Jamison signing with Lakers for minimum.

Not much out there- Randy Foye and Delonte West would be okay for us, don't know if they'd accept minimum. Erm... Shawne Williams? Kenyon Martin? Gary Neal? Mo Evans?

http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/netsblog/avery_nets_wouldn_have_let_lin_leave_jenE90LFrYsRalW0t2EwaP?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20Nets%20Blog

It also counts to have an owner worth $17Billion also I guess.

K22 wrote:At this point, I'm just waiting for the Dwight Howard press conference at Staples Center with his new purple and gold #12 jersey.

Superstar Orlando Center gets traded to the Lakers, take 2.

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Magic center Dwight Howard signaled that if he is traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, he would be prepared to sign a long-term extension after the 2012-13 NBA season, the basketball website RealGM.com reported on Wednesday.

Two sources confirmed to ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard that Howard is willing to re-sign long-term with the Lakers if Orlando trades him there. Until recently, Howard had been steadfast in his desire to commit only to the Brooklyn Nets long-term.

The Lakers have not been notified of any change in Howard's thinking as of late Wednesday night, a league source told ESPNLosAngeles.com's Ramona Shelburne, but had always figured he would commit to staying with the franchise once he experienced being part of a championship culture. As ESPNLosAngeles.com reported Tuesday night, the Lakers have been willing to make a trade for Howard without assurances he would sign an extension.

Sources also told Broussard the Lakers are ready and eager to trade for Howard -- with a package built around Andrew Bynum -- but that Orlando is holding up the deal. Orlando, while willing to trade Howard, is not in a rush. The Magic will wait until they get a deal they like.

The Lakers remained dogged in their pursuit of Howard late into the night Wednesday and plan to continue discussions into Thursday, a league source told ESPNLosAngeles.com, but the longer the process drags on, the more it complicates their other offseason business and forces them to consider moving on.

One potential holdup is Bynum's unwillingness to sign a long-term extension in Orlando. While Bynum has not completely ruled out playing there, sources said, he will not sign an extension there and instead will wait until after the season to potentially test the free-agent market.

The Lakers have talked with Cleveland and Houston, both of whom have interest in Bynum, about being a third team to help facilitate the trade. Both clubs have the draft picks Orlando wants in any deal.

The Magic will also want to rid themselves of some of their more onerous contracts like those of Hedo Turkoglu and Jason Richardson.

If a Howard trade isn't feasible, the Lakers would quickly turn their attention to resuming extension talks with Bynum and re-signing forward Jordan Hill. If Bynum agrees to an extension, it would start the clock on a deal for Howard in much the same way Brooklyn's extension with Brook Lopez did earlier this month.

joec32033 wrote:I hope he goes to LA and the Rockets have nothing but Lin on their team. Good luck with that.

crzymdups wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:Phuck, the Celtics got Courtney Lee. Boston quietly had a solid offseason.

they're once again the team to beat in the division.

Yep, I was hoping they'd break up this offseason, but they're back and improved. Bah! Can't stand that team, but they were great last year and they've gotten better- they'll be tough to beat. Maybe they're a little weak in the front court depth wise, depending on how ready their rookies are.

Indiana made some moves, not sure if they're better though. Wizards are better (and under rated), Raptors are better. Not sure about the Hawks but they needed the change. Nets are better too. Miami upgraded. Sixers and Bulls are worse, and the Magic will be once they've finally sorted out the Dwight trade.

It'll be tougher this year for us, especially with the Nets and Celtics in our division, but I hope we can rise to the challenge.

Houston has done it again. They gave an offer sheet to Bulls backup center Omer Asik very much like the one they gave to Lin. Asik is a very good rebounder and shot blocker, but his lack of offense is legendary. He can't catch the ball, commits offensive fouls and shoots fouls like Shaq. Chicago isn't expected to match.

crzymdups wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:Phuck, the Celtics got Courtney Lee. Boston quietly had a solid offseason.

they're once again the team to beat in the division.

Don't believe it yet. Not gonna brag that we are the team to beat, but I think we have enough weapons to challenge them in case they are that good.

Jmpasq wrote:Isnt Demarcus Cousins a free Agent when we have cap room. U guys against targeting him

yes, we should target Love. Chandler, Love, Melo.

Omer Asik's offer sheet with Houston is same terms as Jeremy Lin's -- $5M, $5.2M, $14.9M. Bulls have three days to match.