<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Grant Hill isn't the only one itching for a return to the Orlando Magic lineup. Keyon Dooling and Kelvin Cato won't be too far behind him. Hill will make his much-anticipated return Wednesday when the Magic face the Knicks in New York. Dooling and Cato should come a week to 10 days later, hoping to brighten the holiday season. Dooling was on the Magic's practice floor Monday without the walking boot on his right foot, which has been bruised and inflamed, leaving him on the inactive list. Hill hasn't played this season after hernia surgery Oct. 31. Dooling has missed the past eight games with the same injury that plagued him during preseason. He reinjured that foot Nov. 25 in his only start of the season. Cato has missed the past two because of a right ankle sprain. "It's going to be fun when everyone is back,'' said Dooling after a light workout Monday at the RDV Sportsplex. "Everyone brings a different dimension. There may be a short grace period when everything has to be fit back together, but then we'll see the team that we were supposed to see. It'll be good for all of Orlando.'' Hill will become the Magic's starting small forward, moving Hedo Turkoglu back to his role in reserve. Dooling, who was the Magic's most significant free-agent signee this summer, likely will serve as a backup to DeShawn Stevenson and Steve Francis in the backcourt. Cato, who was struggling to carve his role early this season after shoulder surgery this summer, will become the backup center again. "We'll go through another transitional phase, but it'll be worth it to get guys back,'' said Magic Coach Brian Hill. "Roles will change, adjustments will be made for the better.''</div> Source
This is great news and hopefully his injury doesn't slow him down. If he can put up numbers similar to last year, having him back will make a huge difference for this unexperienced Magic team. He is not only a good scorer, he brings veteren leadership and has a high basketball IQ. The Magic started the year off decent witht Hill out so hopefully we will improve now that he is back in the lineup.
Does anyone think that we will limit his minutes at first? Hill hopefully will handle the ball more than he did last year and limit Francis's turnovers. I'm only expecting Hill to get 20-25 mins tomorrow night. It's going to be interesting to see what intensity we come out with.
Definitely good news...I'm sure he'll give orlando an added offensive threat, and also another ballhandler...
This is great news this will hopefully give the Magic a boost and help them have a better record, but the Magic should not forget about Howard and still give the guy the ball.
Grant only played 23 minutes and scored 7 points including a buzzer beating three to end the first half. Look for his productivity to increase as works out the rust.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Swish15:</div><div class="quote_post">Grant only played 23 minutes and scored 7 points including a buzzer beating three to end the first half. Look for his productivity to increase as works out the rust.</div> See I told you he would improve. On Friday he scored 28 points against the Mavericks and was the reason we almost won that game in overtime.
I think we could be playoff bound. There was an article in the Orlando Sentinel about Grant Hill giving us some swagger and both games we looked really good. We almost and we shoulda beat the Mavs on the road.
