NBA Rumors: Orlando Magic Allege Illegal Contact with Dwight Howard, Consider Filing Tampering Charges
by Evan Dunlap on Dec 9, 2011 12:01 PM EST
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PrintThe Orlando Magic continue to attempt to keep Dwight Howard in pinstripes by any means necessary, with the latest indication being David Aldridge's report the team is "contemplating filing tampering charges against two teams for illegal contact" with their superstar. The teams' identities aren't known.
Tampering penalties "range from 'suspension of the offending person, prohibition of the offending team from hiring the person being tampered with, forfeiture of draft picks and individual and/or team fines of up to $5 million,'" according to an ESPN report regarding a memo the NBA issued to teams in 2010 when the New Orleans Hornets accused several teams of tampering with Chris Paul.
Chris Broussard of ESPN filed a report early Friday morning saying Howard would soon tell the Magic to trade him to the New Jersey Nets. Since then, however, Chris Mannix has reported New Jersey has not even made an offer to Orlando for Howard. The validity of Broussard's report also came into question when doubts surfaced that Howard--who, by all accounts, wants to do right by the Magic even if he does want to leave--would inform him of his decision to leave on the day training camp for the abbreviated 2011/12 season is to begin.
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The seasons over before it even began
because of all the drama and distractions.
I think these clowns like Chris B. should be help accountable for their false reports
All they are trying to do is get their name out there and be “the one” that caused all the headaches.
broussard didnt break the heatles.
Steven a smith did. Broussard said he was going to the bulls.
Roll Bass and War Ryno for me
I think I'm about to officially go insane
In terms of drama, this season is AWESOME!!!!
If the Magic must trade Dwight to the Lakers, the trade better include Gilbert Arenas as well. I want the Lakers to suffer.
I have never been checking the blogs and websites this intensely
I’m running to my computer and refreshing my screens every five minute or so. Heck, I had just went to the bathroom and them came back to this little nugget.
If the Magic must trade Dwight to the Lakers, the trade better include Gilbert Arenas as well. I want the Lakers to suffer.
Haha, me too.
I keep checking by phone. It’s killing my battery!
by Justin85 on Dec 9, 2011 1:12 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
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by Blood, Sugar, Sex, ORLANDO Magic on Dec 9, 2011 12:28 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
So let's say, whichever two teams were tampering with a Magic player are found guilty
I wonder if the Magic would be bequeathed the forfeited draft picks for being the aggrieved party.
If the Magic must trade Dwight to the Lakers, the trade better include Gilbert Arenas as well. I want the Lakers to suffer.
I believe that is how it works, but not 100% positive
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I don't know if the Magic get the picks.
I know that a team can lose their picks…but I’m not sure if they transfer to the aggrieved team.
The bigger deal would be that if found guilty, it wouldn’t be possible for Howard to go there. So if, say, the Lakers were deemed “tamering” with the Magic to get Howard, it would make the chances of Howard ending up there basically nil.
This could also backfire. I’m not sure if being found guilty of tampering would keep someone from signing Howard if he walked as a FA if they have the cap room to sign him outright (see: NJ). In that case, it’d actually be illegal to do a sign&trade, which would mean Orlando would get absolutely NOTHING when Howard left. As it stands right now, even if he leaves he’d likely do a S&T to help the Magic rebuild.
In either case, I’d be really curious who the two teams are. I feel it’s likely that the Lakers would be one of them. The other, simply due to being the most recent would be NJ. But I think NY and the Clips are possible.
Random side-note. If Howard is destined for LA…I’d much rather seem him a Clipper than a Laker. The Clippers can offer more of what the Magic would need, and the Howard-Blake show would be INSANE.
by The BBQ Chicken Madness on Dec 9, 2011 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
According to ESPN, it was New Jersey and possibly Houston
If the Magic must trade Dwight to the Lakers, the trade better include Gilbert Arenas as well. I want the Lakers to suffer.
by funny80sguy on Dec 9, 2011 12:54 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Punishments are given by the league on a case by case basis
But the league could prevent him from signing there as a free agent if they wanted.
Fingers crossed and beard still growing.
The Magic wouldn't get the picks.
When Minnesota lost picks for tampering with Joe Smith their picks weren’t given to anyone. Removing draft picks from one team and giving them to another would be a completely unprecedented punishment.
Personally, I wouldn’t want them. It would feel like the teacher giving you some asshole kid’s candy for tattling on him. Punish the brat. Don’t reward the tattletale.
by aTasteLikeBurning on Dec 9, 2011 2:22 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
According to ESPN, apparently the Nets owner and Billie King met with Dwight on Thursday
It is going to suck to be them.
If the Magic must trade Dwight to the Lakers, the trade better include Gilbert Arenas as well. I want the Lakers to suffer.
Nene is what they'll probably get.
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by 44792212 on Dec 9, 2011 7:45 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Heh
I go back and forth between that attitude and the play chicken with Dwight attitude. I’ve got a bad case of the spins!
Yugly.
for as much crap as we give Otis, I don't really envy being the one in his shoes having to decide on this.
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I just don't get the play chicken with him attitude
Not sure it really benefits any party involved.
Formerly UNFNole
It gets us another year of Dwight
And even one year with him walking is more attractive to me than any of the rumored trades. Plus we still have a chance to keep him, even if it is slim.
Yugly.
by aakks on Dec 9, 2011 1:06 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Is anyone else thinking this?
If Dwight met with the Nets as described, then he really has decided to leave the Magic regardless. I would still keep him and make him take a pay cut to play else where. Why give him a raise to play elsewhere? Brook Lopez, Bynum, no one outside the top 5 is worth trading him for, so just rebuild naturally. You are going to need draft picks anyways, and not the kind you are going to get via trade. We will have to suck to get better if Dwight goes. Anything else is just a ploy to sell tickets and make believe the team will still be good.
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by Eric9321 on Dec 9, 2011 1:11 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I'm with you in that when it comes down to it, let him walk as oppose to accepting another team's pupu platter of crap
If the Magic must trade Dwight to the Lakers, the trade better include Gilbert Arenas as well. I want the Lakers to suffer.
My Guess:
Orlando doesn’t and wont do anything to hamper relationship w/ Dwight, merely trying to take draft picks away from NJ. I have no inside information on how the meeting went down, but I’d wager D12 simply went down to Miami to celebrate his bday, teams found out about it and NJ went down to “bump into him around town, accidentally.”
Since they aren’t trading him to the Rockets, won’t mess w/ tamp charges w/ them. Since NJ is a threat to take D12 this year or as a FA, will at least take pics away so NJ has less assets to trade for Dwight and gives ORL more leverage to take on Deron. WOW
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So we have two new conflicting reports
1) ESPN says Otis gave permission for Dwight to talk to three teams about exploring his options.
the other
2) SI says Alex Martins told them Dan Fegan and Dwight had no such permission.
It’d be a lot easier to root for this team if it wasn’t being run by Muppets. Smh.
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