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Originally Posted by Babir
Lee is a rookie and don't forget about that, do you think he will be able do bring the ball up court in emergency situations in playoffs?  He is not Penny Hardaway who was playing well at PG in his first year with the Magic...
You see? You are saying that Hedo is not that valuable and we could not get an All Star for him...but we don't actually need an All Star, what we need is a strong post up player with a nice jumper...Resigning Foyle was stupid move, rely on Gortat and Cook even worth...
I just hope we are not going to see to much of this stupid "small ball" game next season, with Lewis at PF and Jameer at PG... |
Are you kidding me?? The odds of both Meer AND Johnson being out @ the same time is really very low...... You can basically that about any team concerning their PG's "IF" they all magically get hurt at the same time.. In any case, we just bring some guys up from D-League or package JJ + Bogans 4 a PG, so relax.. This team is very good. And you dont like our "small ball", but u forget that our versatility is what made us soo good and soo hard to stop last year. We got a BEAST down low, and then he's surrounded w/ 4 shooters.. That's tough to stop. Factor in the return of Battie, the emergance of Gortat late in the year, and the versatility of B. Cook, in this frontline is better than most combined with Dwight..
And u say we play "small ball" but Hedo/Shard/Dwight are all 6'10+".... Jameer was a true PG in the playoffs and really elavated his game... He is the heart of this team, so if he can bring the same consistency that he showed in the playoffs to the reg. season this year, than this team is fine. Johnson brings toughness to the PG position, and is that bigger PG ur complaining we somehow "dont have"... And if a guy like Stuckey can effective play PG as a rookie, in the playoffs.... Why couldn't a guy like Courtney Lee just play in emergancy situations??? Even last year we only had two PGs, and we had Dooling play down @ the 1 alot just for his D, not for his PG skills.... Lee could do the same.
Overall, ur outlook on the team is just extremely pessimistic 4 some reason, and it's odd coming after a really solid year. One in which we revamped the backcourt, and get a big like Battie back and who is just another weapon in the post we didn't have last year, who can bang, play D, and rebound. Him and Gortat(who emerged late), will be eons better than what Foyle gave us last year.... Not to mention Cook, who won a game or two for us last year with wet stroke from 3 will be back, and apparently in the best shape of his career.... This team is gonna do big things buddy.
At the end of the day, this team is a mismatch nightmare... Three guys who can all start side-by-side who are 6'10+".... One is a beast in the paint, and the other two are dead-eye shooters. An athletice freak in Pietrus, who can play D and the Ray Allen's, Rip Hamiltons, and maybe even the LeBrons and DWades in check. Optmistically, Jameer should be better going off his playoffs performance(kinda like how Dwight stepped up in the playoffs 2 yrs ago, then had a monster yr last year). Bring a guy Johnson in off the bench to keep guys like Billups from out-muscling us. CLee is a darkhorse right now, but everything i've heard about him has been positive, so if he emerges this team would be scary. Im expecting this team to do big things.
Check out Hedo.... He looks ready to go too and he's in a contract year, so look out! Every year they sleep on us, but this year is the year where we prove everybody wrong.... again. They said we wouldn't make the playoffs last year, and we were a 3 seed.... Now they say we cant hang with Cleveland, Toronto, and Philly..... We'll see who gets it, man.... we'll see what's up... I'm tired of all the haters and the doubters. If you dont believe in Magic, then NOW is the time to start believing. We doin big things this year, over here buddy. You with us or against us.?!
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