TRADE: Wizards trade Gilbert Arenas to Magic for Rashard Lewis!

[BallsOut]

Im not mad when Wade light Arenas up for 40..The Magic are no threat to Heat especially with Mike Miller coming back it is as good as Adding a Turk or Arenas without giving up anything..

Sure and now James Jones gets no PT causing chemistry issues. And at Miller having more of an impact than Arenas/Turk

[Duncan21formvp]

Well Arenas needs to start for the Magic to be legit title contenders.

[macpierce]

the magic clearly werent winning anything before, at least now theyve improved their chances..........if arenas can get back into all star form, the magic also need one more big body however

[IN-PAX-WE-TRUST]

Exactly. Magic had 0% chance of a title with Lewis and Carter. It's a gamble but at least they have a chance to win it all if Arenas/Hedo stay healthy and get hot in the playoffs.

[Mr. Grieves]

I think Arenas can be good for the Magic.

He had no motivation before. Stuck on a bad team but making huge money, why should he care? But now he is with a hungry D-12 and if Arenas gets motivated again it's gonna be awesome.

[1987_Lakers]

Risky trade by the Magic, but it had to be done. The Magic were not the same once they swapped Hedo for Vince & now Hedo is back, Rashard Lewis has really degressed as a player so it was a good move to get rid of him. Jason Richardson is gonna fit fine with the Magic, but I'm not sure about Arenas. The player the Magic are gonna miss most is Pietrus. I see the Magic improving offensively, but degressing a bit defensively, but the Magic at this point desperately need some offense.

[The Big Skinny]

Terrible trade. cannot believe we traded GIL for Rashard Muhfukin Lewis. He is a bum a$$ overpaid PF. We couldn't even pull off Gortat or any role player we could use. C'mon Ernie!

[305Baller]

I like what Orlando did here. Will Arenas start at pg? If not then perhaps he will be the 6th man.

Lets see if Turk still has it.

If they put it together quickly they could make a run before the end of the season.

[Kujo]

Great trade for ORL. Lewis has been awful this year. Gilbert is a big upgrade, and will provide instant offense off the bench.

OT, Pietrus was in and out of the Magic's rotation, so I don't see how they'll miss him.

[It's A VC3!!!]

Great trade for ORL. Lewis has been awful this year. Gilbert is a big upgrade, and will provide instant offense off the bench.

OT, Pietrus was in and out of the Magic's rotation, so I don't see how they'll miss him.

If you watched the interview by Van Gundy, he said out of J.R, Hedo, or Gilbert one of those guys will definitely come off the bench, because he doesn't want Hedo playing the 4, so Hedo coming off the bench as a 2 or 3 makes the most sense, and he wants Gilbert on the court for no less then 32 minutes, and he wants him to play as much as he can without Jameer because the Magic don't want to make the mistake of bringing in a all star player and not giving him the ball in his hands, e.i Vince Carter

[Harrison_Barnes]

Rashard is horrible. Period.

And they're keeping Jameer which is odd... They can't possibly try a Jameer + Gilbert combo...

It seems like they are really set on keeping Nelson starting.. so it looks like it will be a Nelson Arenas backcourt.

[Arroyo8]

whats the wizards lineup look like now

[icewill36]

no way nelson starts.... im tellin u, arenas and jrich backcourt, hedo, shard, howard.... thats pretty sick.

[d.bball.guy]

Arenas and Nelson backcourt and J-Rich gonna start at SF? Hedo PF?

[d.bball.guy]

no way nelson starts.... im tellin u, arenas and jrich backcourt, hedo, shard, howard.... thats pretty sick.

FAIL, he just got traded.