[ESPN] Sources: New trade offer in works (for Dwight Howard)

You left off Sir Ishmael.

 

What happens to the rookies if we trade them, do they go to Magic summer league team or something??

 

Brook Lopez is not even in the top 50 among centers when it comes to PER. Dwight, however, happens to be #1.

 

HAHAH

 

Being a Top 5 center in the NBA is like being te smartest kid on the short bus.

The talent at the 5 is soooo bad this decade. Roy Hibbert is a top 5 center.

 

Best move. Now just re up lee and try to sign Augustine to a 1yr offer and were ready to go.

 

ESPN is full of crap, they are just guess like we are about players involved. There's nothing in that article that says anything trustworthy about the players we are offering and would get in return.

 

Top 20 Centers based on PER

Dwight Howard, ORL 54 38.3 .569 8.3 13.9 23.6 11.0 33.1 21.9 24.29 423.0 14.1

2 Andrew Bynum, LAL 60 35.2 .594 7.2 12.9 21.5 10.6 26.1 18.7 23.00 390.9 13.0

3 Al Jefferson, UTAH 61 34.0 .520 10.1 4.7 23.7 7.3 25.3 16.2 22.88 380.3 12.7

4 Tim Duncan, SA 58 28.2 .531 12.3 9.1 23.7 7.9 28.2 18.3 22.60 292.6 9.8

5 Greg Monroe, DET 66 31.5 .563 12.5 13.3 21.8 13.3 23.6 18.3 22.09 357.1 11.9

6 Nikola Pekovic, MIN 47 26.9 .607 4.7 13.3 19.6 15.8 14.6 15.2 21.47 205.1 6.8

7 Marcin Gortat, PHX 66 32.0 .578 5.7 8.8 18.5 10.0 25.0 17.6 21.21 334.8 11.2

8 Tiago Splitter, SA 59 19.0 .649 11.3 15.1 18.7 9.7 21.4 15.7 20.51 165.8 5.5

9 JaVale McGee, DEN/WSH 61 25.2 .552 4.2 11.7 18.5 12.1 23.3 17.7 19.90 213.1 7.1

10 Joakim Noah, CHI 64 30.4 .561 19.2 11.0 15.3 14.1 21.8 18.0 19.59 261.0 8.7

RK PLAYER GP MPG TS% AST TO USG ORR DRR REBR PER VA EWA

11 Roy Hibbert, IND 65 29.8 .539 10.7 12.7 19.4 12.5 20.7 16.6 19.35 253.0 8.4

12 Chris Andersen, DEN 32 15.2 .583 3.6 10.2 13.0 11.9 23.3 17.8 18.97 60.7 2.0

13 Tyson Chandler, NY 62 33.2 .708 8.6 15.7 11.7 11.8 22.7 17.2 18.66 248.1 8.3

14 Nene, DEN/WSH 39 28.5 .573 12.4 14.9 20.5 6.7 23.3 15.2 18.65 133.3 4.4

15 Marc Gasol, MEM 65 36.5 .541 16.9 10.0 18.1 5.8 23.1 14.3 18.41 276.3 9.2

16 Spencer Hawes, PHI 37 24.9 .517 19.8 11.1 19.1 9.4 23.3 16.3 18.19 104.2 3.5

17 Andrea Bargnani, TOR 31 33.3 .538 8.8 10.0 25.8 2.8 16.6 9.8 18.00 114.0 3.8

18 Kosta Koufos, DEN 48 16.5 .608 5.7 12.5 12.5 14.4 23.3 19.0 17.35 79.8 2.7

19 Derrick Favors, UTAH 65 21.3 .537 6.4 15.2 18.7 13.0 22.4 17.6 17.05 120.7 4.0

20 Samuel Dalembert, HOU

 

Argument could be made that he's a top 5 center within Atlantic Division teams.

 

he isnt a free agent now so...

hes under contract for 1 more year

 

He's already off the market, I believe Indiana snagged him.

And as for the aforementioned offer in OP, did anyone really expect the offer to be considerably less than that? Regardless of leverage, I always felt like if this deal was going to get done, we were going to give a significant amount away. Don't be surprised...really.

 

Looks about right. I would assume Orlando has the ability to substitute players around, but it was reported a week or so ago that they would get 3 young players of their choice.

-Guess how many picks we expected the Rockets to have in this years draft? Maybe 1, but definitely not 3. Now that we have seen much more of these draftee's we are starting to get emotionally attached to some degree which makes the deal much less palatable right now. Just keep in mind that those three rookies were probably never really intended on making it to the press conference after the draft with a Rockets hat on their head.


My question is now based on the picks involved. Are the future first rounders in play just the Toronto pick, the Dallas pick, and maybe some second rounders? If thats the case thats fine, but I would have a problem(And Im sure Morey would not want to do this) with giving up one or more of Houstons first round picks without strict lottery protection on those picks. That my friends would be mortgaging the future for a huge risk in taking on Dwight.

 

Sources told ESPN.com that the Rockets, should they go ahead with their widely reported plans to release starting power forward Luis Scola via the NBA's amnesty clause, are prepared to absorb the contracts of Jason Richardson, Glen Davis and Chris Duhon -- in addition to sending Orlando multiple future first-round picks and recent draftees -- to give the Magic an opportunity to wipe their payroll virtually clean for their post-Howard rebuilding effort. ESPN.com .

The Houston Rockets have reconstructed their trade proposal to the Orlando Magic for superstar center Dwight Howard, vowing to take back even more long-term salary from the Magic than before in hopes of convincing Orlando to consent to trade Howard directly to Houston, according to sources briefed on the trade talks. ESPN.com

 

Augustine signed with Indiana.

 

I've said all along that Orlando would get almost everything we have. However, the trade hasn't been made yet. This tells me Orlando wants even more. I think Morey has already made multiple offers to Orlando, and they keep saying give us more. I have no doubt that draft picks will also go to Orlando. Maybe the teams are waiting until August 3rd so D-Mo can be included.

 

But, But.... Ric Bucher said Brook Lopez is a top 5 center on ESPN????

 

Damn. What about brooks or even stephon maurbury? Lol.

 

The only reason he's not on that list is because he didn't play last season. If he kept his production the same, he would be in the 7-8 range.

 

Lopez may be a top 5 center on offense

 

Thats purty bad considering the crop of talent the NBA has in todays Centers
plus Anthony Davis will be better then him next year imo