George Diaz and Jeff Case of the Orlando Sentinel report: Grant Hill will have another checkup on his bothersome left ankle Saturday when the team visits Washington to play the Wizards. Hill is scheduled to meet with Dr. Mark Myerson of Baltimore. Myerson performed the second surgery on Hill's ankle in January.
"We're going to re-evaluate it," Hill said. "Everyone -- doctors and therapists -- have said that coming back is a process. There are going to be good days and bad days, and there will be storms, and you have to weather those storms. This is a little storm right now."
Hill wore a protective boot on his left foot Thursday night, when he sat out for the second time in three games. He predicts he will be back in the Magic's lineup by Monday. Hill has a sprained ankle, although a bone scan Wednesday confirmed the previous findings that the soreness is not related to the surgically repaired fracture that caused him to miss all but four games last season.
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George Diaz of the Orlando Sentinel writes: A short story in the New York Post intimating that Orlando Magic guard Tracy McGrady wants to pursue a baseball career with the New York Yankees was viewed as one of the lighter moments in a frustrating week for this franchise.
Although McGrady hasn't played baseball since pitching for Auburndale High School in 1996, his agent, Arn Tellem, told the Post that the Yanks are interested in McGrady.
"He is a very good pitcher, is looking to start a two-sport career and is a big Yankees fan," Tellem said.
Although McGrady does have the natural skills to pursue a two-sport career, it seems unlikely. "Man, they're digging that stuff up again?" McGrady said. "My agent put me out there."
McGrady does have a love for baseball. In an interview with the Sentinel this summer, McGrady said he could pitch in the big leagues.
"For sure," he said. "I'm ready for the Yankees. Right now I can throw about 90 mph. I've got it all. Knuckleball. Curveball. Slider. And I can hit. No joke."
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Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel reports: He's known as Shaq Diesel, Shaq Daddy and The Big Aristotle.
Perhaps coming to a town near you someday: Sheriff Shaq.
Los Angeles Lakers star Shaquille O'Neal says he wants to become a sheriff in either Florida or Louisiana after he retires.
O'Neal is participating in training sessions with the Sheriff's Department in Los Angeles to become a harbor patrol reserve officer and says his aim is to run for sheriff either in Louisiana or Florida.
He has a home in Isleworth and played college basketball at LSU.
"In the role of sheriff, you really don't need police experience because it's like a political position," said O'Neal, 29. "However, if I'm going to do it and be with the troops and get respect from the troops, I want to do what the troops have done."
O'Neal started weekly training classes in September. He already has a custom-made police uniform and size 22EEE officer's boots.
Maybe Shaq's new nickname will be The Big Badge.
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Magic Nov 2001 Archive
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| Nov 30, 2001
The scene was all too familiar.
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| Nov 30, 2001
For two-plus seasons as Orlando's head coach, Doc Rivers predominantly has refused to publicly criticize his Magic players.
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| Nov 30, 2001
With Grant Hill sporting a walking cast on his sore left foot, Darrell Armstrong was back in the starting lineup Thursday night for the Orlando Magic against the Boston Celtics.
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| Nov 30, 2001
It wasn't the 30 three-point shots that bothered Doc Rivers.
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| Nov 30, 2001
The Orlando Magic continue to show as much muscle as the Pillsbury Doughboy.
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| Nov 29, 2001
Tim Povtak of the Orlando Sentinel reports: Grant Hill was wearing a protective boot on his troublesome left foot Wednesday, but he predicted his return to the Orlando Magic's lineup would come no later than Monday after sitting out the next two games as a precaution.
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| Nov 29, 2001
Grant Hill is not practicing or playing.
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| Nov 29, 2001
There is a game Saturday which will be televised nationally and should command great national interest.
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| Nov 29, 2001
TONIGHT: Boston Celtics, 7:30
WHERE: TD Waterhouse Centre.
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| Nov 29, 2001
It's time to start kicking sand in some faces.
