Magic d\' Orlando

The Magic d' Orlando ( Orlando Magic in English) is a frankness from Basket-ball of NBA based in Florida.

History of the frankness

While waiting for the “Shaq” (1989-1992)

Orlando Magic joined NBA for the season 1989-90, with Matt Guoskas for first trainer of its history. The players resulting from the Expansion Draft name Reggie Theus, Scott Skiles, Terry Catledge, Sam Vincent, Otis Smith, and Jerry Reynolds. Nick Anderson is selected in 11th position at the time of the draft. The assessment of the first month, 7 victories for 7 defeats, is the best ever obtained for a new frankness from the NBA. The remainder of the season is much less good and the team finishes with 18 victories for 64 defeats. Style of allured Magic, with the 5th best attack of the league (and incidentally worst defense).

Magic selects Dennis Scott with the 4th choice of the draft 1990. The team improves and finishes the season with 31 victories. Scott Skiles carries out a superb season with 17,1 points and 8,2 decisive master keys per match (it carries out the frankness in these two categories), and is named Most Improved Player (player having progressed more).

Because of wounds the season 1991-92 is very disappointing. The team finishes with only 21 victories. Scott Skiles plays only 18 matches, Nick Anderson lack 22 matches in the season, and during December Magic loses 17 matches of at a stretch. The bad luck of the club this year there is transformed into aubaine the day when Magic obtains the first choice of the draft 1992.

A named tornado O' Neal (1992-1996)

The frankness selects Shaquille O'Neal, whose impact is immediate: Magic carries out the best season of its history with 41 victories for 41 defeats. In equality with the Pacers, Magic does not take part in the play-offs. The power and the charisma of O' Neal make of him the first rookie (beginning) with being selected with the All-Star Range since some Michael Jordan. It is assisted of Nick Anderson which marks 50 points in a match this season and Scott Refusals which makes a success of 9 three points in only one match, lack of only one three points the record established by Brian Shaw one week earlier. O' Neal is named NBA Rookie off the Year , while being the only player NBA with being in Signal 10 in four statistical categories (points, rebounds, counter, success with the shootings)

By missing the play-offs very little, Magic takes part in the lottery for the draft 1993. Although having only one chance out of 66 to obtain the first choice of the draft, the chance offers to the team a new first choice of Draft. Chris Webber, coveted by Golden delicious State, seems to be the first obvious choice, but Magic seems to need more a back, in fact Penny Hardaway. Magic selects finally Chris Webber to immediately exchange it against Penny Hardaway and three future choices of draft in Warriors. The team gains this Fifty matches, and takes part for the first time in the play-offs. O' Neal misses little the title of better marker of the season vis-a-vis David Robinson which marks 71 points against Clippers very reconciling at the time of the last match of the season. The lack of experience of Orlando will be fatal as of the first tower vis-a-vis the Indiana Pacers which sweep them in three matches.

For the season 1994-95, Magic signs Horace Grant then free of any contract and takes down the best assessment of the Conference Is with 57 victories. They beat in play-offs Boston, Chicago and Indiana and reach after only 6 years of existence finales NBA. They are swept in 4 matches by tested the Houston Rockets carried out by Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler. In spite of a dry defeat, the future of Magic seems radiant.

The season 1995-96 confirms the progression of Orlando which glane 60 victories (record of the frankness), but which is completely unobtrusive behind the Chicago bulldozers of Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman. This season, in fact the bulldozers occupy the front of the scene by finishing the season with 72 victories for 10 defeats, absolute records in NBA. Magic meets Chicago in Finales of Conference and are made eliminate in only 4 matches, with an average deviation of 16,7 points.

With the research of stability (1996-2000)

During the intersaison, Shaquille O'Neal is recruited by Los Angeles Lakers in full rebuilding which offer to him the largest contract ever signed in NBA. The loss of Shaquille is irreplaceable for Magic which finishes the season with 45 victories and is eliminated with the first turn of the play-offs by the other frankness based in Florida, the Miami Heat.

The season 1997-98 is marked by the arrival of two legends within the executive team of Magic: Chuck Daly as a trainer and Julius Erving as a President Exécutif. The year is blackened by the wounds, the total of matches missed by the players due to wound is of 275. The season is completed with 41 victories for all that defeats, Magic misses by little the play-offs.

