30 Jun
According to John Denton of Florida Today, Magic Forward Hedo Turkoglu rejected a 4 year, 35 million dollar contract extension. Magic President Bob Vander Weide spoke on the situation. “It’s going to be hard, but it’s not out of the question, and it’s certainly not out of our focus,” Vander Weide said of re-signing Turkoglu. [...]
Posted in Orlando Magic by: Andrew Melnick
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29 Jun
Now that Vince Carter has a member of the Orlando Magic for a few days, the talk of this trade had died down. Hedo Turkoglu has officially announcing that he is opting out of the final year of a 6 year, $36 million dollar contract and is looking for a big pay day ($10 million [...]
Posted in Orlando Magic by: Andrew Melnick
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26 Jun
It is complete vinsanity in Orlando, but Vince Carter wasn’t the only player that the Magic acquired in their trade with the New Jersey Nets. Obviously the big news is Vince Carter is coming back to Florida to play for his hometown Orlando Magic, but the acquisition of Forward Ryan Anderson should not be overlooked. He was [...]
Posted in Orlando Magic by: Andrew Melnick
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25 Jun
Didn’t we think it would be a fairly uneventful draft day for the Orlando Magic?
Guess not.
The Orlando Magic acquired Vince Carter and Ryan Anderson from the New Jersey Nets for Courtney Lee, Rafer Alston, and Tony Battie. Here is a link to Vince’s press conference from Thursday.
This begs the question for the Magic, was it [...]
Posted in Orlando Magic by: Andrew Melnick
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25 Jun
Several sources including Chad Ford at ESPN.com are saying that a deal between the Orlando Magic and New Jersey Nets that would net the Magic Vince Carter is close to completion. Carter, 32, averaged 20.8 PPG, 5.1 RPG, and 4.7 APG while playing in 80 games last season.The rumored deal would send Tony Battie, [...]
Posted in Orlando Magic by: Andrew Melnick
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25 Jun
The FanSided.com Sports Network proudly presents our first ever network-wide live NBA Draft blog. That’s right; NBA bloggers from around the league will be checking in to discuss the 2009 NBA Draft and all the news and rumors that go along with it. If you want knowledgeable, real-time commentary on the entire draft, then this [...]
Posted in Draft by: Andrew Melnick
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25 Jun
With one season left on Lebron’s contract, Cleveland is doing everything it can to try to get him to stay. What would make Lebron happy, you ask? Why, Shaquille O’Neal of course. The Cavs unloaded Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic to Pheonix in exchange. Looks like Cleveland is trying to match up better against Orlando [...]
Posted in Orlando Magic by: josephvenuto
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24 Jun
Just a reminder, Magic C Dwight Howard will be making his television talk show debut tonight. He will be on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon at 12:35 tonight on NBC.
Posted in Orlando Magic by: Andrew Melnick
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