<div class="quote_poster">CLos Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Okay, wow you found one little clip of Darko getting dunked on. The Magic had injuries too so you can't make an excuse. Injuries are apart of the game. It doesn't matter if we were 1-2 against you guys because the Magic lose to bad teams like the Knicks.</div> Please... the worse injuries the Magic had were to players that averaged less than 10 points. Grant Hill that averaged over 10 points who missed a little chunk of games, but you should be used to that. In fact, Grant Hill played his most games in 7 years. Knicks missed Crawford, Lee, Q-Rich, Francis, who are actually key components to the team. What does it say if the Magic can lose to a lowly team like the Knicks?
Hey the Magic were 1-3 against the Hawks. The Magic always lose to sorry teams like the Bobcats, Hawks, and the Knicks. You can't always go for stats. We lost Trevor Ariza for a big chunk of our games and he's a good defender/slasher. Remember him don't you, you traded Ariza and Penny's expiring contract for Francis Also, we lost Battie who is a decent rebounder and solid defender. You shouldn't even bring up losing Steve Francis this year to injury. That's probably a good thing for you guys. The only players that you should've missed were Q-Rich and Lee. Crawford was very inconsistent this year.
<div class="quote_poster">CLos Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Hey the Magic were 1-3 against the Hawks. The Magic always lose to sorry teams like the Bobcats, Hawks, and the Knicks. You can't always go for stats. We lost Trevor Ariza for a big chunk of our games and he's a good defender/slasher. Remember him don't you, you traded Ariza and Penny's expiring contract for Francis Also, we lost Battie who is a decent rebounder and solid defender.</div> Yes, I'm very familiar with Trevor Ariza who still can't shoot or dribble with his head up. He'll dunk on someone occasionally or get a put back or two, but he's mostly a one-dimensional defender, who averaged 2.8 points (31.3% shooting) and 2.3 rebounds in the playoffs. Tony Battie?who averaged a whopping 6 points and 5 rebounds?is a solid role player but he?s definitely not someone who makes or breaks your season. Francis? contract expires in two years anyway, so it?s not like it put us in ?cap hell?; in fact, in two years when Marbury, Francis, and Rose expire, the Knicks will be under the cap. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">You shouldn't even bring up losing Steve Francis this year to injury. That's probably a good thing for you guys. The only players that you should've missed were Q-Rich and Lee. Crawford was very inconsistent this year.</div> Even with all his problems, Steve Francis is a very capable player and with all the injuries, Francis stepped up. And even with all of Crawford?s inconsistencies, he?s still a good player?this is the same player who dropped 52 points on 20/30 shooting. The same player who has came up clutch for us multiple times. In fact, in his last game, he hit a game-winning three pointer. Crawford is more valuable to the Knicks than Battie or Ariza are to the Magic.
