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UPDATED: Orlando Magic News for November 5th

Not much to report today, but here it is...

  • FSN/BRIGHT HOUSE UPDATE: I don't know how I missed this Sentinel story earlier today but MAGICMANEVAN pointed it out over at MagicMadness. FSN and Bright House Networks have been in negotiations to add the channel to the network, but a source close to the situation told the Sentinel's Beth Kassab that "[The negotiations] aren't really going anywhere right now." Ouch. Kassab mentions that Magic fans in Orlando who are unable to get FSN can go to local sports-bars to watch the games.
  • Hedo Turkoglu is a ninja. Quoth Keith Bogans: "He likes the fact that he doesn't get any credit. That way he can sneak up on people."
  • The Magic are up to no. 8 on Marc Stein's Power Rankings on ESPN. That's up from no. 11 last week.
  • Over at NBA.com, however, the Magic have dropped from no. 15 last week to no. 17 this week.
  • Seth at Posting and Toasting, an SBN sister-site that covers the Knicks, watched last night's Knicks/Timberwolves game and made this assertion afterwards. Keep in mind that we play the Knicks on Friday:

    Everyone earned their minutes and filled them well. The communication on defense remains to be miserable, though, and teams with even decent three-point shooters are gonna destroy us at this rate.

    He has a point. Knicks' opponents are shooting .538 from downtown so far this season, which is especially significant because they allow 20.5 three-point attempts per game. Let's see what long-range damage they let the Nuggets do to them tomorrow night.

  • The hilarious blog "Straight Cash, Homey," which posts candid photos of people wearing odd sports jerseys in public, has its special NBA edition up at ESPN.com's Page 2. Check out the the Magic jersey the third guy on the page is sporting. How of those were made, do you think, considering that particular player was only here for one season? Wow.

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Garrity

New to the site and from first looks I'd say great work here. And to insert my two cents about Garrity, how about burying him on the bench and giving Ariza his min? I just can't stomach watching him play, the man is, as the Shot Dr likes to say, a "Stiff". It looks like this will be the year of Magic small ball, but with the bonus of having a bona-fide beast of a big clogging the middle. Should be a fun year!  

by Eyriq the Red on Nov 5, 2007 7:17 PM EST reply actions  

Welcome, and thank you

I hope you enjoy your stay here at 3QC.

I agree that it's time to see what Ariza can do. Assuming he's 100% healthy, the only thing that's holding him back from cracking the rotation is his lack of an outside shot.

by Evan Dunlap on Nov 5, 2007 7:32 PM EST up reply actions  

FSN/BH

Great website!   The Magic make a lot of assumptions.  They assume FSN/BH would carry the Magic games.  They assume that money from FSN is more important than fans watching their games.  The Magic apparently will be getting a new arena and therefore they assume that they don't really need fan support anymore.  What a botched deal by the Magic.

by WP Bob on Nov 6, 2007 7:17 AM EST reply actions  

Ugh

Yeah, the Magic screwed this one up. I still think most of the blame lies with Bright House, though. They are holding Orlando cable customers hostage by refusing to make FSN available for free. However, the Magic should not have sold the TV rights to FSN without a deal with Bright House in place. It's just an ugly situation and I hope it gets resolved soon.

by Evan Dunlap on Nov 6, 2007 10:01 AM EST up reply actions  

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