OFFICIAL: Dwight Howard traded to Lakers

[Dissonance]

The Cleveland Cavaliers are eager partners in the three-way blockbuster trade talks to send Dwight Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers, but won’t proceed until the Lakers grant the them permission to talk to All-Star Andrew Bynum and his agent about the center’s willingness to sign a contract extension, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

"Cleveland will only do the deal if Bynum extends," a league official directly involved in the talks told Yahoo! Sports.

Los Angeles wants the structure of a three-team deal agreed in principle before letting Cleveland take that next step to communicate with Bynum and his representatives – and that won’t happen until Orlando makes a decision that it wants to also lock-in the framework of a trade, sources told Y!

So far, Orlando has shown a level of indecisiveness in the talks, sources involved in the negotiations said.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--ca...rd-trade-.html

[Ron]

Cavs want assurances from Andrew Bynum in potential Dwight Howard trade

The Cleveland Cavaliers are eager partners in the three-way blockbuster trade talks to send Dwight Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers, but won’t proceed until the Lakers grant the them permission to talk to All-Star Andrew Bynum and his agent about the center’s willingness to sign a contract extension, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

"Cleveland will only do the deal if Bynum extends," a league official directly involved in the talks told Yahoo! Sports.

Los Angeles wants the structure of a three-team deal agreed in principle before letting Cleveland take that next step to communicate with Bynum and his representatives – and that won’t happen until Orlando makes a decision that it wants to also lock-in the framework of a trade, sources told Y!

So far, Orlando has shown a level of indecisiveness in the talks, sources involved in the negotiations said.

STALEMATE!

Lakers, I think its really time to walk away from this completely.

Let's move on...please.

[Dre]

Sigh

Bunch of grown ass men playing footsie

Ol "I like him and she likes him but I'm not gonna tell him how I feel until he tells me" ass fools

Kupchak on his bed with his feet up twiddling the phone cord

[King Sancho Fantastic]

SMH

[XxIrvingxX]

Okay so let me get this straight. The Cavs will not agree on the deal until they talk to Bynum first, but the Lakers won't let the Cavs do so until the Magic agree with the proposed trade first, but the Magic are currently holding up the trade because they aren't sure if what they'll get in return is worth it?!

Good god. They should've just went with what the Nets offered them in the first place. I'm still shocked that this potential deal has been talked about for this long considering how little the Magic would get in return for Howard.

[e-monk]

anything that purports to be about the lakers will or wont do is bullshit - three guys: buss, buss, mitch, they know that and they dont talk - the rest is pure ass water

[XxIrvingxX]

[Dre]

Would be funny if they didn't need Nash more than Dwight on their current roster

[Knicks4life]

Steve Nash = Batman

[Dre]

If you say Batman and Mamba really fast over and over it has the same ring

[XxIrvingxX]

Originally Posted by Dre

Would be funny if they didn't need Nash more than Dwight on their current roster

I don't think that was the point, but idk, I found the nash and kobe part funny.

[XxIrvingxX]

THIS IS THE ONLY REAL BATMAN!!

[Ron]

Here's a link to an audio report recapping the latest rumors...most of this is generated from Fox Sports Ohio.

http://msn.foxsports.com/video/NBA?v...d-ef776bcffa39

[MojoPin]

His agent said he won't sign an extension with any team. Will test free agency no matter what.

Time to call off talks and extend Bynum.

[Dre]

He needs to just sit out this season and blame his back then. He can't afford to put Orlando or any other team through that again