Word of the Day: Acquaintance

by erivera7 on Mar 5, 2010 2:49 PM EST in Diversions

acquaintance (n.) - personal knowledge or information about someone

The Magic might get to see an old acquaintance tonight in second-year guard Courtney Lee. Lee was Orlando’s starting shooting guard on last season’s team that reached the NBA Finals. Lee has missed time recently with a sprained ankle and his availability for tonight’s game is in question.

Lee, who has averaged 12.2 points and 3.5 assists a game this season, was stunned by last summer’s trade and has admittedly struggled with playing on a poor Nets team after rising to the Finals with the Magic. He still talks often with Magic superstar and close friend Dwight Howard.

``Any team that’s losing you are going to be frustrated, but I’ve tried to tell him that he’s just got to continue to play hard,’’ Howard said of his conversations with Lee. ``I’ve tried to stress to him to not let the season affect the way he plays and to just keep getting better and better.’’

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Man I would love to have Courtney back on this squad, even with the missed layup in Game 3 vs the Lakers last year. His hustle and grit was like that of a rookie Matt Barnes that could shoot slightly better.

by gatorboi352 on Mar 5, 2010 3:42 PM EST reply actions

a Matt Barness that can shoot the 3.. Lol..

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by Wmillion on Mar 5, 2010 6:03 PM EST up reply actions

Good things will happen for CLee throughout the course of his career

He has the talent and work ethic.

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by Mike from Illinois on Mar 5, 2010 5:50 PM EST reply actions

is he really that good?

Or was it the fact that a rookie was playing around Hedo, Rashard, Jameer (later Skip) and Dwight?

I guess I’m only looking at offensive stats, but his 3P% is down, turnovers are up, granted he’s scoring more but that comes with more minutes. there’s also a huge difference between a Jameer Nelson/Rafer Alston chasing a ring, and a Devin Harris avoiding the worst ever NBA record.

just stirring the pot

by RL Magic on Mar 5, 2010 6:32 PM EST reply actions

at this point.

I rate him as a quality back-up in the NBA, but has the potential to do more.

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by Wmillion on Mar 5, 2010 7:32 PM EST up reply actions

He's a starting-caliber player on a championship-level team but he's nothing more than that.

Lee is a good role player. There’s nothing wrong with that.

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by erivera7 on Mar 5, 2010 7:50 PM EST up reply actions

He's a role player more than anything

For now he’s a glue guy like Matt Barnes. I’ll take VC or J.J. over Clee. Courtney is a better defender than VC & J.J. but VC & J.J. are better scorers, better facilitators and are more experienced so they generally make better decisions. Probably shouldn’t be using VC in the same sentence since he’s leaps and bounds above so I’ll just say J.J. is the better backup SG than Clee in my opinion. I like Clee, he did a lot of good things last season and it sucks he’s stuck on that horrific team but it is what it is.

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by Warlando on Mar 5, 2010 6:53 PM EST reply actions