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Blue_and_Whte wrote:We get it BMP you didn't like the trade. Wtf does constantly crying about it every damn day solve? Jesus move on. Can't imagine what its like when a chick breaks up with you, poor girl.
RickB-Orlando wrote:SnuggLes__ wrote:I was listening to the radio Wednesday morning, I think David Baumann's new show, and they were discussing predicting the Orlando magic season record next year.
I was really surprised by the calls and the texts he was getting. People thinking the magic could win 30,40, even 50 games with our roster lol...
I personally think we're at the bottom of the league with the squad as currently constructed. I can also easily name 9 squads better than us in the east...
How the hell do we win 40 or more games???
I think if we're lucky we'll be in the high 20s...
PS.. THERES NO WAY THOSE CALLERS WERE SERIOUS.. HAD TO BE TROLLING BAUMANN OR SOMETHING LOLOL
I think this team could be much better than people think on this board. 30 wins is certainly possible, maybe even more if some of the second and third year players bloom. I think some folks on this board will be surprised thtat the team doesn't completely suck as much as they are hoping for.
OrlandO wrote:The Effect wrote:ChildishGambino wrote:NBA.com Player metrics.....pretty cool huh? http://www.nba.com/draft/2012/prospects ... -harkless/
Damn, hes 6'9?? I always thought he was like 6'7 or so
Considering hes only 19, its not unconceivable for him to get to 6'10 and still play SF, which would be pretty impressive and help him match up with guys like durant
A sixers fan already said his growth plates aren't closed yet and he's projected to hit 6'10 before he stops growing...
cvMagic wrote:Blue_and_Whte wrote:We get it BMP you didn't like the trade. Wtf does constantly crying about it every damn day solve? Jesus move on. Can't imagine what its like when a chick breaks up with you, poor girl.
-10000000
Nothing worse than complaining about whining and crying by whining and crying.
UCFJayBird wrote:BadMofoPimp wrote:JasonStern wrote:there is an oklahoma city model. let's compare oklahoma city to orlando for it to become apparent.
the magic offered rashard lewis $124 million dollars. the sonics knew he wasn't worth that, so they let him walk. whereas, nobody offered jameer nelson any money, so the magic gave him a $25 million dollar contract. the cap space flexibility the sonics gained by not matching lewis' contract allowed them to acquire two first round picks from the suns in the kurt thomas trade. so, part one - fiscal responsibility.
the sonics then traded their best player, ray allen, to the boston celtics in return for the #5 pick in the draft. sure, jeff green didn't pan out like durant, westbrook, harden, or ibaka did, but he was later moved to acquire perkins, who has proven valuable. but more importantly, acquiring the #5 pick gave the sonics a chance to acquire another all-star early in the draft. meanwhile, the magic traded dwight howard, a better player than ray allen, for aaron aflallo and moe harkless. no top draft talent - moe harkless. while moe harkless has the potential to be a solid role player, he has nowhere near the potential of a top five pick, as proven by the fact that both the cavaliers and kings, notorious "what are they thinking?" drafters, passed on him with their top five picks in this draft. so, part two - make intelligent trades.
finally, bennett wanted to move the sonics to oklahoma city. so the tank began while the thunder were the sonics in seattle. thus, seattle was forced to watch terrible basketball, lowering attendance, which in turn helped partially justify the move. meanwhile, oklahoma city got to avoid watching the sonics have the worst record in the league. meanwhile, orlando has no intentions of moving. Magic fans are just stuck watching years of bad basketball with the hope of lucking out in the draft, as management has shown no signs of fiscal responsibility or intelligence when trading. so, part three - screw over one city in order to appease another.
True, it is a sad state of affairs here in Orlando. Poor management will do that.
I am not looking forward to hoping to luck out in the draft for years upon years to possibly decades.
So let me get this straight. Magic fans complain for years about not spending the money necessary to get quality players next to T-Mac. Once Dwight Howard comes, Magic management gives the GM a greenlight to spend as much as necessary to win. The Magic go on to have a top 5 payroll for years, and now they're deemed "fiscally irresponsible" because the GM made bad moves with the money.
MagicFan41 wrote:While I agree we aren't going to be anything special, I don't think you can simply just look at how we played sans Dwight last year. We are way deeper this year, and our ENTIRE offense was predicated upon dumping it into Dwight, running everything through Dwight. So when he went down, with little-to-no practice time available to adjust with the compressed season....we were like deer in the headlights. With an entirely new system, a training camp, a new coach, time to gel/click....I think guys like Jameer, BBD, and maybe even Turk will thrive more than they did than simply when Dwight went down. There are a lot of factors that people aren't accounting for. Gonna be interesting to watch, to say the least.
sChOlaRlY_Magi wrote:Not sure if it is "too soon" to bring this up; but I would really like to see everyone's opinion on the Kobe/Shaq jr dynamic. Or the over/under on how quickly one of them will get ran out of town.
I sort of want to watch Lakers games just to see Kobe chastising Howard and how he responds. Howard will either learn to be humble real quick (which will turn him into a superstar faster imo) or this will be a clusterf#ck of epic proportions real soon!
They may win the chip this next season; but if not the next off season for the Lakers may be similar to our last one.
smh
The Effect wrote:OrlandO wrote:The Effect wrote:A sixers fan already said his growth plates aren't closed yet and he's projected to hit 6'10 before he stops growing...
That would be nice
Just imagine having a front court of
7-1+ Isiah Austin (more i think about it, i dont think we will have top 3 pick for Noel, plus like austin better), 6'10 Andrew Nicholson, 6'10 Moe Harkless
cvMagic wrote:Blue_and_Whte wrote:We get it BMP you didn't like the trade. Wtf does constantly crying about it every damn day solve? Jesus move on. Can't imagine what its like when a chick breaks up with you, poor girl.
-10000000
Nothing worse than complaining about whining and crying by whining and crying.
The Effect wrote:That would be nice
Just imagine having a front court of
7-1+ Isiah Austin (more i think about it, i dont think we will have top 3 pick for Noel, plus like austin better), 6'10 Andrew Nicholson, 6'10 Moe Harkless
OrlandoMajinBuu wrote:Big Baby on Dwight deal
http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=8268730
Davis also talks about his new role as the face of the franchise.
InFlames wrote:When is Rose expected to return, January?
