MAGIC RUMORS & GOSSIP
Talent the goal in Magic's draft
With a little more than a month to go before the NBA Draft, the Magic have almost certainly gotten a good feel for who they want to draft and what their goals are going to be. The only reason we can address these goals now is that until the draft order was set it was difficult to get a sense of what scenarios might play out.
One thing should hold true even dating back to the...
Trey Burke Scheduled To Work Out For Magic
Trey Burke is scheduled to work out for the Orlando Magic before the June 27 draft.
Burke has scheduled just one workout thus far.
"I may do three or four (workouts with teams), two or three, I don't know (yet),” Burke said. "Everything's not (totally) scheduled yet still."
Burke doesn’t have a preference for where he could end up.
"Wherever I go,...
Stan Van Gundy Gives His Two Cents About Why Dwight Howard Wasn't Happy In LA
Stan Van Gundy, who was famously fired from the Orlando Magic, likely because of Dwight Howard, has expressed why he thinks the big man isn't happy in LA.
He went on The David Baumann Show and said what everyone in the world already knows: Howard wasn't happy with the offense last season.
Van Gundy said:
"I do think that Dwight was not real happy with...
Magic announce Summer League schedules
The Magic announced the schedule for the Southwest Airlines Orlando Pro Summer League on Thursday, a five-game, six-day slate that will take place on the practice court at Amway Center in early July. The Magic will be joined by Celtics, Nets, Pistons, Rockets, Pacers, Heat, Thunder and Jazz for the week-long event.
This year's league, which will take place from July 7-12...
Glen Davis knows how to produce Vine videos, doesn’t want a loose booty
The new hot thing for NBA players to do in the realm of social networking is producing “Vine” videos which for the non-social media maven are short-looping clips that are usually hilarious in nature.
Orlando Magic forward Glen “Big Baby” Davis recently produced an epic video for Vine and that can be seen below:
Options abound for Magic at No. 2
One question has been answered now that the NBA Draft Lottery has passed. The Magic will have the second selection in the NBA Draft. That means one player is off the board. It does not change much of Orlando's preparations. Just about every player on their Draft board is still going to be around. Unless the Magic plan on honing in on one player and hope that the Cavaliers do...
2013 NBA Draft Lottery Odds
Below is a chart of the odds each team has of getting the number one picks it tonight’s NBA lottery drawing. There are 14 teams in the lottery. The Orlando Magic have the best shot an earning the first overall pick but history isn’t on their side. Recently the teams with the best odds of getting the first pick have not had a lot of success.
Many experts are saying that this...
Stan Van Gundy not planning to coach in NBA in 2013-14
Stan Van Gundy is taking himself off the market.
During an interview on Orlando radio station Sports Talk 1080, the former Miami Heat and Orlando Magic coach told The David Baumann Show he does not plan to coach in the NBA next season, citing family reasons.
"As you get down the road more and the longer you are out, the harder it is to get back in," Van Gunday said. "...
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Orlando Magic Has Best Odds In Winning Draft Lottery
The 2013 Draft Lottery is set to commence Tuesday evening, and the Orlando Magic have the greatest odds in winning the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft. The Magic have a 25 percent chance in obtaining the No. 1 pick followed by Charlotte Bobcats (19.9 percent), Cleveland Cavaliers (15.6 percent), Phoenix Suns (11.9 percent), [...]The post Orlando Magic Has Best Odds In Winning Draft Lottery...
Orlando Magic should blow up their roster this off-season
The Sports Bank‘s series of NBA off-season team needs pages begins with the worst team in the league this past season; the Orlando Magic. The franchise suffered a major setback after dealing disgruntled superstar Dwight Howard last off-season. They enter the off-season stuck with a roster of average talent and rather than trying to scrape by, it is time for the Orlando Magic...
Afflalo Wants To Play To His Strengths Next Season
Arron Afflalo is looking forward to playing to his strengths next season.
"I'm kind of getting to the age now where I'm kind of settling into being great at something," Afflalo said. "Whether it's being a high-level defensive player, a high-level shooter, an efficient scorer, doing the things where I'm really playing to my strengths. That's something...
What does Arron Afflalo do best? He's ready to find out
ORLANDO, Fla. Arron Afflalo isn not about to describe what he is going through as a mid-career identity crisis.
But after six years in the NBA and the first in which he was on a team that failed to make the playoffs, the Orlando Magic guard is feeling the need to start making a name for himself.
"I'm kind of getting to the age now where I'm kind of settling into being...
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Magic, Pelicans Could Draft Trey Burke 1st Overall If They Win Lottery
Trey Burke is a projected top-5 pick and could become the first player selected depending on who wins the lottery.
According to reporting from Chad Ford, the Orlando Magic and New Orleans Pelicans could select Burke with the first overall selection.
Trade to Orlando helped ignite Tobias Harris' season
ORLANDO, Fla. The NBA doesn't hand out awards based on what transpired during the final third of its regular season.
If it did, Tobias Harris would have been a prime candidate for Most Improved Player.
When the Orlando Magic acquired him and guards Beno Udrih and Doron Lamb in February from the Milwaukee Bucks, Harris wasn't even averaging five points a game in his second...
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Veteran Nelson hoping to stick around with Magic
ORLANDO, Fla. In a sense, the career of Jameer Nelson has come full circle.
When he came to the Orlando Magic in 2004, they were coming off a season in which they finished with the worst record in the NBA. Nine years and a franchise-record 3,025 assists later, he again finds himself part of a team with the dubious distinction of holding the best odds of winning the leagues annual...
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