Emory889

quote: Originally posted by The Ghost of John Gabriel:I'm officially ready to trade Hedo. Too soft, too inconsistent. Probably underperformed more than any player on the team this season. I would take Maggette or Artest in a heart beat although I know we would never acquire Ron Artest. Makes me sick every time I see Danny Granger play. I feel like I get kicked in the stomach everytime I think of Granger. The vision of Ariza and Granger locking down opponents at the 2 and 3 position is too much.

quote: Originally posted by bhnole:Thought I would start a thread to talk about your favorites college teams. Whose the favorites? Is your team on the bubble?? Will your guys be dancing on selection sunday (March 11th), gloomily accepting a NIT berth, or staying home altogether!! My Noles are looking to crack the tourney and taking down the Dukies in front of the Cameron Crazies was a nice start!! Sorry JJ for ruining your number retirement day. FSU has been a major pain in Duke's *** for several seasons now. I actually wince when its time to play you guys again.

I didn't expect Duke to dominate this year because we are way too young. I wish we would beat the Florida States though. I'm proud of the way that the Dukies performed last night, they did a good job against a superior team.

There is one aspect of acquiring Kidd that we haven't thought of yet. There's no way that Brian Hill is going to start screaming at Kidd and the way he runs the team. JKidd would tell him where to stick it.

It makes sense for the Suns but not the clippers. If we can trade Turk and Diener and get Maggette then by all means do it. I just don't think Elgin Baylor is stupid enough to do that.

I'm not ready to give up on Jameer. I want to see what he can do in a more uptempo offense. If my Brian Hill voodoo doll works we should see it soon.

quote: Originally posted by Erik:Three way deal between the Magic,Clippers,Knicks. Magic give up Hill,Diener. Magic receive Maggete,David Lee,Malik Rose. Clippers giveup Maggete and recive Crawford.Knicks givup Crawford,Rose,and Lee,and get Hill,and diener. Erik seriously, why in the hell would the Knicks do that?

Realgm isn't the most reliable source. You're right that's a pretty good deal for Memphis especially if Boston throws in their first rounder.

Exactly that trade could actually happen. Good job Bhnole. Anyone that thinks the Pistons are going to trade Billups is loony.

quote: Originally posted by Scarred for Life: quote: Originally posted by emory889:When would he play? We have a logjam at the 2 guard and small forward as well. With all of our injuries at the two and three spots(dooling, hill, ariza) bringing in a young, athletic guy like wright would make a lot of sense for the Magic. Ariza and Dooling will be back soon. Plus, we are talking about signing someone like Carter in the offseason. Even if we dont go after a big name like Carter Otis will still sign a 2 guard. Meanwhile we have very little depth after Dwight, Darko and Battie. It doesn't make sense to trade for another perimeter player. Besides I've seen Wright play several times this season and I wasn't impressed.

quote: Originally posted by PREFOT:there is no way the magic are going to trade carlos. He has found his place again and is playing much better. I bet you the magic re-sign him to another 4 year deal after his current contract expires next year. They need to play a fast game pace game to start winning games and he is great in the open floor, and just as a footnote-- he has one of the lowest assisst to turover ratio in the league--. I agree we need to play faster but will Brian Hill allow the team to do that? Last night against the Bucks was a promising start.

When would he play? We have a logjam at the 2 guard and small forward as well.

Hey Marc, I sent you a PM.

quote: Originally posted by WPMagic:I say no. I don't want anyone this creepy playing for our Magic. lol, I don't care what the hell he looks like. Jeff Foster is a rebounding demon. I would take him in a hearbeat.

and for more clarifiation: a bone that has been completely healed by this point. He is playing fabulous basketball right now.

quote: Originally posted by Marc Acres 3:16:I'll kick this one off. This was on 740 the team yesterday- Would you trade Grant and JJ for Ray Allen? The numbers match salary wise. I'm not sure how I feel, I don't know what the heck we have with JJ. On the other hand Ray is 32 and is a great shooter and a pretty good passer but weak on D. I was worrying about the age but how long did Reggie Miller play? I think he was 38 so if you figure we could have Ray for around 6yrs that is a large window for a shot at a title. Absolutely Marc, I would do it in a hearbeat with no questions asked. To answer your question about Richardson in the other thread...as long as the Magic doctors examine his knee and its fine I would make that trade as well.

quote: Originally posted by jack l j:forget it. jj is better whether you like it or not. he could play 1o plus years and give this team some basketball sense on the floor which we need now.jacklj How in the hell could you possibly know that JJ would be better? Ray Allen is one of the top 10 shooting guards in the league and JJ has barely played.

quote: 4/5 for and 1/1 for three That's surprising, I didn't realise he had 3pt range. I thought his offensive game was still pretty raw.

Thanks for the updates, Fendi. Its nice to see how our new big man is progressing. He should fit in nicely with Battie on our bench.

Battie still has at least 3 good years in him. Gortat probably is the very long term replacement but I like the idea of two quality big men that can come into the game to spell Dwight and Darko. Especially if its true that Gortat can jump higher than Dwight. I have to see that to believe it.

He would be a lottery pick if available in next years draft. The Magic stole him from the Suns.