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| Nov 28, 2001
Marc Berman of the New York Post reports that Patrick Ewing will be in foreign territory come Dec.
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| Nov 28, 2001
The X-rays taken Monday showed two implanted screws but no fractures.
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| Nov 28, 2001
Magic forward Grant Hill, who left Monday night's game limping on his troublesome left ankle, went to Baltimore Tuesday afternoon to be examined by Dr.
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| Nov 28, 2001
Tim Povtak and Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel reports: Orlando Magic forward Grant Hill has developed bone spurs on the front of his left ankle.
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| Nov 28, 2001
The Magic are so concerned and mystified by a list of nagging problems that here's the real shocker: The least of them may be Grant Hill's left ankle.
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| Nov 28, 2001
Slide-step to the left.
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| Nov 28, 2001
Maybe letting Grant Hill leave wasn't so bad after all.
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| Nov 27, 2001
John Denton of the Florida Today reports: Much of the pregame hype Monday revolved around Orlando Magic forward Grant Hill facing his former team -- the Detroit Pistons -- for the first time.
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| Nov 27, 2001
Grant Hill tried to downplay Monday's matchup against his former team, the Detroit Pistons
The Orlando Magic forward said that because Detroit has a new coach (Rick Carlisle) and several new players (only Jerry Stackhouse, Michael Curry and Mikki Moore remain), the game was much like any other.
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| Nov 27, 2001
Grant Hill was back in uniform and Mike Miller stayed in the starting lineup Monday night as the Orlando Magic took on the Detroit Pistons.
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| Nov 27, 2001
Armstrong goes to bench
Magic Coach Doc Rivers made the starting lineup switch Monday that he had been hinting at since training camp began, replacing veteran point guard Darrell Armstrong with Mike Miller to give him the big backcourt he has been wanting.
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| Nov 27, 2001
It felt as if the wheels came off Monday night.
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| Nov 27, 2001
Magic Coach Doc Rivers is thrilled to have Grant Hill on his team.
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| Nov 27, 2001
Before getting 14 points and eight rebounds against the Pistons in Monday night's long-awaited rematch with his former team, Grant Hill said the best of the showdown had yet to come.
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| Nov 26, 2001
It was as easy as stepping into an old pair of slippers.
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| Nov 26, 2001
Buddy Collings of the Orlando Sentinel reports: Two summers ago, Dr.
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| Nov 26, 2001
Both Jerry Stackhouse and Grant Hill are ailing entering tonight's showdown between the Pistons and Orlando Magic.
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| Nov 26, 2001
Tim Povtak of the Orlando Sentinel reports: As much as he tries to downplay the issue now -- time has passed, faces have changed, new priorities have emerged -- Grant Hill is going to feel the hair on the back of his neck stand up tonight when he steps on the court.
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| Nov 26, 2001
WHO: Orlando Magic vs.
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| Nov 26, 2001
Magic notes: Magic forward Grant Hill should return to the Orlando starting lineup tonight to face his former team.
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| Nov 26, 2001
It's beginning to look like the best rookie big man in the NBA who didn't play college ball is Orlando Magic starting center Steven Hunter.
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| Nov 25, 2001
Grant Hill was a late scratch Saturday night before the Orlando Magic hosted the Charlotte Hornets, because of a sprained left foot.
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| Nov 25, 2001
In Jud Buechler, the Orlando Magic were able to acquire a veteran player who is steeped in the fundamentals almost to the point of appearing comical.
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| Nov 25, 2001
Although the Orlando Magic got 32 points from Mike Miller and 31 from Tracy McGrady against the Charlotte Hornets, those weren't the numbers that mattered most in the end Saturday night.
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| Nov 25, 2001
Elden Campbell apparently likes playing against the Orlando Magic.
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| Nov 25, 2001
In his Sunday column, Ira Winderman of the South florida Sun-Sentinel has news from all around the NBA.
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| Nov 25, 2001
DAN LE BATARD of the Miami Herald recently had a chat with Magic guard Tracy Mcgrady.
