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ESPN's Hollinger: Magic Wipe Floor with Knicks; Another encouraging article...
Topic Started: Feb 22 2006, 07:50 PM (426 Views)
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The Orlando Magic have mass-produced managerial blunders during the past few seasons, so let's give some props to the tag-team GM combo of Otis Smith and Dave Twardzik for their two deals this month.

In a matter of weeks, the duo -- led by Smith, who handles most of the team's trade matters -- has completely rebuilt what had become a depressingly mediocre team into a club that should become one of the league's best teams by the end of the decade.

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Insider article, but the first two paragraphs are right there. A lot of insiders seem to be really hyping us up after these two past trades.
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True Magic
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We've been busy.
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gomagic33
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:wow: Our organization's cred is rising fast!

The first trade was awesome. The second one is so-so, but I like Otis. I think he should be the sole GM.

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Can I post the article as it was posted on other board?
I hope there's no problem about it, but if there is, please feel free to edit my post ;)

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The latest move, unloading Steve Francis for Penny Hardaway and Trevor Ariza, was the Magic's best yet.

Even if he had stopped moping, Francis wouldn't be worth half the money he's owed over the next few seasons. Not only is he turnover-prone and infamous for his willingess to spend 20 or more of the shot clock's 24 seconds relentlessly pounding the air out of the ball like it was a spherical piñata, he also played the same position as one of the Magic's best and least expensive players, Jameer Nelson.

Now Francis is Isiah Thomas' problem (kind of like Jalen Rose, Stephon Marbury, Maurice Taylor, Jerome James, Eddy Curry, Malik Rose and Quentin Richardson … but I digress). Francis is owed close to $50 million over the final three years of his deal, numbers that apparently don't bother the Knicks, since their payroll now dwarfs the national debt. ................
Second, how about this? Regardless of contracts, which player would you rather have three years from now -- Francis or Ariza? Sure, Ariza isn't much to look at right now, but he's also 20 years old, an outstanding athlete and is suffocating under his coach's iron grip. Before learning how to "play the right way" he had been one of the league's top rookies in 2004-05, even though he had just one year of college ball under his belt.

Contrast that with Francis, whose best days are pretty clearly behind him and will have to make a major adjustment to become a complementary player. I'm not saying I'd plunk down 10 grand on an even-money bet that Ariza would be better in three years, but it's a closer call than you'd think.


Nice :D We're getting major respect for the last two trades :)
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Alright shhh...nobody say anything. We're not allowed to post Insider info in full, because if ESPN found out, I could get in trouble.

If anyone wants to read zuppa's post, do it in the next 10 minutes because then I'm going to have to edit the post. And in the future, if anyone has an Insider article, it must be re-written in summary form. ESPN's rule - not mine. :)
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Oops :) Sorry, I didn't knew about that but I had the feeling I was doing something wrong when I was posting it...

Keep a low profile on this one people :lol:
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Yeah, I might as well just let it go at this point.

People reading this - please keep it on the lowdown and don't link to it...
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dude yeah ive heard about that. is it just ESPN articles, or articles in general? :huh: if its all articles then... ooops! :lol:
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Tony
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I never knew we weren't allowed to post ESPN insider articles? Thats retarded.
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Feb. 22 2006 09:40 PM
I never knew we weren't allowed to post ESPN insider articles? Thats retarded.

theres a reason you need a subscription to read them
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Otis is gaining respect all over the place. He deserves it. He wants this team to go in a very specific direction and he is making sure it happens. I respect him for it and I also believe it is the best thing for the franchise.
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This is awesome. I love all the love we're getting. About time!!!!
Best teams at the end of the decade? Pinch me!
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