FL TODAY: Magic looking for another big body

[Max Power]

[quote="Rick Rolled"]From a personal E-mail to a member of the Magic website board...

[quote]On the Magic, I have been told there are three teams gunning for Udonis Haslem,
the Magic are one of them... the HEAT want a star - someone like Hedo...
or they want ending contracts - I have been told JJ Redick, Pat Garrity
and a draft pick would get a deal done.

I have also been told that if Orlando were willing to take Mark Blount in
the deal, the HEAT would waive the draft pick... but that means Orlando
has to give up almost all of its ending deals.

Its not an easy deal to make, but I think UD is exactly what Orlando is
missing.

Seems like the JJ-Garrity for Haslem is pretty fair. We'd get that security blanket for Dwight Howard up front and JJ could go to a crappy team, but he'd probably get significant minutes. At this point I think Riley could gamble and let JJ play primary backup to Dwayne Wade. Haslem would be nice, he'd be the closest thing to Horace Grant that we could get to Dwight in all likelyhood.

[Bigmagicfan82]

Incoming Players

Udonis Haslem
6-8 SF from Florida
12.1 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 1.5 apg in 37.4 minutes

Mark Blount
7-0 C from Pittsburgh
7.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 0.4 apg in 18.9 minutes


Outgoing Players

J.J. Redick
6-5 SG from Duke
3.6 ppg, 0.4 rpg, 0.3 apg in 8.2 minutes

Keith Bogans
6-4 SG from Kentucky
9.3 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 1.1 apg in 28.6 minutes

Pat Garrity
6-9 PF from Notre Dame
1.7 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 0.5 apg in 9.8 minutes

Carlos Arroyo
6-2 PG from Florida International
7.0 ppg, 1.9 rpg, 3.6 apg in 21.0 minutes

[mattyBoi]

We dont need or want blount

Take a draft pick and im all for it.

[DiplomaticMagic]

We dont need or want blount

Take a draft pick and im all for it.

amen..and no hedo.

[EasternMagic]

i wouldnt be surprised if thats why jj got the call last night and pat garrity has been getting minutes. but if they do it they need to to it the right way.
DO WORK OTIS

[Bigmagicfan82]

I much rather see Blount then Foyle as the backup to Dwight.

[Hotshot Hower]

From a personal E-mail to a member of the Magic website board...

On the Magic, I have been told there are three teams gunning for Udonis Haslem,
the Magic are one of them... the HEAT want a star - someone like Hedo...
or they want ending contracts - I have been told JJ Redick, Pat Garrity
and a draft pick would get a deal done.

I have also been told that if Orlando were willing to take Mark Blount in
the deal, the HEAT would waive the draft pick... but that means Orlando
has to give up almost all of its ending deals.

Its not an easy deal to make, but I think UD is exactly what Orlando is
missing.

Steve

http://orlandomagiczone.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8891029871/m/5401011384

Yeah, he was dead on with the Marion/Shaq trade and everyone laughed that off...

He wrote that the Magic had interest in Haslem the same time he wrote the that the Heat could be shipping Shaq to Phoenix.

Hopefully we get it done.

JJ + Arroyo (to Miami)

Haslem (to Orlando)

[DiplomaticMagic]

I much rather see Blount then Foyle as the backup to Dwight.

I won't. We'll only see Foyle for this year because when Battie comes back. Our frontcourt will be the most dominant in the league. (thats if we get Haslem) I'm not gonna go get excited. Because when I do they never happen.

[Hotshot Hower]

I much rather see Blount then Foyle as the backup to Dwight.

I know you use to post from his forum so ...

Where's MagicConfid been!?

[Max Power]

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I know you use to post from his forum so ...

Where's MagicConfid been!?

Reading every other NBA dirtsheet on the web to gather his "inside" information.

[Bucs80]

Haslem isn't going anywhere....

The team is looking to re-up next year with a high draft pick. Plus the fact they don't have a big man.

[zuppafly]

As as talked about before, a Joe Smith type would be perfect for the playoffs. Is it really that crazy that the Magic would trade Pat Garrity and James Augustine (two guys that get ZERO playing time) for a key playoff guy? And for Chicago, they get expiring deals for a guy not expiring. And given how GM Smith hates draft picks, the Magic could throw a bone in a second in year-it-does-not-matter.

Hell yeah, Joe Smith would be amazing here!

[cedric76]

battie will be back next year so i don't see otis bringing an other guy with a long contract
next year frontcourt:
howard+battie+cook+foyle and maybe fran

if we can't get a top PG with thoses expiering contract ,i'd let thoses contract expiere

miller would be a right fit here,i wouldn't mind us getting him 'cause he is a hedo type of player,he can pass the ball really well

PG:nelson,dooling,draft pick
SG:miller,evans
SF:hedo,bognas
PF:lewis,cook,fran
C:howard,battie,foyle

[otownflava21]

i'd rather just smoke a blunt than trade for mark blount.

[Bigmagicfan82]

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I know you use to post from his forum so ...

Where's MagicConfid been!?

He posted something on his website a while ago but it was really stupid.

[theTHIEF]

Ric Bucher said that after the loss to the Lakers, the Magic are now actively talking with at least 3 teams right now for a "quality down low presence" (which i believe was his exact wording)...he made a comment that said someone (not sure if it was Stan or Otis) felt that if they had been able to grab a few more boards and have someone score from 8-12 feet out that the Magic would have run away wit that game...

so there you go...if you have espn radio you can hear it when they replay the NBA rundown, same thing with XM 141...

man, Pau Gasol is kind of like perfect for a guy like Dwight...


edit: i misspelled like 40 words in there...

[Rick Rolled]

Ric Bucher said that after the loss to the Lakers, the Magic are now actively talking with at least 3 teams right for a "quality down low presence" (which i believe was his exact working)...he made a comment that said someone (not sure if ut was Stan or Otis) felt that if they had been able to grab a few more boards and score 8-12 feet out that the Magic would have run away wit that game...

so there you go...if you have espn radio you can hear it when they replay the NBA rundown, same thing with XM 141...

man, Pau Gasol is kind of like perfect for a guy like Dwight...

Thanks for the update.....

Starting to get excited now.

[magicfan4life05]

otis needs to work his magic....PUN INTENDED!

[magicman123]

Ric Bucher said that after the loss to the Lakers, the Magic are now actively talking with at least 3 teams right now for a "quality down low presence" (which i believe was his exact wording)...he made a comment that said someone (not sure if it was Stan or Otis) felt that if they had been able to grab a few more boards and have someone score from 8-12 feet out that the Magic would have run away wit that game...

so there you go...if you have espn radio you can hear it when they replay the NBA rundown, same thing with XM 141...

man, Pau Gasol is kind of like perfect for a guy like Dwight...


edit: i misspelled like 40 words in there...

cra*k will make you do things like that, jk man, thats good to hear that we may actually be looking for another big..

[Bigmagicfan82]

Bring Back Horace Grant....lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWVPhBnyZ5s