Orlando Magic News for September 2nd: Debating Chris Duhon's Value, Jameer Nelson's Shot Selection, and Amway Center's Toilets

Marc Normandin of Basketball Prospectus is bullish on Orlando Magic point guard Chris Duhon, signed in free agency this summer, being a solid value this season after toiling as "a replacement-level player last season" as a New York Knick:

it's easy to see why he will improve. The roster around him is significantly different than what he was playing with in New York thanks to Dwight Howard, Rashard Lewis, and Vince Carter, three scorers whom Duhon can feed.

But as Ian Thomsen of Sports Illustrated writes, the analyst Rich Steinlauf sees Duhon as one of the worst signings of the summer in terms of value. "His salary of $3.5 million is at least $1.5 million too much," says Thomsen, "according to Steinlauf."

Tom Haberstroh's latest NBA HD post at Hardwood Paroxysm concerns shot-selection by position. His findings show that Magic point guard Jameer Nelson's shot selection was the most typical of that of any point guard in the league, which is to say Nelson's mix of shot locations is most similar to the overall positional average.

The Orlando Sentinel's Matt Humphrey points out that the Magic have turned toilet-testing at the Amway Center into an event, known as the Drano Royal Flush. It occurs to me that this event should be less a testing and more a celebration, as the old Amway Arena had but four bathrooms. Four.