Grantland Piece on the 90's Orlando Magic

[Professor K.]

The Orlando Sentinel ran a contest for fans to help pick the name of the team. The finalists included the Heat, Juice, Tropics, and Magic. By chance, Williams’s young daughter had visited the city and later described it as “Magic.” The team’s name became a no-brainer after that.



Just imagine one of those names today in the league

Better than the Pelicans

 

[Bledswole]

Better than the Pelicans

Nope

 

[I-Hate-You]

I'm about to dive into this article and read it now, but I remember listening to a Horace Grant interview recently about Shaq leaving Orlando. He said that Shaq called him that offseason, but he missed the call & Shaq signed with the Lakers soon after. He said he believes that if he answered that call, Shaq would've stayed in Orlando

Let's not forget about when the Magic signed T-Mac, Grant Hill and were on the verge of signing Tim Duncan until David Robinson talked him into staying in San Antonio.

It's so hard being a Magic fan, but I think I'd be the most satisfied seeing them win a ring at this point than any other team I root for

this.

 

[dem bath salts]

Grant land is my shyt. I don't why y'all hate bill Simmons, that white boy helps the NBA stay relevant on ESPN. All they want to do is talk NFL anyway