Dwight Discussion: Dwightmare on Figueroa St. Part Boo

Chillbongo wrote:

Weezy wrote:

therealdeal wrote: 3. If Howard were to walk this summer, oh well. Our rebuild goes through and is EVEN MORE POTENT. We then move Nash's contract (if he hasn't retired by then), and we have literally NOTHING on the books. We are free to do ANYTHING we want.

I would agree for the most part because of point 3, but I don't agree that trading Dwight is stupid in a few cases. Like if you could get Kevin Love for him, I think that would be more awesome than stupid.

What makes everyone so confident we will have a potent rebuild in 2014?

Like I said in the past the Lakers have usually gotten TOP-tier players via free agency when we're pretty good and on the cusp of being great.

Frankly, we are not good or great today. I don't know if trading Pau will turn us from *this* to good but if it does, then sure. Re-sign Dwight, renegotiate contracts, and contend.

Doc Brown wrote:We still have our 2014 1st rounder if I looked it up correctly.

Weezy wrote:

therealdeal wrote:1. Trading Howard is silly. Whatever we get in return doesn't make us contenders AND would likely ruin the rebuild in 2014.

2. Howard is the best big man in the game, building around him is a good idea.

3. If Howard were to walk this summer, oh well. Our rebuild goes through and is EVEN MORE POTENT. We then move Nash's contract (if he hasn't retired by then), and we have literally NOTHING on the books. We are free to do ANYTHING we want.

I would agree for the most part because of point 3, but I don't agree that trading Dwight is stupid in a few cases. Like if you could get Kevin Love for him, I think that would be more awesome than stupid.

Doc Brown wrote:I don't why he wants post ups. He looks 100x better when he's getting lobs and plays where he's getting the ball with momentum towards the hoop.

The Rock wrote:This dude is such a faker, a frontrunner. After Kobe steals and dunks it hes the first to sprint down the court to hug him Lol SMH

JoelMyersScrotalSack wrote:

The Rock wrote:This dude is such a faker, a frontrunner. After Kobe steals and dunks it hes the first to sprint down the court to hug him Lol SMH

Yeah front runner describes Dwight pretty well. When we're winning he's all smiles and cheering for his teammates, but lose and he becomes a horrible locker room presence.

Doc Brown wrote:I don't why he wants post ups. He looks 100x better when he's getting lobs and plays where he's getting the ball with momentum towards the hoop.

The Rock wrote:This dude is such a faker, a frontrunner. After Kobe steals and dunks it hes the first to sprint down the court to hug him Lol SMH

Lakerholicz ‏@Lakerholicz

Dwight on his relationship with Kobe: "We've gotten along for four or five years. It's only gonna get better." (on @TWCSportsNet)

J.A. Adande ‏@jadande

Dwight Howard on Lakers' W over Utah: "We all had Skittles before the game." Key to beating OKC on Sunday: "More Skittles."

Lorenzo Diaz Jr. ‏@Chito_Dog

Dwight Howard is smiling during the press interviews. Now THAT'S the Dwight we like to see. Great work today big guy!

therealdeal wrote:By the way, the EFFORT he put out tonight is the kind of effort we need EVERY night. If he played this way every night for the entire season, I wouldn't hesitate to start making him the 1b instead of the 2.

Armani wrote:

therealdeal wrote:By the way, the EFFORT he put out tonight is the kind of effort we need EVERY night. If he played this way every night for the entire season, I wouldn't hesitate to start making him the 1b instead of the 2.

This. He needs to play like this consistently if we're trusting him with the keys to our franchise.