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Finals Are Over -- Now What!?
#1
So what happens next season?
Do you think Dallas will repeat?
Will some team swarm the free agency and tighten up their belt to make a late run?
Will the Heat make it to the finals again, and will 2012 be their year?

Want to hear everyone's thoughts.
#2
This is if the NBA don't have a lockout..
Heat comeback next year extra motivated and win a league record 74 games.
LBJ becomes the second player in NBA history to average a triple double in an entire season. He also wins his third MVP.
Erik Spoelstra wins COY award.
Dwight Howard gets traded to LA for Bynum, Brown, and two first round picks.
Kobe passes Shaq for 5th on the All Time Scoring list.
CP3 gets traded not sure where, but my guess is New York, which creates another big 3.
LA/Miami Final, Heat in 7. LBJ wins Finals MVP and declares himself King of the world like Leonardo Dicaprio did in Titanic.
#3
Heat return the NBA finals. And win in 7.
#4
Lakers in 7 over the Heat.
Kobe Bryant Finals MVP Smile
#5
zaga_fan Wrote:Lakers in 7 over the Heat.
Dwight Howard Finals MVP Smile

Fixed it for you..
Now we're rolling!
#6
Aslan Wrote:This is if the NBA don't have a lockout..
Heat comeback next year extra motivated and win a league record 74 games.
LBJ becomes the second player in NBA history to average a triple double in an entire season. He also wins his third MVP.
Erik Spoelstra wins COY award.
Dwight Howard gets traded to LA for Bynum, Brown, and two first round picks.
Kobe passes Shaq for 5th on the All Time Scoring list.
CP3 gets traded not sure where, but my guess is New York, which creates another big 3.
LA/Miami Final, Heat in 7. LBJ wins Finals MVP and declares himself King of the world like Leonardo Dicaprio did in Titanic.


Wow, LOL
#7
Dwight Howard goes to LA and the Lakers win the finals!
#8
Howard has already said that he's becoming a Free Agent Next Summer so I don't see him leaving Orlando until then


t’ll be a long summer in Florida. In Miami, there’ll be questions every day surrounding the former future dynasty: Should they break them up? Should Spo come back? What’s up with LeBron? Then just a few hours away on the Florida Turnpike, Dwight Howard will grow more frustrated. In news that was expected, but otherwise wasn’t definitive until it came from the big man’s mouth, Dwight Howard plans on becoming a free agent next summer.

Howard said while he does want to stay in Orlando, circumstances could change if the Magic don’t win a title next year.

In an interview with NBA.com, Howard reiterated that the team’s culture must change.[INDENT]“I want to win a championship,” the All-Star center said. “I think the owners have to really know that. That’s been my goal and my mission since I’ve been in the NBA — to win a championship. I don’t have side goals or agendas. My main goal is to win a championship. I want to have 14 other guys who feel the same way.”
Asked if the Magic have that now, he said, “It’s off and on. Sometimes guys are there whole-heartedly and then sometimes I’ve had teammates allow people getting in their ears and things like that effect the way that they play and approach the game.”
Howard said he did not tell (owner, Rich) DeVos and (CEO, Bob) Vander Weide specific roster moves he wanted to see.
“I just told them, ‘We’ve got to have guys who are going to play hard 48 minutes and who are going to battle the other team, who are going to fight night in and night out for a championship,’ ” he said.
[/INDENT]You can’t blame Howard. He’s merely putting the pressure on Otis Smith and the rest of management to get to work. Gilbert Arenas, Hedo Turkoglu and Jameer Nelson won’t get it done. The Magic regressed in the past two seasons and even with another superhuman season from their big man, it’s likely they could again unless something drastic changes.
With several nearly untradable contracts, and a broken roster of has-beens and average role players, this is a proclamation from Dwight: makes moves or I might be out.



http://dimemag.com/2011/06/dwight-howard...n-orlando/
#9
Strikeout King Wrote:Howard has already said that he's becoming a Free Agent Next Summer so I don't see him leaving Orlando until then


t’ll be a long summer in Florida. In Miami, there’ll be questions every day surrounding the former future dynasty: Should they break them up? Should Spo come back? What’s up with LeBron? Then just a few hours away on the Florida Turnpike, Dwight Howard will grow more frustrated. In news that was expected, but otherwise wasn’t definitive until it came from the big man’s mouth, Dwight Howard plans on becoming a free agent next summer.

