.

The only problem would be youth. Some of the guys left would be really young, but I think our young guys have enough confidence to get going if they get PT, which they should for this season.

And i guess there's always the option of keeping Scola or even re-signing Martin. They didn't work out as primary or secondary options here, but if you can land CP and Dwight, then either scola or martin would fit as the third player of a "big three".

 

i was saying the same thing in another thread man, and they were calling me stupid.

brooks/machado
lee/richardson
parsons/white
scola/motie
dwight/asik

how in the hell is that not at LEAST top 4 in the west. I don't get how posters really believe we would suck with dwight howard, a superstar, which we haven't had since yao/t-mac. it's truly confusing me.

 

This would be a good team.

 

screw the pg position. honestly. majority of championship teams has average pg. except magic. we need a leader PG. like billups or rondo. or a good SG. or center. if we expect to matter in any way, we need blueprint lineups of championship teams. except the superfriends.

that's the lineup you set up if you want to hope to even be in the playoffs. why do u think morey is going hardcore about a great center and a lot of role players? cause rockets dominated that way and won backtoback.

any of your fantasy lineups are just fantasy unless it fits a blueprint of one of the ex champs. replicate what works.

 

I don't know why some are impressed with this. It's a playoff team, but not top-4. Brooks is a question mark, small forward is a major weakness, and there's no bench to speak of. Is this really better than the Orlando team Dwight quit on?

 

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Asik is better than Camby.I think Dragic to Brooks is huge, but Lin not so much. The Dragic deal hurts if the Rockets don't get Lin, but acquiring Howard is not the end if they get him. The Rockets will then try to get another all-star to pair with him...Dragic deal would reduce flexibility to get Robin.

 

It might be a .500 team if Dwight is healthy and has a desire to play.