Best ever PF to wear a Magic uniform?

[TheRevTy 6]

I was searching the interwebs, trying to see what PF's are out there, dreaming about Amare or Bosh next to Dwight, when I came across some old video of Horace Grant, which led me to realize he's the exact kind of player we need. Well, then I got curious as to other good PF's the Magic have had, and the only other name I could come up with was Rashard, who is actually a SF. Have the Magic really been so devoid of PF's that we only have 2 near all-stars that have ever manned the position? And no, Dwight's early years don't count.

[TheRevTy 6]

I was searching the interwebs, trying to see what PF's are out there, dreaming about Amare or Bosh next to Dwight, when I came across some old video of Horace Grant, which led me to realize he's the exact kind of player we need. Well, then I got curious as to other good PF's the Magic have had, and the only other name I could come up with was Rashard, who is actually a SF. Have the Magic really been so devoid of PF's that we only have 2 near all-stars that have ever manned the position? And no, Dwight's early years don't count.

[Levation1331 0]

Drew Gooden was pretty good when we first got him mid season at the deadline. I remember he put up some big numbers in the playoffs for us.

 

Of course the next season he lost his mind and started to think that he was a shooting guard.

[KillingInTheNameOf 63]

The Magic have had their share of pathetic 4's, but we've had several good 1's who were exiled too soon.

 

Ben Wallace, Brian Williams, Drew Gooden, Darko, & I always felt Derek Strong was vastly underrated prior to dying briefly.

[Berto 338]

No love for Lee Nailon? I'm outraged and disgusted by this thread...

[Penny Hardaway's Ghost 260]

not even a question, Horace Grant...Chris Gatling was also an excellent PF even when he was with us in his twilight...

[Svanxx 30]

Horace without hestitation. The man couldn't score, but he knew his job was defense and rebounding and we still scored over 100 points a game with him.

 

After him, even though he's not a real PF, I'd got to go with Rashard. He's an All-Star, playing out of his normal position. Yeah, his rebounding is not as good as it should be, but his defense on bigs has been much better than I expected.

[no_ma'am 0]

horace grant is the obvious answer

 

a worthy mention...donnel harvey

[Sebi 8]

quote:

Originally posted by KillingInTheNameOf:

The Magic have had their share of pathetic 4's, but we've had several good 1's who were exiled too soon.

 

Ben Wallace, Brian Williams, Drew Gooden, Darko, & I always felt Derek Strong was vastly underrated prior to dying briefly.

 

Can we add Chris Webber to that list?

 

If Webber doesn't count then Horace Grant is the clear winner. I still consider Lewis a SF.

[Skywise316 211]

Horace Grant.

 

This franchise hasn't had a lot of great true PFs, has it? Either smalls or Centers.

[Passenger57 65]

Skywise, we really haven't had many true PFs. It's really hard not to say Horace Grant or Darko on this one.

 

I still have an old Grant jersey from his first stint with the Magic. Wore it once, because two weeks after I bought it, he left. Then when he came back, he had already transformed into Grant the Locker Room Assassin.

[chosen12 75]

Ho Grant.....the "GOGGLES" still rule that Magic position!