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		<title>Feast or Famine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you less educated folks out there who may not be familiar with the old idiom &#8220;feast or famine&#8221;, it means; either too much of something or not enough of something. If you&#8217;re a fan of the Orlando Magic, you probably already know where I&#8217;m going with this. Yes, that &#8220;something&#8221; I&#8217;m referring to is EFFORT. The Magic have been wildly inconsistent through the first half of this season, and much of that has to do with the lack of effort and intensity they bring to the court on any given night. After returning home from a disastrous road trip that concluded with a disconcerting loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, in what was &#8216;suppose&#8217; to be a chance to avenge their defeat in the NBA Finals last season. The Magic apparently channeled their inner &#8220;Gooch&#8221;(pardon my reference to the old sit-com &#8220;Different Strokes&#8221; and the character who routinely harassed poor Arnold &#8220;what you talkin&#8217; bout Willis&#8221;) and took their aggression out on two clearly overmatched opponents in the Indiana Pacers and Sacramento Queens&#8230;..Oooops, I meant Kings. Before moving on, I&#8217;d like to address the Laker game if I may. I was honestly expecting Orlando to at least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Matter Where You Go; There Your Are!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magic Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Magic took their show on the road hoping to capitalize on the momentum of their blowout victory against the surging Atlanta Hawks last Saturday. Things began nicely, with a convincing win in Sacramento against the injury riddled Kings. Then reality struck once again on Wednesday night in Denver as the Nuggets dissected the Magic en route to a 115-97 trouncing over Orlando. Playing short-handed without their leading scorer Vince &#8220;Cupcake&#8221; Carter for the secong straight night, Orlando simply had no answer for the physical play of the Nuggets. Dwight &#8220;The Coward&#8221; Howard struggled mightily against the likes of Kenyon Martin and Chris &#8220;Birdman&#8221; Andersen, managing a meager 8 points on 1-7 shooting. A far cry from the 30 points and 16 rebounds he collected the night before in Sacramento. In what may have been the funniest sound bite I&#8217;ve ever heard from a player came from Dwight Howard after the loss to Denver in which he stated &#8220;the Nuggets took away the inside game and FORCED the Magic to shoot jump shots&#8221;. Excuse me if I&#8217;m missing something here, but have you ever seen anyone having to force Rashard Lewis, Vince Carter, Ryan Anderson or JJ Redick(let me stop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orlando Has Lost It&#8217;s Magic!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magic Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may not have been what they asked for, however, all those Orlando Magic fans out there got something very valuable for Christmas: The Truth! No I&#8217;m not referring to Paul Pierce, who didn&#8217;t even play due to a knee infection. The truth I&#8217;m speaking about is the transparent state of the current Orlando Magic, a team with no real leader and a slew of finesse players. Hopefully, this serves as a wake up call, for the always asleep at the wheel GM Otis Smith, to finally make a preemptive strike and make some desperately needed changes to this roster. On the surface, it may look like I&#8217;m another overzealous fan reacting hastily to a tough loss against a very formidable opponent. However, if we take a closer look at the numbers, I think there is genuine cause for concern. The Magic have no low post scoring presence, do not rebound well, with the exception of Dwight Howard,  and rely far too heavily on the 3 point shot to score. Not to mention they are missing one of the most important intangibles of a championship caliber team: Heart. It was painful to watch the Magic repeatedly get beat to loose balls and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All That Jazz</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Orlando Magic, fresh from a night off, strolled into Utah to take on a Jazz team who just suffered a debilitating loss the night before to the World Champion Los Angeles Lakers. A perfect scenario for the Magic to continue on their winning ways. As expected the Jazz looked sluggish early on and the Magic were hitting on all cylinders, building what you would think would be an insurmountable 18 point lead. Well, think again folks, because the always tough at home Utah Jazz had other plans. I can&#8217;t help but think that the momentum change was spurred on when Rashard Lewis pulled a Scottie Pippen in the 2nd quarter; refusing coach Van Gundy&#8217;s orders to get back in the game. Lewis, saddled with 2 fouls, later claimed he felt Ryan Anderson had it going and didn&#8217;t want to interrupt his hot streak.  Unbelievable as it sounds for a player making a cool $118 millions bucks to refuse a coaches instruction. Stan Van Gundy himself, who has coached some questionable characters in his career, claims he has never had a player question his authority in this manner. Even if Rashard Lewis thought he was being unselfish, is this the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magic Meltdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night was a classic example of a good team letting their inferior opponent stick around too long and having the rug pulled out from underneath them. The Orlando Magic appeared to have their 13th consecutive win against the Miami Heat all but sealed up midway through the 4th quarter, until you guessed it, Mr. Dwayne Wade himself took matters into his own hand. As much as I&#8217;d love to put the onus on Vince &#8220;Cupcake&#8221; Carter, I have to give the &#8220;Goat&#8221; award to Dwight Howard and the rest of the Magic frontline. They were clearly out hustled and showed zero heart or intensity down the stretch. It looks as if the recurrent theme of the Magic&#8217;s season is going to be their lack of killer instinct. Until Vince Carter and Rashard Lewis realize referee&#8217;s are not going to blow the whistle on weak finger roll drives to the basket, or Dwight Howard starts to make critical free throws, the Magic will continue to falter in close meaningful games. Dwayne Wade&#8217;s humiliating block of Vince &#8220;Cupcake&#8221; Carters 4th quarter fade away drive to the basket, was reminiscent of last years finals series against the Los Angeles Lakers, when Kobe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magic Malaise</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Orlando Magic are riding a five game winning streak which included wins against a struggling Celtic team on the road and another three against sub five hundred ball clubs. With Jameer Nelson, the fragile starting point guard out once again for a long duration, things could take a turn for the worst if the Magic don&#8217;t pick up their defensive intensity and start executing better offensively as well. If Hedo Turkoglu was considered lackadaisical on the court at times, Vince Carter is now filling his shoes quite nicely. There is no real true leader on this group, especially, with Nelson out of the line up, who is capable of inspiring championship caliber effort. While Stan Van Gundy may be perceived by some of his players as negative or too hard on them, the fact of the matter is if he doesn&#8217;t try to get the most out of his players, the majority will just accept a mediocre effort. Dwight Howard should try and assert himself as a leader and increase his game day intensity. Instead, he chose to ask coach Van Gundy to lighten up on the guys, especially, newcomer Vince Carter. Basically, summing up his lack of dedication [...]]]></description>
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