i HATE Rich DeVos

quote: Originally posted by Jareth Cutestory:Bosh and D12 are good buddies. If Otis is smart, he will plan ahead for this. Would you rather have Otis try and get J-Smoove now or wait to see if Bosh might want to come to Orlando for less money? I'd rather have Smoove for the money he wants now than Bosh for the money he'll want in 2010.

quote: Originally posted by Levation1331:I think the blue will be home, and the black away and without stripes. Black is good road color, menacing looking. I'd much rather have the black at home, make people afraid to come into our building and take on the beast. As long as we dump the whites all together and add the star I'll be happy.

The Favero on real gm posted these mocks earlier and I like them. I would like it more if they used the star for the "A" in "Orlando" and "Magic". I move that we drop the whites at home in favor of the black. We could have "Blackouts" during the playoffs, no more "code blue" type themes.

quote: Originally posted by gporter:I can understand what you mean about keep it simple, stupid. I still think we should wait until we can see both Home/Away Uniforms in full detail to really judge them. I found someone who made a mock up from the C Lee rookie photo, not official just an idea someone ran with. mock up

quote: Originally posted by Drain-O:Why don't we just ask his son who works for the team... I don't think Shawn would bang her with your crank

quote: Originally posted by TheRevTy:Man, this thread got lost real quick. Thanks for the info. I wondered if Turk to Europe was on anyone else's mind. What does this mean? Get value. Now. We can't compete with the European cash flow. **** straight! I like Turk but, at 31 would he be worth it? Strike while the iron is hot. Buy low, sell high. Just as long as it is FAIR VALUE.

quote: Originally posted by RoBo2002: quote: Originally posted by killakuma: quote: Originally posted by RoBo2002: quote: Originally posted by Miller4Prez64:It looks pretty bad from that picture. It really looks like our old blue jerseys with a new ugly collar and white lines going down the uniform. Hopefully this isn't the actual new jersey.... I guess you can tell who the "glass half full" vs. "glass half empty" kind of guys are on these boards. Seriously, all you can see are the shoulders of the jersey and you are already complaining about how bad they look and hoping that it is a fake? I guess there are just a bunch of people waiting to complain about whatever they can. Which is worse: People complaining or people complaining about people complaining? I still don't like the collar, but as long as were winning the new jerseys won't matter. I have no problem with people complaining, and frankly I am not sure why you think I do. I DO have a problem with people who complain simply for the sake of complaining. There is nothing to complain about here, there is a picture showing 1/10th of our jersey and immediately someone comes out and says that our new jerseys looks bad. When the jerseys are revealed, critique all you want, because you will have something to criticize. I just think its crazy that someone can see the shoulders of a uniform and claim that they look bad. "I DO have a problem with people who complain simply for the sake of complaining." You must be self-loathing because that is what you just did.They addressed something that does look odd but, you called them out to stir the pot some more. The collar is similar to Indiana's design. I like the idea of Blue jerseys for home and black on the road. I'd rather have black at home and they could come out on opening night to A/C D/C's Back in black.

quote: Originally posted by Ryan-Aussie Magic: quote: Originally posted by Rico:OK whats the hold up...... Waiting to unveil J Smooth in our new jerseys! I wish! Dump the turk and more smoove, mortgage future draft picks to get it done. Make the team the Orlando SW Cristian Atlanta Cetics Magic.

If atlanta wants to cut salary for the 2009 and 2010 seasons along with getting big bodies we could send: Hedo Bogans Cook rights to Fran (lottery pick) and 2009 1st round pick. Atl sends a signed Smith for $11 Mil/year with the max increase each year for 5 years and 2009 2nd round pick. It would cut $9.775 Mil for summer '09 ($25 Mil w/ Bibby's expiring contract) and $3.5 Mil for '10. Fran's euro contract would be up and they could avoid the buyout. They would cut salary like they want get a lottery pick PF/C and a first round pick. If they sign Fran and get a pick they would good shape for summer 2011. I think it would accomplish what both teams are looking for and making Orlando contenders right away.

quote: Originally posted by Frank'N'Beans:Food for thought, Delonte West is a RFA, and he's set to have an offer from clevland for 2.76mill, could we perhaps send them the TA for him? that would give us a more than capable backup for Jameer, and a backup SG also, he's much like keon, but a better scorer. I would prefer D. west over Crittenton, he's proven already he can play in the NBA. Do you think he would want to play behind Jameer? I know they're good friends from St. Joe's but he played SG w/ Meer at PG.

