“WHO?”

God…I’ve been following the draft/free agency good times for the past few weeks but have mainly stayed in the background because I don’t know a lot about this side of the business.

This, though, is just utterly disappointing. And I’m reeeeeeally not liking Otis Smith right now. I just cannot for the life of me understand what is going on in the Magic front office.

I can’t imagine why Otis would want to sign Dooling and Duhon. Why throw 3.3 million dollars a year away for a guy who would be your 3rd string point guard? Bird rights or not, thats a lot to spend on a guy who would be behind Nelson and Dooling for the majority of the season. Besides, if the Magic get desperate for a point guard they already have 2 other guys to turn to. Courtney Lee and Hedo have both proven, at some point in their career, that they can handle the position. Why throw away that much money if you expect to keep Dooling?

Lets face it, Dooling is going to find a team he can start for. It’s what he wanted when he came here and I assume he would still appreciate it. Duhon will probably take this offer and we’ll be stuck with him in the second unit. Meanwhile, the Spurs will take Maggette and win the title. After all, it will be an odd numbered year.

Is there actually any evidence Maggette would sign the mid-level exception for us if we offered if? I’m not convinced we have any particular shot at him.

This would actually be great signing. We can now invest so much less in the pg spot with Duhon playing instead of Dooling. Dooling can’t run a team, and so we need a guy who can, and last year that cost what, almost 8 mil between Dooling and Arroyo? Duhon, like you said, combines their skill sets and eliminates the need for them both. I actually don’t like Duhon, but I don’t like Dooling either, so if we can sign Duhon and eliminate the need for another big point guard signing, than I’m all for it.

i think it is fairly obvious that keyon is getting better offers and most likely will be moving on. we cannot overstate how much keyon helped us last year. he was a great spark all season long.

duhon is a very good signing though, even if his shooting is not that good. very defensive oriented, pass first in that he gets the ball to the players in positions where they can do their best work. i really like this pick up, especially because it comes cheap.

Does anyone know how much impact it will have on the cap space if he doesn’t resign? I’m assuming it has already gone straight to other players contract extensions.

Right now, it’s looking very likely that Duhon takes the Knicks offer. The difference, they’re guaranteeing him a starting job. We’re not … granted we’re the better team, but I don’t think Duhon will pass on the chance to start in the Mecca of basketball.

Update on Maggette, we’ve become front-runners to get him alongside with the Spurs, according to the San Antonio Express-News. It still appears unlikely we’ll get him, but the fact that we’re now front-runners is a good sign.