"At end of day, I think he wants to stay here and wants to win here," general manager Otis Smith told the Orlando Sentinel. "But with so many marquee guys moving, it's kind of hard for me not to have any angst about it.

"I'd be crazy if I didn't. Of course."

Orlando realizes that they could face a Carmelo Anthony situation if they aren't able to sign Howard to a contract extension before next season.

Howard has the ability to opt out of his deal after the 2011-12 season.

"I don't know what happens. My crystal ball is telling me Dwight wants to stay here," Smith said.

Via Orlando Sentinel
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TMS wrote:offer Curry, AR & cash for him.

Roflmbao

CHAOS wrote:Magic Worried Howard Will Opt Out, Follow Other Stars

I tell you, I would not sleep on this. I think this has an inkling of truth and possibility to it. Pray for Orlando to suck as much as possible this year and next.

crzymdups wrote:There was some article I read recently that said Donnie had already given up on Melo and his sights for 2012 were set on Dwight Howard, not Chris Paul.

i would much rather have Dwight Howard than Melo, but who's to say Dwight even wants to leave Orlando? or even wants to come to the Knicks for that matter? & even if Dwight wanted to come here, do we have enough assets to offer Orlando in a trade to get him?

martin wrote:

TMS wrote:

crzymdups wrote:There was some article I read recently that said Donnie had already given up on Melo and his sights for 2012 were set on Dwight Howard, not Chris Paul.

i would much rather have Dwight Howard than Melo, but who's to say Dwight even wants to leave Orlando? or even wants to come to the Knicks for that matter? & even if Dwight wanted to come here, do we have enough assets to offer Orlando in a trade to get him?

In this type of situation it wouldn't be so much which team had the assets but rather which team Howard would want to go to.

And Knicks got the Amare attraction and enough flexibility.

i guess i have a problem imagining that Dwight would rather go to a team where he has to share a frontcourt with another dominant frontcourt player like Amare over going someplace where he can share the court with an elite perimeter player... i would figure a bigman like him would prefer the latter... joining up with a team like the Thunder, for example, that already has 2 young studs in place to play with that can help spread the floor in Westbrook & Durant where he could step in & do his thing unhindered in the paint, & that would have some cheap young assets to offer up in return that can help Orlando rebuild with in Ibaka, Aldrich, Harden, Sefolosha, Maynor, White, Mullens, etc., as well as a talented up & coming player Jeff Green who has performed equal to the level that Gallo has in his time in the NBA... along with that i believe they own their own draft picks for the next 2 years as well.

when i think about who the Knicks would have to offer up a year down the road... Wilson C who is going to sign a lucrative extension this summer, Gallo who will be due for a lucrative extension next summer, AR who might not even be here anymore, Mozgov & Fields... plus the fact we play in the same conference as the Magic... i have to believe they would much rather deal w/a Western Conference team if things ever progressed to the point where they decided they had to trade their franchise guy... & when u factor in Wilson & Gallo's pending extensions, i don't think we have the flexibility you think we will next summer.

anyway, it's way premature to be talking about Dwight Howard trade scenarios when he hasn't even said he wants out.

GodSaveTheKnicks wrote:I am looking forward to the 15,000 Dwight Howard threads once that happens.

15,000? You're being way too kind.