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		<title>Still Not Con-VINCE-d</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magic Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[brandon jennings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dwight Howard]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=761</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After watching Vince &#8220;Cupcake&#8221; Carter hit the deck following a mild collision with  Ersan IIyasova, I immediately predicted Carter would be slow to get up, so he could milk the crowd for some attention. It is a scene I became all to familiar with while watching him play in New Jersey for the Nets. The slightest chance of faking an injury would send Carter into full &#8220;Drama Queen&#8221; mode. The replays of this play clearly showed there was no contact between Carter&#8217;s head and IIyasova&#8217;s shoulder, no matter how many times the Magic announcers tried to tell us otherwise. Much to my chagrin, I was forced to listen to media outlets attributing Carter&#8217;s false bravado as the spark that helped lead the Magic to victory against the mediocre Milwaukee Bucks. The Magic got off to a slow start, a consistent theme this season, then eventually found their shooting touch and ran the inferior Bucks out of the gym. Once again, the Magic lacked  defensive intensity and relied on their depth and the three ball to carry them to the win. As I&#8217;ve said repeatedly, this formula will work against weaker opponents, however, it will continue to hinder the Magic against the [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Boston Celtics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=756</guid>
		<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>Magic Malaise</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magic Maven</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allen Iverson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hedo Turkoglu]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=689</guid>
		<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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		<title>Let&#8217;s talk some NBA.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 04:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeezNuts</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=679</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The finals have been good on both ends this year and there has been a lot of discussion and debate over a lot of crap. I think it&#8217;s time for me to toss my opinions out there on the whole thing and I really don&#8217;t care what anyone thinks. I&#8217;ll start with the Lebron/Kobe debate. Kobe is still better than Lebron for one reason. He is a closer.  In my opinion, there is way too much talk about sharing the ball, game ending shots and officiating in these games. The thing that still stands out to me is this. Kobe finishes games like Lebron doesn&#8217;t right now. The ball sharing argument is stupid to me because of this. When it is time to finish off a game, you&#8217;re best player needs to do it. Kobe shares the ball early in the game but in the last couple minutes, when it matters, he has it and finishes things off. Lebron doesn&#8217;t finish games this way. He is still looking to dish the ball even though he is rolling right through the lane and that is a sign of a guy who doesn&#8217;t think he can do it. He hit the big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Angry NBA Wednesday.</title>
		<link>http://tampabaysportsblog.com/orlando-magic/angry-nba-wednesday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 01:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeezNuts</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Orlando Magic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rafer Alston]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eddie House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Houston Rockets]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=667</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was an odd night in the NBA last night. A couple of not so close games has some odd behavior attached to them. The Magic got handled fairly easy by the Celtics in game two, but it was Rafer Alston&#8217;s girly behavior that caught my attention. It&#8217;s not shocking that the Celtics came out with a lot more fire and intensity last night. They finally had some time to recover from the wild Bulls series they had in round one. They also needed to take that game to avoid going to Orlando down 0-2. What surprised me was Alston. Eddie House was going off last night (he finished with 31) and it finally got to Alston. It was funny but will probably land Alston on the sideline for game 3. After Eddie House hit a three pointer (in Alston&#8217;s face) Alston decided to slap him in the head as turned to run down the court. That&#8217;s right, he &#8220;slapped&#8221; him. He&#8217;s lucky House didn&#8217;t turn and pummel him, but even House had to laugh at the girly attack Rafer laid on him. It was so pathetic that the ref&#8217;s didn&#8217;t eject Alston and gave he and House both technical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Magic start off well.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 19:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeezNuts</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Courtney Lee]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mickael Pietrus]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rafer Alston]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=665</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Magic jumped out to a big lead early and held on late to beat the Celtics in game one. Both teams are fighting injuries with Courtney Lee and Kevin Garnett down and this set up opportunities for some others to step up. The Celtics had no one to step up in Garnett&#8217;s absence against the Magic and they exploited that enough to win game one. From what I saw though there are some huge holes out there that the Magic can take advantage of and really take hold of this series. We really shouldn&#8217;t expect Rafer Alston to do what he did to Rajon Rondo last night in every game, but he needs some props for what he did. Rondo still had 14 points and 8 dimes, but Alston helped force Rondo into seven turnovers last night and that was great. Alston was all over Rondo and this could be a short series if he keeps that up. Mickael Pietrus stepped up off the bench with 17 crucial points and played with the toughness and intensity that this team needs. Let&#8217;s not forget that Pietrus was a starter earlier on the season until an injury allowed Lee to take [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Anthony Johnson]]></category>
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		<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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