Poll: List Your Orlando Magic All-Decade Team
by erivera7 on Jan 2, 2010 8:01 AM EST
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Many writers, including John Hollinger of ESPN.com and Kevin Pelton of Basketball Prospectus, have revealed their who's who list of the decade's best players in the NBA and such. But before I reveal the top Orlando Magic player of the decade at each position in a write-up on Monday, I wanted the community to chime in with its opinion.
List your All-Decade team (2 guards, 2 forwards, 1 center).
Players can be selected without regard for a specific position. Have fun.
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McGrady at G, Turkoglu and Lewis at F, and Howard at C are no-brainers. The last guard slot is where it gets interesting.
Jameer Nelson and Darrell Armstrong are both worthy of consideration. Nelson’s played in more games this decade and has that whole All-Star thing going for him, but Armstrong won two awards of his own and became a fan-favorite. You can’t read a comments section here without stumbling on a few pleas to trade Nelson. Those facts have absolutely no bearing on who they are as players, but in terms of lasting impact—a worthy consideration in a franchise’s All-Decade team—it could make the difference.
I considered Grant Hill over Turkoglu, but Turk played in nearly twice as many games in one less season (!) and put up eerily similar numbers: 15.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 3.7 assists for Turk compared to 16.4, 5.0, and 3.1 for Hill. So if it’s a wash statistically, the slot has to go with the guy who played more often, right? (Yes, games played is a statistic, but you see what I’m trying to say here)
See I thought about that...
But to me Darrell’s best season was the lockout season of 99 when he was sixth man, MIP and leading scorer coming off the bench. For being just outside the decade I put him out of the starting lineup, but essientally placed the core Heart & Hustle team along with Mike MIller on the bench for that 99-2000 run.
"Don't wait till im gone to say I was the best"-NaS
Certified Kristin Kreuk obsessive...
Still miss em: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvvgVn0gg1E
by Wasabi Steak on Jan 2, 2010 10:38 AM EST up reply actions
Meer/ Mac/ Turk/ Lew/ Howard
"Blue and white...ignite...BOOOM! - Dwight Howard
by magic12ball on Jan 2, 2010 9:16 AM EST via mobile reply actions
my most memorable team
PG: Jerryl Sasser
SG: Reece Gaines
SF: Jeremy Richardson
PF: Pat Garrity
C: Pat Burke
I think that I could comfortably say that this team would destroy in any YMCA rec league in the entire county.
Even though the Hippopotamus lacks a stinger for a tail, a truly wise man would rather be sat on by a bee. ~ Banacek
bahaha except they wouldn't
since sasser and gaines would take too many bad shots and play bad defense.
LOL, classic.
I knew you were going to field a team of rejects.
I write for Orlando Pinstriped Post and have a Twitter account.
"The second unit is kind of crazy because the second unit is only white guys." - Marcin Gortat
In that vein:
PG: Dee Brown
SG: Reece Gaines
SF: Stacey Augmon
PF: Terence Morris
C: Andrew DeClercq
This might be the no-offense team. The per-36 minute averages for these guys during their Magic careers:
Brown 9.0 pts
Gaines 6.8 pts
Augmon 9.1 pts
Morris 6.6 pts
DeClercq 9.0 pts
That’s an awesome combined 40.5 points per 36 minutes.
"When you make your final stand
I'll be right there
I'll never leave
And all I ask of you is
Believe"
Here we go
C-Dwight Howard
G-Jameer Nelson
G/F-Tracy McGrady
F-Rashard Lewis
F-Hedo Turkuglo
Bench (If you wanted to go there): Ben Wallace, Bo Outlaw, Darrell Armstrong, Mike Miller, Mikael Pietrus, John Amechi, Chucky Atkins
DL: Grant Hill, Fran Vasquez, Chauncey Billups, Steve Francis
10 Day contract Training Reserves: Rafer Alston, Courtney Lee
Coach: Stan Van Gundy
Assistant Coaches: Doc Rivers, Patrick Ewing, Brian Hill
"Don't wait till im gone to say I was the best"-NaS
Certified Kristin Kreuk obsessive...
