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I have no interest whatsoever in signing this guy next Summer and it has nothing to do with talent. The guy is a walking injury and his game appears to be deteriorating right before our eyes. Giving him max money be an enormous mistake... that's if we have the max money to give him. Dwight Howard is the way to go next Summer. We don't need either of the PGs.

Allanfan20 wrote:I hope Chris Paul is OK and returns to the NBA court ASAP. With that said:

I have no interest whatsoever in signing this guy next Summer and it has nothing to do with talent. The guy is a walking injury and his game appears to be deteriorating right before our eyes. Giving him max money be an enormous mistake... that's if we have the max money to give him. Dwight Howard is the way to go next Summer. We don't need either of the PGs.

If you can add Howard to Amare/Melo you do it, no questions asked.

Melo/Amare/Howard -on paper- would probably be the most loaded frontcourt since Bird/McHale/Parrish, which I consider possibly the best of all time.

Whether they could actually mesh would remain to be seen, but damn, we're lucky to even be in the conversation for such a thing.

BlueSeats wrote:

Allanfan20 wrote:I hope Chris Paul is OK and returns to the NBA court ASAP. With that said:

I have no interest whatsoever in signing this guy next Summer and it has nothing to do with talent. The guy is a walking injury and his game appears to be deteriorating right before our eyes. Giving him max money be an enormous mistake... that's if we have the max money to give him. Dwight Howard is the way to go next Summer. We don't need either of the PGs.

If you can add Howard to Amare/Melo you do it, no questions asked.

Melo/Amare/Howard -on paper- would probably be the most loaded frontcourt since Bird/McHale/Parrish, which I consider possibly the best of all time.

Whether they could actually mesh would remain to be seen, but damn, we're lucky to even be in the conversation for such a thing.

Howard's decision will be an interesting one. There is good reason to think either he or LA will make a move to unite on that team, trading some combo of Bynum/Gasol/Odom to pair Dwight with Kobe. But Kobe will be 34 by the start of 2012 season and that knee ain't getting any better. Would Howard want the last year or 2 of Kobe and a capped out Lakers team with marginal aging support? It certainly would be a team he could call his own after a few years and the sparkle of LA would frame his personality nicely.

Howard goes to NY and that's a dynasty set for a decade.

martin wrote:

BlueSeats wrote:

Allanfan20 wrote:I hope Chris Paul is OK and returns to the NBA court ASAP. With that said:

I have no interest whatsoever in signing this guy next Summer and it has nothing to do with talent. The guy is a walking injury and his game appears to be deteriorating right before our eyes. Giving him max money be an enormous mistake... that's if we have the max money to give him. Dwight Howard is the way to go next Summer. We don't need either of the PGs.

If you can add Howard to Amare/Melo you do it, no questions asked.

Melo/Amare/Howard -on paper- would probably be the most loaded frontcourt since Bird/McHale/Parrish, which I consider possibly the best of all time.

Whether they could actually mesh would remain to be seen, but damn, we're lucky to even be in the conversation for such a thing.

Howard's decision will be an interesting one. There is good reason to think either he or LA will make a move to unite on that team, trading some combo of Bynum/Gasol/Odom to pair Dwight with Kobe. But Kobe will be 34 by the start of 2012 season and that knee ain't getting any better. Would Howard want the last year or 2 of Kobe and a capped out Lakers team with marginal aging support? It certainly would be a team he could call his own after a few years and the sparkle of LA would frame his personality nicely.

Howard goes to NY and that's a dynasty set for a decade.

that move in my mind would be like when malone and payton went to LA to chase a chip and fell short. although this time = kobe on the decline and howard in prime. just dont see that 2 man show getting that far, let alone winning a ring. a better destination for howard would be the knicks

Juice wrote:D-12's recent comments suggest he isn't a fan of building a Super Power team. He did say during this past summer's Free Agent coup every player has a right to make his own decision but he didn't seem too enthralled at colluding. He made a comment right before they played the Heat and beat them in Miami.

I have no idea what he'll do personally. Sounds like he wants players to come play with him saying Orlando is still the most attractive place and citing how they built a new arena and wonderful place to live.

We'll have cap space to at least make him look our way. A lot still depends on the next CBA, what we do with Fields, more importantly if D-12 signs the extension

Yeah, Howard is a long shot. CP3 is the near shot.

Weird that whole business with the league owning the Hornets though. Stern will be leery to show any favoritism to the Knicks.

martin wrote:

BlueSeats wrote:

Juice wrote:D-12's recent comments suggest he isn't a fan of building a Super Power team. He did say during this past summer's Free Agent coup every player has a right to make his own decision but he didn't seem too enthralled at colluding. He made a comment right before they played the Heat and beat them in Miami.

I have no idea what he'll do personally. Sounds like he wants players to come play with him saying Orlando is still the most attractive place and citing how they built a new arena and wonderful place to live.

We'll have cap space to at least make him look our way. A lot still depends on the next CBA, what we do with Fields, more importantly if D-12 signs the extension

Yeah, Howard is a long shot. CP3 is the near shot.

Weird that whole business with the league owning the Hornets though. Stern will be leery to show any favoritism to the Knicks.

or they could face the prospect of losing him for nothing. Who would want to buy a team that didn't have CP3 signed up long term?

