Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel: “LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade all pooling their talents is unseemly or just unfair … unless they do it in your town, of course. [...] Remember the summer of 2000, when the [Orlando] Magic boldly toyed with signing their own Big Three — Tim Duncan, Grant Hill …
Tag Archive: Tracy McGrady
Oct 12
Magic Basketball Mailbag, 10/12/10
Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images Here’s another installment of the Magic Basketball Mailbag. _______ With Vince Carter declining and an inconsistent Rashard Lewis coming off a down year, will the Magic get enough scoring from the wings to compete for a championship? In my opinion? Yes. It’ll be tough because of his age but as …
Oct 08
Fun With Advanced Statistical Plus/Minus
Fernando Medina/NBAE via Getty Images In late July, I made note that DSMok1 — a member of the APBRmetrics community — introduced a new metric to the fray. And that is advanced statistical plus/minus, which has been tweaked since it was first introduced a few months ago. This particular statistic shouldn’t be seen as an …
Oct 05
Tuesday’s Magic Word
Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel: “Former [Orlando] Magic shooting guard Courtney Lee feels right at home with the Houston Rockets. Going from a team that went 12-70 last season to a playoff contender would make anybody feel happy. That’s the case with Lee, who was sent from the New Jersey Nets to the Rockets in August …
Sep 22
A Look at the Orlando Magic’s “Franchise Five”
On Thursday, ESPN.com gave fans the opportunity to determine the five ultimate players for every franchise in the NBA. Voting commenced for several days and for the Orlando Magic, the players chosen were Penny Hardaway at point guard, Tracy McGrady at shooting guard, Grant Hill at small forward, Rashard Lewis at power forward, and Shaquille …
Aug 10
Tuesday’s Magic Word
Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel: “Orlando Magic players and coaches had better get their rest now, because NBA schedule makers gave the team a daunting dose of back-to-back games during the 2010-11 regular season. The Magic will play 20 pairs of back-to-backs, including 12 pairs in which Orlando will host the first game and then hit …
Aug 06
More Tracy McGrady Goodness
_______ Not McGrady’s best game in a Magic uniform, but a great one nonetheless. Click here for Part II.
Aug 04
T-Mac’s Zenith: When the Basketball Court Was His Oyster
_______ Seriously. Some of these shots by Tracy McGrady are flat-out absurd. Note the reverse layup.
Aug 04
An Addendum to Tracy McGrady’s Career, Featuring Grant Hill
Fernando Medina/NBAE/Getty Images Given that today’s topic at Magic Basketball centers around Tracy McGrady, I wanted to shed light on a post I wrote at Orlando Pinstriped Post nearly a year and a half ago. I’ve written thousands of posts since I started covering the Orlando Magic almost two years ago, and this is one …