During the shortened season 1998-99, Magic item 33 victories for 17 defeats. This promising result is completed with the first turn of the play-offs against the Sixers of Allen Iverson. The frankness is always carried out by Anfernee Hardaway with 15,8 points per match and Darrell Armstrong, the first player to gain the same year the title of Better 6th man and Player having progressed more. More anecdotic, Magic has in its manpower the legend in end of a career Dominique Wilkins like his brother Gerald.

In 1999-2000, the team is carried out by the trainer Doc. Rivers. The majority of the players are inexperienced (11 players have less than 3 years of experience in NBA). The team on paper seems very weak, reflecting the will of the leaders to make place in the wage bill to attract good players. Surprised, the team finishes the season for the third time of her history with 41 victories, and Doc. Rivers is elected Meilleur Trainer of the year .

Between hopes and disillusions (Since 2000)

With the wage bill available, Magic makes a great blow at the time of the intersaison 2000 by signing Tracy McGrady and while exchanging within the framework of a sign and trade Grant Hill against Ben Wallace and Chucky Atkins. The transfer seems all with the advantage of Magic, which recovers an AlStar in exchange two to make valoirs. Nevertheless, the hopes are ruined when Grant Hill is wounded and put an end to her season as of the fourth match of the season. Under the impulse of Tracy McGrady and rookie of the year Mike Miller, Magic finishes the season with 43 victories.

In 2001-02, Magic finishes for the tenth consecutive season with an positive assessment of 44 victories. Grant Hill misses 68 matches in the season, the members of the team miss with final the 211 matches in the season. Tracy McGrady is affirmed like the leader of the frankness, with the assistance of the aggressive Darrell Armstrong. The team also counts in her rows Patrick Ewing, which signed for one season with Orlando (6 points of average in 15 minutes per match) before taking its retirement.

The team stagnates in 2002-03 with 42 victories and is still eliminated with the first turn of the play-offs. Only thin satisfaction comes from Tracy McGrady which takes down the title of better marker of the season. Grant Hill plays only 29 matches and becomes a total bide for Magic, more especially as the “development” transferred at the time, Ben Wallace, continues like an AlStar and moves towards a second title of Better defender of the League under the shirt of the Pistons of Strait.

Very crumbles for the season 2003-04, at the time of the 15th birthday of the frankness. The assessment of 21 victories for 61 defeats is the second worse result of the frankness, Grant Hill is always wounded, Tracy McGrady marks always as much but does not seem to have the breadth of a leader, and recent acquisition Juwan Howard is quite disappointing.

During the intersaison 2004, Magic obtains for the third time of its history the first choice of the draft and selects the interior resulting directly from the college Dwight Howard. Tracy McGrady, Juwan Howard, Tyronne Lue and Reece Gaines are exchanged with the Houston Rockets against the leader Steve Francis, Cuttino Mobley and Kelvin Cato, which marks a turning in the history of the frankness.

The season 2004-05 also marks the return of Grant Hill who makes her first complete season since her signature in Magic here are 5 years. With 12 points and 10 rebounds of average, Dwight Howard is a satisfaction, but the transfer in the course of season of Cuttino Mobley for a Doug Christie wounded and démotivé (Christie is at the base supposed to fill the defensive gaps of the team) finishes to complete the team which with only 36 victories does not qualify itself for the play-offs.

The summer 2005 is relatively calm in Florida and the main movements in manpower take place only during the season 2005-2006: Carlos Arroyo and Darko Milicic of the Pistons arrive against Kelvin Cato and a future turn of draft while Steve Francis is sent to Knicks releasing an important wage bill. In spite of a solid springtide of Dwight Howard and thundering April, the frankness does not reach the play-offs. The recurring wounds of Grant Hill and the absence of an offensive leader (no player with more than 16 points per match) heavily handicapped the team which finishes with 36 victories for 46 defeats.

Current manpower

Prize list

Finalists NBA : 1995
Champion of Conference Is : 1995
Champion of Division : 1995, 1996

withdrawn Shirts

6 - in homage to the fans, the “6th man” of the team

External bonds

Official site
Statistical detailed on basketball-reference.com

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