Jul 28, 2007 10:43 AM EST
Although he has no salary-cap room remaining -- only the veteran's minimum of $1.2 million to offer -- Magic General Manager Otis Smith still has his sights set high as he continues working to fill the last two spots on the roster for next season.
Smith said Friday that he has been talking with free-agent veterans Chris Webber and P.J. Brown, among others. Webber finished last season in Detroit, but the Pistons may not re-sign him. Brown played last season in Chicago, but the Bulls are not interested in re-signing him. He said he will consider retirement but may play another year.
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Jul 27, 2007 12:53 PM EST
The Orange County Commission's late-night Thursday vote to build a new arena for the Orlando Magic means more than giving the team a new place to play. It ensured a lifetime of Magic here.
"The team is now here for its entire life -- beyond the 25 years that's in the lease," Magic Chief Executive Officer Alex Martins said.
For the Central Florida Sports Commission, the 5-2 decision means its healthy list of potential events for Orlando to host now becomes target practice for aggressive sales pitches.
"We can now move forward with a plan on securing the nation's most coveted sporting events. This moves us to the next tier of events," said John Saboor, CFSC's executive director. "It allows us to move from what has been a great record of success in hosting good sporting events to a place where we now will become a portal for the nation's greatest sporting events."
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Chicago power forward P.J. Brown remains available in the free agent market, and according to the Arizona Republic he reportedly favors a Florida team, the Magic or Heat, or possibly retirement.
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Magic Jul 2007 Archive
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Orlando Sentinel | Jul 18, 2007
The Magic have decided to keep James Augustine for a second season.
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Orlando Sentinel | Jul 18, 2007
The Magic have the option of making a trade for a backup big man on another roster, offering one of their backup guards, such as Keith Bogans, Carlos Arroyo or Keyon Dooling.
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USA Today | Jul 18, 2007
Polish center Marcin Gortat, who impressed with his strong play last week in the Pepsi Pro Summer League, will apparently get his wish to play in the NBA for the Orlando Magic.
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Orlando Sentinel | Jul 17, 2007
Point guard Jameer Nelson was a big part of the Magic's red-carpet rollout this month that helped convince free-agent forward Rashard Lewis that Orlando was the place to be for the next several years.
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Sports Tribune | Jul 17, 2007
Weeks ago, Portland and Orlando executives discussed a trade that would have sent center Joel Przybilla to the Magic for small forward Hedo Turkoglu, but it’s not going to happen.
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RealGM Staff Report | Jul 13, 2007
The Orlando Summer League released their all-league teams on Friday afternoon.
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RealGM Staff Report | Jul 12, 2007
Dwight Howard and Rashard Lewis will be the foundation of the Magic into the future, with Orlando announcing Thursday that they have signed Howard to a contract extension
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RealGM Staff Report | Jul 11, 2007
The Phoenix Suns today signed Grant Hill, a seven-time NBA All-Star with the Detroit Pistons and Orlando Magic, to a free-agent contract.
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Press Release | Jul 11, 2007
Rashard Lewis is now officially a member of the Orlando Magic, after the Magic and Sonics completed a sign and trade Wednesday
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Seattle Times | Jul 11, 2007
The Magic has spent the past few days attempting to finalize a sign-and-trade deal with the Sonics to ease the financial burdens of the Rashard Lewis contract, but the teams had not agreed on compensation as of Tuesday night.
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Philadelphia Daily News | Jul 10, 2007
With tomorrow the first day teams can sign free agents, Sixers GM Billy King confirmed via the team's public-relations department that he has spoken with Darko Milicic, an unrestricted free agent who appeared in 80 games last season with the Orlando Magic, and Milicic's agent, Marc Cornstein.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal | Jul 9, 2007
Memphis continues to search for a big man on the free agent market, with general manager Chris Wallace meeting with New Jersey's Mikki Moore, and the agents for Orlando's Darko Milicic and Cleveland's Anderson Varejao, the Memphis Commercial Appeal is reporting.
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Florida Today | Jul 7, 2007
Hoping to clear enough salary-cap space so they can retain center-power forward Darko Milicic, the Orlando Magic continued sign-and-trade negotiations Friday with the Seattle SuperSonics.
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Florida Today | Jul 6, 2007
The Magic are hoping to complete a sign-and-trade agreement with Seattle for Rashard Lewis that would create enough cap room to keep Darko Milicic in the fold in Orlando.
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Orlando Sentinel | Jul 6, 2007
Orlando Magic General Manager Otis Smith on Thursday discounted a report in the Sacramento Bee that Magic forward Hedo Turkoglu might be traded for Kings guard/forward Ron Artest.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | Jul 6, 2007
The Sixers aren't pinning all their hopes on Joe Smith or Darko Milicic, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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USA Today | Jul 5, 2007
The agent for Ron Artest, Mark Stevens, commented on the rumors surrounding the possibility of the Orlando Magic acquiring Artest by trading Hedo Turkoglu to the Sacramento Kings.
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Florida Today | Jul 5, 2007
Grant Hill is set to join the third team in his NBA career, agreeing to sign with the Phoenix Suns.
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Florida Today | Jul 5, 2007
Rashard Lewis, soon to be the newest member of the Orlando Magic, is a 6-foot-10 small forward who likes to shoot from the corners and doesn't necessarily specialize in defense.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | Jul 5, 2007
Now that Darko Milicic appears to be available, are the Sixers interested?
The answer, senior vice president of basketball operations/assistant general manager Tony DiLeo confirmed yesterday, is that they will investigate, saying, "It's our job to be interested.
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Arizona Republic | Jul 4, 2007
The Suns are not only expecting to hear an answer from free agent Grant Hill on Thursday.
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Chicago Tribune | Jul 4, 2007
Darko Milicic might be forced to sign for the midlevel salary-cap exception of roughly $5.5 million, which the Bulls have.
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ESPN | Jul 3, 2007
One day after coming to a verbal agreement with free agent Rashard Lewis, the Orlando Magic withdrew their qualifying offer for restricted free agent Darko Milicic on Tuesday.
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Orlando Sentinel | Jul 3, 2007
Darko Milicic will never play for the Orlando Magic this season or any other "as long as Otis Smith is general manager," an irate Marc Cornstein, told the Sentinel.
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RealGM Staff Report | Jul 3, 2007
The Orlando Magic have named Brendan Malone, Patrick Ewing, Steve Clifford and Bob Beyer assistant coaches, General Manager Otis Smith and Head Coach Stan Van Gundy announced today.
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Globe And Mail | Jul 3, 2007
Rashard Lewis may get that sixth year in order for Orlando to shed some salary and give Seattle value in return.
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Orlando Sentinel | Jul 3, 2007
Magic power forward Darko Milicic's agent said Monday afternoon that the club had yet to make contact.
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Arizona Republic | Jul 3, 2007
Suns General Manager Steve Kerr is slated to make Phoenix's recruiting pitch to free-agent forward Grant Hill on Tuesday.
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Florida Today | Jul 3, 2007
Dwight Howard has every intention of being a member of the Orlando Magic for the long term, and he hopes that free-agent forward Rashard Lewis is right there playing alongside him.
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WKMG Channel 6 | Jul 2, 2007
An Orlando TV station is reporting that Rashard Lewis has agreed to sign with the Orlando Magic on July 11.
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Orlando Sentinel | Jul 2, 2007
In a surprising development, the Orlando Magic did not contact Darko Milicic's camp when NBA free agency officially began at 12:01 a.
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Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel | Jul 1, 2007
Rashard Lewis' agent Tony Dutt believes "There Is No Better Fit" for his client than the Orlando Magic.
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