Clippers Continue Bledsoe For Afflalo Talks With Magic, Waiting On Better Offer
The Los Angeles Clippers have held ongoing talks with the Orlando Magic on a trade involving Eric Bledsoe for Arron Afflalo.
The Clippers prefer to hold onto Bledsoe in the interim in hopes of landing a better offer, according to sources.
Afflalo is owed $23 million over the next three seasons.
Is Bledsoe/Afflalo deal still on the table?
Tuesday morning, Chad Ford of ESPN.com reported the "next shoe to drop" for the Clippers following the completion of their blockbuster Kevin Garnett/Doc Rivers deal would be to acquire Arron Afflalo for Eric Bledsoe and Caron Butler.
I wrote about this couple weeks ago, but if LAC can strike deal with BOS, nxt shoe to drop may be Bledsoe/Butler to ORL for Afflalo...
Report: Clippers Talking Eric Bledsoe Trade With Pacers, Magic, Putting Deal With Celtics for Doc Rivers in Jeopardy
Danny Granger or Arron Afflalo could ultimately nix the reported deal to send Doc Rivers and Kevin Garnett to the Clippers as a package deal.
Although talks between the Celtics and Clippers are not totally dead, separate conversations by the Clippers with the Pacers and Magic could decrease the chances of Rivers and/or Garnett heading west. That’s because the Clippers are in discussions...
Afflalo for Bledsoe proposed deal scrapped in favor of Boston deal
via Orlando Sentinel
Eric Bledsoe has been tossed around in trade talks more times than Danny Green has hit three pointers. Now that’s a lot. A local writer laments the tragedy of being a small town. While their instate neighbors are still in the Finals reaping the harvest of the greatest free agent haul (or heist, as Cleveland would say) in history, Orlando is still licking the...
Clippers Reportedly Targeting Danny Granger And Arron Afflalo
Talks between the Los Angeles Clippers and Boston Celtics have stalled as the Clippers refuse to include point guard Eric Bledsoe in any potential deals.  However, that doesn’t mean they don’t want to trade him as L.A. has already reportedly reached out to Orlando and Indiana regarding deals with Bledsoe in return for either Arron Afflalo or Danny Granger.
According to ESPN...
Changing of guards? Magic could shake things up
The Orlando Magic began the 2012-13 season with Jameer Nelson and Arron Afflalo as their starting guards, with J.J. Redick coming off the bench and demonstrating how he had developed into more than just a 3-point shooter.
By April, both Nelson and Afflalo were shut down because of injuries and Redick had been traded to the Milwaukee Bucks. In their places were a veteran point guard...
Dealing Afflalo for Bledsoe Would Mean No More Tanking
That’s my main intrigue with Chad Ford’s rumor. If Orlando ships Arron Afflalo off for Eric Bledsoe and Caron Butler, as well as drafting either Victor Oladipo or Ben McLemore, then the Magic would need to go through a ridiculous amount of injuries yet again if they want to place themselves in the bottom 5 with a shot at the Andrew Wiggins sweepstakes. You bring back...
Magic Considering Nine Different Prospects With No. 2 Pick
The Orlando Magic have the second overall pick and sources say they are considering nine players.
The Magic have the biggest need at point guard, though they could target a veteran such as Eric Bledsoe.
If the Magic trade Arron Afflalo, it could open up a need at shooting guard for a player such as Victor Oladipo or Ben McLemore.
Magic reportedly interested in Eric Bledsoe
Chad Ford of ESPN.com reports the Magic are showing "a lot of interest" in Clippers point guard Eric Bledsoe, apparently unconvinced that Trey Burke is the answer at point guard. Ford reports the Magic are offering Arron Afflalo and are showing a willingness to take on Caron Butler's contract. Orlando could then use its draft pick to take a shooting guard.
Bledsoe...
Magic Interested In Trading For Eric Bledsoe
The Orlando Magic are considering Trey Burke with the No. 2 overall pick, but sources say they are not sold on him with that high of a pick and could instead target Eric Bledsoe via tarde.
The Magic would be willing to trade Arron Afflalo for Bledsoe and the expiring contract of Caron Butler.
Afflalo would give the Los Angeles Clippers a more traditional shooting guard to pair with...
Options abound for Magic at No. 2
One question has been answered now that the NBA Draft Lottery has passed. The Magic will have the second selection in the NBA Draft. That means one player is off the board. It does not change much of Orlando's preparations. Just about every player on their Draft board is still going to be around. Unless the Magic plan on honing in on one player and hope that the Cavaliers do...
Afflalo Wants To Play To His Strengths Next Season
Arron Afflalo is looking forward to playing to his strengths next season.
