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| Big men: Rumors and Updates; Not trading Turk, Gortat on roster 07-08 | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 17 2007, 12:23 PM (2,636 Views) | |
| The Archduke | Jul 20 2007, 12:34 PM Post #31 |
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Honestly, Skinner isn't a bad player in the least. Every team needs a guy like him. Someone willing to do dirty work. He's probably one of the only bigs available that will give us better production than Gortat or Augie. But yeah, it is kind of sad. |
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| Magic Buddy | Jul 20 2007, 02:07 PM Post #32 |
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Agree, I prefer Cato too. Cato played well under Clifford Ray, plus we know what to expect out of him. We need a quality cheap big man, who can rebound, block shots and play defense. |
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| Black and Blue | Jul 20 2007, 02:25 PM Post #33 |
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Have You Hugged Your Van Gundy Today?
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Cato? I dunno. I think we can do better than that. I wasn't that big of a fan of him while he was here as he was pretty ineffective in stretches. Seemed to take nights off in the effort department. |
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| Jax Magic | Jul 20 2007, 05:34 PM Post #34 |
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I liked Cato's energy. If he gets involved early in the game, he seems to be more effective. All he needs is a block or an "oop" and he'll be good. |
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| NYCMagicFan | Jul 21 2007, 11:38 AM Post #35 |
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I wouldnt mind Cato coming back. The only thing is you dont know what to expect from him each night. One night he could come up with some big blocks and energize the team and other nights he wont be heard from at all. |
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| ec23456 | Jul 21 2007, 11:39 AM Post #36 |
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Orlando delt Cato because his shoulder was injured.Otherwise he was a good player before that injury.anyone want to go through that whole mess to Detroit again??? |
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| Magic Buddy | Jul 22 2007, 02:29 PM Post #37 |
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Before Cato was making $8 million a year, now he will be making the league min. which is about $1.5 million. If signed he will probably play about 15-20 minutes a game, backing up Battie and Dwight. Right now I am not comfortable with Auggie and the Poland Guy as our big guys. I do not think Mark Bryant was a good big man. Clifford Ray had the Big Men at one time leading the league in rebounding. I think we finished in the top 10 that year. Cato will probably respond better to Patrick Ewing. Right now, the minutes will be there for Cato to prove his worth. His shoulder should be healed now. Cato did rush back to try help the Magic make the playoffs that year until the Doug Christie Trade sent the Magic into a tailspin. I will welcome him back as a reserve at the league min. |
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| MAGICMANEVAN | Jul 22 2007, 09:39 PM Post #38 |
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http://mvn.com/nba-magic/2007/07/22/orland...t-it-all-means/
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| Ben Q Rock | Jul 22 2007, 09:51 PM Post #39 |
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I want to know where he's hearing that signing PJ Brown is "very likely". |
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| gomagic33 | Jul 22 2007, 10:27 PM Post #40 |
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Yup. I am interested on who is this guys source. I wish it was true though. |
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| gilepile | Jul 22 2007, 10:52 PM Post #41 |
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can somebody remind me why we gave Lewis 6 years instead of 5? Why did we outbid ourselves and run out of money to sign Darko? Problem is right there, it does not matter who we sign now. They are either old or not good at all |
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| Ben Q Rock | Jul 22 2007, 11:09 PM Post #42 |
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Otis said on the radio that he wanted Dwight and 'Shard to come off the books at the same time. There's no chance that the Magic won't offer Dwight an extension before his contract expires, so I don't see the point. I think it might have something to do with that year's free-agent class. For some reason, I recall reading that Oden, Durant, etc. will be free-agents that summer if they don't re-sign with their teams. Whatever. It's a silly move and there isn't any real justification for it. |
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| Black and Blue | Jul 23 2007, 10:32 AM Post #43 |
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The guy who wrote that article looks like he is really young. I don't know if I trust him to know anything about PJ over people like Schmitz and Denton. |
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| Ben Q Rock | Jul 23 2007, 02:08 PM Post #44 |
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I'm really young (19). Do you trust me?
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| Black and Blue | Jul 23 2007, 03:17 PM Post #45 |
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The legal age for believability is 18, so you are okay. The guy in the mvn article photo is no older than 13 years old.
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