Voodoo Man

Yes it is crap. I'm done watching for this year. I will admit that I have watched less games this year than I ever have, but I'm done. I constantly complain about fans who want this team to tank so that we can get a high draft pick ( for way too many years in a row now), but I'm on board with it. I hope this pile of dog crap loses every game they play for the rest of the season. No free agent worth a hoot is coming here no matter how much we offer them, so the only chance we have at becoming competitive is to draft the next Michael Jordan. I no longer consider watching this team play to be classified as entertainment. Over and out.

It is only mid February and everybody is already in what is now called our yearly Magic tank mode. This is why the NBA has become my least favorite sport. It's the only sport that fans start wanting their teams to lose 2/3 of the way through the season because they could possibly luck out and draft that special player, except for the fact that if the ping pong balls don't fall in your favor you might just wind up with what we have drafted since Dwight Howard left.

Check out the Deadspin take on the trade along with the comments. This team is a national joke. Fact.

Alex Kennedy tweeted that Orlando has Terrence Ross & a 1st rounder to show for trading Serge Ibaka, Victor Oladipo, Domantas Sabonis, Tobias Harris, and Moe Harkless. Ouch.

I have not watched a complete game in over a month. I have been watching NBA basketball on tv since it was broadcast in black and white, and I find this team to be absolutely boring. I am not a troll, just being honest. I really miss wanting to watch the Magic play. As Lovie Smith would say, I'm very disappointed.

You do know that his career high averages for points and rebounds were in the 27 games that he played for us when we got him from the Bucks, right? Over 17 points and and 8.5 rebounds, and he was only 20 years old. Sure looked like a potential star to me, but what do I know. I've only been watching NBA ball for over 50 years. Maybe I'm getting senile.

The reason the Magic traded JJ had nothing to do with if he would demand out. The Magic were not going to sign him to a 4 year contract for 27 million which is what he got. At the time, that was a big hit on the cap, and it made sense. If JJ would've been willing to give the Magic a "home team" discount, I'm sure the Magic would jump at it, but they knew that wasn't happening. Henny made the right move. Unfortunately, Tobias did not become the star that we all thought he would, but he sure thrilled the heck out of us for awhile.

Actually Jameer has had a good season so far. He's outplayed Mudiay all year, although that's not saying much.

I guess that depends on what you consider solid. Let's start with Mudiay, the number 6 pick. Have you watched this guy play? His A/TO is a dismal 1.3. His FG% is .357 which includes .278 3P%. His PPS is 1.045 and AFG % is 0.40. He is clearly being outplayed by none other than Jameer Nelson. No doubt he is bringing more to the table than Mario, like I said in my post, but I do believe that the Nuggets have to be disappointed in this guy so far.

After Porzingis, the top 10 players drafted in 2015 pretty much all suck so far, but Maurio has to be the biggest disappointment. To me, it looks like number 10 Winslow has the best chance of becoming a good player in the league. We've had the worst draft classes possible when we get lottery picks lately, that's for sure.

I actually bet on the Magic twice this year. Against OKC on the road and the Pelicans at home. I was getting points both times and didn't need them. I almost took the points against the Spurs, but chickened out before tip off. Last night's game should have been a gimme with all of the Grizzlies that were sidelined, but it seems this team plays worse when they should win easily, so I passed. The Magic are a gamblers' nightmare, but so far I'm 2 for 2.

So how many players are listed as available?

I don't see a premier free agent signing with a below .500 small market team, and that is what the Magic are. Unless Vogel can whip this team into something close to a playoff contender by the end of the season, we are just kidding ourselves thinking otherwise. We will be lucky if Ibaka wants to come back.

The only thing about your post that I take issue with is saying that we have a butt load of Rodmans. If that was true we could easily trade a few and we would be a playoff team overnight.

Again.