Head coach Brian Hill of the Orlando Magic was surprised to hear that guard Felipe Lopez vented recently in an online diary that he wasn't given a fair shot to make the team in training camp.

Lopez was waived by the Magic a week ago after playing just one preseason game. Out of the NBA last season after having knee surgery, Lopez was trying to make the Magic as a backup shooting guard. Lopez wrote on HoopsHype.com that he regretted attending the Magic's camp.

"I think I was never given a fair shot," Lopez wrote. "The coaching staff barely gave me the opportunity to show what I could do. How can you evaluate how much a player can help your team if you don't give him a chance?

"To be honest, it seems like the decision to release me was taken way in advance. When they informed me about it, they told me a big man was what they were looking for. Had I known that before, I would have not come to training camp with the Magic. . . . I think they should have shown more respect to Felipe Lopez the person. I feel like I have been used."

Hill, who was Lopez's first NBA coach in Vancouver, was shocked to hear Lopez's bitterness.

"I think we were the only team that invited him to training camp," Hill said. "I feel bad that he feels that way. But based on what we saw, we weren't going to be able to get him on the floor."