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I thought it was the LEAST favorable of the Den/NY picks?

Mr. Charisma passed away March 2010 from cancer at age 54. :(

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Arron Afflalo Gustavo Ayon Glen Davis Moe Harkless Al Harrington DeQuan Jones Josh McRoberts E'Twaun Moore Jameer Nelson Andrew Nicholson Kyle O'Quinn J.J. Redick - I would love JJ to stay, he is perfect for this system, but I think he'll be offered too much in the free agent market for our rebuilding plans. Ish Smith Hedo Turkoglu Nikola Vucevic

I think he meant that Hennigan will trade away some of the vets to give our young guys a chance to develop, clear cap space, obtain assets, and make sure we don't win too much. :)

Going to the game tonight! I like the new motion offense SO much more than 4 out - 1 in. I expect we'll see alot of JJ, Afflalo, Baby on the floor at the same time to close out games. I'm excited to see the development of this team. The discussions of this board will shift back to discussions like in the past, of what player A could do better, what he did well this game, and what he appears to be adjusting to, etc. Can Nik be a double double guy? Can Harkless learn quickly and become a good player right away? Can Nickleson become a better rebounder, defensive-minded player? Will O'Quinn adjust to the speed of the game (looks kinda lost out there so far) Will we be able to stop ANYONE (I think we will be able to score, but will lose games due to our defense). Will Hedo get traded? Anyone? Please? Can Baby keep his head on straight when things arent going to go well at times and he's not doing as well as he hoped? Will he pout? Will DQJ have any impact on any games? Lets get beyond, should we tank, or should we make the playoffs. Lets shift our focus to player development and enjoy the breakdown of the games on a game by game basis looking for positives and negatives to discuss. What kind of things are you curious to see play out over the season?

You sir are the biggest Magic fan on this board! I applaud your unyielding faith and optimism. Hopefully that's the response you've been looking for and we can move past your nonsensical rambling, viewed through rose colored glasses that apparently shield you from reality.

This is Orlando... half the fans there will be Laker fans anyway.

While I think the Magic FO dropped the ball in alot of areas, I think SVG's comments may be a little self-serving. If he wants to ever coach for the large-market teams he can't be labeled as the coach who can't get along with superstars. I'm sure he wasnt overly happy with the inference that the Magic were replacing him for someone that can relate to players.

ok, thanks for the clarification Nyce1. Can it be combined with a draft pick?

I saw someone explain it as a coupon. Since salaries have to be within a certain percent of each other and you want a guy that makes $8m a year but only want to send out a guy that makes $4m a year. The TPE makes up the other $4m. Without that TPE you would have to try and find another guy on your team, or multiple guys from each team, till you get to matching salaries.

Well, hard to say what Hennigan will do really. I wouldn't be too surprised if the entire TPE wasn't used. I think, if I am reading into the whole "flexibility" comment is that the TPE gives them freedom to make a trade for someone and not have to worry about how to make all the contracts match. So deals in essence become a little easier because they are not haggling or deals falling through over "throw-ins". Also, I think "it's a process", means that they aren't just going after guys to just use the TPE before it expires. They have to fit the vision and they have to have workable contracts. I think they have an ideal Magic player mold (Afflalo) and they'll look for guys that fit that mold. (Young, coachable, team-oriented, high character, and good contract value).

Love his motor. A team always needs a guy thats willing to do the dirty work. Guys like Dennis Rodman are hard to find nowadays. (Isn't that the understatement of the year).

W00T! In before you get told to put this in the Dwight Howard everything thread! :gortat: Shame on you!

Not as bad as McGrady's back, or Yao's foot, or Grant Hill's foot, or Penny Hardaway's foot. In comparison it's about the same as Hedo's Turkoflu.

I think we need to watch for the Asik offer sheet to come out. That seems to be the piece Hennigan & Houston are waiting for. The rest seems like posturing from all the various camps. HWNSNBU/Dwight wanting to go to somewhere of his choosing Houston wanting to limit what they would give up Magic wanting to increase the assets coming in Personally I think that Hennigan has already decided that he likes the Houston deal best. It fits with all the news we've heard about what he is looking for in cap flexibility, young talent on rookie contracts, draft picks. Its just a matter of how much we send out and how much we get back. I'm not strapping in (ok well I cant totally pretend I havent been refreshing the screen looking for news) till the offer sheet has been submitted and we are at day 2.5 of Chicago's timeline to answer. In the meantime Hennigan will sit back and listen to all that comes his way that might try and either, improve Houston's available pieces to negotiate with, or see if the Lakers can find a partner to increase their bid.

Should D12 sign the necessary paperwork I believe those going to the game tonight should bring signs that say, "Apology Accepted - Now lets take the 'Ship!"

Great article Dan!