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Wats up Adam! Lol.
Yeah we all have to hope Duhon lands in Orlando leaving Maggette to us hopefully. Besides who wants to play in NY? haha. NY is offering 2 years/$7 mil and Orlando is offering 3 years/$10 mil. Go to Orlando Duhon! haha.
What's up Chris! Lol.
I think Duhon's chances at landing in Orlando are pretty high. The Knicks offered him a deal, but there seems to be 2 PGs there already in Marbury and Nate Robinson. The backup spot in Orlando is his for the taking.
Wats up Adam! Lol.
Yeah we all have to hope Duhon lands in Orlando leaving Maggette to us hopefully. Besides who wants to play in NY? haha. NY is offering 2 years/$7 mil and Orlando is offering 3 years/$10 mil. Go to Orlando Duhon! haha.
Come on Magic...
Why would you want Maggette when you can have Duhon.
I don't see the Magic being too interested in Maggette. Don't they have Hedo and Rashard Lewis? Hedo played pretty damn well for them last year. I'm sure Maggette wants to be a starter...he wouldn't be one in Orlando (unless they moved Hedo).
Maggette would allow them to move Hedo or Lewis to the bench and deepen their team.
The addition of Duhon though puts them out of the running.
nope. last year, rashard logged most of his minutes as the pf and hedo played the sf. maggette would step right into a starting role, replacing the two-headed monster that was bogans and evans at sg.
I don't see the Magic being too interested in Maggette. Don't they have Hedo and Rashard Lewis? Hedo played pretty damn well for them last year. I'm sure Maggette wants to be a starter...he wouldn't be one in Orlando (unless they moved Hedo).
Or they could have a starting lineup of Nelson, Maggette, Hedo, Lewis, and Howard.
Yeah...I suppose Hedo could go to the bench. Lewis is being paid too much to be a bench player.
Or that as well.
i think that would piss off lewis probably be a locker room problem....... and i doubt they'd want a dude getting the max coming off the bench
and hedo had a break out year, i think getting sent to bench would with his head and he'd go back to old hedo
the perfect fit for him is in SA cause manu doesn't really give a if he's starting or not........ so maggette can come in and start and help win us that 5th championship
Alot of players were perfect fits for the Spurs but have turned em down for lesser pastures.
With the Magic signing Duhon, that puts em out of the running.
Last edited by T Park; 07-03-2008 at 12:49 AM. Reason: Watching the Cardinals and called the Spurs the Cardinals lol
Ha. Didn't realize they were starting Rashard Lewis at PF last season.
Mostly because Tony battie was out all season long.Ha. Didn't realize they were starting Rashard Lewis at PF last season.
Yes, but GM Otis Smith said that they expect Battie to come back and be their starting PF, so that way they can move Lewis to the 3, and Turkoglu to the 2.
that's why the magic will never be a legit threat, you can't win with a soft power foward...Ha. Didn't realize they were starting Rashard Lewis at PF last season.
look at some last few losers in the nba championships
lakers- gasol
mavs- dirk
nets- kenyon martin
To me if it comes down to playing for the MLE, it comes down to the Spurs and the Magic. He may sacrifice some jack, but he'll be able to start and play his minutes at both.
I'm not getting my hopes up though with the amount of cash Philly and G.S. can throw at him. Hopefully when he says it's not about the money, it's really not about the money.
llooooo, Tony Battie was injured. The Magic expect him to be their starting PF
the same tony battie that is 32 years old, has averaged 6.7 ppg and 5.6 rpg over his 10+ year career and is coming off a serious season ending injury? it would be foolish to think they would turn down maggette so that battie can have his spot back. if you can land maggette for the MLE, you staple battie to the bench if necessary, and run with the line-up that got you into the 2nd round this last year + maggette.
Even with Howard's rebounding, Orlando isn't going to win anything by playing small ball.
so howard/battie/lewis/hedo/nelson > howard/lewis/hedo/maggette/nelson?
Yes, but the problem with that is that they don't want Lewis playing a ton of minutes out of position. He is a SF that just happens to be 6-10, so they ideally placed him at PF when Battie went out. Otis said that Battie is as good or better than any FA they could get down low, and it's obvious they see him as their starting PF.
With that being said, then there would be possibly no room for Maggette. After Hedo's breakout year, the Magic see him as their go to guy on the wing, and benching him could really hurt his play. Lewis is obviously the starting SF with the money they're paying him.
So Maggette would then be forced to come off the bench, which would be unappealing, because he wants to start. The Spurs can offer him a starting job. And of course with the possible addition of Duhon, Maggette wouldn't be able to sign there.
I think a lot of teams could definitely use Maggette's services.
Just because ORL has Hedo and Lewis doesn't mean they don't need Maggette. Hedo and Lewis are mostly shooters, they can penetrate at times and get to the line but it's not their game. Maggette adds a whole new dimension to their offense and brings them the balance they need. They'll have interior scoring, a penetrating guard player, and tons of good 3pt shooters. They can add a piece that they are sorely lacking without giving up any of their core, and the price is dirt cheap. Again I ask, why wouldn't they do it?
The Hornets are in the same boat, they have nobody that can get to the rim from the perimeter other than their PG CP3. At least the Spurs have Manu, the Hornets have a horrific rotation of swingmen (Peterson, Bonzi, etc.).
The Jazz are another team that has the same problem. Deron is really the only guy who can get into the lanes and penetrate. Maggette would definitely have a starting job there over Brewer.
These are just 3 teams I can name off the top of my head. All of them have the MLE to spend, and I can't see why any of them wouldn't make a pitch to Maggette for the MLE price.
but i think that its obvious that if they can get maggette for the MLE (something they didnt think was possible until the b.davis situation), they scrap that plan in half a heartbeat. thats too much value to let go for no other reason than to get battie back on the floor and lewis back at sf. the team has a better shot with maggette than they do without him.
We get it. You're scared. ing move along instead of posting the same over and over.
I understand your point, but then there would be no bench. If they sign Maggette and start him, then the bench would be horribly weak. They are better off spending the MLE on 2 decent players who can fill their bench, and not spend it on a very good player in Maggette, and have to sign guys to minimum contracts that will leave their bench very weak.
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