Maddocks

you need to get it right, cook cant and wont play D. you can toss money at his feet and he wouldnt even box out to pick it up.

SoCalfan21

I love all of you....But im sorry for your recent acquirement of Brian "No D, All 3" Cook.


God Speed to you all.

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deanwoof

we dont need him to play D.

he can give us 6 fouls and spread the floor. i know laker fans hate cookie cuz he sucks. but what do you really expect from him? kwame brown quality?

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JNice

This was a dumb and shortsighted trade. If Evans were 21/22 yrs old I'd be happy with it but he is 29 yrs old. And Cook ... we've already got the white version in Garrity.

I understand surrounding Dwight with shooters ... but that doesn't mean every player around Dwight has to be a 3pt shooter. Ariza was one of the best slashers, finishers, and offensive rebounds on the team.

Bad move Otis. Ariza has shown improvement since we acquired him. Two years from now he could have been our starting SG.

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Babir

Very bad move, my day is spoiled At least we could have tried to get Turiaf instead of Cook what a terrible move...

Feed_Dwight

I'm not surprised by the trade. I liked Ariza, but he didn't really fit into SVG's offense. It was pretty noticable when he was on the floor.

thekid

No way you would of gotten Turiaf

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Babir

Why didn't we try to get Shareef Abdul Raheem from Sacramento?

Idunkonyou

Although I will miss Ariza, he needed to be traded. He didn't fit in Stan's system mainly because he can't shoot a jumper. Cook and Evans can, plus Evans is a good all around hustle player. Cook is a great shooter, but lacks defense. Either way this trade helps the Magic. The only question I have is why didn't we get more for Ariza?

Idunkonyou

Ariza will more then likely be a FA next year. Who knows? The Magic may re-sign him.

stojakovic

what are the contract status of mo and cook?

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Idunkonyou

Evans is going to be a FA next offseason. Cook, I think, has 3 years left.

MickyEyez

cook is lazy and doesn't play good D... but there is no way he could be worse than garrity. i guess we'll find out when we see both the toilet bowl defenders in action.


hard to know what to think of this deal without seeing what cook and evans can bring to the table with this system...

i agree though that ariza was a gem for us, but who knows what happens after his contract is up anyhow...

DANNY

you know what if cook gets enough minutes from SVG, he's going to surprise some people with his defense and rebounding. he has the skillsets to become a decent defender and he showed some of that during the summer league and pre-season the last couple of years. Mysteriously it never translated well into the season and i think the reason being is that he lacked confident. Phil was quick to bench him whenever he made a mistake and the only way he stayed on the court was when he was hitting shots like his life depended on it.

so magic fans, dont be so down. there's always a silver lining.

also cook is very good at taking charges so that might help a little.

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Babir

Yes, at least Cook is better than Garrity on defense, sounds ridiculous but that is true...