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| Nov 25, 2001
John Denton of the Florida Today reports: Standout forward Grant Hill dressed for the Orlando Magic's game against Charlotte Saturday night but did not play because of a sprained left foot he suffered a night earlier.
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| Nov 25, 2001
Grant Hill, who played in only four games last season because of two surgeries to his left ankle, missed his first regular-season game Saturday because of a mild sprain of his left foot.
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| Nov 25, 2001
The Orlando Magic fizzled out like a cheap bottle rocket Saturday night.
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| Nov 25, 2001
This isn't the first time Chucky Atkins has felt as if he were kicked in the shins.
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| Nov 25, 2001
One night after being beaten by the Orlando Magic, the Charlotte Hornets were able to even the score, winning 103-101 behind another big night by center Elden Campbell.
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| Nov 24, 2001
Mashburn will be missed
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| Nov 24, 2001
Philadelphia
- Matt Harpring is on his third NBA team in his fourth season and his current situation suits him perfectly.
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| Nov 24, 2001
CHARLOTTE (5-7) AT ORLANDO (7-6)
7:30 p.
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| Nov 24, 2001
Under the NBA's new rules this season, the zone is a legal defense.
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| Nov 24, 2001
There may be a cure somewhere, some night, for Orlando's offense when it's sizzling.
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| Nov 24, 2001
Who: Orlando Magic vs.
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| Nov 24, 2001
INJURY WATCH
One game on the shelf, and Orlando Magic forward Horace Grant is none the worse for wear.
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| Nov 24, 2001
Back in the lineup
The Charlotte Hornets' big frontline will test Magic forward Horace Grant's troublesome back in back-to-back games.
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| Nov 24, 2001
The Charlotte Hornets have only a few hours to find a defense that might work tonight in a rematch against the Magic.
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| Nov 23, 2001
Flashback to just five NBA seasons ago.
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| Nov 23, 2001
ORLANDO (6-6) AT CHARLOTTE (5-6)
7:30 p.
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| Nov 23, 2001
This will be a night that tests the defense.
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| Nov 23, 2001
TONIGHT: Charlotte Hornets, 7:30 p.
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| Nov 23, 2001
His belly is full.
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| Nov 22, 2001
Tim Povtak of the Orlando Sentinel reports: Tracy McGrady has a message to those who run the NBA:
"They should fire the Fashion Police," McGrady said Wednesday morning after receiving written confirmation that he had been fined $5,000 by the league office.
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| Nov 22, 2001
Rookie Steven Hunter's experience with the Orlando Magic has not strayed the expected course.
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| Nov 22, 2001
The Magic played without Horace Grant (back spasms) and practically without Patrick Ewing on Wednesday night against a team that had whipped them on the boards four nights earlier.
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| Nov 22, 2001
Twelve games into this season, the Orlando Magic have as many wins as they do losses and have done very little to answer the lingering questions regarding their legitimacy as a championship contender.
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| Nov 21, 2001
A mere coincidence? Or a sign of things to come?
In their first game since Bo Outlaw was traded the Phoenix Suns, the Orlando Magic were outrebounded 55-32 by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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| Nov 21, 2001
When Grant Hill and Tracy McGrady simultaneously were signed in August 2000 to matching seven-year, $93 million contracts, Orlando Magic officials quietly hoped that some of the elder Hill's maturity and experience would rub off on the then-21-year-old McGrady.
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| Nov 21, 2001
Who: Orlando Magic (5-6) vs.
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| Nov 21, 2001
Here's the real ending to the James Naismith story.
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| Nov 20, 2001
It started with pingpong balls.
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| Nov 20, 2001
Grant Hill saw the light -- probably glistening off the bald head of 6-foot-11 Kevin Garnett -- and he decided it was time to be young again.
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| Nov 19, 2001
Doc Rivers was so ready to go Saturday night that he practically threw players into his luggage.
