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The Four Words Magic GM Otis Smith Will Not Say

David Friedman posted 7/10/2008 from 20secondtimeout.blogspot.com

Orlando GM Otis Smith drafted J.J. Redick but will not admit that the former Duke star is, as Bianchi puts it, "the biggest bust this city has seen since Paris Hilton's nightclub."

The HoneyMOON is Over

favrav posted 7/10/2008 from theondeckcircle.net

A look at what can and will be expected from Jamario Speedwagon Moon next season.

Magic sign, introduce ex-Warriors SF Pietrus

Golden State Of Mind: Front Page Posts found this 7/11/2008 on sports.espn.go.com

The Magic introduced Mickael Pietrus after signing him away from the Warriors.

9.5 years later, David Stern makes the summer fun

And One posted 7/11/2008 from sports.yahoo.com

Thank you, David Stern, for creating the 1999 Collective Bargaining Agreement. Sure, it's not the one the NBA is currently working under, and it did sort of destroy the 1998-99 season (sort of?), but let's call it - that season was going to be rubbish anyway. While we're on the subject, Steve Aschburner came through with a must-read column on the labor impasse from ten years ago . ..

Magic counting on Mickael Pietrus to lock down LeBron and D-Wade

And One posted 7/11/2008 from www.orlandosentinel.com

Shooting guard Mickael Pietrus was asked if co-captain Dwight Howard had reached out to him yet and welcomed him to the Orlando Magic. "Yes, if you look at the tape when he broke my nose," laughed Pietrus, recalling how he took an elbow from Howard during a 2006 game in Orlando while trying to make a steal.