Orlando Magic News for March 11th: New Ways to Work Out; A Look at Jameer Nelson's Passing Ability
by erivera7 on Mar 11, 2010 2:27 PM EST
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The Orlando Magic are finding new ways to keep their workouts competitive
Amanda Angel of ESPN the Magazine explains a workout routine the Orlando Magic conduct that helps with its defense. The purpose of the Velcro is to remain intact, which signifies good defense.Joe Rogowski has a bag of tricks and isn't afraid to use it. "Yeah, I incorporate gimmicks," says the Orlando Magic strength and conditioning coach. To take the drudgery out of defensive workouts, Rogowski straps resistance bands around the waists of two players -- in this case, forwards Ryan Anderson and Rashard Lewis -- and links the bands with Velcro. He then designates one guy as an offensive player and the other as defensive. Next he has them go through a series of sprints and shuttle runs, with the offensive player setting the pace and making sudden moves.
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NBA HD: Adjusting How We Measure and View Assists
Tom Haberstroh of Hardwood Paroxysm takes a look at how assists are measured and creates a new metric, weighted assists per game, which rewards players who distribute the basketball to high efficiency areas: at the rim and beyond the three-point line. Jameer Nelson rates well in weighted assists per game. -
Orlando Magic Dunk-In
Video of Magic players dunking before a game. (via TrueHoop)
More after the jump.
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Derrick Rose impressed Stan Van Gundy during the All-Star game
Head coach Stan Van Gundy praises Derrick Rose for his serious approach to the 2010 NBA All-Star Game. -
Thursday Morning Shootaround
Benson Taylor of The Baseline notes that Orlando is surging.Trending up
The Magic probably won't catch the Cavs in the East, but they are making a late-season push, having won eight of their last night games. In his last five games, Jameer Nelson is averaging 16.4 points, 7.4 assists and just 1.4 turnovers. -
Book it: Cleveland vs. Orlando in East Finals
George Diaz eliminates the Boston Celtics as a threat to win the Eastern Conference championship due to age and other factors.I feel bad for my buddy Doc Rivers, but his team has no prayer of making a deep run in the playoffs this season. Remember the pre-season chatter, when it was all about whether the Magic, the Cavs or the C’s would emerge as the Beast from the East?
Cancel one of the choices. This dogfight is down to Orlando and Cleveland.
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One thing about the Celtics:
They’re old, broken down, and simply don’t have enough talent. But as more people start writing their obits, they do have the attitude and mindset to allow the criticism to fuel just one more wind. It’s an intangible that not a lot of other teams have.
Do I believe they’ll be there in the end (in any capacity) — nuh-uh. But I write them off at my own risk. The C’s will be dead when they’re dead. Until then, they’re still capable of competing out of the East. They’ve earned at least that much respect from this Magic fan.
I agree with the first two, but there's no shortage of talent on that team.
After the game, the Suns announcers asked Lopez what he was going to do to celebrate and he said, "I'm going to kill Bart Simpson."
Agreed.
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
Wow.
Vince and Gortat surprised me there. Seeing a big Polish center go between his legs is impressive. That 360 VC threw down shows he’s still got some serious hangtime. Even JJ showed up with a double-pump dunk.
I hate Varejao.
Gortat at least attempts that between the legs dunk at least once before every game.
He makes it quite a bit.
NBA Championship or bust in '09-10!!!! GO MAGIC!!!!
Yeah, Gortat has done that before (the between the legs dunk).
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
Those were some sweet dunks!
Gortat between the legs was eye-opening.
Dwight had a sweet bounce Alley assist to Carter’s Oop.
And I LOVE JWill throwing down the windmill over Lewis, LOL!
When the big fella was whistled for his fourth personal foul midway through the third quarter, Stan Van Gundy left Clark Kent alone. And in a phone booth measuring 94 feet across, Dwight Howard used that vote of confidence to transform into his alter ego. - Chris Sheridan
Rashard had the assist
"When you make your final stand
I'll be right there
I'll never leave
And all I ask of you is
Believe"
We should all call J-Will "J-Windmill" from now on
Although, on a second thought, that would be too long.
Maybe “Mill” would work better. OK, maybe not.
J-Hops?
"When you make your final stand
I'll be right there
I'll never leave
And all I ask of you is
Believe"
White Chocolate.
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 was watching a Shard highlights package from his Seattle days
and he was a real pogo stick back then, with his vertical ability and thin frame.
nowadays he’s sticking with the leaners and the “assists”, lol
Boston can beat any team in a series
Except maybe the Hawks, funny how that works. Magic own Hawks, Hawks own Celtics. Unfortunately, that does not mean we own the Celtics. Magic fans should realize what position the Celtics are in, as we were in that same position in January. Star SG injured comes back, plays like crap, we don’t play very well, people write us off. A month later we are favorites again, funny how that works. The Celtics have a plethora of talent and great players that have a strong will to win. That will spell trouble for anyone in the playoffs. I seem to remember there was no way we were going to beat the Cavs last year either. People are too fickle sometimes, the ball can bounce the wrong way and lose you games, look at the Finals last year…
You're right, Boston can beat any team in a series.
But can and will mean two different things. Nevertheless, the Celtics deserve respect.
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 respect my elders, sometimes I hold the door for them.
Never trust a fart
by AB's triple double on Mar 11, 2010 5:46 PM EST up reply actions
LOL
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’m really impressed with that defensive exercise the Magic S&C Coach is doing. It’s absolutely genius and one of those things that truly helps Magic players practice defense.
by derekk on Mar 11, 2010 11:00 PM EST via mobile reply actions
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