"You don't want to light a match or even rub two pencils together near the Magic's locker room.

All the fuming makes it highly combustible given the tension, turbulence and travails at the moment.

And speaking of things that could go kaboom, this has been the kind of lost week that provides kindling for the following question: Should the Magic blow it up and hit the re-mix button again?

Little too late to start over by reducing the money pit, the usual NBA way, not after Otis Smith signed Big Baby and J-Rich.

The bitter irony is that the Magic want to rebuild with Dwight Howard, but now have to rebuild using their best player in a trade.

So sorry, Dwight. No matter how much you might want to stay in Orlando, the Magic must deal you to begin assembling a new team.

They need a point guard who can make a difference, a shooting guard who can shoot, a power forward who can play defense and offense and a small forward who consistently comes up big. Oh yes, and a center who can be called a poor man's Dwight Howard.

The Magic hope you understand, Dwight. It's all about winning titles here in Orlando, trying to join all the successful small markets in the NBA like San Antonio and Oklahoma City."