Archive for July, 2010

J.J. Redick, who just returned from his honeymoon with his new wife Chelsea, was made available to the media Monday afternoon. Redick, who signed an offer sheet with the Chicago Bulls worth $19 million over 3 years had his offer matched by the Orlando Magic Friday and will reprise his role as the backup shooting guard. Although Redick was excited about his potential opportunity to start for what should be a very good Bulls team, he is happy to be back with Orlando and has no qualms with coming off the bench. After the jump, you can read more from [...]

J.J. Redick talks about the Chicago Bulls and Boston Celtics. (Andrew Melnick is Howard the Dunk’s lead blogger and a contributor on the Fansided Front Page. Subscribe to his RSS feed, add him on Twitter to follow him daily and you can get the HTD app here

After signing Chris Duhon and Quentin Richardson to multi-year contracts, filling their need for a younger backup point guard and a wing to replace Matt Barnes, and matching the offer sheet the Chicago Bulls signed restricted free agent shooting guard J.J. Redick too, the Magic have nearly completed their offseason. They have lost no significant contributors and have had a successful offseason despite being overshadowed by the moves of their in-state rival. Of course the Magic could still make some moves. There are some fairly big fish out there who could still be traded and the Magic do have some [...]

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Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel says Orlando’s decision to match Chicago’s offer for J.J. Redick goes beyond money. Magic General Manager Otis Smith admitted the Bulls’ offer was higher than expected and added, “When you figure in the tax, it is a big number to chew off over the life [of the contract].” But along with talent, Smith saw intangibles in Redick that outweighed financial implications. “When it came down to it, when we’re talking about what we’re trying to do here, it came down for me to pedigree, DNA, things that most people don’t think about,” Smith said. [...]

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Here is the official word from the Magic: MAGIC RETAIN J.J. REDICK Orlando, FL – The Orlando Magic have exercised its right of first refusal and retained restricted free agent guard J.J. Redick, General Manager Otis Smith announced today.  Per team policy, terms of the deal are not disclosed.  Orlando had seven days to match an offer sheet made to Redick by Chicago on July 9. “J.J. (Redick) is a valuable part of our organization, both on the court and in our community,” said Smith.  “He has worked extremely hard during his four seasons with us and improved every year.  We’re [...]

This afternoon, the Magic sent out an e-mail informing the media Magic General Manager Otis Smith would be available tomorrow morning. This can only lead us to believe Orlando will be matching the offer sheet J.J. Redick signed with the Chicago Bulls. Earlier this evening, Tim Povtak of NBA Fanhouse reported the Magic would be keeping Redick. Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel is now reporting the same thing. The Magic had indicated ever since the Bulls presented the offer to the restricted free-agent shooting guard that they would likely match. It is believed that Redick received the offer from [...]

The Magic must make a decision on whether or not to match the Chicago Bulls’ offer for J.J. Redick. Last week, the Bulls signed Redick to an offer sheet worth $19 million over 3 years. I’ll keep your Redick news updated throughout the day right here. Update (9:30 pm): Tim Povtak of NBA Fanhouse is reporting the Magic will be keeping J.J. Redick and cites sources to back him up. The Orlando Magic have decided to retain restricted free agent guard J.J. Redick, matching the three-year, $19 million offer sheet he received from the Chicago Bulls last week. The Magic [...]

Here is the official word from the Magic: ORLANDO MAGIC ALL-STAR DWIGHT HOWARD HEADLINES BASKETBALL WITHOUT BORDERS CAMP IN SENEGAL – NBA players and coaches unite for elite basketball instruction and extensive community outreach -OR LONDON AND JOHANNESBURG – The Orlando Magic’s Dwight Howard, along with NBA players and African natives DeSagana Diop (Senegal), Luc Mbah a Moute (Cameroon) and Hasheem Thabeet (Tanzania) will headline Basketball without Borders Africa, it was announced today by the National Basketball Association (NBA), the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the Senegalese Basketball Federation (SBF).  The African edition of the NBA and FIBA’s global basketball [...]