<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Ever been dumped unexpectedly? You know, everything's going great; your gal or guy is making you dinner, giving you massages, squeezing lemons for fresh lemonade and then, without warning, it's over and they've moved on. Total sucker punch. J.J. Redick knows what I'm talking about. Six months ago he was the center of the college basketball universe ? breaking records, winning awards as Duke University's sharpshooter. But now the 22-year-old is muddled in the kind of obscurity that's usually reserved for people like William Hung and Nancy McKeon. The 11th overall pick in the June NBA draft is on the inactive list with the Orlando Magic. Although he's now healthy after missing the summer and preseason with a back injury, he's behind nine other perimeter players in the rotation. Dumped. A Web site supposedly dedicated to him (www.jjredick.net) hasn't been updated since he was drafted. Not even June's DWI charge was able to keep Redick's ink flowing by summer's end. It's interesting how the Wooden and AP Player of the Year can fall out of our consciousness so quickly. But what I found even more interesting is that he says he doesn't even really miss it. "I felt like 99 percent of the exposure I got was positive, but there were times I really struggled with all of the attention being on me," Redick says. "As a team we were having an unbelievable year but all anyone wanted to talk about was me. It really wore me down. "I'm not going to lie ? I miss the attention sometimes, but you know what? I'm getting the chance to play basketball for a living. It's hard to be down when you remind yourself about that." Now, I know what you're thinking: "Yeah, yeah, yeah, poor J.J. had to do too many photo shoots" or "He's just saying that to appear more human." But he's not A-Roddian. The guy sitting at the end of the bench for the Magic sounds exactly like the guy who was pursued by nearly every major media outlet in the country last year at this time. Reflective. Humble. Thankful. When I called him up, I was expecting some sort of change. You know, like anyone would be after they've been dumped. But not J.J. This time of peace has afforded him the time to reconnect with his inner peace. "I know God has a plan and purpose for my life," he says. "I trust in him. My faith and my spiritual life has gone through ups and downs this past year, but I am only human and the Bible teaches us that we all fall short of the glory of God."</div> Source
im hoping for some PT for jj man, he's awesome and is capable of dropping 12-15 PPG if given the chance
<div class="quote_poster">GatorsowntheNCAA Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Who would you put him over though?</div> I'd play JJ Redick over Keith Bogans any day.
I don't know about that man. I mean JJ can't play defense and Bogans has been good of late. But him over possibly I don't even know actually.
<div class="quote_poster">CLos Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I don't know about that man. I mean JJ can't play defense and Bogans has been good of late. But him over possibly I don't even know actually.</div> I completely agree. Bogans comes in for his 5 minutes, plays rock solid defense and he's been hitting pretty much all of his shots. He also is a very good offensive rebounder for his size. Also, why change what continues to work? We are winning with the current rotation, so why change it?
Exactly Gators. Bogans played great defense against Wade in the final seconds of the Heat game we won. He is also a steady shooter who makes smart shots. He also has a lot of strength as well. The only way Redick should play is if someone actually gets injured. I mean at first some people I know were saying that they should just inactivate Ariza. Well, have you seen Ariza lately? The man is one of our best offensive rebounders as well as a good defender. Redick will get his chance soon enough just not anytime soon. If the Magic are winning, he should be happy. Some college players especially from Duke go to these horrible teams and still don't do that good. Sure Redick isn't playing, but he's on one of the best teams in the whole NBA and in the Eastern Conference.
Either way down the road he needs to get some time. They can't leave him on the inactive list all year. Injuries are sure to happen so I'm sure he will get his shot. But It would be nice to see him get some time to come in and have chances.
