THE ORLANDO MAGIC ARE FRAUDS

After getting to see the Magic up close and personal yesterday, I came away unimpressed.

This was supposed to be one of the better teams in the Eastern Conference?

Spare me.

I have no doubt that if the Pistons somehow faced them in the playoffs, the Magic would be lucky to get two games.

They are flawed on both sides of the court and their coach, well, Ron Jeremy couldn’t even out coach the venerable Michael Curry.

I saw him repeatedly leave J.J. Redick on Rip Hamilton. Being at the game gave me an opportunity to see Rip in action. On any given position he ran through a minimum of 3-4 screens. At one point, I saw J.J. point to the bench and ask to come out because he was winded.

But aside from that, everybody outside of the porn star knows that leaving Redick on Hamilton is a recipe for disaster. Rip ended up with 29 and a career high 14 assists.

Offensively, the Magic stand around the three-point line and wait for Dwight Howard to get doubled so they can shoot three’s.

They have nothing else going for them. For some reason they believe that starting both Turkoglu and Lewis is their best option. Nevermind that Howard hasn’t had a legitimate power forward since he came in the league.

I’m not a betting man but if I was, I’d bet the house on the Magic getting axed early in the playoffs

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On a side note, it was fun to actually go to a Pistons game and see effort. Antonio Mcdyess is out there busting his ass trying to win games. Rip is running off hundreds of screens a game. The bench players, including Half Man-Half Hermann seemingly enjoy the minutes they get.

It was no coincidence that the Pistons played this hard without the two biggest problems on the team.

AI and Rasheed.

In fact, dare I say this team is better?

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