Orlando Magic sign Mike Wilks. Are they finished making moves?
by Evan Dunlap on Sep 11, 2008 6:53 PM EDT
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PrintLess than a day after Magic GM Otis Smith said he would soon sign a third-string point guard, he did: Mike Wilks, a veteran of eight teams in six seasons, is the newest member of the Orlando Magic. Brian Schmitz has the scoop.
For $1.04 million, the Magic could have done worse. Maybe they could have done better; Kevin Ollie, anyone? But the bottom line is he's only going to play spot minutes, if he's even on the active roster each night.
With 14 players under contract, the Magic are probably finished making moves until the end of training camp, when they might add a 15th player. Smith has said in the past, however, that he may go into the season with an empty roster spot, which would allows the Magic flexibility if they make a multi-player trade.
For the people interested, you can find Wilks' career statistics here.
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Golly those stats are ugly! It looks like he had a few good games with Seattle towards the end of the season but over all he seems like a dud. Hopefully we won’t see much of him.
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Hopefully we won’t see much of him.
We probably won’t. We’ll just have to hope Jameer can go an entire season without someone giving him another concussion.
by Evan Dunlap on Sep 12, 2008 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
We'll be fine...
There will be plenty of times where Turk will run the point allowing Sweet to slide back to the three and Batman to fill in at the four. Turk is our best playmaker anyway. The ? is what will happen when he is traded this year. The Magic have to know his trade value won’t get much higher and that we can’t continue to play Sweet out of position, no matter how much we paid him. Yes he may be a mismatch on offense for the opposing four, but he is also a liability on the defensive end. He is too finese to bang with the big boys. That’s why we pay Batman and the other thumpers.
Aimed Too Low?
I’m not sure it was even worth signing Wilks. What does he bring that a 10 day contract won’t bring?
Feels like Otis Smith was aiming too low on this one. Why not give Juan Dixon a call? Or give Shaun Livingston a trial run? Or bring Darrell Armstrong back who gave the Nets good minutes for a third string point last season even at his advanced age. Bring someone in who at least has a shot of contributing something.
I doubt Wilks makes it through the season. Probably be gone by January.
On the positive side I remember reading several reports of him being considered a likable guy in the locker room in previous stops (Seattle, Minny, Houston).
What I want to know is if they even worked him out
Or if they just gave his agent a call. I remember hearing reports that the Heat worked out Lorenzen Wright, D.J. Mbenga, and Jamaal Magloire. Nothing about the Magic bringing in Wilks or Gill.
Dunno what to make of that.
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