We envied just-hired Magic GM Rob Hennigan, who at 30 years old is the youngest executive in the league - for a few days. Not anymore. Before his second full week on the job, Hennigan has to figure out the fate of his self-contradicting center, Dwight Howard, who now wants to be in Brooklyn more than a horn-rimmed, handlebarred hipster. Howard could've headed out without the hub-bub, but he opted-in for one more year with the Magic, citing loyalty as his reason to return. That loyalty disappeared faster than tourist dollars at Disney World.
Hennigan has heard Howard out, but will he wait Howard out? Howard has swayed more than a pendulum, so he could swing back to staying, provided the Magic put pieces around him pronto. That probably won't happen, since the Magic are absent a coach, so they'll
blackmail their malcontent for a package of players and picks, knowing they didn't receive full value in return for a six-time All-Star, thrice named Defensive Player of the Year. Hennigan will get ripped off and get ripped for it, and he'll want to hide under his desk - as soon as it's delivered to his new office.
Coincidentally, we're off to Orlando for a few days, so we'll see if we can convince Dwight - over a bottle of butterbeer at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter - to retract his request.
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