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Last week, Dwight Howard publicly shared his unrest about his franchise, Orlando Magic in the NBA Players Association. He said that he feels like Magic has ‘blackmailed’ him by making him sign the clause of ‘opt-in’. He also said that Magic has broken many promises they made to him while getting him signed. Following this turbulence, he met with the Magic general manager in Los Angeles on Friday, regarding his demand of trading him to the Brooklyn Nets.
After failing in all the measures to mitigate this fiasco, the Magic franchise has come down to its knees to seriously consider the demand of its superstar. The major reason behind this decision is to avoid the legal action that the player might take upon them, the sources said. As a result the franchise is speculating the offers to entertain the players’ wishes. The Magic also made an official announcement on Saturday that they’ll discuss trade offers for Howard.
However, the decision has to be made quickly because Brooklyn Nets is already busy in creating embellishing deals for players like O.J. Mayo, Luis Scola and Joe Johnson so as to provide support to their star Deron Williams. As Williams is choosing to opt between the Nets and Dallas it has become the need of the hour for the Nets to provide him with a lucrative offer and talented team-mates. Sources suggest that with time running out, patience of William to wait for Howard is also jading. So, he is soon going to make a decision about accepting the $100 million contract proposal of the Nets without waiting for Howard. So taking all these factors into account the Magic and Howard both need to come to an agreement very soon.
Nonetheless, one’s loss is other man’s gain in this world. Hence, Orlando Magic is surely going to loss its megastar, who has been associated with it since 2004.
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NBA star Tony Parker to miss the Summer Olympics in London
NBA superstar Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs may not be able to join his French team after sustaining an eye injury which was sustained in a brawl involving music superstar Chris Brown and the members of his hip hop entourage the Drake. The fight which occurred in WiP Club in Soho in June 15 2012 also involved Tony Parker’s wife and body guards. Tony has stated his intention to sue the New York Club for a whooping $20 Million.
Tony Parker is scheduled for an eye operation in New York before joining the French Team during their training at Pau. Tony has however stated that the decision whether he will play in the Olympics or not currently lies with his doctors and he will abide by their decision. The injury which resulted into serious cornea damage to the eyes of Tony may also have diverse effect on Tony Parkers future career which will largely depend on the success of the operation to be done in a New York hospital. Currently Tony has commented that he has faced a lot of challenges and had to apply over five different medications so as to manage the eye. He has also commented that he had to restrict his movements and has been staying mainly indoors of late to avoid getting eye contamination which may further complicate the eye problem.
The French team will be playing against the United States Team on July 29th 2012 during their opening match. The Summer Olympic Games which have attracted a lot of attention worldwide is being held in London for the third time now, the other times being 1908 and 1948. London is the only other city apart from the United States to host the Summer Olympics and the French Basketball team’s chances of winning the gold may be dimmed with the absence of Tony Parker, the San Antonio Spurs guard.
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