Archive for August, 2010

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Here is the official word from the Orlando Magic: Orlando, Fla. – AmwayCenter.com, the official one-stop shop for information regarding the new Amway Center, has been officially re-launched, the Orlando Magic announced today. The new website includes everything Central Florida residents and beyond need to know about the new facility, which is scheduled to open in October and will compete to host major national events, concerts and family shows. New features found on Amway Center.com will include: Comprehensive information regarding everything from the facility’s upcoming acts to an A-to-Z guide that will provide fans with everything they need to know [...]

Dwight Howard is really enjoying his trip to India. Howard arrived early Tuesday morning in Bangalore, where he spent some time with India’s national basketball team, spoke to a group of 200 people and also saw tigers during what he called “a little safari.” “The highlight for me coming here to India, besides working with the kids — that’s the best part — was being able to go see tigers,” Howard said. “That’s always been a big dream of mine, just to see tigers. I’ve had a great chance to do that. I’m very happy about that.” There’s been one [...]

The Magic will open the new Amway Center against Chris Paul and the New Orleans Hornets. Here is the official word from the Magic: MAGIC TO OPEN AMWAY CENTER WITH PRESEASON GAME ON OCTOBER 10 VS. NEW ORLEANS Orlando to christen its new building on 10-10-10 Orlando, FL — The Orlando Magic will host their first preseason game at the new Amway Center on Sunday, October 10 against New Orleans. Tip-off is 6 p.m. The Magic will begin the preseason against Houston at State Farm Arena in Hidalgo, Texas on Tuesday, October 5, which will be televised by Sun Sports. [...]

It looks like the Chris Paul dream is finally over for the Orlando Magic. The Hornets traded away backup point guard Darren Collison. Collison, who did a nice job filling in for Paul while he was injured last season was thought to be one of the main reasons the Hornets might really trade Paul, the league’s best point guard. Per Chad Ford of ESPN.com, the trade involves four teams and has former Magic guard Courtney Lee being sent to the Houston Rockets. Four NBA teams have agreed to a five-player trade that will send Trevor Ariza to the New Orleans [...]

A day after releasing their complete regular season schedule, the Orlando Magic have released their preseason schedule. The schedule is highlighted by Orlando’s last preseason game, a tussle with the Miami Heat in Tampa, Florida on October 22nd. The game will be shown by ESPN. Orlando kicks off the preseason October 5th in Houston against the Rockets. You can see the full preseason schedule here. (Andrew Melnick is Howard the Dunk’s lead blogger, a contributor on the Fansided Front Page, and co-host of CB Sports Radio from 5-7 pm week days (1420sports.com). Subscribe to his RSS feed, add him on [...]

Last week, the NBA released a few of their “marquee games.”  Four Magic games were released. Tuesday, the entire schedule was released. Here are some of the highlights: Good news for you out of market fans without NBA League Pass. The Magic will play 29 games games on ABC, ESPN, TNT or NBA TV. 22 of those games are on national television with seven coming on NBA TV. After starting the year on a back-to-back, Orlando’s third (at New York) and fourth (Minnesota at home ) games come on a back-to-back. As do their fifth (New Jersey) and sixth (at [...]

Here is the official word from the Orlando Magic: ORLANDO MAGIC’S 2010-11 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE RELEASED Open season in new Amway Center on October 28 vs. Washington 22 games to be televised on national television 7,000 season tickets priced at $25 or less Limited number of season tickets remain – call (407) 89-MAGIC Orlando, FL — The National Basketball Association today released its 2010-11 schedule and announced the Orlando Magic will open its 22nd season on Thursday, October 28 at the new Amway Center on Thursday, October 28 against Washington.  Tip-off is 8 p.m. and the game will be nationally televised by [...]

Former New York Knicks and Houston Rockets Head Coach and current ESPN/ABC analyst Jeff Van Gundy told the Miami Herald the Miami Heat will break the Chicago Bulls single season record of 72 wins and also told the Herald they had a chance to break the Lakers’ record 33-game winning streak set during the 1971-72 season. Van Gundy went on to call the Heat “unguardable,” which isn’t a surprise considering LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh are three of the most efficient players in the NBA. In fact, according to John Hollinger’s efficiency ratings (PER), James was first, Wade [...]

Dwight Howard has arrived in India. Ben Q. Rock of Orlando Pinstriped Post wonders if Dwight Howard’s new action figure provides a sneak peak at new black Magic jerseys. Poland fell to Bulgaria but Marcin Gortat had another good game. The 6-foot-11 center is spending this month playing for Poland’s national team as it attempts to qualify for the 2011 EuroBasket tournament. Poland lost to Bulgaria 74-70 on Sunday in Sofia, which is Bulgaria’s capital city. Gortat scored 10 points, collected 12 rebounds and blocked two shots in the defeat. The loss dropped Poland to 1-2 in its qualifying group, [...]