quote: Originally posted by Live or Die Magic: quote: Originally posted by bigfan:Hey Yall! I know it's still way early in the off season, and if someone posted the answer to my question previously, I apologize, but I am curious about the end result of the dispute between Brighthouse and FSN over the televising of Magic games. Have the problems been worked out, so we don't get screwed out of televised games next season, like we did last season? Last I heard, all parties involved felt very confident that a deal would be in place soon, and certainly before the start of the season. If this has a ring of familiarity, it is because you heard the same thing a year ago. I remember hearing that all last year as well and next summer we will be asking the same questions

quote: Originally posted by DBLdrbl:Birdman Chris Anderson I doubt they'll bring in some junkie to shoot up next to JJ on the bench. Maybe JJ could make himself useful and tie Chris off before he drops Maxwell Silver Hammer. He could come out to the song "Mr. Brownstone".

quote: Originally posted by jack daniel 999:It focuses on the rumored Keyon Dooling trade, Javaris Crittenton, the new additions, The next possible player to be squeezed by the Luxury Tax and the FSN TV Dispute. 1. Magic Could Get More Then Exception From Dooling Trade 2. Reviewing Pietrus and Johnson Signings 3. Hedo Turkoglu Might Be Next To Feel Luxury Tax Crunch 4. FSN Florida Fiasco http://magic.realgm.com/articles/65/20080721/magic_happenings/ He covers covers all these subjects and is quite informative on them.. not a bad article for Site Adm. F*** Alex Martins and Dick DeVos for not using what little brains they have when doing this deal with FSN. This front office seems to go out of the way to screw their fans and this city.

quote: Originally posted by magicfanejc42:If we don't pick up another guard in a trade, do you think we should go after him? He is still young, played well for SAS and is 6'2"..While he battles weight issues (His dad is the same) He is truly athletic and should be given a shot again in the NBA...Thoughts? To top it off he his an excellent free throw shooter and oh so clutch. We could give him #25. Make Clank Clank

quote: Originally posted by star_phenom35:What about Acie Law and Solomon Jones? The TE & a pick? IF the Crittenton deal doesn't get done. Acie Law IV really? he's smaller than Meer

quote: Originally posted by FENDI: quote: PF w/ a higher upside Well, he has no heart.. So you choose. How much heart does JJ have? Nobody who plays defense like him has no heart.

If you start adding future picks then I want Warrick in the deal too. I would also send Battie instead of Cook but, I have no qualms about trading Cook. I think that if they really want to be rid of Darko and want 3 point range a deal can be done.

quote: Originally posted by jmmagicfan:Absolutely not!! Remember that by doing this trade you are tying yourselves to Darko's longer term contract; so unless you are willing to give up any chance to re-sign Hedo Turkoglu, you probably want to re-think this deal. Darko has a long term deal? since when is two seasons "long term"? Darko's contract runs through the 09/10 season for a total of $14.5 mil. Let me think... dump the bum shoulder, the spanish flake, THE BENCH WARMER and Bogans for a younger PF w/ a higher upside, a young PG w/ size & upside and a high energy 3/4. Send the '09 1st rounder and '10 second to sweeten the pot, I can live with that when we open the new arena and raise a championship banner on the same night. Meer/ J Critt/ Parker Pietrus/ Lee Lewis/ Turk/ Warrick Darko/ Cook Dwight/ Gortat Offense & Defense Inside & outside Youth & experience Size & Speed Starters & Bench We could have it all!

Mr. Charisma, I couldn't agree more with you more. How is it Brighthouse's fault for not wanting to be held hostage? This rests squarely on Alexis Martins' shoulders, for selling rights to a network not in our market. I called the Magic last year to find out how much money they sold the rights for. After I was on the phone for 20 minutes and it was clear that the organization does not care because, they already got paid. I too refuse to go to home games until this mess is resolved. They should do an NBA cares commercial about this crap. "The Orlando Magic are working hard in the community to increase their profit margin by selling their free over the air broadcast, blacking out half the games in the community." They could have all the players in hard hats in front of Brighthouse with a detonator rushing down on the plunger. If FSN was smart they would have made the deal contingent on a deal with BH after they saw how Sun sports tried to do the same thing. This is why I HATE Richard "cranium" DeVos!

First time poster here as well. Svanxx I saw that PTI too and you got work up over nothing. Although Dwight was a 20 and 10 player last year, the table of players clearly states that it was for career 20/10 players in recent history. They didn't forget about Dwight, he is a career 16.5/12.2 player. I would agree with the Magic not getting respect but, it wasn't present in this case.