No, there is no truth that the Orlando Magic is in a panic mode. According to Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy, it was a bizarre coup that Orlando General Manager Otis Smith had pulled off during the weekend which addressed the immediate needs of the team. Van Gundy says giving up Rashard Lewis to the Washington Wizards for Gilbert Arenas and Vince Carter, Mickael Pietrus and Marcin Gortat to the Phoenix Suns for Jason Richardson, Hedo Turkoglu and Earl Clark has suddenly transform the Magic into a younger and more athletic squad, according to Hoopsworld.
“It hasn't gone on a long time. It's all been pretty quick for me in the last two days. We've talked about some of the players before because people were out there and we talked about what our team needed. I think what this deal does is we're a little bit younger, more athletic, but the thing we really wanted to do was add some offensive and guys that we felt could create off of the dribble. I think we were on the same page as far as what our needs were as a team, there's no question about that. I think Otis accomplished that in both of these deals.”
No comments:
Post a Comment