Piston-PiercePower

Well, you guys won last night without him.

How long do you guess he'll be out?

And why the heck would he kick a photographer?!

thegza

He's an idiot. No need to put it in any fancy terms, Francis is still a childish fool.

This will probably actually do Orlando more good then anything else. They now know they cannot count on "The Franchise" when they need him most, and I feel they have found themselves a true PG in Nelson, and just need to trade the cancer for a decent SG. From there on out, things should improve if given time.

Idunkonyou

I got to agree with that. When Francis does get back, Jent should have him come off the bench as a backup PG for Nelson. Nelson has been playing better than Francis any way.

X-Factor

Hit the nail on the head theLegend.

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X-Factor

1.) Why yes, yes we did.

2.)He'll probably be out 'till towards the end of the season. Rodman did the same thing way back when and he got an 11 game suspension.

3.)He kicked the photogropher because he is a whiny baby and he was frustrated with officiating. He tried to make it all secretive but he was caught on camera. I'll laugh at whatever team has him at the begining of next season.

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Hustle

"NBA senior vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson suspended Francis indefinitely Saturday, causing him to miss the Magic's game in Portland against the Trail Blazers. Jackson's security staff is conducting interviews and reviewing the video footage -- both Sun Sports Network and Fox Sports Northwest have shots of the incident -- and a final ruling on the suspension is expected to be handed down today. "Steve is a very intense individual and he plays with a lot of passion and intensity," said Chris Jent, whose second game as the Magic's interim head coach was without the team's leading scorer. "But when he steps between the lines he becomes something that makes you great. But if that energy and spirit goes in the wrong direction it can hurt you." Florida Today

Captain Obvious

It's 3 games:

http://www.nba.com/magic/news/

I'm a little surprised, I thought it'd be about 5 games.

JNice

Aw, thats it? I was hoping for more.

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Bl_ckB_st_rd

Personally I didn't think it looked like he kicked him but whatever. I'm suprised at the backlash aimed at Francis seeing as how he's far and away their best player (although it would probably be Hill if he didn't have glass ankles). Yes, he dominates the ball but that's what happens when you have a SG playing the 1. Im sick of seeing him get ripped apart for not passing enough seeing as how the best part of his game is getting to the rim. I figured the Mobley trade (without question the worst trade of the year) would mean they'd have to move him to the 2 and leave him there but what do I know.

JNice

Nobody questions his talent. It is his attitude that sucks. And after playing with Yao and constant talk that he wasn't any good at getting Yao the ball, the same type of things are happening with Dwight Howard. And Francis is less effective as a SG because he is used to dominating the ball and he is a defensive liability at SG, moreso than he is at PG.

But mainly it is his attitude ... and, especially this season, his pension for taking games off against the lesser teams in the league. He did that a lot earlier this season and if he didn't, Orlando's record would probably easily be 4-5 games better.

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