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Wonder if some team would give us a pack of gum, a 2nd, and a $10 Shell card for Drew? Seems like we are looking for another PF

Yes, but the 2nd year is not guaranteed. Good trade bait for the deadline! http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/234087/Ben-Gordon-Agrees-To-Two-Year-$9M-Contract-With-Magic

If we keep Price, we just signed Green, and we've got Marble. So we are already at the minimum 13 guys. Add in Dedmon and we are at 14. Anybody know how much under the cap floor we are at the moment?

Rob walked into a room up to his knees in S... and 2 years later we have a nice clean shiny floor. It is amazing what he has been able to do in such a short time and it's going to be wonderful watching the team he put together gel and become very relevant We could have taken a star in Bynum or Lopez in trade and Rob was smart enough to realize that the was the wrong road to follow... how many other GMs would have made the choce he made?

we actually came out smelling like a rose in this deal. Trading Dwight was the only way to start getting out of the cap hell that Otis put us in and our return has been excellent. We got Vuc, one of the best centers in the league, we got Harkless, AA, who we just traded for another young and pick, and the pick that became our PG of the future. We still have another pick coming that may or may not turn into another great player. The other teams in the trade all took a bath (Look what LA has left), and anything else I forgot.

IMO Billups would be a great mentor to Payton and might be able to help all the guys with their shooting

I will miss him too but I also hope that we never see a MAGIC PG walk the ball up the court so much. Looking forward to seeing the new MAGIC running the socks off some other teams.

Billups might be a good mentor to Payton. He was let go by Detroit todayhttp://forums.realgm...p?f=2&t=1331478

Willie Green can put some points on the board! I think it may be Payton/Dipo/FA Dipo/Green/Fournier/Marble? Harris/Harkless Gordon/O'Quinn/Nicholson Vuc//Dedmon/O'Quinn So we only NEED 1 more guy for the minimum roster but we need some major salary to hit the floor. Plus Marble will probably be sent to our D League team so we probably need 2 more decent salaried FAs

I'm shocked! I thought we'd keep Meer as a mentor for Payton. Henny must have plans on bringing someone else in to do that or is clearing space for a big signing?

I don't drink but I'd love to watch a game with Dom too... see there's 2 of us that don't hate him LOL

Yes but we could spell it Aar to make it even cooler

I'm not positive but I think the new CBA made it so if you cut a guy you have to wait a year before resigning him?

Thank you masazasm2, I never saw this kid play. I know this is just a small sample but I like what he brings to the table... nice pick up Henny!

Thank you Nyce, nyce find! He's got a nice soft touch around the basket, doesn't shy away from contact, jumps out of the gym, seems to have great handles and passes really well for a big. I like the pick. If we can teach him to make FTs and get a good jumper he'll be awesome!

I think a lot of people are forgetting that we have a lot of cap space to sign a few shooters to a 1 year contract.

Welcome Arr Gordon

Welcome young man, you are the future PG of the Orlando Magic. You have a huge fan base wanting to love you and all you have to do is keep up the effort that got you where you are :D

We gotta either keep some vets or sign some or we will be too far under the cap :D Why not Jameer and Maxiel, tow hard working vets that have the right attitude to mentor our rooks :D

Aar (air) Gordon

I posted this on Real GM on the winners-losers draft post: think those of you that think Orlando draft went well see the glass half full and those of you that think they did poorly are probably in for another surprise... including the Magic's own fans. -Remember when the Dwight Howard trade went down and this guy came in nicknamed Vuc that nobody really heard of or had much info on? Now the fans love him and he's one of the top Cs in the league. -How about that guy named Harris that Orlando got from the Bucks for a guy that was gone at the end of the season anyway? -Do you remember that Henny and the Magic turned down both Andrew Bynum and Broken Foot Lopez in the Dwight trade? Where would we be if we took either of them? -Have you seen how Kyle O'Quinn is progressing? -OK so maybe Nicholson hasn't blossomed yet but in general Henny has done very well with his picks and trades. On this draft day we came away with exactly the positions we needed filled. We got our PG of the future, we got a strong D PF to protect the rim and help Vuc get boards, and we got a great shooter that given some minutes is capable of putting up some serious numbers. Based on previous results I have to trust Henny's team has done their homework and found flaws in the guys they passed over and found us some great talent that a year or 2 from now other teams are wishing they would have grabbed. On top of that we have huge cap space and can bring in some vets to mentor our rookies. IMO great job Rob!

Some love for Fornier from a Nuggets fan on Real GM " I will say this again, I would not trade Fournier for anything less than a top 10 pick, even trying to play in a system that forced Fournier to try to be D & 3 player Fournier showed plenty of flashes of being a long term capable scorer, when Karl was coach and allowed Fournier to play his slashing style fournier was one of the best rookies I have seen in years. He literally looked like a young Ginobli, and is still only 21." http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1330098&start=100

We were involved in 2 of the 6 reported trades today. No fan can accuse Henny of not doing anything on draft day LOL

Would people be happier if we took Payton at 4 and Gordon at 10 or 12? It's the end result that is most important and we accomplished a lot today. We made it possible to move VO5 to his natural position and with lots of minutes available We got our PG of the future We got a PF that can cover some of Vuc's weakness on D We have a ton of cap space We picked up a shooter that just might be a hidden gem It doesn't matter which order things occurred, the results are exactly the positions I hoped we'd fill. Maybe not the same players, but close enough!

I'm hoping this becomes one of those scratching your head and then a light bulb comes on and we all get it! Otherwise, We did what???