Magic are eliminated by Hawks in round 1. Discuss Orlando now that they're done

[cteach111]

This thread has a bunch of merged reactions to the Orlando Magic being eliminated in the first round by the Atlanta Hawks in six games.

What's your take on Dwight Howard and the Magic, how they lost, and what their future is?

[HeyIt'sMe]

SMH. There's nothing good about this Hawks team whatsoever, nothing. They define mediocrity.

[PHaYze]

At least he took out Hinrich for the rest of the playoffs:confusedshrug:

[Papaya Petee]

So does Orlando lol Dwight Howard is as good as gone.

[hitmanyr2k]

I guess it's a good thing Howard wasn't favorite for the MVP. He would have received it at home via Fed Ex like Dirk.

[SleepyCorpse]

they lost alot of defense with Gortat / Pietrus and even Rashard Lewis leaving. Welp Dwight's gone for sure.

[Clutch]

At least he took out Hinrich for the rest of the playoffs:confusedshrug:
What happened ?

[juju151111]

In the 2nd round from his couch. Lmfao Don't write a check that your ass can't cash.

[IGOTGAME]

SMH. There's nothing good about this Hawks team whatsoever, nothing. They define mediocrity.

so do the Magic. just saying.

[PHaYze]

What happened ?

I'm kidding. Hinrich injured himself pretty badly coming down from a layup, left the game immediately.

[Glide2keva]

I'm saying.

Best sign ever "Hey Jameer, we'll tell Derrick you said hello"

[PHaYze]

There's already a thread on this exact subject...

[Harion]

lol. Otis on WPP.

[Tmu1988]

glutchlando tragics will have to say bye bye to Might Coward now :violin:

By byeee

[Askmeificare]

no way in hell a team with Nelson and Arenas go anywhere,

[Bogus_Sting]

Bulls sweep Hawks, lock it in.

[ashbelly]

Been watching this game and it was fun to watch dem crumble.. see ya jameer :oldlol:

[Richesly]

SMH. There's nothing good about this Hawks team whatsoever, nothing. They define mediocrity.


http://i1011.photobucket.com/albums/af234/Urlum/20874390334a73f02b0880a.jpg

[gutshot]

I think Otis Smith has just lost his job. SVG should stay though. Despite his flaws he is a great coach..

[D12"Magic"]

Dwight to Orlando:
http://img2.yardbarker.com/media/f/8/f8a666f589a201aa42fe24e2527a7a0f3ca0681c/medium/howard.jpg?stamp=1303251393

[vitamink420]

To make Magic fans feel better, here's Horford seemingly terrified of a basketball:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErK_QeHigOg&feature=player_embedded

[PHaYze]

no way in hell a team with Nelson and Arenas go anywhere,

Hmm...

what about

Nelson/Chalmers/Arenas
Wade/Miller
LeBron/Miller/Jones
Bosh/Haslem
Nene/Anthony/Pittman

:rolleyes:

[Doranku]

What a boring series Chicago/Atlanta will be. :facepalm

[Tmu1988]

Dwight to Orlando:
http://img2.yardbarker.com/media/f/8/f8a666f589a201aa42fe24e2527a7a0f3ca0681c/medium/howard.jpg?stamp=1303251393


Dwight to Knicks with CP3 and Kobe

[coin24]

Hopefullly Otis and SVG are gone after this...

[TheStarting5ive]

What about Orlando is anything but mediocre? Outside of Dwight Howard?

[colorz]

http://oi52.tinypic.com/2u5qjck.jpg

Feels bad man

[Noob Saibot]

like i said before, Orlando looks real foolish by getting rid of the main players who made as tough as they were to beat the last 2 years.

Gortat, Lewis, VC, all were solid players on offense. Barnes & Pietrius for defense. Before them Skip To My Lou was doing his thing and Anthony Johnson was floor general.

And Hedo of 09 >>> Hedo of 11.

[PP34Deuce]

Hawks CHI match up will most likely go 6-7 games.

I dont like the hawks but they are a long and athletic team. HAwks will give teams fits but Chicago will win..still I wouldnt be surprised to see Hawks win game 1.

[Eat Like A Bosh]

Damn, and I picked the Magic to win in 7!
C ya Dwight!

