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Random question: When is Media Day?

Sooo... As well as Siva the magic are bringing Kadeem Batts, Seth Curry and Drew Crawford to camp.

Yea there's really nothing else to talk about. The season can't get here sooner.

Not heard much of Looney, will have to look into him.

Denton reported a "very minor trade" that the details of haven't been released yet, wonder if it's got anything to do with the big Love trade?

Id prefer 4 years for 50 than 5 for 55, we only get 1 5 year extension (as I understand it) and I don't think Vuc is good enough to warrant it.

Afflalo has to just have been forgotten, no way he's not a top 10 sg.

I'm struggling to find games I'm not excited about. Most games fall into 3 categories: they have an exciting rookie I want to see, I think we can get an upset win (or just a win in general) or theyre a full on contender with exciting players. Even then there are also plenty of games against former players and coaches to keep things interesting.

Official Summer League Roster Kadeem Batts Batts is a 23 year old, 6'9 PF out of Providence. He averaged 12.3 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists on 43% shooting. Matt Bouldin Bouldin is a 26 year old, 6'5 SG originally out of Gonzaga. He played for 3 seperate teams in the D League this past year but did win a D League Championship and was named Finals MVP. He averaged about 14 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds on 44% shooting and 38% shooting from 3 with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. Seth Curry Brother of Steph, Seth is a 23 year old combo guard originally out of Duke who spent time last year with the Grizzlies, Cavs and in the D League. In his senior year of college he averaged 17.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists on 46% shooting and 43% shooting from 3. Asauhn Dixon-Tatum A 23 year old, 7'0 C, he played in Division 2 and Junior college before transferring to Auburn. In 22 mins he averaged 6 points, 6 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game while shooting 57% from the field his senior year. Kim English English is a 25 year old, 6'5 SG originally out of Missouri. Originally drafted 44th overall by the Pistons, English has played over seas pretty much since and spent last year in France with Charole Roanne where he averaged 11 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists per game in 26 mins while shooting 42% from the field and 35% from 3. Luke Hancock Hancock is a 24 year old, 6'6 SG/SF out of Louisiana. He was part of the National Championship winning team last year and this year averaged 12 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists on 41% shooting from the field and 35% from 3 in 24 mins. Cameron Jones Jones is a 25 year old, 6'3 combo guard originally out of Northern Arizona. He played for the Santa Cruz Warriors this year in the D League and averaged 20 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists on 46% shooting from the field and 40% shooting from 3. Vernon Macklin Should be a recognizable name to Gator fans, Macklin is a 27 year old, 6'10 C originally out of Florida and drafted 52nd overall in 2011 by the Detroit Pistons. Macklin has bounced around the D League and overseas since being waived by the Pistons, last playing for Liaoning Flying Leopards in China, struggling to find much in the way of stats but he averaged 13 points and 6 rebounds. Josh Magette A 24 year old, 6'1, PG out of Alabama-Huntsville, Magette spent last year with the Los Angeles D-Fenders in the D league where he averaged 10 points, 7 assists, 3 rebounds and 2 steals while shooting 42% from the field and 38% from 3. Kendrick Perry From Edgewater high school, Perry is a, 21 year old, 6'0 PG out of Youngstown State. He averaged 22 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals per game in his senior year while shooting 50% from the field and 34% from 3. Augustine Rubit Rubit is a 24 year old, 6'7 PF out of South Alabama. He was the Sun Belt Conference player of the year as a Junior and as a Senior averaged 17 points, 9 rebounds and 1.5 blocks on 46% shooting from the field and 33% from 3. Scott Suggs A 24 year old, 6'6 SG originally out of Washington, Suggs spent last year with the Magic's new D League Affiliate the Erie Bayhawks where he averaged 18.5 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal while shooting 48% from the field and 40% from 3. Darrius Williams The strangest inclusion to the team. Williams is a 6'3 combo guard out of Division 2 school Morehouse college. He averaged 21 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 1.4 steals per game on 48% shooting from the field and 35% from 3. Also on the roster are guys you should already be aware of (or know very well): Victor Oladipo Romero Osby Roy Devyn Marble Elfrid Payton Dewayne Dedmon Aaron Gordon Source- Link

Another funny off topic: the Pistons may be hiring Otis Smith for their d-league team.

Also, completely random and off topic but I thought everybody might fancy a laugh at Howard and the Rockets: EDIT: Turns out this was twisted pretty heavily (http://deadspin.com/game-of-telephone-unfairly-paints-howard-and-harden-as-1618446599).

This means less than nothing in my opinion. So the other rookies don't think our rookies will win rookie of the year? Who cares?

I'd say the decision to play fast is more based on personnel. Love is one of the best outlet passers in the game, Lebron is the most terrifying transition player in the game and Kyrie isn't half bad at running either. Focus on defense is something all teams should do, it's not really a trend but more a requirement for a championship caliber team. Stretch 4's are obviously a valuable commodity in today's game with the need to space the floor and that looks like it will continue to trend upwards with teams playing bigger 3's at the 4 or asking their conventional 4's to spend the time learning to shoot.

Zach Lowe's new article on NBA Bigs is pretty good evidence as to why Kristaps Porzingis will probably be a top 5 pick. - http://grantland.com/features/the-nbas-bigs-problem/ Porzingis is a 7 footer who blocks shots at a high rate and looks likely to develop into a legitimate 3 point threat.

I don't know what the odds are but you've got to think 1 out of 8 1st round picks (Nicholson is the 8th) would become an All Star especially when you consider all of them were top 20 picks, 3 of them were top 10 picks and 2 of them were top 5 picks.

There's a nice little article on the Magic's website about O Quinn and the work he's doing this offseason. Kyle has really become one of my favorite players, primarily due to his personality off the court (and the beard) and I know he's a guy who I'll always be rooting for to stick around in the NBA whether we keep him past this season or whether he moves on.

Yea was a good haul IMO

Damn... Praying for PG to return to 100% no matter how long he's out. Freak accidents like these are the worst... Pacers are screwed, if they had an exec that wasn't Larry Bird I'd expect them to tank but pretty sure Larry won't be down for that.

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I'd like to give Harris a similar deal to Lance Stephensons new deal in Charlotte, 3 years, last year player option, 9 mil a year. Thats a deal that could be beneficial to both sides in the long run.

Apparently we've structured Siva's deal so he'll be with us up to a certain point in preseason or whatever and then we'll waive him but, due to (maybe new?) rules we'll retain his rights and he'll play for the Bayhawks in the D League. Because he's clearly taking a pretty big pay cut staying in the D League as opposed to playing in Europe we've also structured his deal so he gets a decent amount of money from us. In other news Osby signed for a French team, if I had to guess I'd say he got offered the same deal as Siva but opted instead for the more money.

I like Siva as this seasons Ronnie Price, tough guy who can really defend at the PG position but isn't great in other areas. That's now, by my math, 16 guys with contracts heading into preseason. Be interesting to see whos left by the time the season starts.

John Denton @JohnDenton555 · 56m #Magic F Tobias Harris is noticeably bigger and is having his way in post for USA BB Select Team. He's had a 3-pt play off post up and 4 FTs Lots of cool stuff coming out of the USA camp about Tobias and Victor.

Yea as sad as it is to say, I'm rooting for Kobe to get back to full health and carry that Laker team to respectability. If he does we'll get a 2nd rounder this year and a good shot at a 1st rounder in 2017.