magicbalala245 Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 First off, nobody knows if the deal is off. Secondly, the package for Dwight was great. Getting a 23 year old center to team up with his close friend Anderson, along with first round picks in an era of basketball dominated by super teams. Personally I can't even see Nets winning it all with the Dwight in the lineup. Of course the lineup would be different and we'd be a playoff team but at the end of the day, Magic lose Dwight no matter what by the looks of it. New Jersey would lose draft picks that are required from what Orlando wants for Dwight. And now that we know this meeting to place because of Chris Broussard reporting it punishment could be far more worse then just losing draft picks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Well we dodged a bullet there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universe Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 New Jersey would lose draft picks that are required from what Orlando wants for Dwight. And now that we know this meeting to place because of Chris Broussard reporting it punishment could be far more worse then just losing draft picks.Picks that would have went to Orlando hence why Orlando is losing. I wouldn't care if they took all our picks for the next five years because clearly we aren't going to win through the draft any time soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Orlando is the loser here if they try and file these charges against NJ. It makes no sense to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicbalala245 Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 This is off topic but Jon Barry just ripped Dan Gilbert "You had 8 years to surround LeBron with talent and you didn't. Run your team better." and had more to say into ripping Dan Gilbert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 This is off topic but Jon Barry just ripped Dan Gilbert "You had 8 years to surround LeBron with talent and you didn't. Run your team better." and had more to say into ripping Dan Gilbert. Good. Gilbert is a huge piece of shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicbalala245 Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 (edited) Reason why Orlando dropped Houston Source now says Orlando has decided against pursuing tampering charges against Houston due to lack of information. NJ possibility remains. Makes sense I guess since they have all the evidence in the world now everyone know Dwight himself and his representatives met with GM Billy Hunter and Mikhail last night without New Jersey knowing. Edited December 9, 2011 by magicbalala245 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Dwight is publicly denying that they had a meeting according to SC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicbalala245 Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Latest news in this story Chirs Broussard spoke with Dwight half an hour ago and Dwight denying meeting with the Nets however Chris is trusting his sources and is still saying his sources told him this meeting happened last night. Dwight will report to camp and talk to Otis Smith what the future will look like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 https://twitter.com/#!/nydninternets/status/145216782809038848 League source says report about meeting in Miami between Prokhorov, King and Dwight Howard is not correct. I sure hope the Magic have some solid proof because this would be nuts if they didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicbalala245 Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 A Nets beat reporter made a good point by Orlando threatening to file tampering charges to get more out the Nets and this could be part two of Orlando trying this trick check this article out back from the past LINK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicbalala245 Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 https://twitter.com/#!/nydninternets/status/145216782809038848 I sure hope the Magic have some solid proof because this would be nuts if they didn't. Chris Broussard is saying Orlando has evidence with their own sources saying this meeting did happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Chris Broussard is saying Orlando has evidence with their own sources saying this meeting did happen. Yeah, I'm not sure what to think right now. On one hand I don't think Billy King is dumb enough to tamper, but on the other hand maybe he is lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted December 9, 2011 Author Owner Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Doesn't Prokhorov have a stealth plane and suit, or something? The dude has enough money to go unnoticed, I'm sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRV Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Is everyone in the NBA stupid? It feels like the NBA is falling apart. If you are dumb enough to get caught tampering then you deserve the charges, I can guarantee there is so much tampering that goes unnoticed. We probably tampered to get Lebron and Bosh, in some way or another, just didn't get caught. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universe Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 I wouldn't even be against them having a meeting with Dwight. I know it's illegal but a huge risk like that is worth it and if the Magic are going to file tampering charges on us, they would never have traded Dwight to us anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teletopez Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Dwight denied it, and Prokhorov was in Moscow five days ago. On the other hand, this is a pretty big claim for the Magic to be lying. Proving it may be very hard, but it could potentially create bad blood between the two teams with negotiations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicbalala245 Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Magic CEO: If the Nets tampered w/D12, Magic would "deal with it to the fullest extent that the NBA constitution allows.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Built Ford Tough Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 (edited) Good for Orlando, if this in fact true. Players demanding to be dealt to specific teams is bad enough.Players meeting with those specific teams while still under contract? That is despicable. Edited December 10, 2011 by Built Ford Tough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicbalala245 Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 (edited) Is Billy Hunter on damage control? Nets' Billy King issues statement re tampering allegations: "Contrary to published reports, the NJ Nets did not meet with Dwight Howard." Edited December 10, 2011 by magicbalala245 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teletopez Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 Orlando_Magic Orlando MagicMagic deny they are looking into filing tampering charges for alleged contact by other teams with Dwight Howard: on.nba.com/tPHszj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted December 10, 2011 Author Owner Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 The NBA is one shady league right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicbalala245 Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 Doesn't make sense as I read the article you posted it says the Magic will investigate first and if they have solid evidence they they will to the full extent got after New Jersey. ``There aren’t any tampering charges. Dwight is under contract with us and our rules in the league are very explicit about when a player is under contract with a team other teams aren’t allowed to contact that player or a representative about them,’’ said Martins, who was promoted from team president to CEO earlier in the week. ``If that’s been voided in any way we’ll deal with it to the fullest extent that the NBA’s Constitution allows. But at this stage there aren’t any tampering charges.’’ If a team is determined to have tampered with a player under contract they would be at the mercy of NBA Commissioner David Stern. Stern has taken such matters in the past very seriously and he would likely impose serious penalties. Such punishment could include fines, loss of draft picks or denying the team the right to sign the player in the future. ``I’ve seen reports, but I have no idea if (Howard) met with them or not,’’ Martins said. ``We’ll take a look into that. But at this stage it’s just a report.’’ Martins reiterated his desire to keep Howard in Orlando long term. Martins said that the Magic’s management team has spoken to the only player in history to win the Defensive Player of the Year award three consecutive seasons repeatedly this week, and he’s said that he’s committed to Orlando. ``Everything that we’ve heard from Dwight this week wouldn’t indicate (that he wants to leave). He’s told us that he loves Orlando and that he wants to be here,’’ Martins said. ``Those conversations continue. We’re not going to talk about the specifics and all of the exchanges, but everything we’ve heard is that he loves it here and wants to be here. We’ll take him at his word.’’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 Soooo pretty much they have no evidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicbalala245 Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 What the [expletive] is going on in Orlando first Howard's agent said Orlando gave him permission to talk teams and those teams later on were revealed to be the Nets and Lakers now the President of Orlando is disputing this and story will be up on Sports Illustrated Story to come on SI.com, but Orlando CEO Alex Martins disputes the claim of Dwight Howard's agent that permission was given to talk to teams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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