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| Nov 19, 2001
Tim Povtak of the Orlando Sentinel reports: If the Orlando Magic really did think they could reach the NBA Finals this season -- as they keep saying -- they would not have traded Bo Outlaw to Phoenix last week.
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| Nov 18, 2001
Bob Young writes in the Arizona Republic that although forward Jud Buechler gives Orlando a valuable shooter, it's clear the Magic's motivation in this week's three team deal revolved around the salary-cap - and maybe more.
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| Nov 18, 2001
Player leaves team with an excused absence for family reasons.
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| Nov 18, 2001
While it took Steven Hunter only six games to become the Orlando Magic's starting center, their other first-round draft choice -- Jeryl Sasser -- continues to languish on the injured list.
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| Nov 18, 2001
The new guy
Right now, he's the Magic Mystery Man, wearing a No.
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| Nov 18, 2001
Fear, respect and concern filled the Target Center.
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| Nov 18, 2001
When the Hawks signed backup center Nazr Mohammed to a five-year, $25 million contract last summer they may have raised some eyebrows.
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| Nov 17, 2001
SPORTS IS ABOUT more than just numbers, right? More than money, more than making column A agree with column B?
Take yesterday's three-way NBA trade as one argument, or a Raptors' record that wasn't as another.
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| Nov 17, 2001
The Suns kept saying they wanted to get tougher.
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| Nov 17, 2001
Bo goes from the Magic to the Suns.
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| Nov 17, 2001
Chris Tomasson of the Akron Beacon-Journal reports: Had small forward Lamond Murray given the OK to a deal, he would have suited up last night at the Alamodome for San Antonio rather than for the Cavaliers.
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| Nov 17, 2001
The Magic traded forward Bo Outlaw and a first-round draft choice to the Phoenix Suns Friday, acquiring forward Jud Buechler and an upgraded second-round pick in 2005.
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| Nov 17, 2001
Tonight:
Minnesota Timberwolves, 8
WHERE: Target Center.
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| Nov 16, 2001
Magic Gain Salary Cap Flexibility
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| Nov 16, 2001
Tracy McGrady, who is getting acclaim as perhaps the game's best player, most likely will not start in this season's NBA All-Star Game.
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| Nov 16, 2001
Tracy McGrady had this look, like that of a child up to mischief, and Nick Van Exel couldn't take it anymore.
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| Nov 15, 2001
RECORDS: Magic 3-5, Nuggets 4-4.
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| Nov 15, 2001
A pretty Penny so far
If Penny Hardaway keeps this up, he may become the best comeback story of this NBA season.
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| Nov 15, 2001
This was vintage Patrick Ewing, circa 1994, back when the hopes of an entire franchise rested somewhere within that funny release of his jump shot.
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| Nov 14, 2001
Who: Orlando Magic (3-5) vs.
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| Nov 14, 2001
Jerry Brewer of the Orlando Sentinel reports: Tracy McGrady's right shin is not broken, but that doesn't mean he will play tonight when the Orlando Magic take on the Phoenix Suns.
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| Nov 14, 2001
It's hard to avoid the comparison, even if this NBA season barely has begun.
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| Nov 13, 2001
A day after seeing and facing Shaquille O'Neal of the Lakers for the first time, Magic rookie center Steven Hunter still sounded in awe of what he had seen.
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| Nov 13, 2001
There was no shame in losing to All-World center Shaquille O'Neal and the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Lakers.
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| Nov 13, 2001
Shaquille O'Neal, basketball's Superman in shorts, continued his love/haunt relationship with Orlando, bulldozing the Magic again Sunday night 108-95 to keep his Los Angeles Lakers unbeaten.
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| Nov 12, 2001
RECORDS: Magic 3-3, Jazz 2-5.
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| Nov 12, 2001
Grant rings it in
The Magic's Horace Grant, the starting power forward for the Lakers last season when they won their second consecutive NBA title, received his championship ring before the game.
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| Nov 12, 2001
Shaquille O'Neal, basketball's Superman in shorts, continued his love/haunt relationship with Orlando, bulldozing the Magic again Sunday night 108-95 to keep his Los Angeles Lakers unbeaten.
