Hawks going after Dwight Howard?

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I can't imagine Howard staying in Atl

I can't either but on the other hand, Atlanta is just as good a destination for him as anywhere else.

He's from there originally, gets to play with his buddy Smith and he won't have the media scrutiny there as he's had in LA.

Now granted, the question that begs to be asked is "why was he so unhappy in Orlando?" To that end, I have no idea.

[BudweiserCeltic]

Howard is from Atlanta, I can very well see him signing there. They're a playoff team, got some solid young players there. And they'll still have plenty of room to acquire more impact free-agents.

[Moranis]

Howard is from Atlanta, I can very well see him signing there. They're a playoff team, got some solid young players there. And they'll still have plenty of room to acquire more impact free-agents.

Exactly and a team with Howard, Smith, Teague, and Lou Williams, would be the second best team in the East and a real threat to Miami for the next 5 years.

[LooseCannon]

According to old rumors, what ever that is worth, DH12 has zero interest in the Hawks. But personally I don't think he has any idea **** he wants.

I tend to believe that Howard is the kind of guy who probably values the extra money and year that a team holding his Bird Rights can offer more than the zip code.  I don't see him taking less money to play with buddies.

[LooseCannon]

Now granted, the question that begs to be asked is "why was he so unhappy in Orlando?" To that end, I have no idea.

Because Stan Van Gundy yelled at him?

[BudweiserCeltic]

Howard is from Atlanta, I can very well see him signing there. They're a playoff team, got some solid young players there. And they'll still have plenty of room to acquire more impact free-agents.

Exactly and a team with Howard, Smith, Teague, and Lou Williams, would be the second best team in the East and a real threat to Miami for the next 5 years.

I'd imagine that they're trying to get Howard by using Smith, so Horford + Howard is the duo to stay I would think.

[CelticConcourse]

Howard is from Atlanta, I can very well see him signing there. They're a playoff team, got some solid young players there. And they'll still have plenty of room to acquire more impact free-agents.

Exactly and a team with Howard, Smith, Teague, and Lou Williams, would be the second best team in the East and a real threat to Miami for the next 5 years.

I'd imagine that they're trying to get Howard by using Smith, so Horford + Howard is the duo to stay I would think.

If Smith noes, Howard won't resign. I liked the Horford-Korber deal

[BudweiserCeltic]

Howard is from Atlanta, I can very well see him signing there. They're a playoff team, got some solid young players there. And they'll still have plenty of room to acquire more impact free-agents.

Exactly and a team with Howard, Smith, Teague, and Lou Williams, would be the second best team in the East and a real threat to Miami for the next 5 years.

I'd imagine that they're trying to get Howard by using Smith, so Horford + Howard is the duo to stay I would think.

If Smith noes, Howard won't resign. I liked the Horford-Korber deal

Why? Horford is the better player.

[Moranis]

Howard is from Atlanta, I can very well see him signing there. They're a playoff team, got some solid young players there. And they'll still have plenty of room to acquire more impact free-agents.

Exactly and a team with Howard, Smith, Teague, and Lou Williams, would be the second best team in the East and a real threat to Miami for the next 5 years.

I'd imagine that they're trying to get Howard by using Smith, so Horford + Howard is the duo to stay I would think.

If Smith noes, Howard won't resign. I liked the Horford-Korber deal

Why? Horford is the better player.

Dwight and Smith are friends.

[Kane3387]

This might make LA change their mind.

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=apjqz4l

[Moranis]

This might make LA change their mind.

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=apjqz4l

Atlanta won't do that and the Lakers would probably have Smith than Pierce anyway.

[kozlodoev]

I can't imagine Howard staying in Atl

I can't either but on the other hand, Atlanta is just as good a destination for him as anywhere else.

He's from there originally, gets to play with his buddy Smith and he won't have the media scrutiny there as he's had in LA.

Now granted, the question that begs to be asked is "why was he so unhappy in Orlando?" To that end, I have no idea.

Atlanta was described as a "distant third" in the list of Howard's desired destinations (after Brooklyn and Dallas) today on ESPN radio (can't remember who Mike and Mike had in studio talking about this).

But whoever he was, he also had other interesting nuggets of info on Howard: for example, that Magic management is close to Howard's family, and it was his family that "guilted" him into picking up his option.