ORLANDO — The Magic are still a work in progress. One game is not going to change the long road the Magic have to returning to an elite team in the NBA. There is still plenty of work to be done on both ends of the basketball. But one night sure can convince you of […]

ORLANDO — Magic fans have probably been fretting over their place in the Eastern Conference during this recent slide that has seen Orlando lose eight of its past nine games. The Magic have dovetailed from the best record in the Eastern Conference at 14-4 to sixth in the conference at 16-12. Meanwhile, Orlando’s chief competition […]

Orlando, Fla.  (25-3) vs. (16-12) Time/TV: 8 p.m./TNT, FSFloridaLine: Magic by 2.5 Season Series: Lost 106-97 in San Antonio on Nov. 22; Tonight in OrlandoVideo Vault: –Zach Lowe of The Point Forward echoes what I wrote yesterday (or I echo what he wrote since his article came first… whatever). The Magic are in it for now and money […]

Tim Duncan and Dwight Howard clash for the final time this season Thursday night at Amway Center. ZumaPress/PicApp The Magic will begin day four of their renewed training camp preparing to take on the Spurs, the top team in the West. Stan Van Gundy is preaching to make every day better than the last. And […]

Orlando took on a lot more money in this weekend’s deals and will now comfortably pay one of the highest payrolls in the NBA for the next few years. As much money as Orlando was paying before the trade, the team took on a lot more in the deal. But the Magic are not really […]

ORLANDO – Stan Van Gundy has never been one for moral victories. Tuesday night might have been an exception. The second day of “training camp” went much better than the first as Orlando nearly fought back to take a game from Dallas. Still, the new-look Magic are not quite there yet. Progress was made, but […]

ORLANDO — After a 91-81 loss Monday night in Atlanta, it is pretty clear this Magic team is going to need some time gel. A team that was put together literally Monday night really struggled to get on the same page at both ends of the floor. There surely was a little bit of nerves […]

Orlando, Fla.  (22-5) vs. (16-11) Time/TV: 7 p.m./Sun Sports, NBATVLine: Magic by 3 Season Series: Tonight in Orlando; Jan. 8 in DallasVideo Vault: —Rashard Lewis has been the focus of a lot of fan criticism this year. But it is easy to forget how important Lewis was to this team. As Evan Dunlap of Orlando Pinstriped […]

                                                               Gilbert Arenas will get a fresh start in Orlando and the                                                  team’s future may depend on it.                                                       Kevin Deitsch/UPI/PicAppIt was not hard to find the Magic’s newest acquisitions smiling even after Monday’s 91-81 loss to the Hawks. It is safe to say they all know the incredible opportunity to play with Dwight […]

Gilbert Arenas, Jason Richardson and Hedo Turkoglu arrived in Atlanta to inject some life into the offense. No one would expect Orlando to come rolling in against a pretty good Atlanta team and turn things around. Let’s face it, the Magic still have a lot of work to do. Orlando shot 35.2 percent from the […]

Atlanta, Ga.  (16-10) vs. (17-12) Time/TV: 7 p.m./FSFloridaLine: Magic by 2.5  Season Series: Won 93-89 in Orlando (Nov. 8); Lost 80-74 in Orlando (Dec. 6); Tonight in Atlanta; March 30 in AtlantaVideo Vault: –Jonathan Abrams of the New York Times writes Orlando is continuing to overhaul its roster to duplicate the success that brought it to the […]

Marcin Gortat leaves a pretty big hole in Orlando’s bench. ZumaPress/PicApp Everything begins and ends with Dwight Howard. Everyone knows that. Dwight Howard knows that (“It starts and ends with me,” Howard said at shootaround Saturday. “I have to do more and lead my team.”). Stan Van Gundy knows that (“If you want to look […]

ORLANDO — The shock of a day of upheaval was still settling in as Stan Van Gundy got to the podium pregame. Van Gundy there preached how the acquisition of Gilbert Arenas, Jason Richardson and Hedo Turkoglu would mean this team would be better offensively. He then preached, it will not matter how good Orlando’s […]

In a blockbuster deal Saturday, the Orlando Magic acquired Hedo Turkoglu, Jason Richardson and Early Clark from Phoenix in exchange for Vince Carter, Mickael Pietrus, Marcin Gortat and a 2011 first round pick. The team then sent Rashard Lewis to Washington for Gilbert Arenas. Get all that? The deals have not officially been announced by […]