What's stopping the Lakers and Magic from dealing for Howard?

IF Howard agrees to LA the Rockets should get in there with what the Magic want younger players and get Bynum out a 3 way trade.

Bynum backed up by Asik would be great.

 

No one is going to convince Buss to sell his prized pig Bynum. Won't happen. This Chose to break up a championship squad "just because"

 

Bynum will be an UFA after this season, so they would risk losing him for nothing. Even with Bynum Orlando won't be a contender, so it's best for them to lean towards rebuilding with young 'assets' that don't have laundry list of knee injuries.

 

The Magic don't want to trade for the same situation? High probability Bynum walks next year also right?

 

The Magic would want Bynum. The only reason a deal would work for LA is because they would want Bynum over the Houston assets.

 

Bynum trumps anything the Rockets have to offer. That being said, I wouldn't mind prying Gasol for the right price from them. For. The. Right. Price. Only.

 

If the Rockets are giving up all their young assets for a non-guarantee, why wouldn't they just take Howard instead of the Lakers?? What Dwight wants has no bearing on this. The only reason the Lakers would be involved is because the Magic would want Bynum, in which case the Rockets are not needed to facilitate a trade. If the Rockets are not getting Bynum or Howard, then they need to stay away because at that point, the only player they would be looking to acquire is Pau Gasol.

 

Buss wont give up Bynum

Dwight is coming to Houston( its just a matter of time). Who cares if ESPN wont mention our names, its obvious that someone in Dwight's camp is telling them to keep Houston out of their mouth.

 

The Lakers have nothing at all of value to trade for Howard.

And before you say Bynum, you might want to consider that Bynum's contract expires at exactly the same time as Dwight's....

 

Just because Bynum hasn't demanded a trade, been on every esbn special for weeks and hasn't changed his mind 15 times in the last 3 weeks, doesn't mean he's not a UFA at the same time as Dwight.

Bynum will get a max offer no matter where he goes, so there's no way he signs an extension just to make himself tradeable to go replace Dwight in the Orlando train wreck.

 

Awkward re-uniting... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS-nlUBFyBQ

 

LOL @ calling Bynum a prized pig. Funniest **** ever!

 

1) I don't know if the Lakers would be willing to trade for Howard without an extension. Houston would.

2) Howard has said he doesn't want to follow Shaq's legacy and go to the Lakers (take everything D12 says lightly..but still)

3) Rockets can offer a handful of young talent under rookie scale contracts plus a few quality starters like Lowry, Scola, etc. Lakers can only offer Andrew Bynum under a max contract who's had some injury history and questionable at best heart and basketball IQ. Houston just seems like a more desirable package.

 

Possibilities.

With Bynum, they know what they'll get. However, with Houston there's different deals that can be worked out. They probably aren't even sure if they want to retool or rebuild completely. Bynum's young, but has been around for a while, so i think he fits more under a retool than rebuild. They could also try to pull a 3 team deal, get bynum, pick up some of Houston's vets, and retool that way. What hurts houston is not having one player that's as good as Bynum. However his injury history is probably why they have to think twice about dealing for him.

 

Bynum is a FA after the season too. There really is no long term or short term value for the Magic to deal for him. They'd be better off with D12 at center for 2012-13 and then splitting than Andrew Bynum for 2012-13 and then splitting.

 

The Lakers will officially be on crack if they don't offer Bynum, and the Magic would be nuts to turn them down. Dwight Diva just doesn't want to share the spotlight with Kobe. He wants to be the "center" of attention. That's why he's dumb for not wanting to play in Houston, and that's really it, isn't it. Based on the way Dwight Diva has managed the last two years of his career, it's obvious that he's not a very bright bulb.

 

Hiring someone from OKC would lean people toward the idea of rebuild, as it would be an odd choice of experience otherwise.

 

1. Lakers want Dwight to sign a contract extension, probably immediately. They will never sign on to this trade, if they don't have his word ... in writing. Only a foolish team would proceed further without a long term deal. Howard has made his intentions clear. It would be foolish for him to turn down LA, given the market, the almost perennial contender status, and the amount of money he could gain.

2. LA is a little weary of taking back Orlando's garbage salaries, they'd have to take on Turkoglu or Richardson. On the other side, the Magic might have to take back salary on the Lakers side.

3. Orlando sort of wants to the same thing with Bynum, but they are also apt to go through a total rebuilding process probably comparable to Seattle Supersonics/OKC. Another thing that works out in their favor is that he's not quite as expensive as Howard, and he may not have such specific preference to play in a certain city as well.



The Lakers will never do this deal, if they don't get Howard's assurance in some form or another.