If you haven’t noticed already, Tobias Harris now wears Dwight Howard’s old number for the Orlando Magic. I participated in a 5-on-5 today at ESPN.com to talk about Dwight Howard coming back to Orlando to face off against the Magic at Amway Center for the first time since being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers …
Tag Archive: Stan Van Gundy
Mar 11
Monday’s Magic Word
John Schuhmann of NBA.com: “The Magic clearly should have scheduled more games against the Sixers, who have given them two of their four victories since mid-January. The Amway Center faithful surely hope that No. 5 comes on Tuesday, when that trade-demanding, coach-killing and candy-loving Dwight Howard comes to town for the first (and last?) time …
Aug 16
3-on-3 roundtable: A look at the road ahead
Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images 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, …
Aug 09
Remembering Game 1 of the 2009 NBA Eastern Conference Finals
Photo by Elsa/Getty Images I recently revisited Game 1 of the 2009 NBA Eastern Conference Finals between the Magic and Cavs. Cleveland was hot, and maybe even the team to beat coming into the series. Orlando had other intentions, though. My foggy memory was filled with ideas of a three-point shootout, a lot of LeBron …
Jul 21
Style of play and wins
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 …
Jun 30
2010-2011 Player Evaluation: Ryan Anderson
Photo by J. Meric/Getty Images 2010-2011 regular season Ryan Anderson Games Played 64 Minutes Played 22.3 adj. +/- +8.29 net +/- +4.8 statistical +/- +4.27 PER 19.0 WARP 8.5 Win Shares/48 .217
Jun 29
2010-2011 Player Evaluation: Brandon Bass
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images 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
Jun 23
2010-2011 Player Evaluation: Quentin Richardson
Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images 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
Jun 22
2010-2011 Player Evaluation: Hedo Turkoglu
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images 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