Official Speculation Thread (Pt. XLV "Re-Building" Edition)

TDJacksonville · Post #1061 » by **TDJacksonville** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:41 pm

MoMM wrote:
thelead wrote:how many pf's do we need?

2: A starter and a backup... for each quarter.

Minimum of 2 and depending on how many centers we keep 5

ChildishGambino · Post #1062 » by **ChildishGambino** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:42 pm

DJRajX wrote:Trade for Tyreke Evans (easier said than done, I know), and then sign Andray Blatche and Greg Oden on the cheap... fill our roster with young prospects and defensive-minded player (which is where we're at right now, or at least heading) ... roll the dice on them... we all know Evans and Blatche can ball and put up all-star numbers if given the chance... if Oden can get his health right finally, it may pay off nicely for us... just saying... it's not a bad idea to consider during our youth/rebuild mode... it might shorten the entire process in a way.

Evans - All-Star
Blatche - All-Star potential
Oden - Low risk, High reward
Rest of the roster - O'Quinn, Nicholson, Liggins, Afflalo, McRoberts, Harrington, Davis, Vucevic, Ayon, etc...

Not bad imo.

that would be hard to pull off

TDJacksonville · Post #1063 » by **TDJacksonville** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:42 pm

MoMM wrote:
DJRajX wrote:Trade for Tyreke Evans (easier said than done, I know), and then sign Andray Blatche and Greg Oden on the cheap... fill our roster with young prospects and defensive-minded player (which is where we're at right now) ... roll the dice on them... we all know Evans and Blatche can ball and put up all-star numbers if given the chance... if Oden can get his health right finally, it may pay off nicely for us... just saying... it's not a bad idea to consider during our youth/rebuild mode... it might shorten the entire process in a way.

Evans - All-Star
Blatche - All-Star potential
Oden - Low risk, High reward
Rest of the roster - O'Quinn, Nicholson, Liggins, Afflalo, McRoberts, Harrington, Davis, Vucevic, Ayon, etc...

Not bad imo.

Signing Oden would be nice, but so far we dont even have place to sign a backup PG, so we would have to make some trades before thinking about signing anyone.

trade a few of these bigs and fix that PG position

RickB-Orlando · Post #1064 » by **RickB-Orlando** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:49 pm

ChildishGambino wrote:not this Jason Thompson stuff again....stopped being funny a while ago....

Come on, wasn't it a little funny this time? I mean, just a little...?

ChildishGambino · Post #1065 » by **ChildishGambino** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:50 pm

Brett Gunning Video...Get to know him a bit better....old vid from his tenure with the Rockets....http://www.nba.com/video/teams/rockets/ ... index.html

TDJacksonville · Post #1066 » by **TDJacksonville** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:50 pm

RickB-Orlando wrote:
ChildishGambino wrote:not this Jason Thompson stuff again....stopped being funny a while ago....

Come on, wasn't it a little funny this time? I mean, just a little...?

stopped being funny when we got a billion Forwards on the roster :wink:

MagicTownBaller · Post #1067 » by **MagicTownBaller** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:57 pm

David Baumann @DavidBaumann33
Details per my #NBA source: #Magic to tab Brett #Gunning as a top-3 asst. & 4-year contract will mirror length of ... http://t.co/H4f86GXk

So, Hennigan and Vaughn both got 4 year deals.

dsg2021 · Post #1068 » by **dsg2021** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:09 pm

So we're filling out more of the scouting department and now the coaching staff too. I love what we know so far about all three, especially what things the East Mich guy can do for our scouting now. I think Vaughn is being envisioned by the Magic as a Brooks/Spoelstra type coach who will grow with the team/job personally and into the playoffs and title.

thelead · Post #1069 » by **thelead** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:21 pm

TDJacksonville wrote:
MoMM wrote:
thelead wrote:how many pf's do we need?

2: A starter and a backup... for each quarter.

Minimum of 2 and depending on how many centers we keep 5

Rhetorical question, but okay... :lol:

GameOver25 · Post #1070 » by **GameOver25** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:24 pm

dsg2021 wrote:So we're filling out more of the scouting department and now the coaching staff too. I love what we know so far about all three, especially what things the East Mich guy can do for our scouting now. I think Vaughn is being envisioned by the Magic as a Brooks/Spoelstra type coach who will grow with the team/job personally and into the playoffs and title.

Maybe Brooks, I guess. But Spoelstra was basically gift wrapped a title contender squad.

Nyce_1 · Post #1071 » by **Nyce_1** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:35 pm

young front office, young coaching staff, young players....gonna be fun watching everyone grow and hopefully develop into a title contender.

Chet Wagner · Post #1072 » by **Chet Wagner** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:38 pm

The problem despite all this young blood and potential coming in is that Martins is still at the top

Skin · Post #1073 » by **Skin** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:40 pm

Chet Wagner wrote:The problem despite all this young blood and potential coming in is that Martins is still at the top

I don't see that as an issue. Martins has clearly allowed Hennigan to have his freedom.

Nyce_1 · Post #1074 » by **Nyce_1** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:40 pm

Chet Wagner wrote:The problem despite all this young blood and potential coming in is that Martins is still at the top

as enthusiastic I am about the future and direction of our team, I agree. :-?

ChildishGambino · Post #1075 » by **ChildishGambino** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:53 pm

Clean Slate.....i like it.....finally seems like we're taking this ish seriously.....instead of giving Otis a blank check and power to do whatever we look like we have a solid front office with guys that seemingly know what they're doing for once.....that will actually use thought and planning when making decisions and will take scouting seriously.....I also like that we're taking player development seriously as well....Clean slate also means that with a new coaching staff we will see who really deserves to be on the floor instead of the Stan "Veterans" approach.....it seems like we're covering all the avenues here trying to make every aspect of our Front office Solid.....real methodical....for what it's worth it seems like they want to get it right this time.....

MoMM · Post #1076 » by **MoMM** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:15 pm

Chet Wagner wrote:The problem despite all this young blood and potential coming in is that Martins is still at the top

What's the problem with him? He is in the job for less than 1 year, tried to keep D12, but it wasnt possible because D12 wanted to leave (Otis' bad choices in the past), then fired Otis and signed a young and talented GM.

Martins knows he doesnt know anything about basketball, so now all the power is with Rob.

glennathan · Post #1077 » by **glennathan** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:36 pm

recko321 wrote:http://www.hoopsworld.com/orlando-magic-team-salary/

updated salary page

Sorry if I missed this in the past two days but since when did Fran Vasquez come over??

He is on the "updated" salary page...

OrlandoMajinBuu · Post #1078 » by **OrlandoMajinBuu** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:42 pm

Oh Lord! We just got a "F" @NBA.com

http://www.nba.com/reportcard/summer/2012/magic/

BrianEvansfor3 · Post #1079 » by **BrianEvansfor3** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:43 pm

Being a huge Syracuse fan I am very happy to see Rob Murphy part of the Magic staff!

JarethCutestory · Post #1080 » by **JarethCutestory** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:44 pm

Andray effin Blatche?

Holy hell I've read it all now.

Hey Andrew, study under Andray. He'll show you the way.

Can we get Ricky Davis here while we're at it?!?