Well, we are playoff bound Magic fans. And most of us knew it all along. We knew that the additions of Rashard Lewis and Stan Van Gundy would help bring this team to a new level. We knew that we really had something to look forward to this season.
Unfortunately, it seems like we were the only ones.
The following quotes were posted on the RealGM General Message Board between the days of September 16th and September 21st of the year Two Thousand and Seven.
"charlotte has better chances imo"
"SVG is a good coach. But this team dosen't have enough of what he had in the first year with Miami. I mean wow.
Eddie Jones
Dwyane Wade
Caron Butler
Rafer Alston
Lamar Odom
Udanis Haslem
Brian Grant
Compared to
Dwight Howard
Rashard Lewis
Jameer Nelson
JJ Redick
Trevor Ariza
Hedo Turkoglu
Comparing that to the Magic, is just night and day..."
"Orlando willl not make the playoffs this year. I really think Orlando will struggle to make the playoffs every year. I feel bad for Dwight Howard having to be the go to guy on that team. Even though he's not "go to guy material". So I see alot of losing in Orlando for many years to come."
"they were better off with darko instead of shard"
EVEN ONE OF OUR OWN FANS DIDN'T BELIEVE
"Our defense is bad, Ball handling is bad, our roll-players are inconsistant as hell. And we have low level talent on this team. Hell we even added adonyle foyle who hasn't even played in 2 years. and expecting him to be a 20+ minute guy.
I like how every Magic fan other than the ones who actually think. Lewis has been a 1 time all-star in his 10 year career. But they act like he is a star. This guy has never led a team in his career. He isn't much of a go to guy.
The loss of Grant Hill and Darko Milicic, will seriously hurt us. We don't have Grant Hill's leadership, and his late game play. And Darko's defense shot blocking ability, and defense in the post. Darko is a top 5 post defender.
Dwight Howard, he is good. But he needs to makes his FT's and needs to expand his game. Having 2 moves won't help him out if we are trying to make the playoffs. If we are to make the playoffs, Dwight just needs to expand his game more. Because I have a hard time believing Lewis in 82 games will lead you to the playoffs.
This team I'm telling you will be one of te worst teams in the Eastern conference."
AND MY PERSONAL FAVORITE
"if Orlando finishes 3rd, I will personally come to your house, and toss your salad."
All of these quotes belong to the following thread which was locked on September 21st, 2007. There are several more keepers on there too.
http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=710914&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
And if that wasn't enough, the world famous "Glorified David Lee Thread" was soon to follow.
http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=716243&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
EVEN THE SO CALLED EXPERTS REFUSED TO DRINK OUR KOOL-AID
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dime-OrlandoPreview0708
I know that we still haven't won anything....
But dammit, it still feels good to look back on these things and say.........
