Orlando Magic
The Minnesota Timberwolves are trying to become playoff-contenders, but they always fall short in some areas. They fell short last season due to key injuries. Now it seems like all they’re missing is a key player or two. According to ESPN 1500 in Minnesota, general manager David Kahn will evaluate how the team does with Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio back in...
After months and months of the ongoing saga that involved disgruntled, All-Star center Dwight Howard wanting to leave Orlando, it has finally happened. Howard officially has become a Los Angeles Laker as the Magic sent him off in a four-team trade that involved eight other players, as sources tell ESPN. Here’s how it went down: Lakers Receive: Dwight Howard, Earl...
Regardless of what Sam Vincent’s plan for the Orlando Magic to hire Phil Jackson as their top basketball executive, Brian Shaw is not only the leading candidate to become the team’s next head coach, but also in my opinion the best candidate. The Orlando Sentinel reports bringing Shaw aboard as coach is reportedly part of Vincent’s proposed concoction. The Sentinel...
The Orlando Magic are in search of a new head coach since firing Stan Van Gundy. They also look to find that coach who can work with Dwight Howard so he doesn’t leave the team. Orlando has been linked to Phil Jackson, according to many rumors. Jackson retired from coaching after the Los Angeles Lakers were knocked out of the NBA Playoffs last year in a sweep to...
The Orlando Magic are in search for a new head coach after firing Stan Van Gundy. Hopefully, they can find a head coach that can cope with disgruntled center, Dwight Howard. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Orlando’s man could be current Indiana Pacers’ assistant, Brian Shaw. Shaw, by all accounts, is already the leading candidate for the Magic coaching...
The Brooklyn Nets have a 7.5% chance of landing the No. 1 pick of the NBA Draft for Wednesday night. The pick will most likely be Kentucky forward Anthony Davis. Could the Nets swing him in a deal for disgruntled center Dwight Howard? Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski reports that if Brooklyn were to land Davis, they would trade him to satisfy free agent point guard...
Dwight Howard was available to TMZ to talk. Howard discussed about the Orlando Magic firing Stan Van Gundy, and saying it wasn’t his fault. He also has the Oklahoma City Thunder winning the NBA Finals. Josh Dhani is the founder of FootBasket. He also contributes at Hoops Authority and Eight Points Nine Seconds. You can read more about him at his website. Follow...
Shaquille O’Neal has had an amazing career in the NBA. He also got his doctorate degree earlier this month from Barry University. Could he be the new Orlando Magic General Manager? According to ESPN’s Chris Broussard, Orlando could interview O’Neal for the now vacant GM position early next week. This just doesn’t seem likely to happen at all,...
We all knew this was coming. Stan Van Gundy was officially fired Monday as the Orlando Magic’s head coach. Center Dwight Howard reportedly wanted him fired when news came out in early April. Van Gundy found out about it and Orlando’s season was topsy-turvy after it was broke. Howard suffered a herniated disk soon after, which resulted in a first round loss...
Brooklyn Nets center Brook Lopez is on schedule with his rehab, according to GM Billy King. Lopez recently met with doctors on May 16 and reports say it went well. King also says there has been no running or jumping for Lopez yet. Last season, Lopez struggled mightily with injuries, only playing in five games. He had a fracture in his fifth metatarsal and then sprained...
