Magic GM Otis Smith said Wednesday that teams have inquired about the club's point-guard situation, but Smith is not inclined to make a deal before today's 3 p.m. deadline. The Magic are leery of trading Carlos Arroyo, who has fallen out of the rotation behind Jameer Nelson and Keyon Dooling. "I'd be afraid of somebody getting hurt, having only two point guards," he said.
Smith said the Magic have been looking for another big man but he'd be "surprised" if anything develops.
"We could use another big, but there's just not a lot out there that makes sense for us, to make you want to do anything," Smith said. " ... I think we'll have our same team to go to the end of the season."
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To put it bluntly, Smith likes the Magic team he constructed, and feels it is talented enough as is to be an elite team in the Eastern Conference.
Smith did admit he's had preliminary trade talks with the Seattle SuperSonics about power forwards Kurt Thomas and Chris Wilcox, but said nothing is imminent on that front. He also said there was no truth to a rumor the Magic were interested in Sacramento's Brad Miller, adding the Kings "only want one thing off my roster and that's (Hedo Turkoglu). Turk has matured into the player they thought he could be when they drafted him. But of course we're not doing that deal."
Looks like we will be championship contenders by March!
