Archive for November, 2011

This post was written by a longtime friend of mine, Justin Brown. He’s a basketball junkie and has spent his free time during the lockout watching any kind of basketball he can. Sunday marks Day #130 of the Lockout and Orlando fans are still missing their beloved Magic Basketball. While a few Magic players are currently involved in negotiations there is one player who has taken his talents overseas. Most Magic fans agreed in August that it was a wise decision for Justin Harper, taken 32nd overall in ’11 Draft, to sign a deal to play in France’s LNB (one [...]

Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel has the list: Samples said the D12 Foundation also has received commitments from Gilbert Arenas, Trevor Ariza, Carlos Arroyo, Matt Barnes, Brandon Bass, Earl Clark, Drew Gooden, Rashard Lewis, Mike Miller, Jameer Nelson, Jason Richardson and DeShawn Stevenson. Robbins also points out that Anfernee Hardaway, Vince Carter and Steve Francis will also play in addition to Ryan Anderson, Chris Duhon, Daniel Orton and Quentin Richardson, the first four players to commit to the game. (Andrew Melnick is Howard the Dunk’s lead blogger, ESPN Florida’s Magic Insider (http://ESPNFlorida.com) and is the co-host of the ESPNFlorida.com Insiders Show [...]

Here is a photo of Dwight Howard’s all new shoe, the adiPower Howard. Adidas presented us with a little more information: The adiPower Howard is the third signature shoe for Dwight, and features a SPRINTSKIN upper for increased strength and reduced weight and Z-Torsion technology for stability on the court. Each shoe features the number 12 on the outside ankle support area. The three stripes are broken into separate pin lines inspired by his jersey. Dwight’s signature is placed at the top of the tongue and numbers 1 and 2 are placed on the base of the tongue on the [...]

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Here is the official word from the Magic: “MAGIC CLASSIC” DEBUT NOW AVAILABLE ON ORLANDOMAGIC.COM Orlando’s NBA first game in 1989 against Detroit served as the series premiere  Orlando, FL – In conjunction with Sun Sports, “Magic Classics” made its debut last Wednesday. Now, that classic game is available on OrlandoMagic.com. The first look-back was from October 13, 1989, when the Orlando Magic made their NBA debut in a preseason game against the then-NBA World Champion Detroit Pistons (See link below) http://www.nba.com/magic/classics_orldet_110111.html The broadcast tandem of David Steele and Matt Guokas (also the Magic’s first-ever head coach) take fans down memory lane [...]

Chad Ford and Marc Stein of ESPN take a look at the top amnesty candidates: Unlike in Washington, where the prospect of cutting ties with Rashard Lewis comes with huge salary-cap benefits, Orlando can’t create any significant cap room by exiling Arenas. So why would the Magic pay off the $62.4 million left on Arenas’ contract through 2013-14 when there’s little immediate financial benefit to them? Here’s why: Amnesty 2011 gives Magic GM Otis Smith an opportunity to undo a gamble on his good buddy Gil that backfired spectacularly and take at least some of the considerable tension out of [...]