Archive for August, 2011

Seemingly every national pundits favorite Magic topic, besides Dwight Howard’s impending free agency, is the connection between Howard and Hall-of-Fame Center Hakeem Olajuwon. Howard recently worked out with Olajuwon again and told Zach McCann of the Orlando Sentinel about some of the advice the Dream gave him: Olajuwon feels Howard can be an even better offensive player with a little more freedom and confidence in his offensive moves. “He just said I want you to do them in the game, and tell your coach you got a lot of skills and he needs to let you use all your skills,” [...]

The NBA filed two claims against the NBA Players Association Tuesday: The NBA filed two claims against the NBAPA on Tuesday— an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board and a lawsuit in federal district court in New York. The NBA accused the players of being uncooperative in negotiations toward a new collective bargaining agreement by making “more than two dozen” threats to dissolve their union and sue the league under antitrust laws to secure more favorable terms in a new CBA. Paul Shirley discusses the problems the players currently have: The problem, for NBA players, is [...]

Brian Schmitz discussed Otis Smith and the lockout earlier, now we find out where Mike Prada ranks Smith among the NBA GMs: STYLE: Mover and shaker. THE GOOD: Depending on whether you give him credit for driving this or not, picked Dwight Howard over Emeka Okafor. Recognized the value of Jameer Nelson and gave him a very affordable contract to keep him in 2007. You can watch DeAndre Liggins talk about both the Magic and his time with former Kentucky and current Magic teammate Daniel Orton here. Philip Rossman-Reich of Orlando ranks the top 10 power forwards in Magic history: [...]