O-Sen: Smith doesn't anticipate adding another player

OrlandoMagician · Post #46 » by **OrlandoMagician** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:07 pm

JJ Hickson anyone? He's just been waived by Sacremento

trebone · Post #47 » by **trebone** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:08 pm

AgEnT50 wrote:
@WojYahooNBA: JJ Hickson has completed a buyout with the Kings, league source tells Y!

https://twitter.com/wojyahoonba/status/ ... 8561416192

Has he become that bad?

I dont think so but he would be a huge upgrade over BBD imo, I bet he heads to the heat to add some size, and hes only like 25 I think?

magicman123 · Post #48 » by **magicman123** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:08 pm

OrlandoMagician wrote:JJ Hickson anyone? He's just been waived by Sacremento

i remember when people thought he was actually good, pass on him

drsd · Post #49 » by **drsd** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:08 pm

Smith was part of the war-room long before he was GM. But he did not have an executive choice, as mentioned above, until 2006.

richboy · Post #50 » by **richboy** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:12 am

Drafting is our biggest issue. Most teams would at least be able to find a back up even third string PG in the draft. Same with back up center. Our inability to draft even back ups mean we need to keep throwing money at veterans.

richboy · Post #51 » by **richboy** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:16 am

OrlandoMagician wrote:JJ Hickson anyone? He's just been waived by Sacremento

Hickson has been as bad as Big Baby. Funny Sac town got tired of it and cut him. While Davis still getting big minutes for us.

aleZ · Post #52 » by **aleZ** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:19 am

richboy wrote:Drafting is our biggest issue. Most teams would at least be able to find a back up even third string PG in the draft. Same with back up center. Our inability to draft even back ups mean we need to keep throwing money at veterans.

And even when we find good talent (Lee) we trade him away as soon as possible. Funny how management can't wait for anybody and yet, they have never won anything in over 20 years.

cedric76 · Post #53 » by **cedric76** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:56 am

i think turiaf would be great here

he always show heart and passion ala noah

OrlandO · Post #54 » by **OrlandO** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:04 am

I wonder if Magic fans will ever boo Otis like Warriors fans did their owner yesterday...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byBqrtB8Kow[/youtube]

Coach_McGuirk · Post #55 » by **Coach_McGuirk** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:31 am

OrlandO wrote:I wonder if Magic fans will ever boo Otis like Warriors fans did their owner yesterday...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byBqrtB8Kow[/youtube]

That is funny, lol.

Post #56 » by **FFBlitzace** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:46 am

magicfan84 wrote:these are otis smiths draft picks

2005 1 11 Fran Vázquez ESP PF
2005 2 38 Travis Diener USA PG/SG
2005 2 44 Martynas Andriuškevičius LTU C (from Cleveland,[15] traded to Cleveland)[16]
2006 1 11 J. J. Redick USA SG Duke
2006 2 41 James Augustine USA PF Illinois
2006 2 44 Lior Eliyahu ISR SF Hapoel Galil Elyon (Israel) (from Cleveland,[16] traded to Houston)[17]
2007 2 44 Reyshawn Terry USA SF North Carolina (traded to Dallas)[18]
2008 1 22 Courtney Lee USA SG Western Kentucky
2010 1 29 Daniel Orton USA C Kentucky
2010 2 59 Stanley Robinson USA SF Connecticut
2011 2 53 DeAndre Liggins USA SG Kentucky

That Diener pick is the only thing warding off the pink slip.

cedric76 · Post #57 » by **cedric76** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:14 pm

OrlandO wrote:I wonder if Magic fans will ever boo Otis like Warriors fans did their owner yesterday...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byBqrtB8Kow[/youtube]

well deserved caus eh sucks

RHBullsFan · Post #58 » by **RHBullsFan** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:05 pm

not adding another player...

Our backup PG is Chris Duhon
Out backup C is Glenn Davis

Derek Fisher and Turiaf available. Waive Orton and waive Smith.

Guys on message boards should not be proposing obvious improvements to our roster that our GM is refusing to make.

IGotDaMagicInMe · Post #59 » by **IGotDaMagicInMe** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:26 pm

How much better would we be if we waived orton, signed turiaf and used ish instead of duhon?

Furinkazan · Post #60 » by **Furinkazan** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:32 pm

IGotDaMagicInMe wrote:How much better would we be if we waived orton, signed turiaf and used ish instead of duhon?

Using my new algorythm

Davis and Duhon playing less= more wins for the Magic

BelgianMagic · Post #61 » by **BelgianMagic** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:36 pm

IGotDaMagicInMe wrote:How much better would we be if we waived orton, signed turiaf and used ish instead of duhon?

These 2 small moves alone would make us a lot better ..

Duhon is costing us GAMES, not only points or possessions ..
And Turiaf would be a real, servicable backup C. As in, not a PF out of position

Again, even these 2 small moves are VERY realistic, but as usual too good to be true knowing we have Otis Smith as GM

rcklsscognition · Post #62 » by **rcklsscognition** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:38 pm

Chris Sheridan ‏ @sheridanhoops
Want a 7-footer? Another one just got waived: http://bit.ly/GB5mab

Ryan Hollins from the Cavs. Probably not good enough to force Stan to play him at backup C over Davis. That's key here.

IGotDaMagicInMe · Post #63 » by **IGotDaMagicInMe** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:42 pm

It's sad, dwight led the team in assists yesterday, duhon had ZERO, ish had one in 2 minutes of playtime.
The worst part about the bulls game was that it was the lowest anyone has ever scored against their franchise, yet, we scored less in a game THIS SEASON!

Blue_and_Whte · Post #64 » by **Blue_and_Whte** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:23 pm

BelgianMagic wrote:
IGotDaMagicInMe wrote:How much better would we be if we waived orton, signed turiaf and used ish instead of duhon?

These 2 small moves alone would make us a lot better ..

Duhon is costing us GAMES, not only points or possessions ..
And Turiaf would be a real, servicable backup C. As in, not a PF out of position

Again, even these 2 small moves are VERY realistic, but as usual too good to be true knowing we have Otis Smith as GM

What does that even mean? Otis Smith drops dime to improve the team all the time, he's shown that.

I agree about the waiving Orton for Turiaf though, Anytime you drop a player that gets 0 mins for a player that can contribute now is an upgrade. Is there a need, *shrug* Turiaf wouldn't have helped last night. How many mins would a back up center realistically get behind Dwight anyway. I wouldnt add anymore contracts this year if I were Otis. I think its a good move

Although I dislike Duhon nobody has seen Ish in a larger role he could be worse than Duhon at somethings (Defense, Scoring, Running the offense) It's easy to see these small sample sizes where he plays better than Duhon but that doesnt mean he'd be better in the big picture. Right now he doesnt really run complicated plays. His first game he got big mins (cant remember who that was against) he would bring the ball up and hand it off, otherwise he was playing street ball so to speak and improvising. I think in certain games he should play and Im not saying he wont learn Stans offense just saying right now as a full time back up he may not be as good as people think.

IGotDaMagicInMe · Post #65 » by **IGotDaMagicInMe** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:30 pm

He might not be as good as some of us think, but its hard to imagine a fresh ish being worse than a tired duhon