The Orlando Magic are having an identity crisis as a team with championship aspirations and a roster that is not quite championship ready. The Magic hope to see more efforts from Hedo Turkoglu like the one from Monday night that remind them of the 2009 Finals run. Really finding consistency from Turkoglu and the rest [...] Magic Trying To Restore Championship Attitude is a post by the Best Sports Blogs at BallHyped.com.
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Hedo Turkoglu scored 23 points to lead five Magic players in double figures, as Orlando earned its first victory of the season with a 104-95 win over Houston on Monday night. Orlando got 13 points from Turkoglu and eight points from J.J. Redick in the fourth quarter to help the Magic stave off a handful of second-half charges by the Rockets. Dwight Howard finished with 21 points and Redick 20.
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Hedo Turkoglu (photo. National Post)
After cashing in on Orlando’s run to the 2009 NBA Finals with a sizable free-agent deal in Toronto , it didn’t take Hedo Turkoglu very long to earn his second benching in nearly four years.
Having missed a game due to a supposed “stomach virus,” Turkoglu was spotted by T-Dot fans at a downtown nightclub in the Yorkville district of the city. After several fans reported the incident to the Raptors management, Turkoglu was disciplined, and later...Read Full Story
Hedo Turkoglu led the Magic with 23 points and Dwight Howard added another 21 points in Orlando’s win.
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We clamored for change. It was readily apparent to the most casual spectator that a championship was not within reach given the current roster. We knew something had to be done and it was within Otis Smith’s realm of expertise to make personnel changes and bring about the kind of team transformation that could result in fielding a competitive and contending team once again.
The first step was to re-acquire the once formidable Hedo Turkoglu. Hedo had lost his way since leaving the Magic, and...Read Full Story
Fantasy owners know that Hedo is capable of these lines, but he posts them sporadically and is hard to rely on night-to-night. Before you get too excited, remember that he was averaging a mere 5.5 points in his past five games, on 7-of-32 shooting.
Howard, who averages 20.6 points, missed 10 of 15 shots to finish with 11 points and 14 rebounds. Hedo Turkoglu had 19 points for Orlando, which beat the Bucks for the 11th time in 13 games. Orlando is 28-16 all-time vs. Minnesota including a 42-point ...
While players like Hedo Turkoglu and Ryan Anderson are having solid and breakout seasons ... at options such as Kirk Hinrich who is now expendable in Atlanta because of Jeff Teague's emergence. He owns career averages of 13 ppg and just under 6 apg.
He's hit just 3-of-23 shots over his last three games, but this looks like more of a slump than an injury. He did tweak a knee on Saturday, but has played through it. He's too good to cut, but benching him might make sense until he figures this out.
Where would it leave Orlando? The Magic would head into next season with Jameer Nelson and J.J. Redick on expiring contracts. Also, they'd have Hedo Turkoglu, Glen Davis, Jason Richardson, Chris Duhon, Quentin Richardson, Ryan Anderson (if they keep him ...
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