Wednesday, July 11, 2012

The Two Most Exciting Landing Spots for Dwight

So, I promised myself I would not write about this, but here it goes anyway.  After all I like to speculate too.

The most exciting option - Like most of the sports world, I have fallen completely head over heels in love with the four team deal sending Dwight to Brooklyn and a range of other players and draft picks all over the place.  While sources are reporting this deal has fallen through, the Nets are allegedly still attempting to nab Howard.  A deal involving Howard and the Nets, likely makes the franchise an instant contender with a starting lineup that would include Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, Gerald Wallace, and Dwight Howard.  Finally, New York is a basketball city again and the Eastern Conference has another formidable team, of which it is in desperate need.

The second most exciting option - Last night on NBA Gametime, David Aldridge exclaimed that if he were running the Thunder he would be attempting to trade James Harden and Serge Ibaka for Dwight Howard.  Howard, of course, has said that he would only re-sign with Brooklyn, but who could say no to playing for Thunder?  This is exciting because the Thunder would obtain the single best center and defensive player in the league.  Perhaps Howard would be the added boast the Thunder need to win a championship.  The downside to this is that even more talent leaves the East, and the Heat will likely stroll right to the finals.

3 comments:

  1. What about Chicago? They seem to be one piece away from an excellent team. The question is whether or not they would have to mortgage the farm to get him.

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  2. Certainly, Chicago would be an exciting destination. However, Chicago had only few pieces that would be worthy of being traded for Howard's services and they just don't seem likely to move those pieces. Furthermore, Howard has been rather public that he would not re-sign with Chicago if traded there.

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  3. I think Washington would be a great destination for him. He would be along side Emeka Okafor and Trevor Ariza in the frontcourt and Washington now has one of the best young backcourts with Beal and Wall. I feel they would easily make it to the 2nd round in the East and possibly event the conference finals now that we are seeing a changing of the guard of sorts.

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