2009-nba-playoffs Stories - Liberty Ballers
Fact or Fiction: Mickael Pietrus Will Continue His Impressive Offensive Play from the 2009 NBA Playoffs
Fact or Fiction presents both sides of key issues the Orlando Magic will face in the upcoming NBA season. Can Mickael Pietrus maintain his playoff performance heading into the new year? FACT: Mickael Pietrus has shown flashes of brilliance throughout his young career, first with the Golden State...
Fact or Fiction: Jameer Nelson is the Key to the Orlando Magic's Season
Fact or Fiction presents both sides of key issues the Orlando Magic will face in the upcoming NBA season. The Orlando Magic's season is in Jameer Nelson's hands. FACT: Nelson isn't the Magic's best player--that'd be Dwight Howard--but he's their most important. He's the key to their success, the...
Evaluating Hedo Turkoglu
This week, 3QC will take a look back on each Magic player's 2008/2009 season. Each day focuses on one position: Monday for point guards, Tuesday for shooting guards, Wednesday for small forwards, Thursday for power forwards, and Friday for centers. I'll evaluate each individual player at that...
Evaluating Anthony Johnson
This week, 3QC will take a look back on each Magic player's 2008/2009 season. Each day focuses on one position: Monday for point guards, Tuesday for shooting guards, Wednesday for small forwards, Thursday for power forwards, and Friday for centers. I'll evaluate each individual player at that...
How the Cleveland Cavaliers' Acquisition of Shaquille O'Neal Impacts the Orlando Magic
Just 5 hours before February's trading deadline, when rumors of the Cleveland Cavaliers' acquiring Shaquille O'Neal from the Phoenix Suns first surfaced, I wanted the trade to go through. I figured the Orlando Magic's season ended a little more than two weeks earlier, when Jameer Nelson suffered a...
Tribute to Lamar Odom, NBA Champion
I've often wondered if I would ever get a chance to write this. It's not that I didn't expect the Lakers to win a championship; it's just that I wasn't sure how much Lamar Odom would have to do with it. As Lakers fans, you understand where I'm coming from. I'm going to spare you the rehash of the...
Examining the Orlando Magic's Rafer Alston/Jameer Nelson Point Guard "Controversy"
Two weeks have passed since Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Orlando Magic, in which point guard Jameer Nelson infamously returned to the Magic's lineup--as a reserve--after a four-month layoff due to shoulder surgery. The Lakers thumped the Magic by 25 points in that...
The 2008-2009 L.A. Lakers: Entitled for a reason
When measured by the annals of time, the 2008-2009 Lakers campaign will surely be remembered by the final result and not the journey. This is true of most seasons, and especially true of a season that resulted in a pivotal victory for two of the game's greatest figures, Phil Jackson and Kobe...
Orlando Magic Player Performances In The Playoffs: Part I
Beginning today, I'm going to run a three-part series on a few Orlando Magic players and analyze their performances in the playoffs. I'm going to concentrate, mainly, on offense with my posts. Ben and I will be writing up player evaluations in the near future, so I'll reserve analysis on the...
Orlando Magic Media Day: Stan Van Gundy Holds Serve
Yesterday morning, the Orlando Magic and their coaches gathered at RDV SportsPlex for the last time this season, conducting exit interviews. Afterwards, they met with the press for their final media availability session. Coach Stan Van Gundy was the first man to emerge from the locker room and...
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