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killthemasses

and you hate lebron because.......?
302 Days ago

mdoni5

dwight howard is everything that is wrong with the NBA, all rolled into one 7-foot idiot.
302 Days ago

nanais777

Blame Jordan for it. He was the first me-guy (as we know them today). Before him it was all about the team
302 Days ago

eiknuJ_poH-piH

#NetsNation will still be a force next Nba season. I believe eventually Howard will play for Brooklyn. Trade deadline???
312 Days ago

nicwilson818

Did Howard offer a reason why he opted in for the final year of his contract? That never did make any sense to me.
316 Days ago

selon66

ORLANDO SHOULD NOT HAVE BROKEN UP THE TEAM THAT WAS ONE ALLIOOP (SPELLING?) FROM WINNING A CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST THE LAKERS IN THE FIRST PLACE!! IF THEY HADNT MADE SOME STUPID TRADEs IN THE 2 YEARS TO FOLLOW THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD ENOUGH CAP SPACE TO BUILD A SUPERPOWER OF THEIR OWN BY NOW!!
316 Days ago

snd_dsgnr

First of all, the Caps Lock key is the one on the middle left of your keyboard. You should consider turning it off. Secondly, the Magic lost in 5 games. They weren't one play short of winning anything.
315 Days ago

LowBALLR1292

Nice piece Ian.
316 Days ago

bballwarrior12

Howard has all the makings of a guy who desperately wants to be liked by everyone while still getting exactly what he wants. What a fairy tale he lives in. No matter how rich or powerful you are that never happens for anyone. The bottom line is that O'Connor is right: Howard was never ending up in Brooklyn once he signed that extension. It made no sense at the time and somehow even less now. The Magic aren't interested in building around a center who averages 5 rebounds per game and costs $12+ per year no matter how talented offensively he may be. The Magic have to make sure they get the most value for Howard, regardless of what that may mean for the upcoming season. If the Magic want to eventually do the deal with the Nets and they feel that is the only offer, they can do that at the trade deadline and it will cost them nothing to do that. The Magic have all the leverage and there isn't anything Howard or the Nets can do about that.
316 Days ago

edkargbo

The real question/story is WHY Howard signed that extension last year. The media should be trying to get at the heart of that decision. (I bet Otis might have some input)
316 Days ago

jltodd06

Howard used to be a great player and a nice guy. Now he is just a great player with a bulging ego.
316 Days ago

kobe24_blackmamba

exactly! dwight's ego got the best of him in the end
316 Days ago

bigrihan24

LAKER BOUND!!
316 Days ago

frmkt

We can only hope
316 Days ago

kobe24_blackmamba

kobe nash dwight and pau with metta jrich grant hill and jordan hill on 2k12 is UNSTOPPABLE! so make it happen mitch kup!!
316 Days ago

cuthbert97007

I already cringe a having to put up with fans of a 30-52 Nets team whining about how they would have won a championship if they only had Howard, when they probably would have actually ended up with a 31-51 record with him.
316 Days ago

Billy King is a god the Knicks fans can reval in his glory

What drugs are you high on?
316 Days ago

kobe24_blackmamba

this guy is probably a cleveland fan or somethin hahaha! got nothin better to do but to hate on good teams that his team can never beat
316 Days ago

thadhawkes

Rob Hennigan's job isn't to make the Nets a championship contender AND it's not necessarily to make Dwight Howard happy by giving him what he wants AND it's not his job to make the NY media happy to have a big story. It's his job to make the Magic the best team they can be...PERIOD. The deal that was on the table with the Nets didn't come close to making the Magic better and thats why it didn't happen...thankfully.
316 Days ago

bballwarrior12

Not only that, it would have created another superteam that the Magic would have never had any chance to beat over the next five years. The ultimate goal is to win a title so even if the trade helped them (which it didn't), it would do little good if it makes another team a lot better in the process.
316 Days ago

gxgBoy

How funny this line was : " Howard has surpassed James as a villain, not as a ballplayer. " While I agree Howard is a villain. Comparing to Lebon, he is still a minor villain. Lebon is still the biggest villain. I'm not a Clevelander, but I used to like to watch Lebon in CAVS. But when someone like him to trash his own mother hometown in a million peope watched National TV. That made me sick.. puke... Lebon is the biggest villain in NBA history. No question about it , no question...
316 Days ago

kobe24_blackmamba

another lebron hater tsk tsk.. give it up already
316 Days ago

jabari131

Because he decided to play out his contract without making stupid trade demands and hold 2 or more franchises hostage??? You have a real screwed up definition of villain!!
316 Days ago

Jayhawknbpt

It is clear why Howard took the option year... because if he walked he was costing himself a boatload of money. He wanted to stay on for a sign-and-trade to maximize his money and years. He is still in Orlando because of his own greed, and it serves him right.
316 Days ago

bballwarrior12

He thought he could bully his way to get exactly what he wanted. Say what you want about LeBron at least he took less money to go where he wanted to go instead of forcing the Cavs to do things his way.
316 Days ago

Loooopers

Wow... a lot of P.O'd people out there because the Magic didn't want all the Nets scubs for a top 5 player in the league. Yeah, Howard was an idiot for opting into his contract if he really knew he wasn't going to stay with the Magic. I think it's good that the new Magic GM stood his ground and didn't give the Nets and Howard exactly what they wanted.
316 Days ago