Happy Birthday, Mickael Pietrus!
Before the Orlando Magic and the Boston Celtics get underway, I wanted to wish a happy birthday to Orlando Magic forward Mickael Pietrus, who turned 28 today.
Though Pietrus' productivity has waned in his second season with Orlando, he's managed to stay reasonably healthy, only missing 3 games so far. Last year, he missed 28. And although his shooting percentages and shot selection leave something to be desired--I am not a fan of that pullup 21-footer after a pump-fake--he's still brought the same tough, skilled perimeter defense that prompted the Magic to award him a five-year deal worth the full mid-level exception in 2008. He's also one of the goofiest guys on the team, even on the court, when he'll occasionally punctuate a three-point attempt with a call of "shoooo-woooop".
It's appropriate that he'll get to celebrate his birthday the same day Orlando plays Boston. In his brief Magic career, Pietrus has torched the Celtics for 10.3 points per game on 63.7% True Shooting. In general, fans of opposing teams tend to regard him more highly than Magic fans do, due largely to his tendency to catch fire in opposing arenas. In his 7-year career, Pietrus has connected on just 39.3% of his field goal attempts and 32.6% of his three-pointers at Amway Arena. Everywhere else? 44.1% and 36.1%, respectively.
Many happy returns, Mickael.
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Happy Birthday!
Personally, I hate his step out of bounds on the sideline move more than anything.
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He may not be able to dribble to save his life
but when we play cleveland, he can man up on LeBron better than anyone else I’ve seen. Watching the playoff series last year was a thing of beauty
"LeBron doesn’t guard the other team’s best scorer until crunch-time of games, if at all. ... LeBron spends the vast majority of his time defending a non-threat on the perimeter, leaving him free to roam for weak-side blocks or steals." -John Krolik, Cavs: the blog
Happy birthday, Mickael!
This post hit everything on the head. I have such a love/hate relationship with Pietrus. As stated, he has torched some teams in certain big games and he’s really funny to watch sometimes, but man, those pump-fake-to-21-foot-contested-fadeaways really do a number on my nerves.
Bon anniversaire!
Félicitations!
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by TheGiantSquid on Feb 7, 2010 2:58 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
One of my favorite players on the Magic to interview.
Happy birthday, Mickael!
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