The Orlando Magic’s Inferiority Complex
Empty the Bench —
... that’s what we do, we train for it. Jameer Nelson Photo Credit: Icon SMI All of this after one win. (Mitch, though I may disagree with your points, we do still sincerely your participation and for reading the site. Really.) On that note, today the Detroit News‘ Pistons beat writer, Chris McCoskey, wrote a revealing blog entry about his experience yesterday on Orlando sports-talk radio, a story that really brings it all home about the Magic and their media’s self-respect issues. Please take a moment to read the whole thing ; here’s just an excerpt: There is a real provincial, ...
Pistons/Magic tensions spill into the media room
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From Chris McCosky’s blog Friday afternoon:
So I go on this talk radio show down here Thursday afternoon. I thought they wanted a Chauncey Billups update. But no, this guy — I don’t remember his name — says, “Now that the Magic have control of the series…” And I stopped him. Control of the series? How does being down 2-1 with two games still to be played in Detroit give the Magic control of the series. […] It was his show, so I tried to be diplomatic. I said from the Magic point of view, sure, they probably ...
Don’t Mess with This Pistons Beat Writer
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... Anyway, the excerpt I published concerned a recent run-in McCoskey had with an Orlando sports talk radio personality (read about it here). In a nutshell, he went on the show, felt he was being unnecessarily badgered, and after ending the interview heard that the host ripped on him for about 15 minutes on the air. ...
