Dwight Howard 2012??

by the plastic man on Dec 30, 2010 12:09 AM EST

Dwight grew up in ATL at Southwest Atlanta Christian; i am pretty sure his family is still in ATL too. He was on the Celtics with Josh Smith, and they are both signed with Addidas. If things end up like i think they will with the new look magic, what are the Hawks chances of landing Dwight?

If we were able to get him on a straight free agent signing, we could potentially have Howard, Horford and Smith at the 3/4/5, hands down the biggest and best front court in the league. The starting lineup would be:

1 - Teague / someone else??

2.- Johnson

3 - Smith

4 - Horford

5 - Howard

Like Bosh, i think some type of sign and trade with draft picks would have to be included. I wouldn't care if that even included Joe. Howard with 75 % of our core would be incredible and could bring championships to Atlanta. Why couldn't this work? Bosh, Lebron, Stoudemire and shortly Carmelo all have left their teams for a better situation.

We need to get him back home.

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This would be great if......

It seemed likely Dwight comes home every summer, he gets enough atlanta plus, His team is geearing up to be a contender if they continue to win Howard will stay.

by Hawksfanman on Dec 30, 2010 12:19 AM EST reply actions

I agree, if the magic win a championship he definitely stays, but Boston is tough and Miami is getting better. Howards FA will ultimately depend on how well the new additions do for Orlando and i don’t think they have the right pieces. If he came back here, he would get a ton of love and we would have 3 – 4 legitimate all stars. If everything didn’t happen this last summer i wouldn’t even throw it out there, but stars will switch teams now a days…different times.

by the plastic man on Dec 30, 2010 12:27 AM EST reply actions

Its funny

I thought abou this scenario after watching the Magic on Christmas day. The Magic seem to play better w/o Dwight on the floor. Honestly though, more than likely, the Magic will adjust the roster to fit him unless it becomes blatantly obvious the Magic are better without him. The need a center, I can see Horford fitting in in Orlando since he went to UF. They may be willing to do a Horford for Dwight swap and team up the two ATL buddies. We would be a defensive force for years to come. If I am Sund, I at least make the call. Maybe see if they would be willing to give us Jameer too. Maybe not this year, but as you said for 2012. If we were to do it now I would do this Horford/Jamal/Bibby for Nelson/Howard. The Hawks have that trade exception so the money not working wouldn’t matter for this year.

"Opposition in my face, trying to play the fence, I'm bigger than this dude, this don't make no sense, I Air Jordan on 'em". - K-Drama

by Sterling Platinum on Dec 30, 2010 9:26 AM EST reply actions

It's a pity that having no cap space prevents teams from signing players.

by MagicMark on Dec 30, 2010 10:21 AM EST reply actions

Thats a good point magic man

The Hawks will have $61 million committed in 2012, the Magic a little over $76 million. If we moved one piece of our core (all make over 8 million that year) i would imagine that the Hawks could find a way to make it work.

by the plastic man on Dec 30, 2010 11:46 AM EST up reply actions

They would probably go into the tax for Dwight

by axhfan on Jan 2, 2011 12:52 AM EST up reply actions

You can't go above the cap for a free agent. The cap is ~17 million below the level of the luxury tax.

by MagicMark on Jan 3, 2011 11:11 AM EST up reply actions

We wouldn't hit the cap

Crawford will be gone by the end of the year.

by axhfan on Jan 3, 2011 9:08 PM EST up reply actions

To sign Dwight to a max contract (which he will get) you will need to be ~16 million below the cap.

CBA might change, but that will probably be somewhere in the neighborhood of 36-38 million. Good luck.

by MagicMark on Jan 4, 2011 10:29 AM EST up reply actions

You're saying Dwight won't take the Heat Approach?

And take less while the hawks move some pieces? To be back home?

Atlanta will win a championship....someday

by maxxj3 on Jan 4, 2011 12:51 PM EST up reply actions

OK so you will need to be ~14 million below (Heat approach). That means ~38-40M.

Joe Johnson will take up half of that. Josh Smith 13 million of the remaining 20 million. Al Horford 12 million. Marvin Williams 8.2 million. That’s over 50 million for 4 players, and that doesn’t even count Zaza Pachula at 5.4 million, nor the remaining 7 roster holds at ~1.4 million each.

by MagicMark on Jan 4, 2011 1:05 PM EST up reply actions

So sign and trade...

it’s not happening regardless of our roster gymnastics, but if Howard wants it, the hawks would likely find a way to make it happen, including a sign and trade sending some of those salaries the other way.

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by Mr. Sanchez on Jan 5, 2011 9:36 AM EST up reply actions