Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel: “While the celebration of the new place was going on up the street, the old place was eerily quiet. It was sunny and green and clean outside, but dark and desolate and dusty inside. And nearly abandoned. Except for a skeletal crew of workers, there was no sign of …
Tag Archive: Rich DeVos
Sep 13
The Amway Center’s Potential
Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel Via Mark Schlueb of the Orlando Sentinel: When the Orlando Arena opened in 1989, few people had heard of the newfangled Internet, and mobile phones were the size of bricks. When its replacement opens Oct. 1, the technology inside the new Amway Center will have changed as much as it has in …
Jul 27
Otis Smith and Stan Van Gundy Receive Contract Extensions
Photo by Doug Benc/Getty Images Via Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel: The Orlando Magic will put their title hopes into the hands of coach Stan Van Gundy and General Manager Otis Smith for a while longer. The Sentinel has learned that the Magic will announce Wednesday that Van Gundy and Smith have had their …
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
Penny Hardaway Seeks Closure With the Orlando Magic
Photo by Bill Baptist/NBAE via Getty Images Via Shannon J. Owens of the Orlando Sentinel: In Hardaway’s eyes, his reputation in Orlando never fully recovered from the dark cloud of Hill’s firing. He was accused of leading the team’s mutiny against Hill. “He was the captain at the time. But there was 16 guys in …
May 27
Second Look: Orlando Magic 113, Boston Celtics 92
Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel: “Ever since laying a giant egg and having their hearts questioned after a Game 6 debacle, the [Orlando] Magic have played like a team that reached the NBA Finals last season and won 59 games this season. Like in Game 4, the Magic relied on cornerstones [Dwight] Howard and point …