More Magic trade rumors - This time from Denton

[ball junkie 277]

quote:

Are the Orlando Magic cooking up a deal?

 

Dooling, Arroyo might be moved in possible trade

 

BY JOHN DENTON

 

 

ORLANDO - Former Orlando Magic forward Trevor Ariza played only sparingly to start the season, but in the six games before he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers on Nov. 20 he saw an average of 15 minutes of playing time.

 

Keyon Dooling, who failed to get into Orlando's loss Wednesday night against New Jersey, was surprisingly moved into the starting lineup Friday night in place of Keith Bogans, who had started the previous 34 games.

 

Could a Magic team that has been strangely inconsistent for weeks be shopping Dooling, or even point guard Carlos Arroyo, who moved into the starting lineup four games ago?

 

Magic guard J.J. Redick, another player who could be used in a potential trade, is again out of Stan Van Gundy's rotation and has to be wondering if he'll ever get his shot in Orlando. Redick played extremely well at the end of November and the beginning of December, but he since has been pushed aside and has played just eight minutes in the past eight games.

 

 

http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/...01050333/1002/SPORTS

 

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[ball junkie 277]

quote:

Are the Orlando Magic cooking up a deal?

 

Dooling, Arroyo might be moved in possible trade

 

BY JOHN DENTON

 

 

ORLANDO - Former Orlando Magic forward Trevor Ariza played only sparingly to start the season, but in the six games before he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers on Nov. 20 he saw an average of 15 minutes of playing time.

 

Keyon Dooling, who failed to get into Orlando's loss Wednesday night against New Jersey, was surprisingly moved into the starting lineup Friday night in place of Keith Bogans, who had started the previous 34 games.

 

Could a Magic team that has been strangely inconsistent for weeks be shopping Dooling, or even point guard Carlos Arroyo, who moved into the starting lineup four games ago?

 

Magic guard J.J. Redick, another player who could be used in a potential trade, is again out of Stan Van Gundy's rotation and has to be wondering if he'll ever get his shot in Orlando. Redick played extremely well at the end of November and the beginning of December, but he since has been pushed aside and has played just eight minutes in the past eight games.

 

 

http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/...01050333/1002/SPORTS

 

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[Aron-Ingi 0]

Well i don

[bhnole 153]

I was against this deal when I first heard it last week, but I am getting tired of our backcourt defense getting shredded like tissue paper.

 

Wade, Gordon, and J-Rich have season highs in scoring. Then we let Alston and Head beat us up last night.

 

Maybe Pietrus can do a better job slowing down 2 guards than Bogans and Dooling have been doing.

[Soul Bro 1,419]

It is an interesting situation. Evans and Dooling are UFAs this summer. Can we work out an extension with Pietrus before we trade for him?

[Soul Bro 1,419]

2006-07 season: While Pietrus' numbers recovered from the 2005-06 horror show, they went in a surprising direction. He became a low-volume, high percentage guy who boasted a 59.0 TS% that ranked third among small forwards. He did it mainly by hitting 38.8 percent of his 3-pointers -- almost entirely from the corners -- and also cashed in 42.7 percent of his long 2s.

 

As I mentioned, he loves the corners -- a whopping 82.6 percent of his 3-point attempts came from there. Over the past three years he's at 37.4 percent on corner 3s but just 32.0 percent from the other spots. That may not seem like much, but it's the difference between the attempt being a good idea and a bad one, and so he's wise to focus on the ones he's better at.

 

Pietrus also got to the foul line quite a bit when he wasn't bombing away, ranking 17th among small forwards in free-throw attempts per field-goal attempt. In fact, had he hit better than 64.8 percent from the stripe he would have ranked even higher in TS%, and his two misses at the end of Game 2 in the Utah series proved particularly damaging.

 

However, he didn't create many shots, primarily because he remains a poor ballhandler. Pietrus ranked 58th out of 63 small forwards in Assist Ratio and 52nd in Turnover Ratio; how somebody could turn it over so much while taking such a high proportion of shots from beyond the arc is beyond me.

 

Scouting report: Pietrus is a long, athletic forward who can shoot from outside and finish in transition or on the drive. But his offensive game is limited by his very poor dribbling skills, which prevent him from taking slower players off the dribble, and he also has trouble with traveling violations when he tries to fake a shot and drive.

 

Defensively, Pietrus has the potential to be a stopper due to his length and quickness, but hasn?t quite put the whole package together yet. He still makes mental errors and gambles too much, and had the ninth-worst rate of fouls per minute at his position.

 

2007-08 outlook: Pietrus signed the Warriors' one-year qualifying offer for $3.47 million and will attempt to earn more as an unrestricted free agent next summer. While Jason Richardson's departure should theoretically open up more minutes for him along the wings, he's going to have a lot of competition from players of roughly equal quality -- Matt Barnes, Kelenna Azubuike, and possibly rookie Marco Belinelli -- so there's no guarantee he'll seen an uptick in minutes.

 

Of course, the easiest way to increase his playing time would be to increase his performance, but Pietrus seems stuck at his current level of halfway-decentness. At 25, there's still some hope that he can unlock more of his potential and become a bona fide starter, but if he can't do it in a contract year in his fifth pro seasons, then we can probably shut the door on that possibility for good.

[CoachTsurfing 0]

We need a power forward. Peitrus isn't going to to a thing for us.

[Blackhennie 0]

quote:

Originally posted by Aron-Ingi:

Well i don

[high_voltage 0]

we need a power forward not a sg **** i miss batite

[random 19]

Maybe Otis is preparing for next year already, and decided that we will keep Lewis or Hedo at PF and are fine at that spot.

 

Lineup would be something like

 

Nelson/**

Bogans/**

Hedo/Pietrus

Lewis/Battie

Howard/Foyle

 

We would still need some pieces at PG/SG if we let all our current guys go(Arroyo/Dooling/Evans). Can anyone figure out what our financial situation would be at the end of the season when some cotracts expire if we do this trade?

[Blackhennie 0]

quote:

Originally posted by random:

Maybe Otis is preparing for next year already, and decided that we will keep Lewis or Hedo at PF and are fine at that spot.

 

Lineup would be something like

 

Nelson/**

Bogans/**

Hedo/Pietrus

Lewis/Battie

Howard/Foyle

 

We would still need some pieces at PG/SG if we let all our current guys go(Arroyo/Dooling/Evans). Can anyone figure out what our financial situation would be at the end of the season when some cotracts expire if we do this trade?

 

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?playe...ms=9~19~19&te=&cash=

 

howard

lewis

turk

bogans

nelson

 

dooling

evans

pietrus

aggie

foyle

 

gortat

pat

cook

jj

crosher

[Soul Bro 1,419]

No fank you!