I hear u but stern didn't reject the deal to help the hornets he rejected it for nba reasons which is ambiguous as fuck but then it came out why
1. no players dictate where they go.
2. has to benefit the league financially and on the court
3. can't be close to a kwame deal
i personally have no beef with the deal but brook lopez doesn't make orlando competitive ... bynum, gasol, odom do...
the nets financially won't help the small market teams b/c they'll be below the threshold and not in the fund that gilbert alluded too.
lastly howard is the best center in the nba multiple all-star, trade him for lopez who regressed last season and 2 low 1sts?
saving 47mil is big but ultimately orlando may prefer to be competitive with assets than with free money... plus if the lakers take turk orland still saves money b/c odom is a free agent at the end of the season.
if the nba is gonna apply those basketball reasons to trades for stars now dwight to nj wouldn't pass.
sure y'all can sign him at the end of the season but if he's sent to the lakers he won't be leaving.
again the deal should go thru but if u apply the whys of the paul rejection then the howard deal won't go thru.





You still don't get it.
The Devos the family who own the Magic have said that if they trade Dwight they will go in to cost cutting mode.
They don't give a fuck about a competitive team this is about MONEY
t appears that the NBA lockout has taken a toll on the Orlando Magic.
The team has laid off 20 full-time staff members and determined that up to 12 other open positions will be eliminated, three league sources told the Orlando Sentinel.
The moves impact most of the organization's departments but not the basketball operations department. They were announced to the team's remaining full-time staff of about 170 people on Tuesday.
A Magic spokesman would not comment. A team policy prohibits employees from commenting about staffing matters.
that happen this morning again. The Nets leaked this deal last week because they know the DEVOS WOULD JUMP AT THIS DEAL.
YOU THINKING BASKETBALL HOMIE THIS IS ALL ABOUT MONEY 47 MILLION
They are not trading him to LA when the NETS CAN SAVE THEM 47 FUCKING MILLION DOLLARS
you don't get it but its the same thing I said about the deadline.
Also pretty sure Mikhail will write the Devos a nice little check too. I mean dude did just buy an Island