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Topic Started: Jun 26 2007, 07:52 AM (1,396 Views)
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Orlando Magic want to grab Lewis, re-sign Milicic
Brian Schmitz | Sentinel Staff Writer
June 26, 2007

The Orlando Magic are expected to contact Seattle SuperSonics small forward Rashard Lewis and make a contract offer to power forward Darko Milicic on Sunday when the NBA free-agent market officially opens for business.

While the Magic don't believe New Jersey Nets guard Vince Carter or Detroit Pistons point guard Chauncey Billups will leave their respective teams as free agents, they also will aggressively gauge their interest as well. Charlotte Bobcats guard Gerald Wallace also could be on the short list.

But according to those close to the situation, the 6-foot-10 Lewis is the Magic's prime target. The Magic are looking for a proven scorer, and Lewis averaged a career-high 22.4 points per game last season, tying Kevin Garnett among league leaders.

For Orlando, Milicic and Lewis are intertwined in their master plan this summer.

They need to make a decision rather quickly on Milicic before they can attempt to sign a high-salaried star such as Lewis. Milicic carries a phantom "cap hold" contract figure that projects his maximum value on the team's salary cap.

Magic General Manager Otis Smith said Monday that he hopes an "amicable" deal can be reached with Milicic, a sentiment seconded by Milicic's agent, Marc Cornstein. Orlando can match any offer for Milicic, a restricted free agent.

"This is a situation, on paper, where Darko should be re-signed by Orlando," Cornstein said. "We'll see on Sunday where we're at."

A deal in principle could be worked out, although Cornstein likely will see what the market will bear. But only a handful of teams have enough cap room to sign Milicic.

If the Magic and Milicic reach an impasse, Cornstein said a sign-and-trade of Milicic to another team would be an option. Cornstein said he expects to hear from a variety of clubs on Sunday who might be exploring a trade.

If the Magic do re-sign Milicic, they likely must make other trades to sign Lewis, who could command a five-year deal at an average of $15 million per season.

Lewis, who turns 28 in August, has averaged 16.6 the past nine years for the SuperSonics. But he has averaged more than 20 points per game the past three seasons, and scorched the Magic for 45 points during the 2006 season.

Lewis, a 2005 all-star, opted out of his contract with the Sonics in late May, leaving $21 million on the table.

Seattle can pay Lewis the most money, as it is the only team that can offer him a six-year deal.

But the Sonics have the No. 2 pick in Thursday night's draft and are expected to select former Texas star Kevin Durant, who plays the same small-forward position as Lewis.

Brian Schmitz can be reached at bschmitz@orlandosentinel.com.

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If the magic resign Darko and Dwight, then get Lewis i will consider this an A+ offseason.
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I think they will resign Darko, and probably hope to get Lewis in a sign and trade deal. Tradebaits are Turk,Arroyo,and Garrity. Garrity is in the last year of his contract, he have value now. Also they could include the remaining salary cap space in the deal.

Projected lineup
Nelson
Reddick
Lewis
Darko
Howard

Bench
Dooling
Ariza
Battie
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That's what I like to hear. I hope we can get them both.
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i wouldnt mind lewis but i dont like the fact that we are gonna basically have to offer him a max deal to get him here because in all honesty he isnt worth 12 million a year, i would rather pass if it is going to cost that much because I dont want the magic to be like cleveland and force themselves to overpay a guy ala larry hughes just to fill a need and have it backfire on them
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The article said Lewis would want around $15 M a season. :/
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Jun. 26 2007 07:52 AM
While the Magic don't believe New Jersey Nets guard Vince Carter or Detroit Pistons point guard Chauncey Billups will leave their respective teams as free agents, they also will aggressively gauge their interest as well. Charlotte Bobcats guard Gerald Wallace also could be on the short list.


Nice. I like the fact they will at least make a serious attempt at Billups.
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Lewis and Darko? Awwww yeah, who called it?

Hopefully this works out.
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Jun. 26 2007 11:35 AM
The article said Lewis would want around $15 M a season. :/

no thanks, lewis is not a superstar he shouldn't get that kind of money
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Jun. 26 2007 01:58 PM
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Jun. 26 2007 07:52 AM
While the Magic don't believe New Jersey Nets guard Vince Carter or Detroit Pistons point guard Chauncey Billups will leave their respective teams as free agents, they also will aggressively gauge their interest as well. Charlotte Bobcats guard Gerald Wallace also could be on the short list.


Nice. I like the fact they will at least make a serious attempt at Billups.

I like that they're making a serious attempt at anyone. Otis has some onions in his sack, and I like it. I doubt that Gabriel or Weisbrod would have pursued Donovan AND those big-name guys; they'd be too afraid of rejection. Otis says "f*** it, I want to win." And I like that. 8-)
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Jun. 26 2007 09:50 AM
I think they will resign Darko, and probably hope to get Lewis in a sign and trade deal. Tradebaits are Turk,Arroyo,and Garrity. Garrity is in the last year of his contract, he have value now. Also they could include the remaining salary cap space in the deal.

Projected lineup
Nelson
Reddick
Lewis
Darko
Howard

Bench
Dooling
Ariza
Battie

I would prefer a deal that involved Turk, Arryo, future number one for Lewis and Luke. At this point if seattle wanted Nelson instead of Arryo i would do it. And i doubt that JJ starts, i think it will be:

Luke/Arryo
Ariza/JJ/Dooling
Lewis/Bogans
Darko/Gotrat
Dwight/Battie

Depending on if Ariza is ready at the two, dooling could start instead.

