Steve Wyche of the Washington Post reports that the Wizards finalized their roster yesterday by waiving George McCloud and Bobby Simmons. This means that Ratko Varda will make the team even though he has seen limited minutes because of injury.
"We never really got a chance to see Varda," Wizards Coach Doug Collins said. "I feel bad for Bobby. When I told him this morning it was one of the hardest things I've had to do because he was one of the nicest people I've ever met -- and he's good."
McCloud’s release was expected. He was just acquired from the Nuggets in exchange for Chris Whitney but the Wizards never seemed like they wanted him on the roster. The trade was made to give Whitney a chance to play somewhere else.
The team spent most of Monday unsuccessfully trying to negotiate a buyout of McCloud’s salary this season. No agreement could be reached, so the team will pay the entire $2.6 million. After he clears waivers, McCloud will be able to sign with any team for the veterans minimum.
I have to wait two days to get cleared on waivers but I'm not stressed," McCloud told the Denver Post. "Whatever happens, happens, but I feel I will get picked up." Milwaukee, Boston and Orlando have expressed interest in McCloud, according to a league source.
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Jerry Brewer of the Orlando Sentinel reports: The big scare over the little man proved anticlimactic.
Point guard Darrell Armstrong received the best possible news about his right shoulder Wednesday.
He underwent magnetic resonance imaging, and tests revealed no separation, no ligament damage and no torn rotator cuff. Armstrong has been diagnosed with a strained right shoulder.
The Magic's emotional leader is expected to miss the next 7-10 days, which puts his availability for Tuesday's season opener against the Philadelphia 76ers in question. His rehabilitation will consist of ice therapy, muscle stimulation and range-of-motion exercises.
"It's sore as you-know-what," Armstrong said as he left RDV Sportsplex.
Armstrong injured his shoulder in the second quarter of the Magic's preseason victory against the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night.
Because of this, Orlando faces roster decisions and with Thirteen players having guaranteed contracts, but Steven Hunter is out until at least December rehabilitating his right knee. The Magic want to add one more player to their opening-night roster, but they want to spend $500,000 or less on him.
The Magic have a salary-cap number of about $50.1 million right now. The organization does not want to go over $51 million because it fears the luxury tax.
If Burke is cut, the total would go back to around $50 million and Orlando could sign Rod Strickland, Mookie Blaylock, or Tim Hardaway to a one year deal and avoid the projected $51 million freshold.
Before Armstrong went down, the likely canadiate for the 14th spot was Pat Burke who would cost only 349,458 to the magic's payroll.
Now,with Armstrong's injury and Jacque's Vaughn's inconsistent play, things are up in the air for that 14th spot.
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The Orlando Magic waived forward/center Obinna Ekezie and center Peter Cornell today, general manager John Gabriel said.
Ekezie appeared in five preseason games with Orlando, averaging 5.2 points and 4.4 rebounds a game. Cornell played in six preseason games with averages of 1.7 points and 2.3 rbounds.
The Magic's roster now stands at 14.
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Magic Oct 2002 Archive
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 18, 2002
Numerous times this month, Horace Grant has wondered aloud whether he made the right choice in having arthroscopic surgery on his left knee.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 18, 2002
TONIGHT: Memphis Grizzlies, 8, The Pyramid in Memphis
PRESEASON RECORDS: Magic 2-2, Grizzlies 1-4.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 18, 2002
Magic Coach Doc Rivers began the preseason saying that three starting spots -- point guard, power forward and center -- were open.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 18, 2002
One by one, they all have scolded Mike Miller this month.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 18, 2002
Wade through the blasé feel of the preseason, and the Orlando Magic quietly have an intense roster situation at hand, one that figures to be complicated and disheartening for players, coaches and team management.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 18, 2002
At least they can laugh now.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 18, 2002
He can't help it.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 18, 2002
It's hard to believe Darrell Armstrong has been in the NBA for eight seasons.
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Florida Today | Oct 14, 2002
Practice ends and the work seemingly is just beginning for the Orlando Magic's cast of unheralded centers and power forwards.
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Florida Today | Oct 14, 2002
The Orlando Magic have pushed hard this preseason for Mike Miller to shed his mindset of being a reluctant shooter.
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Daytona News-Journal | Oct 14, 2002
Tracy McGrady scored in a big way last week that had no connection at all to his 21-point game Thursday night against the Atlanta Hawks.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 14, 2002
If the Orlando Magic look kind of crummy on offense right now, blame Doc Rivers.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 14, 2002
Pat Garrity at center?
Mike Miller at power forward?
Oh, what deranged fun experimentation can be.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 14, 2002
Paul Porter had an announcer's nightmare at the microphone.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 14, 2002
Horace Grant participated in the Magic's morning shoot-around practice Saturday at Teco Arena.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 14, 2002
Long before the Miami Heat escaped Teco Arena with an 82-81 preseason victory over the Orlando Magic Saturday night, Coach Doc Rivers had already proven his point.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 11, 2002
The Associated Press reports: The Orlando Magic waived guard Omar Cook on Friday.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 10, 2002
Atlanta Hawks, 7 p.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 10, 2002
Grant Hill, Tracy McGrady and Mike Miller are being too polite to each other right now.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 10, 2002
Good thing they got that out of their system.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 10, 2002
The night couldn't have gone much worse for the Magic or any better for Grant Hill.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 10, 2002
Tracy McGrady sent a video message and autographed jersey to the 13-year-old boy who was wounded by a sniper Monday in the Washington area.
