Orlando Magic News for August 16th: Stanley Robinson's Contract, J.J. Redick's Game, and Dwight Howard's Summer

by Evan Dunlap on Aug 16, 2010 5:01 PM EDT in News

Orlando Magic sign draft pick Stanley Robinson - OrlandoSentinel.com
Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel has details on the contract Stanley Robinson signed with the Orlando Magic today:
Robinson's contract is believed to be worth $473,604 for the 2010-11 season, but for him to start earning that salary, he would have to make the regular-season roster. Non-guaranteed contracts will become guaranteed for the remainder of the season on Jan. 10.
The Magic made Robinson the 59th pick of this year's draft.
For J.J. Redick, It's All About Efficiency | Magic Basketball
In a piece that dovetails nicely with my post earlier today about True Shooting, Eddy looks at J.J. Redick's remarkable efficiency.
Dwight Howard's Anonymous Summer
Philip Rossman-Reich looks at the travel itinerary of Magic center Dwight Howard, and how quiet he's been this summer.

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I think the key will be on how good of a defender can he be... and show that he can be

by Raptorel on Aug 16, 2010 5:11 PM EDT reply actions

I'm more worried about if he'll be able to do enough offensively to merit playing time.

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by Evan Dunlap on Aug 16, 2010 5:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Does he really need to do that?

He’ll be the 5th option offensively every time he’s in the game. He’s very good in transition, but the Magic barely plays on the fast break…

The only reason he should be good offensively is not to allow double teams to the rest of the players on the court. Unfortunately, he’s not a shooter (maybe he works on that into the training camp?)

by Raptorel on Aug 17, 2010 4:05 AM EDT up reply actions

He was a 34% 3pt shooter in college. If his range can extend out to the pro 3, that would be tolerable. That also includes his atrocious junior year, when he was 3 for 23 on the season. So long as he’s enough of a threat from outside that defenses can’t sag off him like they did with Skip, he’ll pretty much be doing what we need on offense from a third string SF.

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by The Dark on Aug 17, 2010 7:31 AM EDT up reply actions