Nets... No Dwight... so now...

Dwight should of never opted in this past Spring

D12 brought this on himself...so now Orlando will trade him probably to a team that he does not want to be with....even if it is LA...he is on the record that he did not want to be there (No matter what the media says and reports)

I think he really and truly wanted to stay far away from giving the appearance that he aspires to follow in Shaq's career footsteps

1)  Superman..

2)  played in orlando...

3) went to finals with orlando and loss....

4)  goes to lakers.....play with kobe....

5)  kobe drama with the dominant low post guy - whose the man? 

etc...etc...etc...

Not to mention that he think he has other reasons why he just didn't want to be there

Even if he is traded there.....I think he will play a reduced season just like D Rose (due to injury-rehab)....and @ end of season get the heck out of dodge.

Interesting point....I never thought about the "opt in" that way.

Did you read Phil Jackson's book?

He said Kobe was 'uncoachable'

That was a joke.  (lol)

But months ago....D Howard revealed and the media reported that he did NOT want to play with LA

If you follow the NBA...you should have noticed that he is apprehensive about the whole SHAQ- D12 comparisons

Doesn't take a rocket scientist to connect the dots that if he goes to LA the media will go crazy with the analogies of the Shaq and D12 career symmetries

Do I need to go and link all this stuff to this thread.....yes I posted 20% opinion...but the rest was not B/S....it can be traced to quotes and actual articles by the media

including the Phil Jackson comment about 'uncoachable'

@Colton

Let's compare drama queen with drama kome

drama queen

1)  agrees with ESPN to air his decision where he will be playing and give millons of dollars to charity as a result; yes it was a public divorce from the cavs....he did it in a way that he later apologized for....he moved on...haters couldn't move on

2)  At the miami heat PEP RALLY with all their fans, friends and family...promise the heat they will win multiple titles.....non heat fans took this as a threat and him being DRAMA......what player doesn't promise their fans championshipS

3)  He had a nickname...King James...I think the nickname is drama???

4)   His games been televised by ESPN since HS....and he has been hyped up since HS....is this his doing....but for the sake of this thread ...I guess that is drama too

Kome queen

1)   Phil Jackson tells him to not shooting so much jumpshots in the 2004 finals...Kobe responds by taking jumper after jumper after jumper.....not going inside to their advantage with Shaq....they lose to the Pistons

*  Phil Jackson writes the book --and has a section in their that at times kobe is uncoachable

2)  On a couple of occassions Phil tells Kobe to move the ball more.....Kobe responds in the next game by not shooting the ball @ all for an extended period of time....even the media noticed this 'over-DRAMA- reaction

3)   See Kobe Bryant drama press conferences....yes he tells you what he feels -- whether it is being cold with the media...or calling out teammates....to me, it is drama

4)   See Denver Colorado - rape allegation...I know this was proven to be false.....but when police questioned kobe....he said maybe I should of paid her like Shaq pays his women....police go to florida (miami heat) and interview shaq.....not much longer after that....shaq and his wife divorce

5)   Kobe tells his wife that Gasol is cheating on his girlfriend....Kobe's wife then goes and tells Gasol's long time girlfriend about Gasol's cheating ways......she leaves Gasol....Gasol can't snap out of it....and never gets into the playoffs last year

6)  See Kobe - Shaq drama.....somebody has to go - bye Shaq

7)  See teammates constantly asking for more touches to the media....hey guys just go to kobe and ask for the ball...stop talking thru the media

I had fun with some of these comments....but LBJ is clearly the better teammate...and not as dramatic as the black mamba has been in his career to-date

Enter Houston Rockets....this may be the team that gives Orlando what they are looking for

And DH will be following the other great rocket centers  (Elvin Hayes, Moses Malone, Hakeem Olajuwon and I will say Yao Ming)

Houston (and Kevin McHale) does believe in having a dominant guy in the paint

Should be interesting

DH is perhaps one of the biggest mental patients in sports. The whole comment about the blackmail thing was just preposterous. The trade me, trade me not, trade me etc., is like the little girl picking apart flower pedals while saying "he loves me, he loves me not."

Orlando as a franchise seems cursed to me. They have been blessed with enormously talented players and coaches, Shaq, Howard, Grant Hill & T-Mac in their primes, and even Penny Hardaway was an all star. Shit, they even had Doc Rivers, who is considered one of the top coaches. Nothing to show for it, a couple Finals appearances was nice, but overall they just dont get it done.

Granted, they havent been getting unbeleivable offers for DH and time is running out. They should have pulled the trigger with the Nets unless they know the Rockets have something more tangible. In the end, I think he stays put and walks.

I was hoping his back would be so bad, that he ends up retiring and soon thereafter broke. All with a smile on his face like he often does after bricking free throws.

Only ten years from now to have ESPN do a documentary on him and what could've been. 

@ Colton

In your 2nd response to me now you are saying LBJ "behavior" was unacceptable to AGREE with espn to run a special that millons of dollars went to charity

and he is more DRAMA than kobe b/c he promised something to his fans..@ a PEP RALLY that all pros promise....c'mon man...who doesn't promise ships....what are players playing for besides the $$$ $$$.....they are playing for the ships.

His behavior against the Mavs was what?   He got the heat to the finals one year early than expected...noone thought the heat could get to the finals last year...they beat the #1 seed bulls and a strong Celtics team...that many felt they would lose to.......Yes the Mavs whooped up on the heat....back door sweep (smh)....but thats a credit to the Mavs...not the fault of LBJ....what behavior was so d.r.a.m.a.t.i.c.

Now my previous post "about your boy"  now...that to me is drama.

Kobe always keeps us entertained....and trust me, I stopped with those few that I listed.

Is Kobe an awesome player....ABSOLUTELY

but to me....he has had more on court - off court drama than LBJ

We all are entitled to our own opinions....You see through LBJ and see something that I do not see

And I see through KOME and see something that you are not seeing and that the media is giving him a pass on

KOME - lol i like that one