Comments on: Magic considering Michael Curry for head-coaching vacancy (LOL)

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:04:06 +0000

I thought he failed partly is because he played with some of the guys he was coaching. The AI/CHAUncey trade didnt help. remember thestarting 5 of AI STuck RIP TAY SHEED? That lasted about 3 games.

By: inigo montoya

inigo montoya — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:07:55 +0000

The Billups-Iverson transaction happened in Nov. 2008. Affalo was transacted to Denver in July 2009.

Although these transactions appear separated by 8 months, I have always believed that both of these were really part of one trade with Affalo the “player to be named later” (Denver really did not want Affalo in Nov. 2008, but wanted him after D. Jones was no longer on the roster)

I won’t go into all the detailed reasons why I believe this but after studying the Denver financial situation (giving away Camby in summer 2008, … ending with Denver not renewing GM Warkentien contract in 2010, (just a year away from being named NBA Executive of the Year), it appears obvious that the Billups-Iverson trade was even more about money than people seem to appreciate.

(The financial situation in Denver in 2008 was dire, hence the giving away of Camby and signing D. Jones to be their starting SG for just $1 million/year. Makes one wonder where Denver came up with the $5 million to buy McDyess out)

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:34:08 +0000

I always felt like Curry would make an excellent HC in the NBA. I mean, just based on his NBA career as a hard-working, defense-first player who fought tooth & nail for a contract – players can respect that. Perhaps a team president will be willing to overlook Curry’s debacle in Detroit to give Curry another chance as a HC.

By: ryan

ryan — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:34:44 +0000

I hope that they hire Coach Curry and I hope he publishes his analysis of Dwight Howard on a blog. That’ll make Dwight reconsider his trashing of Stan Van Gundy.

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 07:13:19 +0000

Afflalo wasn’t traded until after Curry’s first season.

By: Kevin P

Kevin P — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 05:04:45 +0000

Lets be real, Joe D set Curry up to fail when he traded Billups and Afflalo for Iverson. When that happened the writing was on the wall. Curry couldn’t even sleep that night because of all the nightmares.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 04:28:54 +0000

haha, the latest is they are putting the Dwight trade talk on hold to search for a coach. Dwight wants out of ORL yesterday and they are making him wait so they can interview Michael Curry. lmao

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:49:03 +0000

Well, looks like the curse of Scott Perry is starting to take form in ORL now. lol

Since hiring him to VP we’ve had a terrible streak of bad luck here. The day after he leaves, we’ve had nothing but good luck since. The BG trade, getting Drummond/English, getting Singler, signing Kravstov…..

Now that he’s in ORL they are considering hiring Curry LOL

I wouldn’t be surprised if they gave Howard away for nothing too #CurseofScottPerry

By: MNM

MNM — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:37:23 +0000

ESPN article on Andre.. http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8158323/2012-summer-league-andre-drummond-tantalizes-promising-stretches-summer-league

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:03:15 +0000

I actually love this as a resolution to the Dwight Howard fiasco.

"Hey Dwight? Not only are we making you play out your contract, we're making you do it playing for Michael Curry."