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3-on-3 roundtable: A look at the road ahead

August 16, 2011 at 9:39 am 11 comments

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A week ago, Magic Basketball’s team of writers were featured on a recent 5-on-5 roundtable discussion at ESPN.com, answering offseason questions pertaining to the Orlando Magic and providing our opinions on several topics, including our thoughts on Dwight Howard‘s future and more. But we didn’t stop there.

As a supplement, here is our 3-on-3 roundtable discussion on the Magic.

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What are your thoughts on Gilbert Arenas’ Twitter account?

Nate Drexler: Gilbert’s tweets are highly entertaining, but highly discouraging. I hate to make a big deal out of nothing, especially while there is no NBA season happening, but it’s almost all the evidence you need that he does not care about this game anymore. Being a goofball is one thing, but the aura that Gilbert has created in his tweet-o-sphere is childish to me. If I’m Otis Smith, Stan Van Gundy, or any Magic player, I’m thinking to myself, “I cannot wait until this guy is not my problem anymore.”

Eddy Rivera: Following Gilbert Arenas on Twitter has been one of my more hilarious endeavors since I signed up in 2009. If you want to see Arenas without a filter, then you’ve come to the right place. It’s refreshing to see that Arenas doesn’t hold anything back and you feel like you’re getting his real personality when he tweets. Sure, Arenas has gotten fined an undisclosed amount of money by the NBA for some of his content but at least he’s not playing it by the book. For Arenas, there is no book, just random pages.

Matt Scribbins: The pictures of him planking are the most entertaining I have even seen on Twitter and it’s not even close. His daily shoe contests are a fun way for him to interact with fans and reward his followers with a cool prize. I’ll give him credit for being honest, but he is probably to the point where he has offended nearly everyone. I think Foghorn Leghorn could probably sum it up the best – “It was the best of times, I said it was the worst of times.”

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2010-2011 Player Evaluation: Dwight Howard

July 6, 2011 at 12:00 pm 27 comments

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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

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2010-2011 Player Evaluation: Brandon Bass

June 29, 2011 at 12:00 pm No comments

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2010-2011 regular season Brandon Bass
Games Played 76
Minutes Played 26.1
adj. +/- +3.54
net +/- -1.8
statistical +/- -1.22
PER 15.9
WARP 2.1
Win Shares/48 .154

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2010-2011 Player Evaluation: Quentin Richardson

June 23, 2011 at 12:00 pm 6 comments

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2010-2011 regular season Quentin Richardson
Games Played 57
Minutes Played 16.8
adj. +/- -6.70
net +/- -4.8
statistical +/- -2.96
PER 8.0
WARP 0.0
Win Shares/48 .068

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2010-2011 Player Evaluation: Hedo Turkoglu

June 22, 2011 at 12:00 pm 3 comments

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2010-2011 regular season Hedo Turkoglu
Games Played 56
Minutes Played 34.1
adj. +/- +1.09
net +/- +5.3
statistical +/- +2.09
PER 13.5
WARP 4.9
Win Shares/48 .143

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2010-2011 Player Evaluation: J.J. Redick

June 15, 2011 at 12:00 pm 7 comments

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2010-2011 regular season J.J. Redick
Games Played 59
Minutes Played 25.6
adj. +/- -6.40
net +/- -4.5
statistical +/- -0.62
PER 12.8
WARP 1.8
Win Shares/48 .143

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2010-2011 Player Evaluation: Jason Richardson

June 14, 2011 at 12:00 pm 5 comments

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2010-2011 regular season Jason Richardson
Games Played 55
Minutes Played 34.9
adj. +/- -5.14
net +/- +2.2
statistical +/- +2.29
PER 13.2
WARP 6.4
Win Shares/48 .126

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2010-2011 Player Evaluation: Chris Duhon

June 9, 2011 at 12:00 pm 11 comments

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2010-2011 regular season Chris Duhon
Games Played 51
Minutes Played 15.2
adj. +/- -6.83
net +/- -4.9
statistical +/- -6.77
PER 5.6
WARP -1.7
Win Shares/48 .015

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2010-2011 Player Evaluation: Gilbert Arenas

June 8, 2011 at 12:00 pm 4 comments

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2010-2011 regular season Gilbert Arenas
Games Played 49
Minutes Played 21.8
adj. +/- -5.22
net +/- -1.8
statistical +/- -1.06
PER 8.6
WARP 0.6
Win Shares/48 .008

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2010-2011 Player Evaluation: Jameer Nelson

June 7, 2011 at 12:00 pm 6 comments

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2010-2011 regular season Jameer Nelson
Games Played 76
Minutes Played 30.5
adj. +/- -3.54
net +/- +2.1
statistical +/- +2.20
PER 15.4
WARP 5.6
Win Shares/48 .137

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