Report: Orlando Magic Discussing Trade For Gilbert Arenas

I would like them to give up thorton instead or howard or something. I dont like Lewis either.. Maybe pietrus or gortat?O and some picks.

Anyway, if we have a chance to trade Gilbert, we should take it i guess

He’s young, talented, and despite being frustrating right now he WILL improve. I feel like the Magic are trying to dick us out of a good deal. I’m all for the Gilbert Arenas Move and they better include a first round pick in there.

He makes too much money and doesn’t give us what we need at the four spot. That being said, I don’t really want to see Gil go either. He’s just starting to find his game after being off the court for three years and damnit I want to see him play for the Wizards. If he has to go I guess I don’t mind it being Orlando. At least then we would get to see him on a regular basis and get into the playoffs.

If the Magic insist on throwing in Lewis, I hope this would get Ernie to hang the phone up. Arenas is still young enough to contribute in a couple years, look at what Ray Allen is doing. But a PF who isn’t that good right now? No thanks.

My guess is Orlando is trying to dump him on the Wizards.

On pinstripe people are discussing a three-team deal including iguadala…

If he’s not valued highly by other teams, I’d rather just keep him. I don’t think any self-respecting Wizards fan can advocate dumping Gil after all he’s done for this team and its fans. He deserves respect. That being said, I’m fine with trading him for valuable assets. It would be better to have a younger, more efficient SG going forward, and I think Gil would be happier on a contending team, although hopefully I’m wrong. Rashard Lewis, Vince Carter, and Daniel Orton won’t cut it. Rashard Lewis is infinitely less valuable than Gil. He’s probably the worst contract in the NBA

Arenas and Wall have shared the court for just 84 out of a possible 768 minutes this season.

No AB unless we get Gortat and a first. GA for VC you gotta think about. There is something to be said for being able to walk away clean from the whole contract and have lots of flexibility going forward. This deal will be here in Feb.

We dont need him roster wise and his contract is even worse

Trading Dray right after we extended him, getting an aging Lewis, and picking up yet another project big man in Orton? Gil for VC relieves the cap burden, sure, but is trading him that important to take back at best a wash in terms of value of assets? I just don’t get it. Even a first-rounder wouldn’t provide enough incentive to flip Dray for Lewis, since we’d just be getting something like the 27th pick….

As I said in the fanshot the other day where The Post discusses Gilbert and Otis, lets actually take something from another team for once! If they want Gilbert badly enough, they should give us what we want. We’re in no hurry for cap space this year, and barring injury Gilbert’s value only increases. I vote NO on this trade in most of the incarnations discussed.

I’m not a trade machine guy. How about Gilbert and Blatche for VC, Gortat and a pick?

Please, please, please don’t repeat the mistakes of the past. Don’t trade one bad contract for another, and don’t trade a player with value with one who doesn’t help our team.

I love Gilbert, but he’s not part of our long-term plan. Lewis’ contract expires after next season if I’m correct, so it’s not that bad. Plus, he’d give us a shooter and we could probably flip him next year. I hate to see Dray go, but there have been a bunch of posts about why he can’t play well next to Javale, so I think it makes sense for us to let him go, especially considering how many solid power forwards will be in next year’s draft. Orton would be another banger project, I don’t know how we could keep him and Seraphin on the same roster since they’re essentially the same player.

I’d say do it – right now…. If they want to throw in Orton , or a pick, that would just be gravy….

Not only do the Wizards get out from underneath Gil’s massive contract – but Carter’s expiring deal might come in handy at the trade deadline….

If Orlando tries to stick us with Lewis – walk away…. just walk away.

I love Gil – but if there’s any way of getting rid of his contract, WITHOUT taking on another ridiculous contract, the Organization would be better off….

If we play Toronto tonight, and Gil is held out for some minor injury (tweaked ankle, migraine headache, hangnail , )…..

I think most have already agreed that the Rashard Lewis for Blatche portion is unbalanced as Rashard is already past his prime and on the decline where Blatche is just now starting to enter his.

The remainder of the deal I do like, Arenas for Carter. Orton might be an excellent project for us to develop as well. He has the size to be a legit center and just needs to grow up and gain experience…not really sure why he left Kentucky to begin with. Guess he felt left out with everyone else planning to leave at the end of the year.