And i agree I don't think Lewis is worth 15 a year more like 13 and i doubt he gets more then that.
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Jun. 26 2007 09:50 AM
I think they will resign Darko, and probably hope to get Lewis in a sign and trade deal. Tradebaits are Turk,Arroyo,and Garrity. Garrity is in the last year of his contract, he have value now. Also they could include the remaining salary cap space in the deal.

Projected lineup
Nelson
Reddick
Lewis
Darko
Howard

Bench
Dooling
Ariza
Battie

I would prefer a deal that involved Turk, Arryo, future number one for Lewis and Luke. At this point if seattle wanted Nelson instead of Arryo i would do it. And i doubt that JJ starts, i think it will be:

Luke/Arryo
Ariza/JJ/Dooling
Lewis/Bogans
Darko/Gotrat
Dwight/Battie

Depending on if Ariza is ready at the two, dooling could start instead.

And i agree I don't think Lewis is worth 15 a year more like 13 and i doubt he gets more then that.

I don't understand why we'd trade for Ridnour. He's only marginally better than Nelson.
Maybe this is nitpicky, but I've always considered Trevor a 3 and Keith a 2. And I think Redick will start, at least if the amount of work he's put in at the gym this summer is any indication.
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If they insist on getting Lewis then I would include Turk and Arroyo in a package deal. However, that leaves a hole in our PG rotation. We would be stucks with Dooling playing the point and he's no pg. I think we could live with that though.
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Jun. 26 2007 10:24 PM
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Jun. 26 2007 09:50 AM
I think they will resign Darko, and probably hope to get Lewis in a sign and trade deal. Tradebaits are Turk,Arroyo,and Garrity. Garrity is in the last year of his contract, he have value now. Also they could include the remaining salary cap space in the deal.

Projected lineup
Nelson
Reddick
Lewis
Darko
Howard

Bench
Dooling
Ariza
Battie

I would prefer a deal that involved Turk, Arryo, future number one for Lewis and Luke. At this point if seattle wanted Nelson instead of Arryo i would do it. And i doubt that JJ starts, i think it will be:

Luke/Arryo
Ariza/JJ/Dooling
Lewis/Bogans
Darko/Gotrat
Dwight/Battie

Depending on if Ariza is ready at the two, dooling could start instead.

And i agree I don't think Lewis is worth 15 a year more like 13 and i doubt he gets more then that.

I don't understand why we'd trade for Ridnour. He's only marginally better than Nelson.
Maybe this is nitpicky, but I've always considered Trevor a 3 and Keith a 2. And I think Redick will start, at least if the amount of work he's put in at the gym this summer is any indication.

As much as I love Nelson we really do need a pass first point guard at the 1 and luke is that guy. Luke is a great decison maker and passer who does not turnover the ball. And I fully expect Darko, Dwight, and Lewis to take a bulk of the shots on offense, Orlando just needs a willing passer who takes care of the ball which i don't think Nelson is.

Ariza would be a perfect fit next to lewis. Ariza is a defender/slasher while Lewis is just a plain out scorer/shooter. Ariza will play SF on offence and SG on D and while Lewis does the oppsite. If Ariza keeps on improving his game and dribbling ability i can't see how this guys does not start next season.

JJ is a good guy and all but i don't see him as a starter in the leauge. I see the guy as a very good 6th man off the bench just like how Jon Barry was for the kings and Pistons, comes in and give you some points off the bench. And with a starting line of Darko, Dwight, Lewis and Nelson or Riduor the team will be in need of a perimeter defender so starting either Dooling, Ariza, or Bogans at the 2 would make the most since. Like i said before if Ariza keeps on improving his game i can't see how he doesn't start, he could be our Gerald Wallace.

Really i see us running a three main rotation at the 3 and 2 postion maybe not in the regualar season but in the playoffs.

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Ok iceveins333 let me ask you this.Would you be happier to Shawn Marion in Pinstripes rather than Lewis??? Both can score but Lewis gets a bigger average of points because his current team The Seattle Sonics don't really have a decent bigman yet.But Marions does Stoudimire.That probley has alot to do with his Point Average.Your thoughts iceveins333??

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Jun. 27 2007 05:44 PM
Ok iceveins333 let me ask you this.Would you be happier to Shawn Marion in Pinstripes rather than Lewis??? Both can score but Lewis gets a bigger average of points because his current team The Seattle Sonics don't really have a decent bigman yet.But Marions does Stoudimire.That probley has alot to do with his Point Average.Your thoughts iceveins333??

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Of course rashard lewis is more skilled offensively than marion who benefits from playing with stoudemire/nash and lewis benefits from playing with ray allen

i dont mind rashard lewis on the magic but he isnt worth a max deal, look at cleveland who threw all that max money at larry hughes for the sake of getting lebron a sidekick that offseason no matter what and larry hughes was the best FA in a weak class (after redd signed his extension) and the cavs are stuck with his contract now which he isnt worth

to me max money deals should go to superstar players which rashard lewis isnt, i would much rather throw a max deal at gilbert arenas next year (if he opts out, which could happen if the wizards dont do good this year) than overpay lewis

like i said i have no problem with lewis being on the magic, i have a problem with his pricetag, if he would sign for the 9-10 mill/yr range i would have no complaints
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