[Christofire]

1 down, and 1 to go(Chris Paul)

[Harion]

Orlando could've won the championship if they kept Alston on the floor instead of playing the then just coming-back from injury Nelson. that was the start of the end for the Magic. Otis destroyed this franchise. I can't believe how you can have the best big man in the league and go wrong in building a team around him. smh.

you see the parallels with the Cavs? making "cosmetic trades" just for the sake of appearing to do something? Orlando deserves another Decision. and fk, Lakers just got another dynasty waiting in the wings. :facepalm

[vitamink420]

like i said before, Orlando looks real foolish by getting rid of the main players who made as tough as they were to beat the last 2 years.

Gortat, Lewis, VC, all were solid players on offense. Barnes & Pietrius for defense. Before them Skip To My Lou was doing his thing and Anthony Johnson was floor general.

And Hedo of 09 >>> Hedo of 11.


Pietrus was trash. I've never seen someone blow so many wide open layups/dunks.

[Glide2keva]

I'm kidding. Hinrich injured himself pretty badly coming down from a layup, left the game immediately.
Any word?

[shaq's--lakers]

http://www.nba.com/live4/

[Christofire]

SMH. There's nothing good about this Hawks team whatsoever, nothing. They define mediocrity.


Howard = Overrated

[MostHated305]

Howard = Overrated

He is more of an MVP to his team than Rose.

[leopoldstotch]

Hinrich was carried to the locker room, his arms draped around two Atlanta trainers so he didn't put any pressure on the knee.


not looking good for hawks fans.

[Noob Saibot]

Pietrus was trash. I've never seen someone blow so many wide open layups/dunks.

^u got a point there. at least he could hit three's.

[Draz]

Done.

[AI3Anthony]

At least he took out Hinrich for the rest of the playoffs:confusedshrug:

You've come into every Hawk thread and said something negative. Why don't you go worry about the Celtics.. you have a series to lose.

[Glide2keva]

You've come into every Hawk thread and said something negative. Why don't you go worry about the Celtics.. you have a series to lose.
It's not cool when he does it to your team huh?

[b1imtf]

Has Dwight talked?

[marion706]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuJK4FnW-hI


go hawks!:banana: :banana: :banana:

[Nets fan 93]

Thank you atl!

[XSNiper]

http://i55.tinypic.com/e0g551.jpg

[G-train]

has anyone talked? doesnt seem to be working

[Ruh-Roh]

To make Magic fans feel better, here's Horford seemingly terrified of a basketball:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErK_QeHigOg&feature=player_embedded

LMFAO:roll: :applause:

[Funnyfuka]

SMH. There's nothing good about this Hawks team whatsoever, nothing. They define mediocrity.
looks like orlando tragics were even more mediocre then.

Hawks and grizzlies are the new celtics.

Pietrus wasnt even that good at shooting 3s either.

[DetroitPistonFan]

Jameer Nelson is like Mo Williams without being emo.

[EnoughSaid]

http://www.nba.com/live4/

Especially when this guy is always joking around and is happy.

[shaq's--lakers]

he is talking now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AJ2k8]

Well he didn't guarantee any chips..

[hitmanyr2k]

He is more of an MVP to his team than Rose.

Not really. Howard puts up the video game numbers but down the stretch of games he's a non-factor. In the last half of the 4th quarter it's up to the Magic shooters to win the game, not Howard. He pretty much disappears. He reminds me of Chris Paul in a way where they put up great stat lines but when you need them at a crucial point in the game you're asking yourself "why isn't he doing anything?". I've seen that too much from Howard the last couple of years to think he's a legit MVP.

[asdf1990]

All the really good players don't like losing. look at lebron, kobe, wade etc.

[Ruh-Roh]

Oh my god....his faces are so sad....I know these will be shopped later.

[EnoughSaid]

He got mad when someone asked him about his future.

[ashbelly]

ya'll can join if you want to :D

[Christofire]

http://www.nba.com/live4/

Especially when this guy is always joking around and is happy.
i dont feel sorry for this overrated tart

[1rkrage]

bookmarked

[Bigsmoke]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_N1OjGhIFc

:oldlol:

[DetroitPistonFan]

Florida must stick together, huh?

