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By rss@youtube.com (pennyccwnba) It's not too often Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy can crack jokes after watching one of the NBA's best players have a career game against his team. Then again, allowing such a performance doesn't usually come in a blowout win. Dwight Howard had 32 points and 17 rebounds, and the Magic with...

By rss@youtube.com (monuow) Stan Van Gundy predicted at the morning shootaround that Toronto forward Chris Bosh would score 40 points against his Orlando Magic. The Magic coach turned out to be right _ and he still got to smile about it. Jameer Nelson, Hedo Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis had 22 points apiece as the Magic ove...

Vince Carter's tender left ankle was aching so much at the morning shootaround he couldn't participate, and Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy ruled him out of Tuesday night's game against Charlotte. Vince Carter's tender left ankle was aching so much at the morning shootaround he couldn't pa...

By Mike from Illinois(noreply@blogger.com) The Magic, missing Rashard Lewis (suspension), Vince Carter (ankle), and Ryan Anderson (ankle), were no match for Oklahoma City Sunday night, as the Magic were dominated in virtually every statistical category, in one of their worst losses of the Stan Van Gundy era.

By Mike from Illinois(noreply@blogger.com) But it will keep Anderson out of some games. Magic Coach Stan Van Gundy also said Vince Carter was doubtful for Sunday's game. That means between the suspension (SF Rashard Lewis) and injuries (PF Anderson, SG Vince Carter, C Adonal Foyle) the Magic will have nine available players tomorro...

Love for the national pastime bonds a family of hoops gurus Stan Van Gundy sat in front of a microphone for his postgame news conference after a recent Orlando Magic preseason exhibition. A reporter asked him for his thoughts.

You don't need to read minds to know what has preoccupied Orlando Magic Coach Stan Van Gundy these last few weeks. It's the defense.

Mike D'Antoni accomplished something radical in his first season as coach of the New York Knicks. He scrapped the Knicks' plodding offense in favor of an up-tempo system that fans actually enjoy watching.

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 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) -- The Orlando Magic and coach Stan Van Gundy have been fined $35,000 each for his criticism of referees earlier in the week.

By By REUTERS NEW YORK (Reuters) - Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy has been fined $35,000 for criticizing the NBA's replacement referees, the league said on Friday.

The Orlando Magic signed Matt Barnes primarily because he should help as a defender and rebounder. But Coach Stan Van Gundy has said the 6-foot-7 small forward also could assume one of the roles that made Hedo Turkoglu so valuable: as an inbounds passer late in games.

By Mike from Illinois(noreply@blogger.com) The Orlando Magic started training camp Tuesday with two practices at RDV Sportsplex. Players scrimmaged for about 27 minutes apiece during the morning session, and Coach Stan Van Gundy said he liked his players' effort, but added that they were "very, very, very sloppy."

By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The Orlando Magic have extended the contracts of general manager Otis Smith and coach Stan Van Gundy, a person familiar with the negotiations said Monday.

Stan Van Gundy held a day-long coaching clinic earlier this month for an estimated 75 high school and college coaches at the private school that his children attend in Central Florida. Money raised benefited both the school and the Florida Association of Basketball Coaches. --The Magic a...

By Mike from Illinois(noreply@blogger.com) The Magic's top remaining priority is to add another point guard, but unless they can work out a sign-and-trade deal with another team, there are fewer options. Already over the salary cap, Orlando can only offer free agents minimum salaries because it used its entire mid-level exceptio...

By By WILLIAM C. RHODEN Stan Van Gundy and the Magic are returning to Orlando down 2-0 to the Lakers. With three games to play at home, it’s time to see what the unpretentious coach is made of.

Orlando Sentinel TBJ Ep. 438: Magic fail, Dwight Howard, momentum and more Yahoo! Sports Unbalanced Howard, Magic have some soul-searching to do NBA.com Dwight Howard's criticism means Stan Van Gundy now has job insecurity Orlando Sentinel

 OH The second one probably can be laid on Dwight Howard, who bent down reaching for a loose ball just far enough to be unable to block Thaddeus Young's flip shot. Magic coach Stan Van Gundy took the heat for the third one -- Glen Davis' buzzer-beating ...

 NY Magic Coach Stan Van Gundy had wanted to get Courtney Lee back into the starting lineup for Game 4 against the Boston Celtics, but he was afraid of what House might do. Lee is Orlando's best perimeter defender. He missed three consecutive games after ...

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Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel: "The Orlando Magic strode in on the rise and on a roll, a youthful franchise already monitoring future playoff pairings, 'Going forward,' as Coach Stan Van Gundy likes to say. But Monday night, in a little more than two hours, the wily Detroit Pistons...

By Mark Brown I'm a big fan of Stan Van Gundy, he has done an amazing job as head coach and is one of the top-10 coaches in the league. He has directed the offense beautifully, and has  incorporated Howard, Nelson, Lewis, and Turkoglu equally and ensured that there is no ill will over who's getting the...

Stan Van Gundy doesn't like the way his team is playing, but he likes what this latest stretch could mean for the future. Only the good teams can consistently win when they aren't playing well. And that's what's happening now with the Magic. They must be serious contenders. The Magic continue t...

By Tom Ziller I mean, Howard is the type of dunker a team actually builds around. The strategy employed by Stan Van Gundy and Otis Smith -- surround him with shooters -- worked beautifully last season, and should keep Orlando in the top half of the East until the shooters move on. A guy whose offensive reper...

By noreply@blogger.com (David Friedman) Obviously, if Orlando Coach Stan Van Gundy thought that Redick could make a significant offensive contribution while also guarding Hamilton then he would have played Redick in the Magic's playoff series versus Detroit, during which Hamiliton was the leading scorer. Still, there are certainly cases in which a player has not received much playing time with his first team only to emerge as a valuable contributor with another team. I don't believe that this will happen with Redick for the reasons that I listed above and in my previous posts about him but it will be interesting to see what happens if Redick is indeed traded by the Magic.   [read the full post]

By Atma Brother ONE Golden State of Mind: How much credit does new Magic head coach and Bay Area native Stan Van Gundy deserve for the Magic's impressive record this season? Does anyone in Orlando wish Billy Donovan stuck with the team instead of heading back to Gainesville?