2010-07-30 06:36:34 +0000
Before you read anything, let me state some things:
- Dwight Howard by no means has a great post game, i would say his post game is very very raw, he could use a new trainer to help him, caus obviouly he isnt listening to ewing. alot of his points come from alley-oops, put back's and the ocasional hookshot
- dwight howard is this team's only rebounder, their second leading rebounder was matt barnes with 5.5
- the magic have no true low post scorer
- their starting powerforward is a smallforward: rashard lewis
- their starting pg averages 12 and 5.5 asts -_-
- their second leading scorer averages 16 pts, and their leading scorer averages 18
this team's entire gameplan is to shoot three's all game, they have no real offense outside of three point shooting, and dwight howard's alley-oops and put backs.
they brought in VC, who is their only true scoring option, he one of the few players on that team that can generate offense by himself, when he shows up -_-
lets look at 2008-09 their "championship run": Via Wikipedia
- April 30: The Magic advanced to the second round of the NBA playoffs after defeating the Philadelphia 76ers in 6 games.
- May 17: In a Game 7 on the road, the Magic advanced to their first Eastern Conference Finals appearance since 1996 after defeating the defending world champion Boston Celtics.
- May 30: The Magic defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 4-2 to advance to the 2009 NBA Finals and made their first appearance since 1995.
- June 9: The Magic earned their first NBA Finals game victory in franchise history. They beat the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 3 at Amway Arena by a score of 108-104. The Magic shot an NBA Finals single-game record 75% in the first half, and a record 62.5% for the entire game.[8] The Magic had lost their first six NBA Finals games (four in 1995 and two in 2009).
They beat the cavs -_-, no major feat, that team had no offense outside of lebron, and mo-williams, when he showed up
they beat the sixers...0_o WHO?
and they beat the celtics, without KG, and it took them 7 GAMES! 7
my claim is that the magic arent true title contenders, i dont see it, they got to the finals by default, because kg wasnt playing, the celtics would have undoubtedly beat the magic in 6 games, and have gone onto the finals again, to probably become back to back champs. but the past is the past, we cannot re-write history to make kg uninjured. but by all means, the magic went to the finals by default
its like when jordan retired, and hakeem got back to back rings. jordan wasn't there, it doesnt hold as much weight as it would have if jordan was active those two years, the first year he didnt play, and the second year i believe he got beat in the conference finals. but again, we cannot rewrite the past
their whole gameplan is to shoot threes and let dwight howard do everything for the team rebounding and defensively.
this team cannot win a championship, no way, they are not a contender, no question.
09-10:Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-2) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Atlanta Hawks
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (4-0) versus Charlotte Bobcats
they beat a team who had never been to the playoffs before.
they beat a team that had no offense outside of jj AND jC
THEN THEY LOST in 6 games to the celtics, as they would have in 08 had Kg not been injured.
so what we are looking at is the eastern conference's version of the utah jazz
the team everyone calls a contender, but they really aren't
but lets look at 10-11, i donot see their current roster getting to the conference finals, not a chance, they would likely take a second round exit, this team needs alot of help before they can be considered: Title contenders
lets say they some how get chris paul mid-way through the season in a trade like: http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=2v25l5g
Jameer nelson, michael petrius, vince carter, and ryan anderson and some first round picks,for chris paul, emecka okeafor, james posey the trade would work perfectly cap wise.
then the magic would sign t-mac
imagine this lineup: chris paul, t-mac, lewis, okeafor, howard. bench: duhon, reddick, posey, bass and gortat
the hornets would have cap relief from emecka's contract, and petrius, nelson, and carter's deals would expire in 2 years
the magic would have a superstar pg, a scoring sg, a 3pt shooting sf, rebounding and defensive pf, and howard
and the bench ould have: deffensive specialist of posey, bass, gortat, reddick, and duhon
- Dwight Howard by no means has a great post game, i would say his post game is very very raw, he could use a new trainer to help him, caus obviouly he isnt listening to ewing. alot of his points come from alley-oops, put back's and the ocasional hookshot
- dwight howard is this team's only rebounder, their second leading rebounder was matt barnes with 5.5
- the magic have no true low post scorer
- their starting powerforward is a smallforward: rashard lewis
- their starting pg averages 12 and 5.5 asts -_-
- their second leading scorer averages 16 pts, and their leading scorer averages 18
this team's entire gameplan is to shoot three's all game, they have no real offense outside of three point shooting, and dwight howard's alley-oops and put backs.
they brought in VC, who is their only true scoring option, he one of the few players on that team that can generate offense by himself, when he shows up -_-
lets look at 2008-09 their "championship run": Via Wikipedia
- April 30: The Magic advanced to the second round of the NBA playoffs after defeating the Philadelphia 76ers in 6 games.
- May 17: In a Game 7 on the road, the Magic advanced to their first Eastern Conference Finals appearance since 1996 after defeating the defending world champion Boston Celtics.
- May 30: The Magic defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 4-2 to advance to the 2009 NBA Finals and made their first appearance since 1995.
- June 9: The Magic earned their first NBA Finals game victory in franchise history. They beat the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 3 at Amway Arena by a score of 108-104. The Magic shot an NBA Finals single-game record 75% in the first half, and a record 62.5% for the entire game.[8] The Magic had lost their first six NBA Finals games (four in 1995 and two in 2009).
They beat the cavs -_-, no major feat, that team had no offense outside of lebron, and mo-williams, when he showed up
they beat the sixers...0_o WHO?
and they beat the celtics, without KG, and it took them 7 GAMES! 7
my claim is that the magic arent true title contenders, i dont see it, they got to the finals by default, because kg wasnt playing, the celtics would have undoubtedly beat the magic in 6 games, and have gone onto the finals again, to probably become back to back champs. but the past is the past, we cannot re-write history to make kg uninjured. but by all means, the magic went to the finals by default
its like when jordan retired, and hakeem got back to back rings. jordan wasn't there, it doesnt hold as much weight as it would have if jordan was active those two years, the first year he didnt play, and the second year i believe he got beat in the conference finals. but again, we cannot rewrite the past
their whole gameplan is to shoot threes and let dwight howard do everything for the team rebounding and defensively.
this team cannot win a championship, no way, they are not a contender, no question.
09-10:Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Finals (4-2) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Atlanta Hawks
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (4-0) versus Charlotte Bobcats
they beat a team who had never been to the playoffs before.
they beat a team that had no offense outside of jj AND jC
THEN THEY LOST in 6 games to the celtics, as they would have in 08 had Kg not been injured.
so what we are looking at is the eastern conference's version of the utah jazz
the team everyone calls a contender, but they really aren't
but lets look at 10-11, i donot see their current roster getting to the conference finals, not a chance, they would likely take a second round exit, this team needs alot of help before they can be considered: Title contenders
lets say they some how get chris paul mid-way through the season in a trade like: http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=2v25l5g
Jameer nelson, michael petrius, vince carter, and ryan anderson and some first round picks,for chris paul, emecka okeafor, james posey the trade would work perfectly cap wise.
then the magic would sign t-mac
imagine this lineup: chris paul, t-mac, lewis, okeafor, howard. bench: duhon, reddick, posey, bass and gortat
the hornets would have cap relief from emecka's contract, and petrius, nelson, and carter's deals would expire in 2 years
the magic would have a superstar pg, a scoring sg, a 3pt shooting sf, rebounding and defensive pf, and howard
and the bench ould have: deffensive specialist of posey, bass, gortat, reddick, and duhon
