Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel: “Jason Williams will return to the Orlando Magic. The 34-year-old free-agent point guard has signed a contract with the team, Magic officials announced Tuesday afternoon. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it is believed that Williams agreed to a one-year deal. Magic President of Basketball Operations Otis Smith did not return …
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Aug 03
Source: Orlando Magic to Sign Jason Williams to a One Year, $1.35 Million Contract
Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Via Tim Povtak of NBA FanHouse: The [Orlando] Magic didn’t have to look very far to find their third point guard for this season. Veteran Jason Williams, who has gone from flashy to steady in an 11-year career, will return for a second season after agreeing to terms on a new contract for …
Jul 29
Thursday’s Magic Word
Ben Q. Rock of Orlando Pinstriped Post: It’s hard to draw any conclusions about how they’ll play together from such a small sample size. My impression, based on their overall performance last season, is that [Brandon] Bass‘ best skill is scoring. 5.8 points in only 13.0 minutes per game last year, on a career-best 51.1% …
Jul 27
A Hypothetical Trade Offer for Chris Paul, Part I
Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images A few days ago, Ryan Schwan of Hornets247 conjured up a neat idea of “virtually” trading Chris Paul for fun. The premise was simple — any TrueHoop Network writer could participate and submit an offer to Schwan, then he would gather the offers, rank them, and trade Paul to the …
Jul 26
Monday’s Magic Word
Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel: “The [Orlando] Magic still will be looking for a point guard — just not Paul. Smith said the team will sign a third guard soon to back up starter Jameer Nelson and Chris Duhon. “We’re still throwing some names around,” he said. The Magic currently have 12 players under contract. [Otis] …
Jul 26
Magic Basketball Mailbag, 7/26/10
Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Images Here’s another installment of the Magic Basketball Mailbag. _______ What are the chances J.J. provides such consistent production that he no longer becomes “overpaid”? Medium to high. People may think that J.J. Redick had the infamous “contract” year when he put up career-high numbers across the board this season. But …