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| Nov 12, 2001
He turned down a pregame ceremony and video tribute before his new team took on his old, but Horace Grant has his championship ring anyway.
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| Nov 11, 2001
M
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| Nov 11, 2001
One is too old.
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| Nov 11, 2001
Tracy McGrady has often found himself in a zone during the early going of the Orlando Magic's season.
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| Nov 11, 2001
RECORDS: Magic 3-3, Lakers 5-0.
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| Nov 11, 2001
Starting a five-game Western trip against Shaquille O'Neal and the Los Angeles Lakers is like a heavyweight fighter beginning his career against Mike Tyson, like a lefty getting his first major-league at-bat against Randy Johnson.
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| Nov 10, 2001
John Denton of the Florida Today writes: Five games into this NBA season two things have become remarkably clear to the Orlando Magic: They should have drafted point guard Jamaal Tinsley last spring and the team still desperately needs a bruising big man.
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| Nov 10, 2001
John Denton of the Florida Today reports: Head coach Doc Rivers said Friday that Sacramento Kings forward Chris Webber should feel no bitterness toward the Orlando Magic, which did not seriously pursue the all-star when he was a free agent last summer for financial reasons.
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| Nov 10, 2001
Ken Hornack of the Daytona News-Journal reports: As expected, Mike Miller was brought off the injured list by the Orlando Magic before their game against the Sacramento Kings.
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| Nov 10, 2001
Hunter debuts as starter
The Magic gave rookie center Steven Hunter his first start Friday night against the Sacramento Kings.
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| Nov 10, 2001
It's become clear that the center position for the Orlando Magic will boil down to whoever can get you through the night.
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| Nov 10, 2001
The Magic finally got a look at their "Big 3" Friday night, and it was a welcome sight.
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| Nov 10, 2001
The Orlando Magic were fully loaded for the first time this season, coming at the Sacramento Kings with all the assembled bells and whistles.
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| Nov 9, 2001
Dick Scanlon of the Lakeland Ledger reports: Mike Miller will probably play for the first time in the regular season tonight when the Magic take on the Sacramento Kings before beginning a five-game road trip.
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| Nov 9, 2001
RECORDS: Orlando 2-3, Sacramento 4-1.
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| Nov 9, 2001
The two NBA teams that have been affected most by Shaquille O'Neal's free-agent defection to the West Coast meet tonight at TD Waterhouse Centre.
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| Nov 8, 2001
Their short season is a work in progress.
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| Nov 8, 2001
A veteran such as Horace Grant, who has won four NBA titles, says it's just a matter of being patient, that good things develop slowly.
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| Nov 7, 2001
Grant Hill watched those Georgetown teams in the early 1980's, standing and applauding his favorite player.
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| Nov 7, 2001
Orlando coach Doc Rivers didn't know the Spurs' plans, but he knew Tony Parker.
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| Nov 7, 2001
Garrity to have MRI
Magic forward Pat Garrity, who strained his knee near the end of Monday's game against Seattle will undergo a magnetic resonance imaging today when the team returns to Orlando.
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| Nov 7, 2001
This is where size really does makes a difference.
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| Nov 6, 2001
Seattle coach Nate McMillan was late emerging from the locker room after the SuperSonics defeated the Orlando Magic, 123-119, in a thrilling double-overtime game Monday night.
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| Nov 6, 2001
Spurs
Steve Smith extended his streak of consecutive 3-pointers made to 10 before he finally missed in the third quarter Sunday.
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| Nov 6, 2001
Patrick Ewing flashed a grin when a Seattle reporter entered the Magic's locker room shortly before last night's game.
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| Nov 6, 2001
The final buzzer finally sounded after having teased the fans, first in regulation, then in overtime.
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| Nov 6, 2001
Schedule miseries
This back-to-back set of games -- at home Monday against Seattle and in San Antonio tonight -- is the one part of the schedule Magic Coach Doc Rivers believes should have been changed by the NBA.
