First off, Jane rebounded in a big way last night with voters giving her a 10-7 edge over Erin. This makes the totals 18-16 in favor of Jane for the week with only two more days to vote!
In Magic news, our friend John Denton had some insight into what the heck the Magic are actually doing this summer in an article that came out today. Turns out that the Magic want to wait on bringing Adonal Foyle and see what else they can accomplish...which seems to be a wise decision. The biggest news to come out of the article is that the team IS indeed interested in bringing Reggie Evans and are in preliminary talks with the Nuggets. The Nuggets also, to no one's surprise, would include George Karl's favorite player JR Smith:
One rumored trade could feature the Magic sending Keyon Dooling and Pat Garrity
to Denver for Evans and enigmatic shooting guard J.R. Smith. The Magic would
have to throw in another low-salaried player to make the deal work. Both Dooling
and Garrity have expiring contracts, something that would be appealing to the
Nuggets.
If the Magic were able to pull this off, Otis would have improved the team exponentially. We'd have a quality PF and someone who could actually start at SG. I wanted the Magic to grab JR Smith when he was sitting around, but the Nuggets were one of a few teams to actually persue him. Then you have Evans, a 27 year old defensive minded big man who (although he has a bloated contract) could contribute in a big way if given substantial playing time. If we can also somehow unload Garrity in the process...wow, this trade would be something special.
Let's not count our chickens though. This IS the Magic we're talking about, and we don't know if the Nuggets want picks in return yet. The article goes on to say that the Magic are in no hurry and that if a trade were to take place it would be weeks away. This accompanies the news that Otis Smith is going on vacation. I am all for vacations, but this team's management has an odd way of taking them at crucial times (remember the uber-long vacation at the start of the coaching search? Eesh). Hopefully Otis Smith has his cell phone on him and the Nuggets on speed dial while he is hanging out by the pool.
Right now, sounds as if he wants to take his time (and being the master of PR that Otis is, he takes a cheap shot at the idea of adding Adonal Foyle):
Smith said any addition the Magic make via a trade or in free agency could go
right down to the days before training camp opens on Sept. 29.
"What's the
hurry? You have to ask yourself, 'Who are we hurrying for?' " Smith said. "What
guy out there right now won't be there later in September? Foyle is a prime
example. We don't want to fill up our roster and have no room to do anything
else down the road. We're going to be patient and if something makes sense,
we'll do it."
Sigh. This would accompany the Rashard deal as one of the biggest moves of the summer, so the relaxed attitude worries me. I'm sure the Magic are playing hardball here, but they really need to get this deal done if it's actually on the table.
In other news, it is Day 3 of determining the winner of the Cheerleading Tournament. With Jane's big night, now it is up to Erin fans need to get up off of their sofas and get voting.
Once again, who do you prefer? Erin or Jane?
Good luck to Erin and Jane, and OTIS! GET EVANS AND SMITH HERE!!!!!
In an update on the possible Evans/JR Smith trade, Hoopsworld.com said:
