Orlando Magic's 2009 Pro Summer League Proves Fruitless, as Top Performers Sign Elsewhere
It's high time we take a quick look around the world to see where the Orlando Magic's summer-leaguers have wound up. If you recall, Ryan Anderson was the only player on the team with an NBA contract, and the Magic's bevy of open roster spots meant that their summer-league invitees stood a great chance of receiving an invite to training camp. Here's how I assessed each individual performance.
Unfortunately, it doesn't appear as though any of the standouts will return to Orlando, as they've received jobs elsewhere.
Small forward Kasib Powell, who earned second-team all-league honors that week, reached an agreement with a Greek team, per this Greek link.
Russell Robinson spurned the Magic, who offered him a spot in their training camp, for the opportunity to play with Shaquille O'Neal, LeBron James, and former Kansas teammate Darnell Jackson in the Cleveland Cavaliers' camp instead.
Jeremy Richardson, the only other NBA-caliber player from the Magic's team, said he expects to sign with the Magic. That was a month ago. Still no word on his chances of reprising his 15th-man role once again, as Orlando is more concerned with filling its third-string point guard vacancy.
And in much less surprising news, Levance Fields, who did not have an exceptional week, signed with Spartak St. Petersburg after not receiving an offer from the Magic.
Indeed, based on these recent signings, it appears as the Magic accomplished two things in summer-league: they provided assistant coach Patrick Ewing with some head-coaching experience, and they served as a showcase for Anderson, who was arguably the best player in the entire camp. Unfortunately for him, the Magic signed power forward Brandon Bass on the last day of camp, a move which appears to have squeezed the 21-year-old Anderson out of the immediate rotation.
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Jason Williams appears to be the best option..
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by Wmillion on Aug 8, 2009 7:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Considering what else is out there, seems like it.
.. though, you never know, Watson is still an outside possibility.
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by erivera7 on Aug 9, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
As fruitless as it was, The biggest thing to me was to see how Ryan Anderson would play, and he played so well, that now Im ticked he's buried in the lineup.
by derekk on Aug 8, 2009 9:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He won't be buried in the lineup during the beginning of the season.
With Lewis out, Anderson will see more minutes as a result.
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by erivera7 on Aug 9, 2009 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ryan Anderson
Will get his chances, if he can defend with real NBA players, then he will slide into the #2 slot, as coach likes players that can spread the floor.
by Eric9321 on Aug 9, 2009 2:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, SVG will do his thing to fit Ryan into the defensive scheme.
I have absolutely no doubts about that.
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by erivera7 on Aug 9, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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