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| Nov 6, 2001
Can anyone stop Gary Payton?
OK, well maybe slow him down?
Just foul the guy, for cryin' out loud?
The average pedestrian on a busy sidewalk could have at least bumped Payton off-stride, which was something no member of the Orlando Magic could manage in the first half of Monday night's 123-119 double-overtime loss to the Seattle SuperSonics.
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| Nov 6, 2001
Both Patrick Ewing and Horace Grant of the Orlando Magic were members of the Seattle SuperSonics for one year.
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| Nov 6, 2001
John Denton of the Florida Today reports: X-rays taken Monday morning showed that the chip fracture in Mike Miller's right foot has healed properly, paving the way for the Orlando Magic forward to return to practice Wednesday and possibly play Friday night.
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| Nov 6, 2001
RECORDS: Magic 2-2, Spurs 2-2.
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| Nov 6, 2001
Maybe if they set their alarm clocks next time, it wouldn't seem like such an uphill climb.
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| Nov 5, 2001
When: Today, 4:30 p.
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| Nov 5, 2001
It was training camp, and as Orlando Magic veterans Patrick Ewing and Horace Grant shot free throws, the topic of playing for the Seattle SuperSonics arose.
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| Nov 5, 2001
TONIGHT: Seattle Sonics, 7:30
WHERE: TD Waterhouse Centre.
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| Nov 5, 2001
The uniform never did fit exactly right.
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| Nov 4, 2001
On the eve of the regular season, the Milwaukee Bucks cleared salary-cap room so they could sign All-Star forward Anthony Mason.
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| Nov 4, 2001
Andrew DeClercq is letting his hair down this season.
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| Nov 4, 2001
Cleveland Cavaliers center Michael Doleac said it felt just like practice playing against his former teammates with Orlando on Saturday night.
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| Nov 4, 2001
One night after his worst performance in an Orlando Magic uniform, Tracy McGrady made everything right.
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| Nov 4, 2001
The hot shooting and grit that solidified the Cavs' first win on Friday night was lost in the maze of defeat last night.
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| Nov 3, 2001
Tim Povtak of the Orlando Sentinel reports: Mike Miller, out with a chip fracture on his right foot, spent much of the pregame riding a stationary bike courtside, and dribbling a basketball at the same time.
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| Nov 3, 2001
Magic notes: Orlando, which played in Indiana Friday night, is playing its first set of back-to-back games of the season.
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| Nov 3, 2001
Everything was in place this week for the Orlando Magic's opening night.
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| Nov 3, 2001
Tracy McGrady should have played in street clothes.
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| Nov 3, 2001
Showing depth, balance, aggression and composure, the Pacers put together their first complete game of the season to beat the Orlando Magic 117-107 before a sellout crowd of 18,345 on Friday night in Conseco Fieldhouse.
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| Nov 3, 2001
The Indiana Pacers have long felt they had an intriguing mix of individual talent.
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| Nov 2, 2001
It's a combination that could be sheer Magic.
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| Nov 2, 2001
Tonight: Indiana Pacers, 7
WHERE: Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis.
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| Nov 2, 2001
Andrew DeClercq, an admitted journeyman and working-class player, chuckles at the suggestion that he beat out Patrick Ewing -- a future Hall of Famer -- to remain the Orlando Magic's starting center.
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| Nov 1, 2001
They emphasized that they have 81 games left to play.
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| Nov 1, 2001
It took some 14 months to materialize, but the combination of Tracy McGrady and Grant Hill finally hit the floor together Tuesday night and proceeded to send shock waves through the rest of the NBA.
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| Nov 1, 2001
Grant Hill was as bubbly as you'd expect the day after officially welcoming basketball back in his life.
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| Nov 1, 2001
The wild and the wacky were everywhere you looked Tuesday night at the Orlando Magic's regular-season opener against the Toronto Raptors.
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| Nov 1, 2001
It was the defense.
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