MAGIC RUMORS & GOSSIP
Afflalo Wants To Play To His Strengths Next Season
Arron Afflalo is looking forward to playing to his strengths next season.
"I'm kind of getting to the age now where I'm kind of settling into being great at something," Afflalo said. "Whether it's being a high-level defensive player, a high-level shooter, an efficient scorer, doing the things where I'm really playing to my strengths. That's something...
What does Arron Afflalo do best? He's ready to find out
ORLANDO, Fla. Arron Afflalo isn not about to describe what he is going through as a mid-career identity crisis.
But after six years in the NBA and the first in which he was on a team that failed to make the playoffs, the Orlando Magic guard is feeling the need to start making a name for himself.
"I'm kind of getting to the age now where I'm kind of settling into being...
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Magic, Pelicans Could Draft Trey Burke 1st Overall If They Win Lottery
Trey Burke is a projected top-5 pick and could become the first player selected depending on who wins the lottery.
According to reporting from Chad Ford, the Orlando Magic and New Orleans Pelicans could select Burke with the first overall selection.
Magic players rank low on shot selection
Things were going to change this season for the Magic. It did not take a genius to figure that out with Stan Van Gundy departing as head coach and Dwight Howard departing as the team's star.
In the five years those two were together the strategy for the Magic was simple. Either dump the ball into Dwight Howard to get a dunk or easy basket or have him collapse the defense...
Magic get no love from NBA All-Rookie teams
The Magic made it pretty clear -- particularly at the end of the season -- they were going to go young and play their rookies and young players to speed along their development. Orlando was not expecting any of its rookies to win the Rookie of the Year. Maurice Harkless, Andrew Nicholson, Kyle O'Quinn and DeQuan Jones were bringing brought along slowly.
They all still had...
What Went Wrong: Getting to the free throw line
Over the next few weeks Orlando Magic Daily will be taking a look at the things that went right and wrong this season as Orlando ended its season with its first Lottery season in six years.
When looking at the Magic roster at the beginning of the season, you could assume offense was going to be a problem. The roster did not have a single player who had been a first option offensively...
Glen Davis posts “stink face” photo on his Instagram account
When not trying to eat Aaron Gray’s face, Orlando Magic forward Glen “Big Baby” Davis is posting some pretty hilarious photos on his Instagram account.
Check out this image of Glen giving a “stink face” to the camera:
Hawks eye Stan Van Gundy
via Yahoo NBA
Stan Van Gundy is one of the biggest names in the coaching market. It was never a question that he will find himself on an NBA bench sometime soon. Despite an unceremonious exit from the Orlando Magic involving their superstar, Dwight Howard, there is a high respect for SVG’s expertise. It seemed inevitable that their two names will be intertwined, and some teams...
Trade to Orlando helped ignite Tobias Harris' season
ORLANDO, Fla. The NBA doesn't hand out awards based on what transpired during the final third of its regular season.
If it did, Tobias Harris would have been a prime candidate for Most Improved Player.
When the Orlando Magic acquired him and guards Beno Udrih and Doron Lamb in February from the Milwaukee Bucks, Harris wasn't even averaging five points a game in his second...
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NBA Draft Lottery Odds
Orlando has the best chance of landing the 2013 top pick after finishing with the worst record in the NBA this season. Ironically, the Magic did not have a top ten pick in their roster, which might be one reason that they are in the lottery. The last time they had the top overall pick, they selected Dwight Howard. The Magic have a 25% chance of landing the top pick in the June 27th lottery.
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Ex NBA Player John Amaechi Says His Orlando Teammates Knew He Was Gay
In the wake of Jason Collins admitting that he’s an openly gay professional basketball player, the one former NBA player we were all aware of has come out with some startling information of his own according to Real GM.
Former Orlando Magic forward John Amaechi has been admittedly gay for almost a decade now. Amaechi recently admitted that his Orlando Magic teammates were ...
Amaechi: Magic Teammates Knew Sexuality, Protected Me
John Amaechi said several of his Orlando Magic teammates knew that he was gay when he played for the franchise between 1999 and 2001.
"I just thought I would lose my job," Amaechi said during an interview on Wednesday. "My teammates knew. We didn't talk about, but they knew. ... My teammates took care of me."
Amaechi said that the climate of the United States...
Veteran Nelson hoping to stick around with Magic
ORLANDO, Fla. In a sense, the career of Jameer Nelson has come full circle.
When he came to the Orlando Magic in 2004, they were coming off a season in which they finished with the worst record in the NBA. Nine years and a franchise-record 3,025 assists later, he again finds himself part of a team with the dubious distinction of holding the best odds of winning the leagues annual...
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Magic unveil special logo for 'Silver Season'
Via Orlando Magic press release
Orlando, Fla. (April 15, 2013) In celebration of the Orlando Magics silver season, the team has unveiled a commemorative 25th Anniversary logo. This additional look celebrates the past, incorporates the present and previews the future. As the team and the Magic brand continues to grow, the logo meshes the original pinstripe jersey design with the...
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April 15, 2013
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BLAME GAME
Jameer to Dwight: Act like a man
In light of Dwight Howard's recent disparaging comments about his former teammates in Orlando, Jameer Nelson has come out with some scathing advice for his old running partner.
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