Eddy Rivera has video of Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard working out with Hall-of-Fame center Hakeem Olajuwon this summer. It's 8:26 long, but well worth it for Magic fans. Howard looks incredible. My favorite part comes at around the 2:09 mark when Olajuwon, after showing Howard a simple jump hook, quizzes him: "What is the counter of that move?" Howard then executes a beautiful up-and-under to the baseline.

At NBA Playbook, Sebastian Pruiti explains a problem with Howard's post game: he often gets good position down low, but squanders it in a variety of ways. As usual, he uses video and still images to make his point.

The annual survey of league GMs proved unkind to the Magic. Only 25.9 percent of respondents believe they can repeat as Southeast Division champions--everyone else voted for the Miami Heat--while only 11.1 percent believe they can capture an Eastern Conference championship. No one picked the Magic to win the NBA Finals.

"I think," Brian Schmitz writes, "[Vince Carter] has taken to heart some of the criticism launched at him after the playoffs last season and some of the demands his teammates have made."

Xiane of The Dream Shake came away impressed with the Magic's performance in their 97-88 win over the Houston Rockets last night. For example, Marcin Gortat looked like "a legit NBA starting center, maybe even an all-star given the sorry state of the position in general."

Kelly Dwyer explains the true, honest-to-goodness way to unlock Magic legend Nick Anderson in the new NBA Jam videogame.

To unlock Nick Anderson, you must get over your "First Game Jitters" and complete a Play Now Game. This is because the people at EA are a little mean and don't realize that for Orlandonians, it's still too soon for Nick Anderson jokes.

He's right. It's still too soon.