Orlando, Fla. vs.   Time/TV: 7 p.m./Who am I kidding?Line: What Line?Tickets: Good luck with that…Season Series: None … Yet! Video Vault: 1) Since Otis Smith and the Magic have not been allowed to have contact with Dwight Howard, what he actually wants and where he stands with the Magic is a complete mystery, Josh Robbins […]

Whenever anyone discusses the amnesty clause in the upcoming collective bargaining agreement, Gilbert Arenas‘ name is inevitably tied to it. Yes, Arenas is hardly worth the $19.3 million salary he will make if he continues to play at last year’s 8.6-PER performance in 49 games with Orlando. Arenas had orders to lose weight, get in […]

Things are getting real on the lockout front. Several players, including Jameer Nelson, J.J. Redick and Brandon Bass, were at Amway Center for the first time since June for voluntary workouts. Team personnel can actually mention players by name in interviews and conversations with the media. Late Thursday, the players voted to reform the union, […]

Wednesday morning, just about every Magic fan awoke to the story plastered on ESPN’s front page. The Nets are coming. They are determined. And they have something Dwight might want — Deron Williams and a large market — and the assets potentially to give Orlando to make it worthwhile. The deal, which according to Marc […]

New York City, N.Y. vs.   Time/TV: 7 p.m./Who am I kidding?Line: What Line?Tickets: Good luck with that…Season Series: None … Yet! Video Vault: 1) Marc Stein and Chad Ford of ESPN report that the Nets are preparing to make an offer to the Magic for Dwight Howard. The deal would include acquiring Brook Lopez and […]

The NBA season is upon us… or at least it would be if this lockout had not lasted so long. The NBA season is a mere month away, and there will be a flurry of moves to make up for our lost offseason. So, with that in mind, it is time to begin opening the […]

Orlando, Fla. vs.   Time/TV: 7 p.m./Who am I kidding?Line: What Line?Tickets: Good luck with that…Season Series: None … Yet! Video Vault: 1) Throw the Clippers into the Dwight Howard sweepstakes (along with the other 28 teams). Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel comments on Chris Broussard’s report that the Clippers will do whatever it takes […]

We are still waiting for the league to lift the lockout officially so teams can get back to work. Right now, while there is a tentative agreement, the two sides are hammering out the exact language that will govern the NBA for the next six or 10 years and making it presentable to the NBA’s […]

Finally we are going to have some real games! Just think, in 30 straight days it will be like this silly little lockout never happened and NBA basketball will be dancing in front of our eyes. OK, maybe it will not be exactly the same. But it is better than nothing. The fact the lockout […]

The NBA season is upon us… or at least it would be if this lockout had not lasted so long. The NBA season is a mere month away, and there will be a flurry of moves to make up for our lost offseason. So, with that in mind, it is time to begin opening the […]

Orlando, Fla. vs.   Time/TV: 7 p.m./Who am I kidding?Line: What Line?Tickets: Good luck with that…Season Series: None … Yet! Video Vault: 1) If you have not heard the awesome, incredible, amazing news yet, the NBA and the representative of the players reached a tentative agreement that would save the 2011-12 season. The plan is to […]

I hope everyone is having a great morning! Why wouldn’t you be? If you are like me, you came downstairs and turned on ESPN to see the great news. The NBA and the players’ attorneys reached a tentative agreement to end the lockout. A 66-game season will start on Christmas Day. And, according to Josh […]

Charlotte, N.C. (9-2) vs. (7-4)   Time/TV: 8:30 p.m./Who am I kidding?Line: What Line?Tickets: Good luck with that…Season Series: None Video Vault: 1) Negotiations between the NBA and the lawyers representing the players took place today in New York. Rumor has it that head of the former NBPA Derek Fisher will be in attendance. There is […]

Note: since there is no basketball, and we were supposed to have games, we will imagine there were games. With the help of AccuScore, Strat-o-Matic and Basketball Prospectus, we can imagine an NBA season even if there is not one actually going on. So with that, we begin to imagine the 2011-12 season. Orlando and […]

San Antonio, Texas (8-2) vs. (6-4)   Time/TV: 8:30 p.m./Who am I kidding?Line: What Line?Tickets: Good luck with that…Season Series: None Video Vault: 1) How much money exactly is the lockout costing the city of Orlando in lost revenue? Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel did some digging and got the exact numbers of revenue from […]