Orlando Magic News and Rumors
Fast Five: The Cavs Should Shock The World & Take LeBron’s Replacement In The NBA Draft: Otto Porter Jr.Kristofer Habbas, dimemag.com Each Wednesday, we’ll be assessing how the top prospects of the 2013 NBA Draft are faring in college and overseas. Stick with us each week for assorted thoughts, including the biggest risers and fallers, the standouts, the sleepers and what we know and … |
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Cleveland Cavaliers open to trading top pick in NBA draftMay 22 (yesterday)
Brian Windhorst, ESPN.com It's been 20 years since the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft was traded, when the Orlando Magic moved Chris Webber, but it's possible that streak could end this year. |
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Cavs win NBA draft lottery; Magic get 2nd pickMay 21 (yesterday)
ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com The Cleveland Cavaliers have won the 2013 NBA draft lottery. |
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NBA Rumors: Dwight Howard Interested in Houston Rockets, Dallas MavericksMay 20 (3 days ago)
Dime Magazine, dimemag.com When we last saw Dwight Howard, he may or may not have been letting Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak have it after DH was booted from the Lakers final game of the season. (Followed by Magic Johnson going off on Dwight on Twitter) Now we have some news/rumors/rep… |
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More than a week after getting bounced from the NBA playoffs, the Atlanta Hawks are still trying to figure out who's going to coach them next season. |
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Kevin Durant saved the Thunder from what looked like a certain loss in Game 1. What more does he have up his sleeve in Game 2 vs. the Grizzlies? Follow the action here. |
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Pondering Kevin Durant's latest big-time shot on the playoff stage, Lionel Hollins started listing a who's who of NBA greats from days gone by: Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Isiah Thomas, Sam Jones, John Havlicek, George Mikan, Bob Pettit. |
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Jaimie Canterbury, dimemag.com Times have changed at the center position in today’s NBA. It wasn’t long ago that the best players in the NBA were the centers. Between Olajuwon, Ewing, David Robinson and Shaq, the center position was easily the best position in the league for much o… |
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We Reminisce: When Tracy McGrady Almost Made The Second Round Of The NBA Playoffs 10 Years AgoApr 29
Brandon Jefferson, dimemag.com Last night, the San Antonio Spurs completed their sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers in commanding fashion, blowing them out as Dwight Howard self-destructed. With the Lakers roster depleted because of injury — they nearly had as many players in suits on t… |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com You will be hard-pressed to find a living soul pleased with the way things went in Laker Land this season, especially when it comes to all things Dwight Howard. Some close to the organization are more vocal than others in their criticism and displeasure… |
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Eric Freeman, yahoo.com The Los Angeles Lakers backcourt is in fairly awful shape, with Steve Nash, Steve Blake, and Jodie Meeks joining Kobe Bryant on the sidelines for at least Game 3 of their opening-round series against the Spurs. Franchise icon Magic Johnson has declared … |
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Lee Jenkins, CNNSI.com Kevin Durant would dribble up and down the street outside his grandmother's house in Capitol Heights, Md., so bound was he to be a point guard. He played the point as a freshman at National Christian Academy in Fort Washington. He ran it during pickup g… |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com Already missing leading scorer Kobe Bryant and mired in an 0-2 deficit, the Los Angeles Lakers could be without their other three top guards for Game 3 against the San Antonio Spurs at Staples Center on Friday. And that, apparently, has convinced Magic … |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com OK, so not really. No one is ever going to call Kendrick Perkins a smooth operator on offense (and we crack up every time we see him shoot ever since one of our friends pointed out that he shoots jumpers like Tom Cruise in the Oblivion trailer – 1:23). … |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Dwyane Wade scored 21 points and handed out 10 assists, Mike Miller added 21 points and the Miami Heat wrapped up the regular season with a 105-93 win over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night. |
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MIAMI (AP) -- Heat guard Ray Allen says a friend of his family was among those who lost a leg in Monday's explosions at the Boston Marathon, and that another friend owned the restaurant that employed the 29-year-old woman who was killed in the blasts. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Earvin Johnson III, the 20-year-old son of basketball great Magic Johnson, is surprised by the public interest in his being gay. |
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Nick Friedell, ESPN.com Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah and forward Taj Gibson will play limited minutes against the Orlando Magic on Monday. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Courtney Lee scored 20 points and Jeff Green added 17 as the Boston Celtics cruised to a 120-88 victory over the Orlando Magic on Saturday night. |
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Celtics lock up 7th seed, rout lottery-bound Magic |
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A night after resting starters Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, Celtics coach Doc Rivers says that both will be in the starting lineup against the Orlando Magic. |
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Brandon Jefferson, dimemag.com With the NBA Playoffs quickly approaching, the chase for the Larry O’Brien is about to jump into high gear. The teams in the East are set, but they are still jostling for positioning (unless you’re the Miami Heat). In the West, seven of the eight team… |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com There's long been a difference of opinion among basketball folks on whether a coach whose team has a 3-point lead in the closing seconds of a game should instruct his players to intentionally foul the opposition, sending them to the line for two free th… |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com Steve Blake offensive rebounds. Pau-to-Dwight lobs. Kobe Bryant M-V-P chants reverberating through the arena. With the way the Lakers’ 113-106 win in Portland ended, you would’ve thought all was right for L.A. They had finally held off the hot-shootin… |
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Eric Freeman, yahoo.com At this point, most of the NBA is on Twitter. It's a wild world of training updates, questions as to which movies they should go see, and explanations of their Call of Duty prowess. Every so often, though, you also get a picture into the more interestin… |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com If you made Carmelo Anthony into a Mortal Kombat character, he’d have it all. You could give him some knives, a couple of devastating 360 kicks, maybe even fire-breathing capabilities. But as all gamers know, no matter how nasty you are at putting chara… |
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Jon Hartzell, dimemag.com Kenny Smith has been a part of the professional basketball world for more than 25 years. A consensus first-team All-American out of North Carolina, Smith won two NBA championships with the Houston Rockets and played 10 seasons in the league before makin… |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com Days after his son Earvin "E.J." Johnson III made headlines for being filmed walking down a Los Angeles street holding another young man's hand, Magic Johnson sat down with TMZ for an interview about learning his son was gay — a moment that ca… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Danny Green scored 20 points and Gary Neal added 16 to pace the depleted San Antonio Spurs to a 98-84 victory over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night. |
