Will Dwight Howard be traded this season?

[Uman85]

Do you believe the Magic will deal Howard at all this year? If so, to which team?

[BNB]

yeah they will. Unless they find a way to trade for someone to make Howard want to stay, there's no way he'll sign an extension to stay with them.

Idk where he goes though. My guess would be L.A or NJ since those are the 2 teams that have shown the most interest

[DePaulfan21]

I bet he goes have you seen any clips of him in games? He's so out of it mentally. I have no idea where he will go thouh

[JosMin]

Yeah, the pre-season and first few games shows that he has absolutely no desire to be in Orlando, regardless of what he says. His body language suggests he'd rather be getting his teeth cleaned. The problem is that any of the teams that have the pieces to acquire him are ones he doesn't want to play for, and the teams he DOES want to play for don't have enough to land him.

I'll go out on a limb and say that he does get traded this year. To who?

The Dallas Mavericks. Obviously, they'll have to pull a third or fourth team in to get the figures to work, but in the end, he'll be in Dallas..... and Deron Williams won't be far behind.

[Chi-Town Brahma]

I say there is still a great chance he's w/ another team before All-Star Weekend.

[RamiTheBullsFan]

If the Magic don't trade him, Dwight will be forced to go to a team who can afford him in free agency unless there is a sign-and-trade.

If there is no sign-and-trade involving Orlando, then the only (big market) teams that would be able to afford him would be the New Jersey Nets or Los Angeles Clippers.

If Howard is traded before then, there are only a few teams with enough assets to trade for him.

The Bulls could offer 2 of the 3 of Noah/Boozer/Deng for Howard and Turkoglu's contract.

The Lakers could offer either Bynum or Gasol straight-up or Bynum and Gasol for Howard and Turkoglu's contract.

The Nets have offered the injured, poor-rebounding Brook Lopez and 2 first round picks. And the Clippers could perhaps offer DeAndre Jordan, Mo Williams, and Brian Cook? But those last two teams don't have quite the trading leverage the Bulls or Lakers do.

[CODE_BLUE56]

i dont see the clippers getting him

lakers seem like the big contenders here with gasol and bynum as good trade bait

NJ doesnt have that much to offer in the way of equalizing dwight's value(unless you do some kind of garnett trade)...big reason they've been contenders is because dwight wants to play with deron

i think turkoglu might be included in the trade...gotta think orlando would also be trying to clear some space

i dont want him to go to the lakers, though

dallas is interesting because they now have a hole at the center position...they could offer odom,cash,picks,haywood,etc.(though something like that may not be much better than the NJ trade)

[RamiTheBullsFan]

Originally Posted by CODE_BLUE56

i dont see the clippers getting him

lakers seem like the big contenders here with gasol and bynum as good trade bait

NJ doesnt have that much to offer in the way of equalizing dwight's value(unless you do some kind of garnett trade)...big reason they've been contenders is because dwight wants to play with deron

i think turkoglu might be included in the trade...gotta think orlando would also be trying to clear some space

i dont want him to go to the lakers, though

dallas is interesting because they now have a hole at the center position...they could offer odom,cash,picks,haywood,etc.(though something like that may not be much better than the NJ trade)

I would not be shocked if Mark Cuban traded Dirk Nowitzki straight-up for Dwight Howard considering they now have Lamar Odom.

[RamiTheBullsFan]

Originally Posted by RamiTheBullsFan

I would not be shocked if Mark Cuban traded Dirk Nowitzki straight-up for Dwight Howard considering they now have Lamar Odom.

And that would also set-up Deron Williams (Dallas-native) to come there next season.

[CODE_BLUE56]

Originally Posted by RamiTheBullsFan

I would not be shocked if Mark Cuban traded Dirk Nowitzki straight-up for Dwight Howard considering they now have Lamar Odom.

they have marion too but he's basically the SF now...i dont see odom as a starter..he seems better from the bench

if i'm orlando...i dont take this deal unless there's desperation in that all the other possibilities have gone down the drain

plus i think it would be nice(especially for the fans) to see dirk retire a maverick