Evaluating the Trade for Superman
| Lakers | Sixers | Nuggets | Magic |
| Dwight Howard | Andrew Bynum | Andre Iguadola | Aaron Afflalo |
| Chris Duon | Jason Richardson | Al Harrington | |
| Earl Clark | Nikola Vucevic | ||
| Moe Harkless | |||
| Josh McRoberts | |||
| Christian Eyenga | |||
| (3) 1st round picks |
Lakers – The clear winner in this four-team trade which is also contingent on the health of Dwight Howard’s back. Howard is a very active and Dominant force compared to Andrew Bynum. His defensive and rebounding efforts are very high, and he finishes strong offensively underneath the basket. The downsides for Howard are his back and that there is no guarantee he will return next season because he will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. The lineup of Howard, Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Pau Gasol and Metta World Peace will be hard to stop. Chris Duhon and Earl Clark are both throw in pieces that can see some playing time. Duhon minutes can fluctuate based on the play of Steve Blake. Clark will see minutes off the bench until Howard returns and Antwan Jamison returns back to the bench.
Sixers – This is a great move for the Sixers, they took the NBA’s best big man out of the Eastern Conference and brought over the second best big man to their team. Andrew Bynum wanted to be the man and now he will get the opportunity to show what he can do in that role. His immaturity is always in question as well as the health of his knees. Bynum is a big upgrade over Elton Brand and allows Spencer Hawes to move down to the power forward position where he would be more effective. They also received Jason Richardson who will give even more depth in the guard-forward area along with Nick Young and Evan Turner.
Nuggets – Andre Iguadola is a nice addition for the Nuggets, Iguadola will likely play more of a shooting guard role for the Nuggets than the small forward he played for the Sixers. George Karl already has Danilo Gallanari and Wilson Chandler at the small forward position. The starting line up will most likely feature Ty Lawson, Iguadola, Gallanari, Kenneth Faried and JaVale McGee. That starting linup combined with a bench that features a bench of Andre Miller, Timofey Mozgov, and Chandler give the Nuggets a solid team that should make the playoffs again in about the same seeding as last year.
Magic – Obviously, the Magic look like the loser in this trade because they gave up Dwight Howard and really didn’t get fair value in return. Aaron Afflalo is a good solid player, he isn’t a superstar but he keeps progressing every year. Al Harrington is a veteran who can score from anywhere on the floor but doesn’t play any defense and has been known to have attitude issues. Nikola Vucevic is a good young big man that needs to be developed, but showed in college he can be a potential inside scoring threat with the right teaching. Moe Harkelss was the 15th overall pick in this year’s draft; he’s a small forward with good size and averaged over 15 ppg for St. John’s last year. Josh McRoberts is power forward with some athleticism but that’s about it; he doesn’t really have an offensive or defensive game. Christian Eyenga is an athletic small forward that has spent most of his career in the D-League but like McRoberts he’s known for mostly just that.
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