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Of all the days for me to come read the board, I pick a day where there's a thread that's actually entertaining. Well done DOM.

Decision 2011. I really hate the NBA for allowing this.

Agreed, because this god obviously doesn't like the Magic.

Vander Weide was on Magic drive time this afternoon and described the phone call. Apparently, it was on the down side of a social gathering and Dwight had been sending him texts, but he didn't say what the texts were about. Rather than waiting until the morning when "business should be conducted", he called him that night while he was still buzzing. Supposedly, it has no impact on his relationship with Dwight. I'm not sure I believe the story, but take it for what its worth.

This seems to be a secondary topic within all of the Dwight threads, but it's deserving of its own thread. To all of the capologists and CBA experts, what changes will be made with this new CBA? Which changes affect us the most? What stipulations are in place for some of these new features (i.e. can't amnesty a traded player)? In another note, I'm back after a long hiatus from the forum. Good to see the same old faces.

It has been awhile, but I'll throw in my two cents. I don't think we would ever move Howard to Miami. They have no picks for future talent and as much as some might say, Lebron for Howard straight up is not a fair trade for Orlando. I'm still under the impression that we have some big moves coming up in the future. Starting this season with the same roster says little to Howard that we're trying to keep him considering the meetings he's had with the front office about which players he would like to play with. I think the big question this off-season is whether Otis can find a trade that will make the team better.

I got one no one has mentioned. Michael Doleac

You're right about that. I took a look at the amnesty rules that were used when it was previously implemented. Supposedly, the amnesty only provides luxury tax relief. So we could drop one of our bad contracts (we still have to pay him) and save the luxury tax money we would pay, but it doesn't provide cap relief. From what I understand, the amnesty could be used to reduce the payroll from being in the luxury tax down to the luxury tax line, but not any further. I'm sure a capologist could provide a better explanation than me though. Amnesty Clause FAQ

I didn't watch the youtube video first, so this was priceless.

I laughed for a solid 10 minutes, then spent another 10 minutes wondering where I've seen that from. Someone please help me out!

I've been running into this problem for awhile now. I assumed it was a website issue and everyone was experiencing it. It wasn't until I found connection by linking through "around the NBA" that I realized the website was even up. I'm running windows 7 using firefox. This has been constant for at least a week or so. The top level forum index still doesn't load and the only way for me to navigate is by using links to the sub forums through google. The orlando magic discussion board loads occasionally, but the other forums seem to work.

That's exactly what I was thinking. Hopefully, he can keep up that kind of production in the 4th quarter in May and June.

Change the name of this thread to "Magic going in for Deron Williams". The boards have been to slow lately and that will spice things up.

I'm voting for T-mac. Nominating Skiles.

Vote: Shaq Nominee: Scott Skiles

I'll be a few blocks from the Amway enjoying the game at Cleo's with a nice stiff drink. Oh and we never lose when I'm at Cleo's. 10 point win. CLee makes a shot in the wrong basket because he wants to be back on the team so bad.

Great find Ma! It's interesting to see how spread the offense has been. But I guess we shouldn't be to surprised when we have 5+ players in double figures every game.

For the record: How this applies directly to judging the trade is beyond me. Eyriq was discussing Arenas' efficiently that was discussed in the article. Arenas has shot inefficiently over his entire career, so DOM's comment reflects those concerns. It does not knock the trade itself or provide a Shard vs. Arenas comparison. Stop reading so far into a simple comment.

Here's your answer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjtCN4aNLMc

Stan has always had an open relationship with the media. That can be seen by all the fines he's gotten. On a side note, Bianchi seems to have been more positive ever since his radio show went on. Maybe because people can verbally abuse him if he posts to much crap now.

Midget Fetish? :creaturedance:

As far as Turk playing the 4, I don't think that will continue when we have a back up center. I'd like to see more of Turk and Anderson together though. The author discussed Turks' numbers being down because he's playing with Bass and not a stretch 4. Anderson could give us a Turk/Lewis combo that was deadly in the playoffs a couple years ago. Outside of that, another thing I wanted to point out is that J-Rich has been in a shooting slump. I don't expect that to continue, so the numbers when he's in the game should start getting better offensively. The defensive stats I'd expect to get better the longer they play together. Great find OP!

I don't know if I'd want to change it up. I think Gil would do a great job, but I don't think Jameer can be as productive off the bench. Basically, +3 for the starting lineup, -5 for the bench is still a net -2 for the team as a whole. In the end, I'll respect SVG decision. He understands his players abilities and limitations better than any of us.

The Refs. We all know they're not on ours.

Does anyone have a way to get an audio feed for android or iphone? I'm on the road to memphis for the bowl game and can't get anything.