Archive for April, 2010

Here is the official word from the Magic: MAGIC FANS CAN WIN ‘MAGIC 1 DAY GETAWAY’ TO CHARLOTTE FOR GAME 3 -Two fans will win a trip to Charlotte courtesy of the Orlando Magic and AirTran Airways- Orlando, Fla. – The Orlando Magic and AirTran Airways are bringing Magic fans an opportunity to travel to watch the Magic in action on the road during the First Round of the 2010 NBA Playoffs with the ‘Magic 1 Day Getaway.’ The Magic and AirTran Airways will release clues on their Facebook pages (http://www.facebook.com/OrlandoMagic and http://www.facebook.com/AirtranAirways) and on the Magic’s Twitter account (http://twitter.com/orlando_magic), with the [...]

Per Tania Ganguli of the Orlando Sentinel, Stan Van Gundy thinks “you’d have to be an absolute idiot” to leave Howard off of your ballot after two voters did not vote for Howard. “Yeah those two people haven’t watched the NBA this year,” Van Gundy said. “They haven’t. Seriously, I don’t want to get into too much name-calling. You have to be an absolute idiot. You either have not watched an nba game and should not have a ballot or you know absolutely nothing about basketball. Nothing.” Van Gundy has been saying for weeks that the voting for that award [...]

The Magic will look to take a two-games-to-nothing series lead when they host the Charlotte Bobcats at 7:00 pm EST on Wednesday night. The game will be carried locally by FSN Florida and nationally by TNT. Starters: Charlotte Bobcats Theo Ratliff Boris Diaw Gerald Wallace Stephen Jackson Raymond Felton Orlando Magic Dwight Howard Rashard Lewis Matt Barnes Vince Carter Jameer Nelson

Courtesy of the Orlando Magic: The National Basketball Association has announced that Game 4 of the Orlando Magic’s first round, best-of-seven playoff series vs. the Charlotte Bobcats has been scheduled for 8:00 p.m. on Monday, April 26th in Charlotte. Sun Sports and TNT will provide television coverage of the contest.  Orlando leads the series 1-0 with Game 2 tonight at 7 p.m. at Amway Arena.  Orlando’s complete updated playoff schedule is listed below. Game 2 – Tonight (Wednesday), April 21, 7:00 p.m., Fox Sports Florida/TNT (Orlando) Game 3 – Saturday, April 24, 2:00 p.m., Sun Sports/TNT (Charlotte) Game 4 – [...]

Dwight Howard was named Defensive Player Of The Year for the second consecutive season. I was able to attend the press conference and I pointed out the highlights and collected some interesting quotes that you can find here. There are a few things the Magic need to do to win game 2. 2. Get better shots for Vince Carter, especially ones going to the rim. Carter suffered through a miserable first playoff game with the Magic, making just four of 19 shots and missing all five of his 3-point shots. To make matters worse, he was hit with a technical [...]

I was able to attend Dwight Howard’s Press Conference today and see him receive the NBA’s Defensive Player Of The Year award. Here are a few of the highlights from Tuesday’s presser. Otis Smith’s opening comments: “It’s not often a general manager gets to do this back-to-back, get to give out an award or talk about an award for a player of Dwight’s stature for Defensive Player Of The Year. It doesn’t happen in most General Manger’s lifetime and for it to happen is just short of amazing. He promised me more than this Defensive Player Of The Year award. [...]

Here is the official word from the Magic: ORLANDO’S DWIGHT HOWARD WINS 2009-10 NBA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD, DONATES KIA SORENTO CUV TO NAP FORD COMMUNITY SCHOOL The Orlando Magic’s Dwight Howard was named the 2009-10 NBA Defensive Player of the Year, presented by Kia Motors, as part of its support of the Defensive Player of the Year Award, Kia Motors America donated a new 2011 Kia Sorento CUV on behalf of Howard toNap Ford Community School.  Nap Ford’s vision is to empower students to maximize their potential to be contributing members of society.  This is the third car awarded to a non-profit [...]

Here is the official release from the NBA: ORLANDO’S DWIGHT HOWARD WINS 2009-10 NBA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD PRESENTED BY KIA MOTORS NEW YORK, April 20, 2010 – Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic is the recipient of the 2009-10 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award presented by Kia Motors, the NBA announced today, marking the second straight season the All-Star has earned the honor. The 6-11 center became the first player to lead the league in rebounding and blocks (1973-74 was the first season blocks were kept as an official statistic) in consecutive seasons, averaging 13.2 rebounds and [...]

For the second consecutive season, Magic Center Dwight Howard will be named the NBA’s Defensive Player Of The Year. Howard became the first player in NBA history to lead the league and rebounds and blocked shots for two consecutive seasons. Howard grabbed 13.2 rebounds and blocked 2.8 shots per game this season. The press conference to announce Howard as the winner of the award is scheduled for 2:00 pm EST. (Andrew Melnick is Howard the Dunk’s lead blogger and a contributor on the Fansided Front Page and at Sir Charles In Charge. Subscribe to his RSS feed, add him on [...]

12 points. 4-of-19 from the field. 0-of-5 from beyond the arc. Six fouls. Sure it was a terrible line for Vince Carter in his Magic playoff debut but against the Charlotte Bobcats on Sunday night, but when discussing his night, most are forgetting the most important number. One. It was just one game. One poor shooting night does not mean the Magic made the mistake of the century in dealing for Carter nor does it mean that Carter will shoot like this for the rest of the series.