Orlando Magic News for December 6th: Praise for Vince Carter; More on Marcin Gortat
by erivera7 on Dec 6, 2009 4:59 PM EST
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Vince Carter earns praise, Ryan Anderson saddled with DNP-CD
Brian Schmitz quotes head coach Stan Van Gundy praising Vince Carter for his performance in yesterday's win against the Golden State Warriors."Those are the numbers I've been waiting for from him," Van Gundy said.
What Van Gundy really liked about it was Carter getting fouled taking the ball inside.
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Denton: Magic-Warriors Postgame Analysis
John Denton of OrlandoMagic.com analyzes last night's game."They had us on the ropes and we were struggling, but we gathered finally, gained our composure and made plays on both ends to dig it out," Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said. "It wasn’t pretty and we didn’t play well, but I was happy we stuck with it to get a win. Anytime you win seven in a row on the road in this league you’ve got to be pretty happy."
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D-League offers option for prep-to-pro players
Marc J. Spears shares a neat story about Latavious Williams, the first player to be drafted out of high school by the D-League.Orlando Magic forward Brandon Bass knew Williams from the AAU team Bass sponsored and recommended him to his agent, Tony Dutt, when it became apparent Williams wasn’t going to attend college. Dutt had Bass work out for former Dallas Mavericks coach Avery Johnson before deciding to represent him.
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Gortat's Growing Discontent
Bethlehem Shoals of The Sporting News chimes in on the Marcin Gortat storyline that's slowly been developing these past few days.Stay tuned, I guess. Retaining Gortat was a luxury and perfectly within the Magic's rights. You'd have figured, though, that this year would've brought us more Gortat, so it's understandable he's frustrated. Presumably talking it out will make sense of it all, because it would've been massively weird of the team to sign two backup centers if they only planned on playing Howard. If they do end up trying to move him, though, there should be takers for a young, skilled center—like maybe the Mavs?
- Twitter / John Schuhmann
UPDATE (from Ben): John Schuhmann of NBA.com tweets this quick fact about Dwight Howard's lagging block totals.
Stat of the Day: Through 20 games last season, Dwight Howard had blocked 82 shots. Through 20 games this season, he's blocked 36.
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Orlando Equals Franchise Record with 7th Straight Road Win
UPDATE 2 (from Eddy): Matt Steinmetz of NBA FanHouse chimes in on Orlando's road success."We treat home and road pretty much the same," Van Gundy said. "I never really addressed it as anything else. We get ready for road games and home games the same way and expect to win. So there's really no difference to our approach."
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That’s an interesting stat, clearly Dwight has not been dominating the game defensively from last year, but I think that was due from his foul problems early in the year. For him to keep his title he has to step up, because KG wants it back. For now on Rashard is known as the Pharaoh, that beard is getting long. Lol
by MagicNation on Dec 6, 2009 2:52 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I alluded to this in a post I made a few weeks ago.
It’s possible that last season’s block percentage (5.9%) was an outlier for Howard. In 2007, 2008, and this year, Dwight’s block rate is 4.2% .. which is the same number for his career. That’s a noticeable pattern.
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"The second unit is kind of crazy because the second unit is only white guys." - Marcin Gortat
And Dwight's early-season blocks last year were even MORE of an outlier.
He averaged 4 blocks a game in the first 20 that season. Unless they change the rules of basketball somehow, Dwight is never blocking 4 a game for an entire season. Not criticizing Dwight, just saying it’s not possible.
Bo Outlaw's name is Charles. Chucky Atkins' isn't.
It's possible, just extremely difficult to do.
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"The second unit is kind of crazy because the second unit is only white guys." - Marcin Gortat
Not that it makes a difference and not knowing how many times this happened at the beginning of last season...
…but so far this year there have been a handful of “goaltends” called this year that were or could have easily been called blocks but weren’t.
NBA Championship or bust in '09-10!!!! GO MAGIC!!!!
A valid point, sure.
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"The second unit is kind of crazy because the second unit is only white guys." - Marcin Gortat
For a basketball analyist/columnist Bethlehem Shoals swings and misses
How can he suggest the Mavs?! He should know Gortat can’t go to the Mavs for a year. Whoops.
I saw Gortat Cheering last from the bench
This is nothing but shoddy journalism.
I have been told Gortat will be A-ok
And this I Trust.
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Busters thought we was frontin, so reload and keep dumpin
Keep Sleeping on Orlando...
*Last night
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Busters thought we was frontin, so reload and keep dumpin
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I agree. Saw the same thing.
I’m sure he’s not happy with no playing minutes, but he’s been acting as a team guy through and through.
by thermodynamic on Dec 6, 2009 8:33 PM EST up reply actions
Eh, I actually don't think he should get it.
Getting that award has led to some bad luck lately.
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"The second unit is kind of crazy because the second unit is only white guys." - Marcin Gortat
I don’t believe in that. He deserves COY.
by derekk on Dec 6, 2009 9:44 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
It is a little eerie
2008-09 Mike Brown Cleveland
2007-08 Byron Scott New Orleans (fired)
2006-07 Sam Mitchell Toronto (fired)
2005-06 Avery Johnson Dallas (fired)
2004-05 Mike D’Antoni Phoenix (quit)
2003-04 Hubie Brown Memphis (retired)
Third Quarter Collapse: An Orlando Magic blog at SB Nation | Brandon Bass: "I just play hard."
Maybe because those teams overachieved that year
Expectations were high the following seasons which resulted in their firing. I dunno, just my theory.
That's because the coaches who were fired, are legitamately bad coaches.
Avery Johnson I’m not sure about, but Sam Mitchell is a bad coach. Byron Scott is a bad coach. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Mike Brown fired.
by thermodynamic on Dec 6, 2009 11:38 PM EST up reply actions
Wow
that would be great, next step in your progression, Cleveland falls into the great lakes and the world doesn’t notice.
the ghost of stokes, camp, lugo strikes TB-sept 2009
by CubFanRaysaddict on Dec 7, 2009 12:36 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
rec'd lol
I probably know Judo! How many of you can make the same boast?
by Souwantmyname on Dec 7, 2009 2:02 AM EST up reply actions
From listening to Avery's "analysis," I'd argue he was a bad coach
It’s about as deep as what we get from the worst trolls here – and he’s getting paid for that ignorance!
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Believe"
Like I said, bad luck.
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"The second unit is kind of crazy because the second unit is only white guys." - Marcin Gortat
I highly doubt Daryl Morey would trade either Andersen or Battier for Gortat.
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"The second unit is kind of crazy because the second unit is only white guys." - Marcin Gortat
How's Kobe gonna get past Battier and Howard with a fresh bench of Carter (not as fresh but sick as hell guarding him, you know Kobe got the respect for Vince and 15 throws him off a bit), Pietrus, & Barnes guarding him?
If we even have to deal with him?
that would be cool
just read the article about alvin gentry of the suns talking about how the lakers seem impossible to defend and that no other team in the nba that can outmatch them.
what we do in life echoes in eternity
Los Angeles is clearly the team to beat in the NBA, there's no doubt about that.
The Lakers aren’t impossible to defend, but surely extremely difficult.
I write for Third Quarter Collapse and have a Twitter account.
"The second unit is kind of crazy because the second unit is only white guys." - Marcin Gortat
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