Magic embrace rare practice in preparing for Heat
Perhaps Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy's biggest frustration this season has nothing to do with what his team hasn't accomplished at times during games.
It is centered on what the abbreviated NBA schedule hasn't allowed his team to do much so far - and that's practice.
''I hate it, I'll be honest,'' Van Gundy said. ''Because you're job as a coach is to prepare your team. Even...
Via AP on Fox
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15 days ago
Magic vs. Heat, with much less hype
A year ago, the spit flew fast and furious as the Magic and Heat faced each other. Stan Van Gundy sent pot shots against his former employers and the Magic, feeling threatened atop the Southeast Division, played the role of past champion and put down the new team.
The second game of the season silenced the rivalry very briefly and showed, if it was not clear before, it was clear...
Via Orlando Magic Daily
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15 days ago
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15 days ago
Stan Van Gundy stuck in middle of Magic mess, its likeliest casualty
Stan Van Gundy knows that inevitably his time in Orlando will come. He has said that for a few years too. He knows one day, the Magic will no longer need his services. That one day the team will want to go in a different direction. There will be no avoiding it. He will not be, as he puts it, spending the next 60 years with Orlando.
With so much of the Magic's future uncertain...
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17 days ago
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17 days ago
Magic hope to solve offensive woes vs. Sixers
Tune into Sun Sports at 6:30 p.m. to watch the Orlando Magic take on the Philadelphia 76ers. NBA Magic territory.
Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy is running out of ideas to help solve his team's offensive woes.
A visit to Philadelphia is unlikely to be the answer.
The 76ers have used one of the league's top defenses to compile a sterling home record, which they will try to...
Via Fox Sports Florida
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23 days ago
Magic's fast start on par with recent seasons
The Orlando Magic have reached the quarter pole of this shortened NBA season, and there have been few surprises.
With Dwight Howard on the court and Stan Van Gundy on the sidelines, the Magic are winning lots of games. Orlando has won a whopping 68 percent of its regular season games in the Van Gundy era, and traditionally the Magic have gotten off to fast starts. This year is no...
Via Fox Sports Florida
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27 days ago
Stan Van Gundy talks Celtics
“You’ve got Hall of Famers you’re playing against. Sure-fire, first ballot Hall of Famers you’re playing against, so anytime people talk about the Celtics struggling I just sort of laugh to myself,” Van Gundy said Monday night before the Celtics thoroughly manhandled his team. “This is an outstanding team with a lot of weapons and there are going to be one of the best...
Via Celtics Life
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28 days ago
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28 days ago
Magic left with questions after historic loss
BOSTON You can find out everything you need to know about the Orlando Magic's loss to Boston Celtics on Monday by looking the game's final score.
87-56.
The Magic were so bad Monday at TD Garden, that head coach Stan Van Gundy a man who's usually quite adept at pinpointing his team's weaknesses couldn't even put a finger on what exactly went wrong.
That...
Via Fox Sports Florida
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January 24, 2012
Van Gundy says now is no time to relax
NEW YORK The Orlando Magic began their only back-to-back-to-back of the season Monday with an impressive come-from behind win over the New York the teams fourth straight win and ninth in 12 games to start the season.
Now the question is whether they can keep it up for two more nights, with Charlotte and San Antonio visiting the Amway Center on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively...
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January 17, 2012
Reviewing The Calmer Stan Van Gundy
Seven games is hardly enough time to judge much in the NBA. The schedule is so compact this year, we have already seen one outlier in the Magic's effort already -- that Detroit game. Trends are beginning to emerge, and one of the good ones is from technical fouls.
J.J. Redick is the team leader in technical fouls. His technical foul was even somewhat inadvertent. He slammed...
Via Orlando Magic Daily
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January 05, 2012
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January 05, 2012
MAD SKILLS
Stan Van Gundy has impressive handles
In the past many NBA blogs and ourselves to be included have made fun of Stan Van Gundy's coaching style and high-shrill voice.However, we are not laughing anymore after Stan showed off some serious moves at a recent Orlando Magic basketball camp.To note he did play Division 3 ball at Suny-Brockport but still impressive to say the least:
(Courtesy of Howard the...
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August 03, 2011
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August 03, 2011
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