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Post by The Soul Of Philly on Aug 9, 2012 22:42:41 GMT -4
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Post by A.C. Smith on Aug 10, 2012 9:06:55 GMT -4
You're forgetting the general sigh of relief now that regular viewers of ESPN won't have to deal with both coverage of Howard's whining and NBA analysts calling him DA-white and adding a letter to his first name that isn't there.
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Post by Mark Mania on Aug 10, 2012 9:46:05 GMT -4
Dwight Howard is a bum. The only question now is who is more universally hated? Dwight or LeBron? It's a toss up for me.
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Post by J-Hop on Aug 11, 2012 11:29:58 GMT -4
"I'm happy to be a Laker" ...
Saying first that you enjoyed your time in Orlando, then a second later say you're happy to be a Laker doesn't make you look much smarter.
Oh not to forget that after you do one season in, you aren't sure if you want to resign with the Lakers or go to Dallas ... which he still wants to be a Brooklyn Net.
Dwight Howard: The Decision Pt. 2
I liked him at one point, but having to see his fiasco every morning on SC and First Take and all other sports programming for like months ... it made me change my approach on him.
Although Orlando did get some good stuff from it plus 5 draft picks but AI to Nuggets, seems like it could be a good deal.
Bynum, I dunno about him either, he'll do the season and probably bounce, but who knows with him either.
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Post by C.J. Gates on Aug 11, 2012 12:38:19 GMT -4
I don't really know how to think of this deal.
I mean, on the surface, it's the Lakers stating that they really, really, really want to win one more time before Howard has to make his decision about bouncing to Dallas...or Brooklyn...or hell, even Miami, since he'll be an FA and can pick his own adventure.
But really...it's deals like this that make me continue to dislike the NBA. I know there will be people who come down on me for it, and that's alright. I've already disliked the NBA for years because of how it's played, and then we get massive deals like this just so a team can make another push with a stacked roster...and it's a wonder how any other cities that aren't in the big markets can even care about running a team onto the floor. Then there are markets that might have big players now through the draft who get to a point where they want out. But they don't want out to wherever, they want to go where they want to go and hamstring their teams until it's worked out (which is essentially what Dwight did since he only wanted to go to Brooklyn until that all fell through). Never to a rebuilding team either, since every NBA player is more focused on winning a ring then anything else, and would rather go and build a super team to do so. And I know that happens in other sports too, it just seems to happen more often in the NBA then anywhere else.
I doubt the above really made sense, so I guess it will be considered a rant more than anything else.
The purpose? The deal works well for the Lakers since it will (most likely) get them a ring. It also gives me one more reason not to really care about the NBA. Maybe I'm too much of a fan of parity...
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Post by Michael Callahan on Aug 11, 2012 15:46:23 GMT -4
Personally I think Howard would fit in very well with the Ottawa Senators. His touchdown record is phenomenal.
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Post by The Soul Of Philly on Aug 11, 2012 17:15:57 GMT -4
I think Bynum is gonna get convinced to stay, we have the room to sign him to a max deal whether it's in the offseason (5 year 100+ mil) or just an extension (3 year 65 mil) He grew up an hour away from Philly, it's a young team that is good and can get better. He'll be the feature of the team, which he was getting pushed further down the option list when Nash was traded for.
I mean, it aint a pretty line up with big names:
PG: Jrue Holliday
SG: Evan Turner
SF: Thad Young
PF: Kwame Brown
C: Andrew Bynum
But its built to beat the good teams because thats a tall line-up, Holliday's 6' 1'' but Evan is 6'7'' and they just get taller from there.
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