Sim: New Orleans v. Clippers (4th Quarter)

don’t worry about the Dwight trade. the lakers have dug so deep to get the best out of the kobe era that once kobe and nash are done, with the new CBA that will get tighter by that time, and the fact that they are so far over the cap limit that they have screwed their future. And no 1st round picks for 6 yrs don’t help either. They will be dominant for a good 3 yrs but after that they are in trouble. And howard may not even resign with them.

Who would have thought the centerpiece of the howard trade would have been Afflalo!?

Orlando sucks! Arron Afflalo, Al Harrington, Nikola Vucevic umm.. ok.
The Lake show getting help like always.
Expect some good games between these two teams! Can’t wait! Go Clipps!

The Clippers blew it. So did Orlando.

The Magic get four mediocre or less players who all were drafted very late in the first round, and they get three draft picks that also will be late first round and are probably off in the future. They got nothing but junk for the second best player in the NBA.

They got rid of Richardson’s 3 year $18 million contract but they still have Turkoglu’s at 2 year $25 million.

Two of the players they got are on rookie deals, but Afflalo (who is very mediocre at best) has a four year guarenteed contract for $32 million. Harrington is on a three year $22 million deal but at least the last two years are only 50% guarenteed.

That’s not putting themselves in a position to rebuild successfully. It’s putting themselves in a position that nothing good will come out of.