[lock]

i dont feel sorry for this overrated tart


well thats because you are a ****.

[dillondavis]

Might as well everyother Miami fan is bandwagon why not Orlando fans.

[Glide2keva]

ya'll can join if you want to :D
Must be on Boston's ship.

[EnoughSaid]

i dont feel sorry for this overrated tart

You only care about sucking Rondo's d*ck.

[1rkrage]

http://foxboroblog.com/slanchreport/images/stories/kendrick-perkins-sad.jpg

Perkins feels for you Dwight.

hopefully something works out to get you over to Chicago. (wishful thinking on my part lol)

[J-Futuristic]

lol

[pauk]

yea lets hate on dwight now and call him a poor sport for not shaking hands.... :rolleyes:

[Funnyfuka]

http://i53.tinypic.com/24l90tg.jpg

[Christofire]

Chris Paul is gone too....Hallelujah, no more 6ft10 cry babies and no more Flopperellas.

[Funnyfuka]

http://i53.tinypic.com/24l90tg.jpg

[juju151111]

i dont feel sorry for this overrated tart
How is he overrated? He worked hard in the summer to gain a post moves and now his team is thrash that he could drop 40 and still lose because everyone is a 3 point chuckrer

[lock]

no more Flopperellas.

what are you talking about? the greatest of them all is still in.

http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/images/deadspin/2008/06/PaulPierceTruth.jpg

[d.bball.guy]

Dwight for Amar'e and some fillers :D

[Rose]

I told ya'll!:banana:

[Cangri]

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :facepalm

[Hotshoot]

6 TOs by Howard which leads to what 10+ pts and had 27 TOs in that series. Rather than making more commercials dwight, please learn how to handle the ball.

[Kiddlovesnets]

Either trade for CP3, or prepare to lose Dwight. Simple story, cant be more straightforward.

[Scoooter]

http://foxboroblog.com/slanchreport/images/stories/kendrick-perkins-sad.jpg

Perkins feels for you Dwight.

hopefully something works out to get you over to Chicago. (wishful thinking on my part lol)
WTF, his hands are so tiny.

[B-Easy8]

Dwight to the Wolves.
Dwight and JJ for Ridnour, Flynn, Ellington, Love, Darko and picks.

[niko]

They are not trading him. All of you bettter hope the CBA doesn't make it so a lot of money is left on the table by leaving. They have a new arena with a shitload of debt, and older owner who said he wants to see a title before he goes, and the owners are writing up terms of a CBA, a bunch of whom are small market owners who don't want to lose their stars or just got ****ed over losing their stars.

Dwight's going to be on the Magic next year. He may not like that, and those of you that think Orlando is going to gift him to you may not like that, but that is what is going to occur.

[RecSpecs110]

Bet deron gave him a call already.

[macpierce]

deron + dwight :bowdown:

[Magic38]

Not really. Howard puts up the video game numbers but down the stretch of games he's a non-factor. In the last half of the 4th quarter it's up to the Magic shooters to win the game, not Howard. He pretty much disappears. He reminds me of Chris Paul in a way where they put up great stat lines but when you need them at a crucial point in the game you're asking yourself "why isn't he doing anything?". I've seen that too much from Howard the last couple of years to think he's a legit MVP.
That's because he plays 45 minutes a game, eventually even he is gonna get tired.

[hawkfan]

They need to trade Jameer Nelson and someone other players for someone else.

They need to add some bigs, a la what the Hawks did. It was a mistake not to play Malik Allen to take pressure off of Howard, the way Collins/Pachula et al took pressure off of Al Horford.

[ATL_Bball_King]

Come on Dwight...Do what Shaq did to Orlando...It would be epic...

Dwight to Lakers...

Lakers 4-Peat!!! :bowdown: :bowdown:

:lol :lol

you never know...It could happen

[Optimus Prime]

Dwight to the Lakers after this season! :banana:

:oldlol:

[Eat Like A Bosh]

Dwight definitely is getting more pissed every day.

[Ikill]

I don't get one thing Wade and Kobe get blamed for losing in the first round but Dwight doesn't instead his team does. Guess what Dwights team this year is way better anything Wade and Kobe had when they lost in the first round and he lost to a lower seeded team.