Evaluating Rafer Alston
thirdquartercollapse.com 6/29/2009 — This week, 3QC will take a look back on each Magic player's 2008/2009 season. Each day focuses on one position: Monday for point guards, Tuesday for shooting guards, Wednesday for small forwards, Thursday for power forwards, and Friday for centers. I'll evaluate each individual player at that ...

Evaluating Anthony Johnson
thirdquartercollapse.com 6/29/2009 — This week, 3QC will take a look back on each Magic player's 2008/2009 season. Each day focuses on one position: Monday for point guards, Tuesday for shooting guards, Wednesday for small forwards, Thursday for power forwards, and Friday for centers. I'll evaluate each individual player at that ...

Poll: Predict The Impact Player At Point Guard
thirdquartercollapse.com 6/9/2009 — More photos » by Chris Carlson - AP Browse more photos » It's no secret that the guard play for the Orlando Magic has been bad in the NBA Finals, so far. The Los Angeles Lakers have been able to ...

Point Guard Switch Backfiring On Magic
sportingnews.com 6/9/2009 — ORLANDO, Fla. --- Just before Game 1 of the NBA Finals, when Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy learned that All-Star point guard Jameer Nelson was feeling well enough to suit up for the series after four months off with a shoulder injury, it seemed as ...

An Open Apology To Rafer Alston
lebasketbawl.com 6/10/2009 — Rafer “ Skip to my Lue ” Alston you proved me wrong! I have to give you the nod of approval in Blogsville. I shouted from the roof tops that Nelson should be playing your minutes. I have to acknowledge the egg on my face! Alston did what I thought Nelson would do (at least in game 3). He was ...

Why Is Jameer Nelson Still Playing??
nbaplayoffs2009.gearupforsports.com 6/12/2009 — I wonder if SVG has selective amnesia. He must. I also wonder if Van Gundy’s ailment is leading Rafer Alston to develop a litany of psychological disorders. I can picture him now, prone on his couch, sobbing into a pint of Peanut Butter Brittle, lamenting his erratic playing time. He has ...

Examining the Orlando Magic's Rafer Alston/Jameer Nelson Point Guard "Controversy"
thirdquartercollapse.com 6/22/2009 — More photos » by Fernando Medina - NBAE/Getty Images Browse more photos » Two weeks have passed since Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Orlando Magic, in which point guard ...

It's time to start Nelson at point guard -
orlandosentinel.com 6/7/2009 — Why are the Magic and Coach Stan Van Gundy skirting and skulking and hemming and hawing about this move? Why are they being so indecisive and unclear? Let's review, shall we? A couple of weeks ago, after a Magic practice in Boston during the ...

Van Gundy says Jameer Nelson will not start during NBA Finals by
blogs.orlandosentinel.com 6/9/2009 — Orlando Magic Coach Stan Van Gundy said Tuesday afternoon that he will not start Jameer Nelson at any point during the NBA Finals. Speaking to the media after the Magic completed their shootaround at RDV Sportsplex, Van Gundy was asked if Rafer Alston ...

Skip’s Finest Hour
slamonline.com 6/10/2009 — by Joseph Vecsey For me personally, it is amazing to see Rafer “Skip to my Lou” Alston playing in the NBA finals, let alone having a great game. And I mean that in a good way. I’ve known Rafer for years going back to when he was still on the fringe ...

Cavs, Magic, Thunder earn kudos for draft-day moves — USATODAY.com NBA - Top Stories 6/29/2009
The Cleveland Cavaliers and Orlando Magic have been anointed the two biggest winners of the NBA's draft day trades for landing ...

Vince Carter heads home, welcomes challenge of helping Magic to title — Celtics & NBA - BostonHerald.com 6/29/2009
ORLANDO, Fla. - Sometime early Thursday afternoon, the camp's star counselor went bonkers. Berserk. Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. At the time, he was on the floor and personally...

Will Hedo Turkoglu Be Back In a Magic Uniform? — Bleacher Report - NBA 6/30/2009
At 12 o'clock tonight, most NBA teams will be extremely busy offering numerous contracts to free agents. Of the bunch, Hedo Turkoglu seems to be the most popular, especially after ending the year on a tremendous note with the Orlando Magic. Prior ...

Nuggets, Rockets also earn kudos for draft-day moves — USATODAY.com NBA - Top Stories 6/29/2009
The Cleveland Cavaliers and Orlando Magic have been anointed the two biggest winners of the NBA's draft day trades for landing ...

Orlando Magic: Five Reasons The Vince Carter Trade Turns My Stomach — Bleacher Report - NBA 6/30/2009
My fellow Orlando-ans, please forgive me for rehashing old news, but I spent my weekend at Panama City Beach with some old college roommates and didn't have access to a computer. (Translation: I was too drunk/hungover to write anything worth ...