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So you missed all of those second chance points because the Magic failed to block out and get those rebounds.
That part of the game really hurt the Magic badly.
So yes the Magic need a good PF to bang the boards and block out the other team from the boards.
Considering where the Magic come up on the draft there won't be any great pg's for the Magic. So asking them to waste their draft pick on another hamster is just stupid.
Sorry I didn't respond to your post sooner, I just read it.
No I didn't miss the 2nd chance points. They owned us on the glass. We are already adding 2 players at PF/C that will help with this problem in Tony Battie and Brian Cook. I know Cook isn't really a rebounder, but he would be better than having Turkoglu play PF when Shard and Dwight both sit.
Like I said before, I fully believe we are going to keep Turkoglu, which means that we will continue to start Rashard Lewis at PF. Him, Dwight, and Turkoglu each will play at least 35 minutes a game, so that means about 12-13 minutes each that we would need a big man to play. That would be 36-42 minutes at most of backup big men. I believe that Battie, Cook, Gortat, and Foyle would be able to give enough production for the 36-42 minutes. On the contrary as of now we have Keith Bogans and JJ Redick as our only 2 SG's on our roster and I really don't feel confident that they could produce in 48 minutes. So basically I have more confidence in Battie, Cook, Gortat, Foyle to produce more in less minutes than Bogans and JJ.
Also I never said I wanted a chipmunk at PG. Mario Chalmers is not a chipmunk, he's 6'2, plays good defense and can run an offense. We can not have Keyon Dooling be our backup PG. His off days our 2nd unit was absolutely terrible. I'd go with CDR/Rush before Chalmers now, but if Chalmers is available I would definitely have to consider him. I wouldn't want Ty Lawson. Chalmers would basically be the only PG that I would consider at this stage.
Also I agree with you basically one what we need out of a big man. We need them to focus on defense and rebounding. The only thing that I disagree with is HE HAS to have some kind of range and offensive ability. A Udonis Haslem or David Lee type player would be ideal. So given the situation I would probably take Darrell Arthur over Robin Lopez. I don't believe Arthur is as bad as you think defensively or rebounding. While he's not at Lopez's level, I agree with the person who says that Arthur's defense is better than Lopez's offense.
My dream draft would probably be buying 2 2nds.....
22-CDR/Rush
early 2nd-Hendrix or DJ White(I don't really want Dorsey)
mid to late 2nd-Jamont Gordon
That would fit all 3 of our needs with quality players.
I don't believe you can go wrong with any of these 3 positions and I probably won't be too disappointed if we took one of these positions with the top prospect we felt was on the board. I just feel that a quality SG/SF is the biggest need, then a backup PG, then a 3rd big man off the bench(5th big man in the rotation behind Dwight, Shard-since he starts at PF, Battie, Cook). I feel like the SG/SF would be required to play at least 20 minutes. The PG would be required to play 10-15 minutes. The big man would get 5-10 minutes off the bench. That's why I want to go SG/SF or Chalmers 1st and then buy a 2nd to get a big man.
