Orlando also has the luxury of having a primarily offensive player, Pietrus, who is for some reason...

Orlando also has the luxury of having a primarily offensive player, Pietrus, who is for some reason excited at the prospect of trying to guard LeBron. Two years ago, stuck on the bench for a Golden State team that seemed tailor-made for him, Pietrus told me that if he got away from the Warriors and onto a contender he could shoot and defend at a level that would make him a legit contributor on a team of consequence. Here he is making good on that promise. By simply being unafraid to try on James, it keeps Turkoglu, Orlando's most important offensive player, out of foul trouble.

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why can I never do this right?

Here’s the link to the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/21/AR2009052103106.html?referrer=emailarticle

by centerre on May 22, 2009 4:44 PM PDT reply actions

i miss Mickael

he’s really proven to be a great contributor.

Don Nelson: "Hey Johnny shot 3s"
Player: "But coach i'm 7 foot 8"
Don Nelson: "Johnny!!,if you know whats good for you shoot 3s"

by LighTz707OuT on May 22, 2009 11:10 PM PDT reply actions

they must have meant primarily defensive player right?

Thing A

by sam23 on May 23, 2009 7:54 AM PDT reply actions

I think they mean Turkoglu is the primarily offense player, because he doesn’t have to guard Lebron

"We Deserve"

by YaHeard on May 23, 2009 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions

edit

NM, fail

"We Deserve"

by YaHeard on May 23, 2009 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions

Pietrus is tight that block on Lebron changed the game

by Belinelli's the savior on May 23, 2009 11:05 AM PDT reply actions

I knew the Magic were contenders

The moment they signed Pietrus. The media kept hyping up Boston and Cleveland. Albeit Garnett’s hurt, I knew the Magic were going to be a hard team to take out when they added Pietrus to an already stacked line-up.

by Golden Boy on May 23, 2009 3:12 PM PDT reply actions

Piterus had his chnace when he was hear.

He was soft in the head and a complete headcase. Glad he is gone.

by dungeness crabdribble on May 23, 2009 7:28 PM PDT reply actions

He was injured for a lot of this season

Just like last one. Looks like he finally wants to prove how good he is, which he didn’t do well in his last season with the warriors.

by mosdl on May 23, 2009 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions

pietrus worth more than what the woe-yrs got for him

which was nothing. equivalent to the ‘redemption value’ of arenas, o’bryant, davis, perovic. of course two of those guys truly are worth little. perovic got a contract ‘cause mullin didn’t want to lose him to a euro team, and they ended up paying him to go to a euro team anyway. but there were avoidable mis-calculations with the three decent reserve-to-very good starter-players; the brass seems unable to treat each contract on a case to case basis, either it’s exuberant maximum reward or the other extreme, doing nothing until it’s too late to resolve. I think that’s by oRwell’s preference and design, because he wants numbers lined up at certain points in his budget calendar or cycle.

by the.monk on May 24, 2009 5:02 PM PDT reply actions