OFFICIAL: Dwight Howard traded to Lakers

[ChosenFEW]

Originally Posted by XxIrvingxX

Although I pointed this out already, we shouldn't defend America TOO much when it comes to this part, I mean come on, SNOOKI CAME FROM THE USA!!

Snooki actually came from chile and was adopted if im not mistaken.

[XxIrvingxX]

Originally Posted by ChosenFEW

Snooki actually came from chile and was adopted if im not mistaken.

Well I'll be damned...I guess there's hope for America after all.

[E.H. Munro]

Originally Posted by Adam

He did quit on his team. That's not some myth. The surgery is just his red badge of courage. You're not vindicated because you found a surgeon in this country that wants to perform surgery.

Given the liability/loss of license risks involved with unnecessary surgery it would be a miracle if he could find a doctor willing to defraud Orlando's medical insurance carrier. Please take this nonsense to tinfoilhats.com where it belongs.

[hobojoe]

Originally Posted by E.H. Munro

Given the liability/loss of license risks involved with unnecessary surgery it would be a miracle if he could find a doctor willing to defraud Orlando's medical insurance carrier. Please take this nonsense to tinfoilhats.com where it belongs.

The necessity of surgery is not a black and white thing. Howard did not need surgery, but I don't think anyone is saying it was medically irresponsible to operate on him. He clearly had an injury that could be healed by surgery. It wasn't his only option, but it was a viable one and he took it. I just don't think it's the route he would've taken had the circumstances been different.

[Dre]

Agreed

If he would've stayed with Orlando he might not have come back this season....with LA he's going to bust his ass and probably be back in November.

[Hyperion]

Originally Posted by Adam

He did quit on his team. That's not some myth. The surgery is just his red badge of courage. You're not vindicated because you found a surgeon in this country that wants to perform surgery. People have short memories around here. Can anybody remember back to as far as January when even Magic fans on this site were saying how disgusted they were with his pouting and how he was bringing the whole team down?

Obviously all this is unrelated to his basketball abilities. However, he aint gonna be some wounded warrior in the hearts of Orlando. Dude handled this exit like a bitch. Probably the worst exit I've ever seen from a team.

Lebron, Carter, Rose were all worse.

[R-Star]

Originally Posted by Hyperion

Lebron, Carter, Rose were all worse.

No. They weren't. Especially Rose.

How the **** is he worse? His team shut him down. Dwight quit on his team. Not the same.


Your absolute insistence on defending Dwight no matter what is becoming, well, weird.

[Hyperion]

He put up 20 and 14.5. I've like it if all players quit like that. I was referring to Rose in Toronto.

[hobojoe]

Of those three, Wince's exit from Toronto is the only one even close to comparable. Still not as bad IMO.

[R-Star]

Originally Posted by hobojoe

Of those three, Wince's exit from Toronto is the only one even close to comparable. Still not as bad IMO.

Not nearly as bad. Vince was just a pussy who got his feelings hurt. He didn't **** his team over nearly in the same manner Dwight did.


Hyperion just really, reallllllly loves Dwight for some reason. I think he's hypnotized by the smile.

[Dee-Zy]

How the hell did Jalen Rose get in that discussion!?!?

[R-Star]

Originally Posted by Hyperion

He put up 20 and 14.5. I've like it if all players quit like that. I was referring to Rose in Toronto.

Rose in Toronto? Who ****ing cares? I don't even remember that at all.

Point being, you're being ridiculous again when it comes to Dwight.

[RollWithEm]

Originally Posted by R-Star

Rose in Toronto? Who ****ing cares? I don't even remember that at all.

You don't remember Kobe hanging 81 on him? Let me refresh your memory.

[Damian Necronamous]

Originally Posted by R-Star

Funny. A month ago according to many Laker fans Bynums knees were fine. Now its ok to throw him under the bus and act like his knee is a ticking time bomb. Classy.

Oh well. At least we decided on consensus that back surgeries aren't a big deal.

Your use of scarecrow arguments is impeccable. Saying that Howard's back is a lower risk than Bynum's knees is far from the same as referring to Andrew's knees as a "ticking time bomb".

But carry on...carry on...

[XxIrvingxX]

Originally Posted by Hyperion

Lebron, Carter, Rose were all worse.

Lebron's was not worse in any possible way. Sure we definitely took a bigger blow then Orlando will ever take but Lebron didn't handle it as badly. In fact the only horrible thing he did was the decision show. Trust me this is all coming from a Cleveland fan so I know the feeling of when he left us high and dry, and how we were all mad at him for it, it was no where close to being as bad as the way Howard has handled both this off season and the last year he spent in Orlando.