As all NBA fans know, former Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard is now with the LA Lakers. In a complicated 4 team deal, involving many players and future draft picks, Howard has left Disneyworld and entered LA-la land.
The best player the Magic got in return for Howard is Arron Afflalo. Wait a minute. Didn't Afflalo used to play for the Detroit Pistons? General manager Joe Dumars shipped him out for a couple of nobodies a few years ago and now he's traded for Dwight Howard? Wow. Who knew it was that easy?
Joe D's generally thought of as a shrewd guy, but maybe he's missing the big picture. If Afflalo can bring Dwight Howard, maybe Dumars should consider making a couple other phone calls.
How about offering up Jonas Jerebko and a couple draft picks to Okla City for Kevin Durant? You never know.
If new Pistons' owner Tom Gores wants Pistons fans to believe he'll do anything to make his team a winner -- then he should put his assets where his mouth is. Offer the Miami Heat Pine Knob (it will always be that to me) and Meadowbrook for Lebron and D-Wade. Throw in Jason Maxiell, Kyle Singler and a couple draft picks just for appearances to the league. Having a couple summer playgrounds when the weather is brutal in Miami just might be attractive to Heat owner Micky Arison. Stranger things have happened. Maybe.
(Yeah, I know. This is all ridiculous. Then again, scribes and fans in the Detroit area are talking about the Lions winning the Super Bowl this year. Please. Ridiculous is one thing. Spiked kool-aid spread amongst the masses causing hallucinations is quite another.)
Let's not forget the Thunder of the NBA is the only pro team in the entire state of Oklahoma. No baseball, hockey, or football. With the Lakers getting Howard, along with earlier acquiring point guard extraordinaire Steve Nash from the Phoenix Suns, the Thunder aren't necessarily the elite team in the NBA west anymore. Throw in a prolonged drought that has withered their crops, thereby forcing herds of cattle to be culled, and things aren't so good in Oklahoma these days.
So here's hoping Joe D makes the call about trading Jerebko for Durant. If nothing else, the folks in Oklahoma City could use a good laugh right about now.
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