Howard said while he does want to stay in Orlando, circumstances could change if the Magic don’t win a title next year.

In an interview with NBA.com, Howard reiterated that the team’s culture must change.[INDENT]“I want to win a championship,” the All-Star center said. “I think the owners have to really know that. That’s been my goal and my mission since I’ve been in the NBA — to win a championship. I don’t have side goals or agendas. My main goal is to win a championship. I want to have 14 other guys who feel the same way.”
Asked if the Magic have that now, he said, “It’s off and on. Sometimes guys are there whole-heartedly and then sometimes I’ve had teammates allow people getting in their ears and things like that effect the way that they play and approach the game.”
Howard said he did not tell (owner, Rich) DeVos and (CEO, Bob) Vander Weide specific roster moves he wanted to see.
“I just told them, ‘We’ve got to have guys who are going to play hard 48 minutes and who are going to battle the other team, who are going to fight night in and night out for a championship,’ ” he said.
[/INDENT]You can’t blame Howard. He’s merely putting the pressure on Otis Smith and the rest of management to get to work. Gilbert Arenas, Hedo Turkoglu and Jameer Nelson won’t get it done. The Magic regressed in the past two seasons and even with another superhuman season from their big man, it’s likely they could again unless something drastic changes.
With several nearly untradable contracts, and a broken roster of has-beens and average role players, this is a proclamation from Dwight: makes moves or I might be out.



http://dimemag.com/2011/06/dwight-howard...n-orlando/

IDC if Dwight Howard says he is going to be a FA or not, a HUGE portion of that situation is out of his hands.
If it gets close to the All-Star Break and the Magic aren't competing at a high level they will look to unload his contract for ANYTHING they can get. They may trade superstar for superstar, they may try to get some good cheap role players, or they may even trade him for a handful of scrandies with expiring contracts to rebuild with. They know he'll be out of the picture with nothing to show for it if they let his contract hang around until it expires.
And if he's getting traded to a contender they will ask him to sign an extension that he'll gladly sign, so free agency is by no means a guarantee for the big man.
#10
^ tell him that cause he's the one that said it. I know that, I was just sharing what he said
#11
Obviously if Dwight is not going to sign by the trade deadline, Orlando HAS to trade him. Orlando has to get some value in return for his departure, not nothing like Cleveland did when LeBron left.
#12
* Lebron James - Season MVP
* Derrick Williams - Rookie of the Year
* Dwight Howard - Def. Player of the Year
* Yao Ming - Most Improved Player
* Erik Shoelstra - Coach of the Year

* Chris Paul -Traded- to Orlando and Howard stays

East Playoff Teams:
1- Heat
2- Magic
3- Bulls
4- Knicks
5- Hawks
6- Celtics
7- Pacers
8- Bucks

West Playoff Teams:
1- Lakers
2- Mavs
3- Thunder
4- Spurs
5- Grizzlies
6- Clippers
7- Blazers
8- Nuggets

Finals
Heat
Thunder
#13
ekff Wrote:* Lebron James - Season MVP
* Derrick Williams - Rookie of the Year
* Dwight Howard - Def. Player of the Year
* Yao Ming - Most Improved Player
* Erik Shoelstra - Coach of the Year

* Chris Paul -Traded- to Orlando and Howard stays

East Playoff Teams:
1- Heat
2- Magic
3- Bulls
4- Knicks
5- Hawks
6- Celtics
7- Pacers
8- Bucks

West Playoff Teams:
1- Lakers
2- Mavs
3- Thunder
4- Spurs
5- Grizzlies
6- Clippers
7- Blazers
8- Nuggets

Finals
Heat
Thunder

I like it.

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