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Florida Today | Oct 10, 2002
It was just another day at training camp and just another drill.
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Florida Today | Oct 10, 2002
The inspirational video message and autographed jersey sent out Tuesday were just the first things Orlando Magic guard Tracy McGrady wants to do for the 13-year-old boy who was shot by a sniper Monday in Bowie, Md.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 9, 2002
Neither Jacque Vaughn nor the Orlando Magic believe he has anything specific to prove tonight to the Atlanta Hawks, the team with which the 27-year-old point guard spent last season.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 9, 2002
Tracy McGrady turned on his cell phone and checked his messages.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 9, 2002
NBA's best player rivalries
In the NBA right now, there are three degrees of rivalries among players: Friendly, don't-hate-me-because-you-ain't-me, and contentious.
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| Oct 9, 2002
Jason Terry has a mission:
“Every time we step on to the floor this year, we’re trying to make a statement.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 7, 2002
The three-headed monster slowly is coming together: Grant Hill, Tracy McGrady and Mike Miller spent some time during camp working together.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 7, 2002
It's over.
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Florida Today | Oct 6, 2002
Seemingly always in search of motivation, Doc Rivers made sure to point out to his Orlando Magic this week that several national publications are picking them to flop this season.
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Florida Today | Oct 6, 2002
At last, Grant Hill thought to himself for a split second, this was his chance.
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Daytona News-Journal | Oct 6, 2002
It was Grant Hill's turn Saturday night to break someone else's ankles, even if that was just a figure of speech.
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Daytona News-Journal | Oct 6, 2002
Difficult as it might be to believe, the best start that the Orlando Magic have had in three seasons with Doc Rivers as head coach took place while Tracy McGrady was a largely undiscovered talent with the Toronto Raptors and Grant Hill was the picture of health with the Detroit Pistons.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 6, 2002
Grant Hill turned 30 Saturday.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 6, 2002
The question was obligatory, the answer was obliterating.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 6, 2002
The Orlando Magic spent roughly $3.
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Florida Today | Oct 5, 2002
Fans will get their first look at a healthy Grant Hill tonight when the Orlando Magic conduct an intrasquad scrimmage on the campus of the University of North Florida in Jacksonville.
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Daytona News-Journal | Oct 5, 2002
Like the old Seinfeld television program, Orlando head coach Doc Rivers will be happy if the Magic's training camp at the University of North Florida is a show about nothing.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 5, 2002
New Orlando Magic point guard Jacque Vaughn has taken more blows than any other player -- even Darrell Armstrong -- in the four days of training camp.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 5, 2002
They will make this next step together.
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Daytona News-Journal | Oct 4, 2002
The Orlando Magic don't lack for strength in numbers at power forward and center.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 4, 2002
Magic Coach Doc Rivers has been impressed by the vocal leadership of some of his more quiet players during training camp.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 4, 2002
If he had to throw his 6-foot-1, 180-pound body around with the 7-footers, then that's what Darrell Armstrong was preparing to do this summer.
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Daytona News-Journal | Oct 3, 2002
The Orlando Magic don't just have a point guard in Jacque Vaughn.
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Daytona News-Journal | Oct 3, 2002
The same questions from a year ago are being asked about the same ankle.
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Daytona News-Journal | Oct 3, 2002
Darrell Armstrong didn't figure on him and the Orlando Magic going almost three-and-a-half hours Tuesday in their first practice of training camp.
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Daytona News-Journal | Oct 3, 2002
That'll teach Horace Grant to kill a summer afternoon through an activity not ordinarily associated with NBA power forwards and centers.
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Florida Today | Oct 3, 2002
The Orlando Magic have gone from being the NBA's chic pick the past two seasons to mystery men now.
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Florida Today | Oct 3, 2002
Tracy McGrady's back injury might have slowed him during the playoffs last April and kept him from competing in the World Basketball Championships in August, but he showed no ill effects during Tuesday's 31/2-hour practice session to open training camp.
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Florida Today | Oct 3, 2002
Sweating from his every pore and breathing heavily, Grant Hill approached Doc Rivers during the Orlando Magic's first practice Tuesday and let him in on a fact obvious to both the star forward and head coach.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 3, 2002
The Orlando Magic's experiment with 2001 first-round draft pick Jeryl Sasser as a point guard appears to be over.
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Florida Today | Oct 3, 2002
Horace Grant's mind was made up.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 3, 2002
Horace Grant is back, in case you were starting to believe his retirement talk from late last season.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 3, 2002
The Magic's 14th training camp -- a k a The Shawn Kemp One-Week Weight Loss Plan -- starts today in Jacksonville.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 3, 2002
Not even Tracy McGrady, the infamous and too-often-incorrect hoops prophet, wants to forecast how the Orlando Magic will fare this season.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 3, 2002
So much for a lighter training camp.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 3, 2002
Grant Hill has added something new to his on-court apparel.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 3, 2002
The Magic star who has been seeing his career flash before his eyes lately has not been Grant Hill.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 3, 2002
Five weeks after having major surgery on his right knee, forward/center Steven Hunter is wearing no knee brace, walks without crutches and even does some light running.
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Orlando Sentinel | Oct 3, 2002
Listen to Coach Doc Rivers too much, and he will have you believing that every member of the Orlando Magic is coming off the bench this season.
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