Archive for May, 2011

Although Gilbert Arenas had the big name and Hedo Turkoglu’s return took some of the spotlight, the player who most thought would help the Magic more than any in their December trades was Jason Richardson. Richardson was having the three (well, two-and-a-half) best shooting years of his career in terms of true shooting percentage and was an experienced player who’s been able to hit a lot of big shots over the course of his career. Of course, like just about every move the Magic made this season, it didn’t go according to plan. Instead, Richardson saw a decrease in virtually [...]

Here are a couple of stories on some of the mistakes the Magic have made this year that I found to be good reads. First, Evan Dunlap of Orlando Pinstriped Post discusses Orlando’s signings of Chris Duhon and Quentin Richardson: Richardson responded with the worst conversion rate on threes in his 11-year career, finishing with a 28.8 percent mark; he entered the season with a career three-point percentage of 35.9. Because he lacks a dribble-drive game, he struggles to create his own shot or create shots for his teammates. His offensive usefulness is predicated on spreading the floor and hitting [...]