Nba Temporada 2011-2012

Orlando Magic executives know they won't receive equal value when they trade Dwight Howard.
The team's goal now?
Minimize the damage.
The Magic hope to ignite a bidding war between theAtlanta Hawks, Brooklyn Nets, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers and other teams that might attempt to acquire the disgruntled superstar.

The Nets' offer of restricted free-agent center Brook Lopez in a sign-and-trade, shooting guard MarShon Brooks and the Nets' first-round picks in 2013, 2015 and 2017 — with unrestricted free agent Kris Humphries simultaneously going to a third team — must have Magic officials wincing.
But palatable deals with the Hawks and the Lakers, especially, might not be there for the taking.
Consider this: Why would the Hawks agree to send power forward/center Al Horford and point guard Jeff Teague to the Magic for a player who has said he will sign long term only with Brooklyn?
Atlanta should have plenty of cap space in July 2013, when Howard is scheduled to become a free agent. The Hawks might not want to risk losing Horford and Teague now when they could make a bid for Howard 12 months from now.
The Lakers could offer 7-foot-2 Andrew Bynum, who is either the NBA's second- or third-best center.
Bynum and Howard remain under contract for one more season, which creates problems. If the Magic acquire Bynum without first convincing him to agree to an extension, the Magic would fill their upcoming season with uncertainty.
Meanwhile, Lakers officials don't want their 2012-13 season filled with drama, either. Their franchise would face mountains of drama if they acquire Howard with no assurances from him that he will remain long term.
A Lakers-Magic deal is not imminent.
Before any trade would be made, Magic general manager Rob Hennigan almost certainly would seek permission from the Lakers to sound out Bynum about his future. So far, the Magic front office has not reached out to Bynum or his agent.
The Magic would be well-served to try to convince the Nets to sweeten their offer.
That will be difficult because the Nets have no one else to trade away after they reached an agreement in principle Monday with the Hawks for Joe Johnson.
Orlando wants to shed at least one existing contract — either Hedo Turkoglu's or Chris Duhon's or Jason Richardson's or Quentin Richardson's. But it will be difficult to include Turkoglu in a deal with the Nets. A third team would have to get involved, and even then, it would be complicated.
Magic officials can't be enamored with the Nets' offer of Lopez, Brooks and three first-round picks.
Although no one doubts Lopez' skills on offense or his value as a teammate, Lopez has his flaws. He rebounds poorly and defends poorly for a 7-footer, and he's coming off a season in which he missed 61 of 66 games because of a stress fracture in his right foot and, later, a right-ankle sprain.
Brooks averaged 12.6 points per game as a rookie last season, but he is not expected to develop into a dominant player.

And the first-round picks Orlando would receive at best would be in the mid-20s, because a grouping of Howard and Johnson (and possibly Deron Williams) would make the Nets a perennial Eastern Conference contender.
Yahoo! Sports reported Tuesday afternoon that the Magic have become increasingly focused on a trade package that includes Bynum. But that might be a clever ploy by Hennigan to entice the Nets to find creative ways to take on an additional Magic contract.
Meanwhile, Dan Fegan, Howard's agent, might be trying to facilitate a deal that would land his client in Brooklyn.
Fegan also represents Jason Richardson and potentially could try to include Richardson, who has three years and $18.5 million remaining on his deal. A deal would benefit Richardson because it would send him to a winner.
Including Richardson would help the Magic because it would minimize the damage

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