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Post by HawkEye on Aug 10, 2012 1:09:54 GMT -5
Magic rejected the Nets' offer of Brook Lopez, Kris Humphries, MarShon Brooks & 4 1st rounders?!! That's the best offer they can get from any team, imo. Instead, they settled for Afflalo, Harrington, Vucevic, Harkless & 3 1st rounders (all picks are from teams projected to make the playoffs). Wow.
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Post by moltreszwarriors on Aug 10, 2012 2:06:30 GMT -5
For one thing, they didn't reject the deal as much as the free agents involved didn't want to do the sign and trade. Lopez is either injury risk or borderline all-star. Humphries rental for year or two does nothing for them. They didn't like Brooks, who wouldn't be the best fit in Orlando. I think it came down to the free agents and Lopez's injury risk. Afflalo is probably the most underrated player in the NBA. He can flat out shut people down, I can't think of a better 2-guard defender right now. Harrington will help them continue their strategy of spreading the floor after losing Anderson to the Hornets. Vucevic and Harkless were mid-first round picks, and Vucevic has some range to the 3-point line and Harkless is pretty athletic. And they still got a lot of picks. I can't imagine how much better they would be if they never traded Gortat. They could accept a package without a center and could still be good enough for at least the 5 seed. The thing is, the Magic might still make the playoffs this way, and it would be better for the organization to bottom out and get Shabazz Muhammad or Noel, who would give the defensive presence of Howard back almost immediately (seriously, that guy is a scary shot-blocker). It's not the worst trade they could agree to, but it isn't the best one either.
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Post by Miege22 on Aug 10, 2012 18:33:26 GMT -5
The Nets deal sucked. It was crap. What they traded for sucked. It was also crap.
They were getting crap either way, and people were going to complain. In the end, they chose the crap that wouldn't include a player on a max, or near-max, contract that is coming off a twice broken foot.
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Post by studiscus(Vegas) on Aug 11, 2012 2:00:40 GMT -5
Howard had the Magic FO over a barrel... Everyone knew he wouldnt play another game in a magic uni..
3 first rounders plus a talented rookie and a very solid center is not a bad deal. first rounders give GM's boners.
As for the other teams I think they all got great deals...
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