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		<title>Is NBA Better With Allen Iverson?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magic Maven</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Answer is unequivocally yes. As I watch the NBA these days I cannot help but become disenchanted with the poor play and uneventful nature of most games. It boggles my mind that in an age where athletes are pretty much all  prima donna&#8217;s, that a player of Allen Iverson&#8217;s stature cannot find employment. Why should we even be talking about how a player is in the locker room or how good of a teammate he may or may not be? Are most people afforded the luxury of choosing their coworkers in the real world? The bottom line here is that most professional sports leagues are so diluted that it is almost impossible to field  competitive first teams, let alone reserves. Aside from A.I&#8217;s undeniable stats, he is also regarded as a player who always shows up and gives maximum effort, which is more than we can say for countless professional athletes. Watching my beloved Orlando Magic, it is painful at times to watch the cavalier manner in which some of the Magic players approach playing the game. Dwight Howard&#8217;s constant grinning and Vince Carter&#8217;s half hearted drives to the basket and nonchalant passing down the stretch of games makes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit still owns the Magic.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=648</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pistons are still torturing the Magic and it has really become disturbing. The Pistons are not the same team that were perennial NBA Finals contenders of years past, but the Magic still can&#8217;t get over whatever it is that makes them struggle so much against the Pistons. Chauncy Billups is gone, Rasheed Wallace is looking like a shell of his former self and the Pistons defense has a lot more holes than it ever has. Allen Iverson hasn&#8217;t seen a minute of time against the Magic in the last two meetings yet, even with all of this, the Magic can&#8217;t get over on Detroit. The fact is that the Magic still have no answer for Rip Hamilton and Teyshawn Prince. Hamilton has been the major killer against Orlando recently scoring 60 points in the last two against them. What also seems to be a huge problem is this, whatever adjustments the Magic make, the Pistons already have an answer. There is always someone else stepping up for them when needed. Rodney Stuckey, 1,000 year old Antonio McDyess, etc. The one positive I guess we can take from all of this is that it appears to be getting closer. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will the Alston deal do it for the Magic?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=608</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rafer Alston came over to the Orlando Magic last week in their big trade deadline deal and looks like he&#8217;s going to fit in nicely. He has played two games, starting one, and helped the Magic get victories against the Heat and Bobcats. Alston is a true point guard and increase scoring opportunities for everyone else. The deal came shortly after the Tyronn Lue deal and that&#8217;s what leaves me scratching my head. It&#8217;s obvious at this point that the Magic threw everything they had into the Alston deal and are counting on him to lead them to the promised land. Prioritizing these things, I like the Alston deal. It will help the team this year and should help in the next season or two, assuming that Alston takes the back seat to Nelson next year with a good attitude. The Lue deal still irks me and is one of the dumbest moves the team has made to date. Lue already played here and didn&#8217;t work out. He is younger than Anthony Johnson yet looks less athletic. He wasn&#8217;t an upgrade over Johnson and dealing away Keith Bogans for him was completely stupid and was a knee jerk reaction to Jameer Nelson [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magic sweep out West.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=556</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Orlando capped of their 4-0 road trip last night with another convincing win, a 106-88 victory in Denver. The Nuggets are a good team but the Magic turned it up in the fourth quarter to run away with it. Turk, Nelson and Lewis took it to the Nuggets combining for 77 of the Magic&#8217;s 106 points. This win was impressive because of the night before. After the game they played the night before against the Lakers, you could see a letdown game coming. They didn&#8217;t let that happen and are establishing themselves as THE force to be reckoned with in the NBA. They have the best road record in the league and have done so while beating teams like the Lakers, Nuggets, Spurs, Hawks and so on in their buildings. That Laker game was everything I thought it would be by the way. Jameer Nelson stepped up again with 28 points, which included 15 in the fourth quarter. Howard showed Andrew Bynum that he still has some growing up to do as he dominated the paint despite getting into early foul trouble. It was an outstanding game and I come away even more impressed than I already was. It was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OK, Maybe I got carried away with the Magic.