Orlando Magic

Trading Josh Smith isn’t going to be easy for the Atlanta Hawks. It’s not that there won’t be a market for Smith, because there will be. Though Smith’s attitude and lack of experience on a contender could prevent him from landing the max contract he so desperately seeks, neither will be a deal-breaker for a [...]

The Toronto Raptors are having another awful season so far. Their record is abysmal, their star attraction, Kyle Lowry (acquired in the off season), has found it difficult to stay healthy this year, and Bargnani hasn’t been seen on the court for what feels like ages. Despite all of that, it’s hard to not be excited about this [...]

J.J. Redick is one of the best players the Orlando Magic currently possess. But he’s also a free agent at the end of this season. Which is why the Magic should trade him. According to Ric Bucher of Comcast, that may, in fact be just what the team ultimately does: More from the Trade Winds: [...]

A large part of me wants to believe in the Atlanta Hawks. Heck, looking at their 9-5 record, a large part of me is telling I should believe in them. But I don’t. Though Atlanta is fresh off a six game winning streak, it may have been one of the least indicative winning streaks in [...]

Last night, the Orlando Magic further lifted the fog on just how brittle the Los Angeles Lakers have been looking. Yes, the short end of this story is that the Magic won a game through the efforts of an all too convincing final period. Kobe Bryant had another monster game (34 points, 7 rebounds, 5 [...]

It seems that basketball fans in China remember Tracy McGrady more for his legendary exploits as a member of the Orlando Magic and his first couple of years with the Rockets. McGrady just inked a new deal with the Qingdao Eagles of the CBA. Watch fans greet McGrady as he arrives at Qingdao airport. Evidently, [...]

Last season saw Dwight Howard undergo constant chaos. Yes, most, if not all of it, was his own doing. Regardless of the frustration surrounding Howard’s last year in Orlando, there is something we should know as fans: It wasn’t an easy year for Howard either. “There was a practice where I couldn’t even bend over. [...]

September 17, 2012 – Rob De France 7’1, 325 lb. rapper, actor, TNT analyst, and 15-time All-Star, the always irreverent Shaquille O’Neal criticized Dwight Howard’s move to the Los Angeles Lakers, a move which so closely mirrors O’Neal’s own defection from the Orlando Magic 16 years earlier. Howard can only hope to enjoy similar success [...]

August 31, 2012 – Rob De France After a series of new moves this off-season, we revamp our count down of the Top 10 trades or free agent signings: 10. Louis Williams to Atlanta Hawks The Hawks brought in the offensive engine that made the Philadelphia 76ers go last season, as he scored a career-high [...]

August 20, 2012: R.S. De France – Given the recent news in Laker Nation that they have acquired Dwight Howard, we decided to rank this move against some of the other big Laker trades in NBA history…. [...]