So basically the Dwight trade was doubly fucking terrible for us lol. Truly a Dwightmare

It also played a significant role in jumpstarting The Process Era. The Bynum part of this trade was a massive failure. Sam Hinkie and the Sixers blew it up the following offseason.

Nets would been elite if they kept the brown and Tatum picks that damn Russian oligarch screwed them by trying to go all in. Imagine the current nets.

Wonder what would have happened to us in that scenario.

also, this lead to Brook Lopez being a starter on Brooklyn, where he become a really impressive shot blocker during that season and got that year his only selection as an All-Star

I mean, it makes it worse since Dwight never wanted to be there

Howard was past his prime and wanted to be the #1 guy when he has no post game and refused to do PnRs, it wasn’t going to work out no matter where he went.

That’s a bit silly when you replace Dwight with Shaq and it’s the same issue with a ton of success.

They were even opposite in what sort of people accused them of SA.

Seems like Giannis learned a lot from Dwight

Dwight was lying about the details of wanting out, even as it was happening. There was that whole famous press conference with SVG.

It was called Dwightmare for a reason

Yeah…he’s full of shit.

This is legit triggering Dwightmare flashbacks. It’s like he’s pick up where he left off all those years ago. He was consistently lying about it then and he’s lying again now. Does he really think we believe this?

I dunno I do remember he wanted Brooklyn. Agree he was a mess with his departure but Brooklyn was always rumoured to be his preferred destination

he specifically listed lakers and nets as the only teams he would extend with

Dwight was always took the Shaq comparisons to heart

Actually Brooklyn was very much reported as a destination he wanted at the time.

My friends and I saw Dwight out in downtown shortly after the trade. We were all hyped we tried to say what’s up and him and his security were the biggest dicks.

Dude use to be so full of himself.

Dwight Howard winning a title with the Lakers in Orlando is such an odd phrase that would have been somehow crazier eight years earlier.

He’s lying so hard here. He definitely wanted to be a Laker. I remember that introductory press conference he had with the Lakers. He was genuinely over the moon. It’s in hindsight where he’s realizing he didn’t want to be a Laker after how poorly it went

Dwight would’ve benefited a lot from Lester’s advice…

“Do yourself a favor, keep your mouth shut.”

Love the McNulty reference 😂

Yeah, it was frequently reported he wanted to go there near the end of his Magic tenure. He wanted to play with an elite point guard, Deron Williams in that case. I never understood why though, because he didn’t want to be a pick and roll center, which is exactly what an elite point guard would’ve elevated for him.

It’s not. It’ll forever be the 2021 Big 3

Dwight was never as good as Orlando (top player on a title contender) and Deron was trash pretty quickly.

Would not have contended but Dwight could have had more great years vs the Kobe drama and quickly emerging into someone who team hopped after that.

Them keeping Jaylen brown and Tatum is the real biggest what if.