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=496</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I posted about how the Magic have been winning games and that people need to respect what they&#8217;re doing so far. I still think that&#8217;s the case, but I may have gotten crazy with the cheeze whiz in lumping them in with the Lakers and Celtics as far as being elite type. I still think they can do it, but last nights contest against Detroit showed that they still have some work to do. Detroit is not the same team that has beaten up on the Magic over the last few playoff seasons, yet they still have the intimidation factor over them. I talked about this back in November and it is holding true as we speak. Rashard Lewis showed last night that his new found backbone may not be temporary as he was the only real offensive force for the Magic. Jameer Nelson went cold as did Dwight Howard in combining for 27 points together. They both did their part defensively but the team couldn&#8217;t muster up enough offense to put Detroit away. The Pistons contested damn near every shot it seemed like, especially in the fourth quarter, and the Magic just couldn&#8217;t get enough shots to fall in the end. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Magic keep winning so shut up about the schedule!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeezNuts</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=485</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The idiots on the four letter network keep driving me insane with their doubting of the Magic because of their schedule. It&#8217;s not college football you assholes! They don&#8217;t get to pick who they play, they play the schedule they&#8217;re dealt and all they can do is win. Guess what dumbasses, they&#8217;re winning! It&#8217;s not like they&#8217;re playing St. Mary&#8217;s high school or a pickup game in the back yard. They&#8217;ve won on the road against the Western Conference and they&#8217;ve beaten good teams at home. They beat up on San Antonio and New Orleans at home and won tough games on the road. They&#8217;re doing this all without really having the entire team clicking on all cylinders. It took Lewis a while to get his offense going and Dwight Howard hasn&#8217;t exactly been lighting things up lately while he nurses an injury. They won while Nelson and Pietrus were out and nothing seems to be slowing them down at this point. Since their tough loss in Boston earlier this month the Magic are 13-1, with the only loss being on a last second shot by Grant Hill in Phoenix. I&#8217;m sick of hearing people doubt this team because they want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magic December is going to be tough.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=422</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[   The Magic have played four games since my last post and had put on a good showing in all but last night&#8217;s big one against the Celtics. Now I&#8217;m not going to pick on them for losing an away game, in Boston, while down three major contributors in Mickael Pietrus, Keith Bogans and Jameer Nelson. Pietrus hurt himself in the Philly game and is going to miss at least three weeks with a torn ligament in his right thumb. The Magic have been getting hit hard with injuries and Pietrus is just the latest victim to be sidelined. Orlando had two very good showings on national TV last week against Philly and Washington on the road. The Philly game was the tough one as Rashard Lewis stepped up and hit a big three in the final 5 seconds to give the Magic the win. Lewis has definitely stepped up big lately and may finally be developing into the offensive force the Magic hoped they were getting when they first acquired him. I get on Lewis a lot and it&#8217;s playing like he has been that&#8217;s going to shut all of us up that pick on him. We all know he&#8217;s talented enough to play this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Magic’s season really starts in December</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   The Orlando Magic have looked pretty good so far this year. A 9-3 record is good enough for first place in the Southeast. Quality wins over the Sixers, Mavericks and Bulls help build some confidence toward the long road ahead. The real season starts for the boys in blue next month though. That’s when we’re going to find out how much progress they’re making as a team this year. They start off on the road in Boston to face the defending champs. Then, after two games at home, they head out on a very tough West Coast swing that includes the Clippers, Blazers, Suns, Jazz and Warriors. They then come home to face the Spurs and Lakers among others and finish off the month on the road again to face the Pistons and Bulls. It’s gonna be a tough month however it winds up and we should know a lot more about this team before New Year’s Day. The key matchups are obviously the Celtics and Pistons. Both are away games and both teams are the elite of the Eastern Conference. The Celtics returned most of their team and have looked like they haven’t taken any steps backwards so [...]]]></description>
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