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REPORT: Dwight Howard Likely To Ditch The Lakers
Sccit:
--- Quote from: M Dogg™ on July 03, 2013, 01:31:48 PM ---Tank? How? Houston has NOTHING of value to winning next year that they are willing to give up. The only thing they have is Harden. But the whole reason Howard would go to Houston is Harden, so that's out the question. So if Howard picks Houston, then you get the most value out of Howard you possibly can. You tell Houston to get some trades for some first round draft picks in 2014, and you say then you can have Howard, so Houston will have to trade some players that they wanted to trade to LA to other teams for their draft picks. Because you are NOT winning a title next year with Lin as your point guard. After that you sign some vet big men to one year deals, as in 2014 the Lakers will have a TON of cap space and you don't want to mess that up. This is about maximizing having Dwight Howard. If the Lakers gave up Andrew Bynum for Howard, then why not maximize this position. Look at the Cavs when they lost LeBron, they ended up with many draft picks. After 2014 the Lakers will be dumping huge portions of this roster, it's time to put pieces together to reload. After all, the Lakers never rebuild, they reload.
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if u think asik, parson, and beverly wouldnt be valuable to use, then ur very much mistaking, my friend.
anyways, i think ur plan sucks...chasing draft picks are for teams like the cavs and raptors. were not getting lottery picks, so u can forget about it...were after the nba-ready players, as we should be.
Hack Wilson - real:
i can't wait til Friday when Dwight is donning a Rockets uniform
OKC and Rockets in a playoff series would be amazing
M Dogg™:
--- Quote from: NIKCC on July 03, 2013, 01:44:56 PM ---
--- Quote from: M Dogg™ on July 03, 2013, 01:31:48 PM ---Tank? How? Houston has NOTHING of value to winning next year that they are willing to give up. The only thing they have is Harden. But the whole reason Howard would go to Houston is Harden, so that's out the question. So if Howard picks Houston, then you get the most value out of Howard you possibly can. You tell Houston to get some trades for some first round draft picks in 2014, and you say then you can have Howard, so Houston will have to trade some players that they wanted to trade to LA to other teams for their draft picks. Because you are NOT winning a title next year with Lin as your point guard. After that you sign some vet big men to one year deals, as in 2014 the Lakers will have a TON of cap space and you don't want to mess that up. This is about maximizing having Dwight Howard. If the Lakers gave up Andrew Bynum for Howard, then why not maximize this position. Look at the Cavs when they lost LeBron, they ended up with many draft picks. After 2014 the Lakers will be dumping huge portions of this roster, it's time to put pieces together to reload. After all, the Lakers never rebuild, they reload.
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if u think asik, parson, and beverly wouldnt be valuable to use, then ur very much mistaking, my friend.
anyways, i think ur plan sucks...chasing draft picks are for teams like the cavs and raptors. were not getting lottery picks, so u can forget about it...were after the nba-ready players, as we should be.
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You think the Lakers got Magic Johnson and James Worthy because they were the worst team in the league. In 1979, they owned the NO Jazz pick, and got Magic, and in 1982 they owned the Cav's pick. In 1996 they traded for Kobe during the draft and in 2005 they had their own legit draft pick and got Andrew Bynum.
Of the jerseys hanging in Staples, Elgin Baylor, Gail Goodwich, Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Jerry West all were drafted by the Lakers, and Kobe was drafted with the agreement of the Vlade trade. The ride with Kobe is great, it's amazing, but it's not going to last longer than 4 years.
Also, Beverley hardly played, Asik is OVERRATED and Parsons is the only one in that deal I'd take, but I'd need two better players than Asik and Beverley if I'm giving up Howard.
Sccit:
asik was the 2nd best rebounder in the league and a good post defender.....he'd be a perfect replacement for howard, without all the bitchin and moanin for undeserved touches and respect. beverly is a young, athletic point guard who started in the playoffs for the rockets and fared well in his rookie season...exactly what we need at the 1....parson, u already know, he's extremely underrated and would be great to have....
as for drafting, look at all the players u listed....all before the draft lottery era. only bynum was drafted by us, and thats because we ended up havin such a terrible season in the rudy-t/frank hamblen era, not something that was planned..... and we traded for kobe as a gamble, he wasnt even a sure thing comin in, we expected him to be a bench player behind eddie jones with some hopes of him one day becoming an all-star....if we can make a move like that again, we will. but were not giving up our best asset for picks. if we do a sign-and-trade (which the lakers are now saying they wont do), then it'll be for contributing players.
Sccit:
Kobe reportedly challenged Howard in meeting
According to witnesses, Kobe Bryant challenged Dwight Howard to stay with the Lakers and learn how to be a champion.
Bryant apparently invoked Michael Jordan's notorious hard-driving ways and told him he wouldn't let up. Kobe reportedly attempted to show Howard that he needs Bryant and the Lakers as much as they need him. "You have to learn how it's done," Bryant told Howard, witnesses described to Yahoo! Sports. "I know how to do it and I've learned from the best -- players who have won multiple times over and over." It will be very interesting to see whether Bryant's hard-nosed approach will lure Howard back to the Lakers.
Source: Yahoo! Sports Jul 3 - 6:10 PM
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