Orlando Magic

Rashard Lewis is back tongiht against the Bobcats, and not a minute too soon considering the sad state of the Magic. Marcin Gortat isn't expected to play because of an illness, J.J. Redick is doubtful and Brandon Bass will be less than full strength.

By Mike from Illinois(noreply@blogger.com) Here are excerpts from an article Sunday by Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel: Marcin Gortat might not be so fortunate. The backup center missed practice Sunday because he felt under the weather, and Van Gundy said he doesn't expect Gortat to be available to play Monday.

By Mike from Illinois(noreply@blogger.com) Shaquille O'Neal added 10 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 blocks The Magic bench combined to shoot 7 of 21 Marcin Gortat led the Magic with 8 rebounds, and started the second half along with Howard Magic are now in third place in the SE, behind Miami (6-1) and Atlanta (6-2)

Malone makes most of his seat next to Van Gundy One of the first things Orlando Magic center Marcin Gortat purchased after hitting his version of the NBA lottery — a five-year, $34 million contract — was a very nice wristwatch.

By Mike from Illinois(noreply@blogger.com) Mickael Pietrus: 19 points (7 of 13 FG), 5 rebounds Dwight Howard: 15 points (5 of 10 FG), 11 rebounds J.J. Redick: 15 points (5 of 9 FG), 5 assists Rashard Lewis: 14 points (3 of 8 FG) Matt Barnes: 14 points (5 of 9 FGs), 9 rebounds Marcin Gortat: 12 points (6 of 7 FGs), 7 rebounds

By Mike from Illinois(noreply@blogger.com) Rashard Lewis: 22 points (8 of 13 FGs) Vince Carter: 19 points (8 of 19 FGs) Brandon Bass: 16 points (6 of 6 FGs) Marcin Gortat: 14 points (4 of 5 FGs, 14 rebounds, 6 blocks) J.J. Redick: 14 points (3 of 8 FGs) Jameer Nelson: 12 points (5 of 10 FGs, 7 assists)

By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Rashard Lewis scored 22 points and Marcin Gortat had 14 points, 14 rebounds and six blocked shots to help the Orlando Magic beat the Houston Rockets 113-104 in a preseason game Friday night.

The start of training camp is still more than a week away, but judging by the turnout at the Magic's practice facility recently, that camp already has begun. Except for centers Dwight Howard and Marcin Gortat, almost everyone else has been there working on their games, getting in shape, ma...

By Mike from Illinois(noreply@blogger.com) 1) Dwight Howard, Brandon Bass, Mickael Pietrus, Vince Carter, Jameer Nelson 2) Howard, Bass, Matt Barnes, Carter, Nelson 3) Howard, Ryan Anderson, Pietrus/Barnes, Carter, Nelson 4) Howard, Marcin Gortat, Pietrus/Barnes, Carter, Nelson

By WeRDevos(noreply@blogger.com) The Magic currently carry 11 contracts. The league minimum is 13 and the max is 15. It is believed most NBA teams will carry only 13 players this season due to financial concerns. More on that later. CENTER Dwight Howard Marcin Gortat POINT GUARD Jameer Nelson Anthony Johnson

By Mike from Illinois(noreply@blogger.com) To Marcin Gortat, who parlayed one "little hit" (a solid playoff performance) into a $33 million deal that, if you're a Dallas fan, you should be happy isn't clogging up your cap right now. I liked Gortat heading into the summer as a great value risk in the "four years, $17.6 million" range. Not...

By WeRDevos(noreply@blogger.com) Smith shocked nearly everyone by matching Dallas' five-year, $34 million offer sheet to Marcin Gortat, the Polish backup center who is unlikely to play more than 10 minutes a game next season because he's backing up all-world center Dwight Howard. Fans haven't seen much of Gortat becaus...

By WeRDevos(noreply@blogger.com) 1. Rashard Lewis -- 2859 2. Dwight Howard -- 2821 3. Hedo Turkoglu -- 2815 4. Courtney Lee -- 1939 7. Jameer Nelson -- 1309 8. Tony Battie -- 1202 9. J.J. Redick -- 1111 10. Rafer Alston† -- 856 11. Marcin Gortat -- 794 12. Keith Bogans† -- 787 13. Brian Cook† -- 146 14. Tyronn Lue† -- 129 16. Adonal Foyle† -- 59

By noreply@blogger.com (Mike from Illinois) 11 of the 12 Magic players scored; only Marcin Gortat failed to score for the Magic Johnson and Tyronn Lue had 3 assists between them Lewis and Turkoglu combined to shoot just 8 of 24 for 24 points The Magic starting frontline of Howard, Lewis, and Turkoglu combined to score just 36 points