John Denton of the Florida Today reports: Troy Hudson's agent Bill Neff is unhappy with the magic.

The Orlando Magic's signing of free agent Jacque Vaughn on Wednesday likely means that incumbent point guard Troy Hudson will play elsewhere next season, a move harshly criticized by Hudson's agent.

"Comparing Jacque Vaughn and Troy is like comparing Jacksonville and New York City," said Bill Neff, Hudson's agent. "And if that's what they're doing, that's fine I guess."

The primary issue, of course, was money. Vaughn signed a one-year deal worth approximately $700,000. Though the Magic and Hudson never discussed specific contract numbers, he was seeking a multi-year deal that likely would have approached $3 million a season which would have put over the supposed $50 million (RealGM think $53-55 million) luxury tax freshold next season. Orlando has stated that they do not want to pay the luxury tax.

"We got an offer, but it was a minimum offer," Neff said. "What disappoints me -- and it doesn't surprise me -- is that they're doing what (Bucks coach) George Karl said. The team from two years ago only has two players left -- Darrell (Armstrong), and Monty (Williams) if he re-signs.

"We never asked them physically for numbers. We never got there. They never said, 'That's too much, that's not enough.' It was like they were always looking to shop for a bargain-basement guy and they kind of devalued Troy and what he did."

While he didn't say that Hudson's days in Orlando were done, Magic general manager John Gabriel did stress the likelihood of resigning the 6-foot-1, 170-pound point guard was slim.

"He might have -- to his credit -- played himself into another financial market that just didn't fit for us," said Gabriel, who is also hoping to fortify the Magic's frontline with free agents such as Scott Williams, Popeye Jones or Charles Oakley. "(Wednesday) is about signing Jacque, not saying goodbye to Troy automatically. But we needed to move forward."

As for Hudson, he could wind up in Minnesota, Miami or Indiana -- teams in desperate need of point guard depth. Neff pointed out the Magic's questionable decisions to trade Ben Wallace to Detroit and Brendan Haywood to Washington in the past, and predicted that they would someday regret letting Hudson get away.

"It's not going quickly, but it will happen. There are so many point-guard openings out there that Troy will be OK," Neff said. "It's just disappointing when you do your best work for your own team and they look at you like a leper. It's like you've been great to your girlfriend and done all these nice things and then it still isn't good enough."