Utah prob made the smartest move in retrospect.

Exactly, they're not gonna let him walk for nothing, but I don't see us having an attractive package to offer in trade either. Letting him walk would be seen as favoring the Knicks, clearly.

BlueSeats wrote:

Juice wrote:D-12's recent comments suggest he isn't a fan of building a Super Power team. He did say during this past summer's Free Agent coup every player has a right to make his own decision but he didn't seem too enthralled at colluding. He made a comment right before they played the Heat and beat them in Miami.

I have no idea what he'll do personally. Sounds like he wants players to come play with him saying Orlando is still the most attractive place and citing how they built a new arena and wonderful place to live.

We'll have cap space to at least make him look our way. A lot still depends on the next CBA, what we do with Fields, more importantly if D-12 signs the extension

Yeah, Howard is a long shot. CP3 is the near shot.

Weird that whole business with the league owning the Hornets though. Stern will be leery to show any favoritism to the Knicks.

The thought has been put out there by NYC media of course that he'll gift wrap CP3 to Orlando. I don't see how that's possible honestly. The two teams I'd look out for is Clippers/Nuggets

If we go into next season with somewhat of a skeleton roster and don't make improvements after this season, I don't see any major power move happening in 2012.

Juice wrote:

BlueSeats wrote:

Juice wrote:D-12's recent comments suggest he isn't a fan of building a Super Power team. He did say during this past summer's Free Agent coup every player has a right to make his own decision but he didn't seem too enthralled at colluding. He made a comment right before they played the Heat and beat them in Miami.

I have no idea what he'll do personally. Sounds like he wants players to come play with him saying Orlando is still the most attractive place and citing how they built a new arena and wonderful place to live.

We'll have cap space to at least make him look our way. A lot still depends on the next CBA, what we do with Fields, more importantly if D-12 signs the extension

Yeah, Howard is a long shot. CP3 is the near shot.

Weird that whole business with the league owning the Hornets though. Stern will be leery to show any favoritism to the Knicks.

The thought has been put out there by NYC media of course that he'll gift wrap CP3 to Orlando. I don't see how that's possible honestly. The two teams I'd look out for is Clippers/Nuggets

If we go into next season with somewhat of a skeleton roster and don't make improvements after this season, I don't see any major power move happening in 2012.

what do you think Deron will do? Howard?

martin wrote:

BlueSeats wrote:

martin wrote:

BlueSeats wrote:

Juice wrote:D-12's recent comments suggest he isn't a fan of building a Super Power team. He did say during this past summer's Free Agent coup every player has a right to make his own decision but he didn't seem too enthralled at colluding. He made a comment right before they played the Heat and beat them in Miami.

I have no idea what he'll do personally. Sounds like he wants players to come play with him saying Orlando is still the most attractive place and citing how they built a new arena and wonderful place to live.

We'll have cap space to at least make him look our way. A lot still depends on the next CBA, what we do with Fields, more importantly if D-12 signs the extension

Yeah, Howard is a long shot. CP3 is the near shot.

Weird that whole business with the league owning the Hornets though. Stern will be leery to show any favoritism to the Knicks.

or they could face the prospect of losing him for nothing. Who would want to buy a team that didn't have CP3 signed up long term?

Utah prob made the smartest move in retrospect.

Exactly, they're not gonna let him walk for nothing, but I don't see us having an attractive package to offer in trade either. Letting him walk would be seen as favoring the Knicks, clearly.

on the other hand, what team is gonna trade for CP3 without an extension? Or what team has enough after a trade that he extend with?

This has the "melo trade" written all over it. I cant take another season and a half of this!

But seriously, we can't give up another package like that, nor do we have it to give.

martin wrote:

BlueSeats wrote:

Allanfan20 wrote:I hope Chris Paul is OK and returns to the NBA court ASAP. With that said:

I have no interest whatsoever in signing this guy next Summer and it has nothing to do with talent. The guy is a walking injury and his game appears to be deteriorating right before our eyes. Giving him max money be an enormous mistake... that's if we have the max money to give him. Dwight Howard is the way to go next Summer. We don't need either of the PGs.

If you can add Howard to Amare/Melo you do it, no questions asked.

Melo/Amare/Howard -on paper- would probably be the most loaded frontcourt since Bird/McHale/Parrish, which I consider possibly the best of all time.

Whether they could actually mesh would remain to be seen, but damn, we're lucky to even be in the conversation for such a thing.

Howard's decision will be an interesting one. There is good reason to think either he or LA will make a move to unite on that team, trading some combo of Bynum/Gasol/Odom to pair Dwight with Kobe. But Kobe will be 34 by the start of 2012 season and that knee ain't getting any better. Would Howard want the last year or 2 of Kobe and a capped out Lakers team with marginal aging support? It certainly would be a team he could call his own after a few years and the sparkle of LA would frame his personality nicely.

Howard goes to NY and that's a dynasty set for a decade.

I'll give ya the dynasty part... but a decade? That's a stretch. Still, +100000 on Howard over PG. If the Lakers entice him, I'd go for Deron before CP3, based solely on durability.