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MiamiThrice, on 20 July 2010 - 04:42 AM, said:

What?

Since when did Howard and Bynum begin playing together? Since when are Jefferson and O'Neal only worthy minimum wage contracts?

Ah you're a Heat fan. Never mind, carry on with your crazy banter.

Poe, on 17 July 2010 - 04:30 PM, said:

This is all opinion. Mindless, delusional opinion.

The only team who will have overtaken the Magic as a regular season team this coming season is the Heat because of their three superstar approach, but that serves as no implication for the off-season. Awfully confident of your team, aren't you? The Bucks? They replaced Warrick with Gooden and added Chris Douglas-Roberts. I'm shocked that you're not jumping on them for 'downgrading', well I'm not really, you're completely biased, but I'm just making the point. The Bulls and Bucks will continue to stay middle of the pack in the East. The Magic on the other hand, haven't regressed at all. They will field exactly the same team that they took to the conference Finals.

As I stated, mindless delusional opinion.

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3 point shooting and post play? What other ways are there to score nowadays? The mid range game is dead. There's only so many ways a player can score. That number is roughly 2. I think I'm correct in saying that you of all people know what the Magic need on their team. Pietrus and Reddick are plenty for wing defense if its needed so desperately, but it rarely is because Carter and whoever they play alongside Carter is usually enough.

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It's actually 57% Effective Field Goal Percentage, not True Shooting, but it's the same thing. And since you've brought up numbers, Richardson's counterpart (the person he's defending) shot 48% eFG, was forced into 2.5 turnovers (compared to Richardson's 1.4) and has a PER equal to Richardson's (15.5 PER) per 48mins. I don't care what kind of defender he is. Barnes in all honesty was too inconsistent to be a good defender anyway. The fact is that statistically contains his player every 48minutes he's on the court.


I have a feeling someone is a little bit bitter that Magic aren't getting any worse and will continue to contend for best team in Florida and in the Southeast Division.

bigdog17k, on 14 July 2010 - 12:07 AM, said:

Just saw that Reddick signed the offer sheet for 3 years/$19 million. It doesn't seem reasonable to pay Reddick $6-6.5 million per year on average. But Otis Smith overpayed to get Brandon Bass and Marcin Gortat last off-season so anything is possible.

Yugodamus, on 13 July 2010 - 09:49 PM, said:

Uhuh. What support do you have for this?

xx., on 13 July 2010 - 02:04 PM, said:

Redd? You're not telling me that you think Redd is going to be on the bench behind Salmons, are you?

The Bucks haven't had a bad off-season, but they haven't made any real steps forward. I mean, Gooden and Maggette are good acquisitions, but good doesn't win you many more games. Gooden has been on 9 teams in 8 years and the only time he's playing well is when he's on a bad team during the final months of a season. If I recall, he was okay for the Spurs and okay for the Cavaliers when he played for them, but both teams could have used any other forward and they would have been at exactly the same place as they were with Gooden. Signing Gooden seemed more a move that made sense because of his good trade value and low price more than it did a signing for a player they expect to be there for more than a season or two.

As for Maggette.. well at least they have another scorer, albeit a selfish one. But the Bucks problem has been a lack of a go-to scorer when Redd goes out. At least Maggette can be counted upon to step up and provide. I like Maggette, just not for the Bucks.