Gil is the man, but his contract is a beast! And it is clear the FO wants this team to be Wall’s and having Gil and all the drama that he brings slows this process of starting over fresh. Remember the FO inside source calling Gil a cancer over this past summer.

Now if we bring in VC with his expiring contract (great for trades), Gorat and there is talk of a third team possibly Ig from Philly I’d do it for Gil, Bulletproof, and a roll player (anyone but Wall & McGee would be fine with me). Just don’t bring Lewis here… I’m thinking it’s just Orlando trying to get one over on us and are waiting for us to call their bluff.

I love Gil, but at this point it just seems like he is a big distraction from our team growing. Now my next big concern is that Wall will not be able to break through the rookie wall and be gimpy the whole season with nagging injuries… Remember in Summer League he couldn’t play game 5 against NY because of his knee, and he said that he has always had tendinitis. How will an 82 game season and God blessing us with a run into the playoffs play out on his rookie body. Not to mention Flip playing him minutes you wouldn’t give to a rented mule.

Listen to me know and believe me later, Gil will not be a Wizard by the end of the season. We’ll miss you, and if you do go to Orlando I bet a lot of us will find ourselves with a new second favorite team. Watching Gil happy again playing with Howard will be a lot of fun.

Now lets get our first win on the road. Go Bullets!!!!!

We’ll be relying solely on javale mcgee for point production in the paint and defense. That’s too much for any team to ask for. Blatche for Gortat would be better.

voicing our opinions against this trade…

It said the deal would likely be VC-Gil. Then it goes on to say other people could be involved. I think people are freaking out over nothing. There is nothing to indicate Lewis coming here is an possibility. The only likely trade is VC-Gil which would pretty much be like lighting Gil’s contract on fire and going our seperate ways.

I don’t see Teddy OKing any deal with Rashard involved.
I don’t see any value to the Wizzies from Vince.
Gilbert is playing better than expected -- so far. He should be worth more than Vince.
I do like Gortat. But sometimes those backups play like backups when they become starters.
I’d be surprised if this deal happens.

I honestly wouldn’t mind the Arenas/Carter Trade because we need to get Arenas contract off our hands…but the Lewis/Blatche Trade needs to go!!!

Lewis has been terrible this season, and even though I get SUPER frustrated with Andray during the season, I still like him better than Lewis.

Lewis will give us NO rebounds what-so-ever….the highest he has had this season was 8!!!!

If Arenas was injured next week, would the Wizards regret not pulling the trigger on this deal?

Personally, I’m still up in the air on how I feel about this, but Arenas’ injury risk has to be factored into this decision.

Somebody bringing up something to cause yet another distraction. The best thing we need right now is for everyone to get healthy (Wall, Yi, Howard) and play alongside Arenas without any rumors lingering over and let this team gel together. More than likely Gilbert is gonna be here, and this is just another thing that will mess with Gilberts head just as he was getting comfortable

Why don’t we try and get Brandon Bass if we are going to trade Blatche?

He could be the “muscle” PF we need next to McGee.

doesn’t mean I’m not glad having their combined $31m for 2010-11 off the books.

The decision about whether to trade Gil for Vince straightup boils down to:

If Gil were a free agent this summer, would you sign him to 3yr/62m extension?

Or would you rather have that money to bring in young talent to surround Wall and who can be at the prime of their game in three or four years when Wall becomes a championship-caliber PG? In three years, Gil will be a 32 year old guard with extensive history of knee injuries making 22m.

Gil’s age doesn’t really mean much since he’s missed most of his last three seasons. His injury history, maybe. But as of yet, we have no reason to worry about his knee.

Why are we battling for cap space if Leonsis’s strategy is to build through the draft rather than high profile free agents? Are we gearing up for a move for carmelo this summer? If so taking the lewis contract doesn’t help us.

It doesn’t seem like leonsis to allow us to make a move motivated solely by cap space in the hopes of chasing a big named free agent. If gil is moving out of DC it’s b/c we want to dump him as a person and a player as much as it is for cap space.