The Hopeful End of a Saga

End the Dwight Howard Saga.

End it now.

This is your chance to remove another potential year of pain, suffering, and agonizing drama. This is your opportunity to get rid of the disease that our ex-awesome player has become. This is your opportunity to start something new, something fresh, and pursue a new direction in the franchise. This is the chance to remove the bitterness from the last few months and save the Magic from falling apart much like what happened after Shaq left a lifetime ago.

Dwight Howard is out for the season but has a successful surgery which is prompting him to make a full recovery in time to make him trade bait. This playoff can and will show the Magic what they are capable of without the big man leading the way. It can show what we are good at, what we suck at, and can prompt us to make the necessary changes to improve the squad---without Howard.

The truth is Howard wants to leave Orlando badly, without sacrificing his appeal---even though its a bit too late. The truth is Howard is looking for whatever other excuse of leaving--and this would mean putting the upper management (even though to an extent they deserve it) and Stan Van Gundy (You know, the best coach the Magic has ever had) under the bus. He went from crowd favorite to villain that is willing to destroy the team if it means improving his status in the NBA.

The Magic don't need him, that type of player ruins franchises. Look at the improvements the Nuggets (Carmelo Anthony) and the Jazz (Devon Williams) experienced after getting rid of their main headache---despite their obvious talent. The Magic should follow in their footsteps. We are a point guard away from being a truly dangerous team anyway--a point guard would make Howard essentially irrelevant. Steve Nash will soon be available, and J.J. Barea I am sure will become great trade bait once Rubio is back in full form.

Get rid of Howard. It was a fantastic ride, but we need to go our separate ways.



Now.