"I'm kind of getting to the age now where I'm kind of settling into being great at something," Afflalo said. "Whether it's being a high-level defensive player, a high-level shooter, an efficient scorer, doing the things where I'm really playing to my strengths. That's something...
What does Arron Afflalo do best? He's ready to find out
ORLANDO, Fla. Arron Afflalo isn not about to describe what he is going through as a mid-career identity crisis.
But after six years in the NBA and the first in which he was on a team that failed to make the playoffs, the Orlando Magic guard is feeling the need to start making a name for himself.
"I'm kind of getting to the age now where I'm kind of settling into being...
Recapping the Magic in NBA award voting
To little surprise, the Magic were left largely out of the running for many of the NBA awards passed out this year. Being the team with the worst record in the league, it was going to be pretty clear that the Magic would be largely ignored. These awards tend to go to players on teams with, say, winning records.
The winners were not surprises either. LeBron James was a near unanimous...
What Went Wrong: The team's record
Over the next few weeks Orlando Magic Daily will be taking a look at the things that went right and wrong this season as Orlando ended its season with its first Lottery season in six years.
The long-term picture for the Magic looks relatively bright. There is young talent, high draft picks and cap space on the horizon. The long-term view requires patience and heartache. There...
Magic veterans stare down uncertain future
The first season of the Magic's rebuilding program is over. It featured a lot of young players getting lots of time to grow and develop in their first and second years all under (at least early on) the watchful eye of several veterans. Undoubtedly, having Jameer Nelson, Glen Davis and Arron Afflalo among others in that locker room helped Maurice Harkless, Andrew Nicholson, Â...
Orlando Magic season review
ORLANDO, Fla. As a team with a first-year head coach and a first-year general manager that finished the NBA season with five first-year players, the Orlando Magic were certainly expected to go through some growing pains.
And to be sure, the bulk of the past four months were painful. As one of their rookies, backup center Kyle OQuinn, put it succinctly, if not quite elegantly: Losing...
Yep, Magic still overpaying players
These articles come out every once in a while as the intersection of money, sports and production makes for interesting discussion.
These articles have also not been kind to the Magic since Otis Smith went on his spending binge in the summer of 2009 and it continued with the woeful trade. The Magic are still paying Gilbert Arenas.
Forbes Magazine came out with its list of...
Heat at Magic game preview
Game time: 7 p.m. ETTV: Sun Sports
The Miami Heat needed a clutch shot by LeBron James to beat the Orlando Magic earlier this month to keep their staggering winning streak going.
Injuries to the Magic's top two scorers will likely keep that from happening this time.
James and the Heat will try to avoid some recent early struggles in order to make things easier on themselves Monday...
Orlando Magic lose Arron Afflalo for the rest of the season
The Orlando Magic will end this season on a down note with news that they’ve lost their leading scorer, Arron Afflalo. The guard injured his right hamstring ending his season. The Magic’s current record is 18-52 and with 12 games left in the season, the playoffs weren’t ever a remote possibility.
Afflalo has been diagnosed with a strained hamstring, and team officials plan...
Arron Afflalo out for the rest of the season with a hamstring injury
Arron Afflalo's season is over. The Orlando Magic shooting guard injured his right hamstring Friday night, and he'll miss the team's last 12 games of the season, according to beat writer Josh Robbins.
Afflalo will be treated with rest and physical therapy. In 64 games, Afflalo averaged 16.5 points (shooting 43.9 percent from the field and 85.7 from the line), 1.13...
Arron Afflalo To Miss Final 12 Games With Hamstring Strain
Arron Afflalo’s season ended Friday night when he left the game with a strained hamstring.  He will not play in any of the team’s final 12 games.
According to the Orlando Sentinel:
Arron Afflalo, the Orlando Magic’s leading scorer, will miss the team’s final 12 games this regular season after he injured his right hamstring Friday night, team officials said.
Afflalo has...
Afflalo will miss rest of season with hamstring injury
Arron Afflalo will miss the final 12 games of the season with a strained hamstring, the Orlando Magic announced Saturday.
Afflalo injured his hamstring when he pulled up a little lame going after a loose ball in the second quarter of Friday's loss to Oklahoma City. He stayed on the floor for an extended period of time, holding his right hamstring before Doron Lamb and Al...
Magic rally inspiring, but still short against Thunder
The Magic never led in the second half against the Thunder on Friday night. You would be hard pressed to find a player hanging their head too low or a fan that was not excited about the effort the Magic put forth against the defending Western Conference champions.
That is what happens when a 27-point first-half deficit is cut to four with about four minutes left in the fourth...
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