SacKingsPejaFan wrote:The whole Magic organization has not used Dwight correctly ever since he's been in the league. Why don't they realize they made the finals when Alston was their PG, i.e. someone who actually passed the ball, and that they suck whenever Nelson is PG? What Dwight needs at PG is somebody to throw him ally-oops all day a la CP3 to Tyson Chandler, not some mediocre chucker who is not better than Beno Udrih. I'd be asking for a trade to get paired up with D-Will if I was him too.
This is just complete BS and I'm tired of hearing stuff like this. Rafer Alston was not the reason why we made a run to the Finals, his career assist numbers are practically on par with what Jameer puts up. Alston will make flashier passes here and there, but he is no better at setting people up than Nelson is. They both are pretty much a little above average at it.
The real reason the Magic went to the Finals in 2009, other than KG being injured, was the play of the two forwards. During that entire playoff run, Rashard Lewis averaged 19/6 on 45% from the field and 39% from three. Those are All Star numbers, not to mention all those huge clutch shots he made, especially in the Cleveland series. Plus, you had Hedo playing like on a high level from Game 7 against Boston on. The Magic pretty much had three players playing on an All Star level at that time. Alston was pretty much just a role player. Hell, we won a playoff game with him suspended because he is an idiot and slapped Eddie House.