Still miss em: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvvgVn0gg1E
+1
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by Wmillion on Jan 2, 2010 2:28 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Wow that sounds like an All Star gangbang team to me.
Loco por volver a verte, estoy aqui sentado y solito.
Mi corazon ya no responde, porque ya no estoy contigo.
+1 to you both
FUNNY!
"Memphis then used a pick-and-roll to get Conley free and he drove past Shaquille O'Neal for the go-ahead layup."
Damn....
You want Hedo like that? Hedo?
"Don't wait till im gone to say I was the best"-NaS
Certified Kristin Kreuk obsessive...
Still miss em: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvvgVn0gg1E
by Wasabi Steak on Jan 2, 2010 12:07 PM EST up reply actions
This is more clearcut than I originally thought.
Jameer, T-Mac, Hedo, Rashard, and Dwight. I thought about Gordan Giricek but nahhhhhh.
marcin maybe?
Just one man's opinion...
....."running mac games as if your name was Scott Skiles".....
"mark my words...we will draft 2 corners within the first 4 picks" - 2009
my team would be.....
mine is Dwight, lewis, hedo, t-mac, steve-o mostly because im kinda young so i’ ve only been watching the magic for so long…..
nelson/carter/t-mac/lewis/howard
t-mac > hedo
sorry but the proof is in the stats pudding
Nah' mean, nah'm sayin
you're right
i should have turk at forward and t-mac at guard. carter shouldn’t be in there
Nah' mean, nah'm sayin
No, it's solely on the contributions with the Orlando Magic.
I write for Orlando Pinstriped Post and have a Twitter account.
"The second unit is kind of crazy because the second unit is only white guys." - Marcin Gortat
I guess it depends on
Whether we should base the decision on (a) the most talented Magic players who were active from 2000-2009, and base it on how they played when they were at the top of their game, or (b) the most prolific contributors over the decade as a whole.
McGrady and Armstrong at G and Howard at C are my picks no matter what. But if we’re going with (a), I’d say: Armstrong/McGrady/Hill/Lewis/Howard. And if we’re going with (b), I’d say: Armstrong/McGrady/Turkoglu/Lewis/Howard.
Hill in his prime was more talented than Turkoglu, but Hill was injured too often to contribute in a major way. Jameer is a natural talent, and tremendously exciting player to watch (and one of my favorite current Magic players), but Armstrong’s contributions over the years are consistently within the Magic’s top 10 in many categories, both offensively and defensively.
gotta go with the best.......
G – tracy mcgrady
G – vince carter
F – hedo turkuglo
F – rashard lewis
C – dwight howard
Just one man's opinion...
....."running mac games as if your name was Scott Skiles".....
"mark my words...we will draft 2 corners within the first 4 picks" - 2009
i loved darrel armstrong......
but i would take vince carter over him all day, every day
now scott skiles…….that’s a topic for a different day
Just one man's opinion...
....."running mac games as if your name was Scott Skiles".....
"mark my words...we will draft 2 corners within the first 4 picks" - 2009
i ask the same question you did.....what is our guage?
those are in my opinion the best players at those positions……..i am actually torn between hedo and grant hill………the grant hill experiment left such a bad taste in my mouth i just can’t put him in front of hedo…..
and does armstrong qualify??
Just one man's opinion...
....."running mac games as if your name was Scott Skiles".....
"mark my words...we will draft 2 corners within the first 4 picks" - 2009
I don't get it, either.
Carter was a great player, no doubt, but that was with the Raptors and the Nets.
I write for Orlando Pinstriped Post and have a Twitter account.
"The second unit is kind of crazy because the second unit is only white guys." - Marcin Gortat
btw.....i think the name change was appropriate.....
not that you need my approval………obviously…….. : )
but none the less i like the change………it doesnt have quite the same ring to it…but the new name is a better representation for the product we have on the floor…..
the devos family really has tried over the years…..havent they?….im proud to be a fan
Just one man's opinion...
....."running mac games as if your name was Scott Skiles".....
"mark my words...we will draft 2 corners within the first 4 picks" - 2009
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