The Orlando Magic Thread

[ButterMPancakes]

Howard of all people I will defend on this subject. They took on Hedo's contract and Gilbert Areans.. even with an amensty clause this team is fucked. They owe Gilbert 63 million over the next three seasons. Thats 40 % of the proposed salary cap. Then they owe Hedo 30 million over the next three. Thats 30 million of your cap gone before you pay Howard. So essentially you have the salaries of the big three tied up into the Magic knowing at this point that they suck. They have zero wiggle room. I hope they find away to make it work, but I dont see how. Otis should have been fired.

With an amnesty clause the team has the chance of grabbing another star in 2012 when Howard expires, barring any big FA signings or trades that extend past 2012. If they lower the cap they will most definitely rollback salaries as well, they're not going to have teams in the $70million and above area find a way to cut over $25 million in contracts in a single year.

Getting Hedo and Arenas was terrible though

I'll concede that point then. I didn't know they didn't ask him. Was just throwing out a theory.

My main point though is don't publicly say you want to be somewhere, then refuse to really commit. If management botched the situation, just say that's why you're leaving. In this case, I can't see people getting upset because the moves really did backfire.

I think he's genuinely pissed at Otis, as he hasn't even talked to him yet, he has gone straight to the owner and BVW. While I don't think Otis is some great GM or anything of the sort, I doubt they just hire a new GM now and throw him into the fire like that, and if they did, I don't see any that would be successful.

I somewhat agree he could've just not said anything but with the way the media is, there's just not any other way to go about it. . . he's about whether he's leaving or staying every single time he is interviewed and has fans begging him to stay on twitter/events every second. And when he's quiet, you have someone like Ric Bucher claiming he's going to demand a trade to the Lakers. I guess he just wanted to put an end to questions and speculations. . . dunno. Expected him to become a FA anyways, barring some incredibly lopsided trades. Orlando should really be planning for 2012 and blowing up for a good team then, not this year. Him saying he'll become a FA should hopefully make the team plan and not panic.

 

[brownindian]

Can the Lakers afford to get Dwight with the new CBA and the amount of players they have locked up in huge contracts ?

 

[ButterMPancakes]

Can the Lakers afford to get Dwight with the new CBA and the amount of players they have locked up in huge contracts ?

The year he becomes a free agent, they have $91 million dollars committed in contracts, and that's amongst only 8 players. They'll owe Kobe and Gasol alone nearly $47 million.

 

[Absinthe]

I don't have a problem with the Arenas trade as much as the Hedo trade. Toronto didn't want him and traded him. As soon as Phoenix got him they wanted nothing to do with him. I think the idea was that he was going to magically recapture what he was doing in Orlando during their championship run, but his performance that year was fool's gold.

 

[ButterMPancakes]

doh

 

[ButterMPancakes]

Well, as bad as he was last year at least I'm glad I'll have this during the lockout:

agentzeroshow Gilbert A. aka Jefe
So the lockout rules r ...there's none once it hits at midnight we can say and do what we want without any fines or future fines
2 hours ago

agentzeroshow Gilbert A. aka Jefe
so imma lay low until that time comes and i got sum great midnight planks for yall...lmaoooooooooo
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agentzeroshow Gilbert A. aka Jefe
well what if im sleepin with a staff member!!!she cant talk to me when she comes over..."PERFECT"who wants to here them talk LOL hahaha
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