Apr 19
Photo by Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images With the season over for the Orlando Magic, it’s time to hand out team awards. We asked our panel to hand in their picks for the 2012-13 season. 1. Who’s the 2012-13 most valuable player? Evan Dunlap, Orlando Pinstriped Post: Nikola Vucevic. He played nearly 300 more minutes …
Apr 13
Essentials Teams: Boston Celtics at Orlando Magic Date: April 13, 2013 Time: 7:00 p.m. Television: Fox Sports Florida Arena: Amway Center Records Celtics: 40-39 Magic: 20-59 Probable starters Celtics: Avery Bradley Jeff Green Paul Pierce Brandon Bass Kevin Garnett Magic: Beno Udrih Maurice Harkless Tobias Harris Kyle O’Quinn Nikola Vuvevic Advanced stats Celtics: Pace: 91.7 …
Jul 21
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Pythagorean wins is a formula that converts points scored and allowed into a predicted winning percentage. The results can show, among other things, teams that over/under perform, win/lose many close games, or just experience good/bad luck. To predict an NBA team’s winning percentage, the following calculation is performed: (Points …
Jul 06
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images 2010-2011 regular season Dwight Howard Games Played 78 Minutes Played 37.6 adj. +/- +14.09 net +/- +9.8 statistical +/- +7.24 PER 26.0 WARP 20.5 Win Shares/48 .236
May 09
Via the Orlando Magic: Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, winner of the last three Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year Awards, headlines the NBA All-Defensive First Team, the NBA announced today. Howard totaled 56 points overall, including 27 First Team votes. Howard earned the 2010-11 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, becoming …
Apr 22
Photo by Fernando Medina/NBAE via Getty Images If there is one thing we know about Stan Van Gundy, it’s that he’s a pretty quiet guy, reticent to speak his mind to the media, and wholly above speaking publicly in any way that might ruffle fans’ or players’ feathers. That’s why we can be certain that …
Apr 18
Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel: “Dwight Howard now has accomplished something Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutombo and Hakeem Olajuwon never did. The Orlando Magic center won the 2010-11 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award on Monday and became the first player in league history to receive the honor three years in a row. ‘It’s …
Apr 18
Via the Orlando Magic: Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic is the recipient of the 2010-11 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, the NBA announced today. Howard becomes the first player to earn the honor three straight seasons; only Dikembe Mutombo and Ben Wallace, with four each, have won the award more times. …
Apr 10
Let Hedo Turkoglu go
Commentary
by Spencer Lund
at 12:06 pmPhoto by Cameron Browne/NBAE via Getty Images He’s old and slow, but that’s not the only reason Hedo Turkoglu should go. The Orlando Magic are a franchise on the mend after the “put Dwight Howard in the middle and spread the floor with 3-point shooting” experiment ended in recriminations, and finally with Howard getting dealt …
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