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Magic Wands: Jarrod Rudolph on Dwight saga

Found August 01, 2012 on Orlando Magic Daily: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Dwight Howard,  Stan Van Gundy
TEAMS: Orlando Magic
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Aside from the sade news that Magic Overtime with Dante & Galante has been canceled after four seasons, most Magic fans are waiting with baited breath over what will happen with Dwight Howard. Nobody is quite sure how to predict what will occur in the future. What we can do is look back at what happened. Jarrod Rudolph of RealGM joined Brian Geltzeiler and Jacob Noble of The Pro Basketball Talk to talk about Dwight Howard. It is an hour-long interview so be sure to give all of it a listen: The juiciest tidbits from Rudolph: the Magic had a long discussion with Howard shortly after the season ended in 2011 and a number of topics were discussed -- including Stan Van Gundy's future and potential roster moves. It seemed, according to Rudolph, that Howard wanted to stay in Orlando but wanted to see the team improve the roster. He wanted to see Stephen Jackson, among other, added to the team and was told before the Draft that Charlotte was not planning to move Jackson...
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