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The Orlando Magic introduced their newly signed backup point guard Chris Duhon on Thursday in a news conference at RDV Sportsplex.
Duhon, who wore a suit for the occasion, said he looked forward to playing in Orlando's system and fighting for a championship.
"I just like the system," Duhon said. "I've been around a lot of pick-and-rolls. It's easy to have a guy like Dwight [Howard] in the middle. It kind of opens up the floor for a lot of guys. With coach [Stan] Van Gundy, a guy that stresses defense, I think that's one of my biggest strengths."
The Magic began courting Duhon in 2008. Duhon chose the Knicks, instead, and an opportunity to start. He started in New York, though briefly lost his starting spot to rookie Toney Douglas.
"The thing I liked most about him two years ago is the thing that he slid backwards on," Magic General Manager Otis Smith said. "Two years ago he was a better defender than he was with D'Antoni. I think it's more a product of the system. He's a capable defender. One of the things we needed to improve on our team was the passing, so those things I like about him. He's a solid basketball player for our program."
TMZ has obtained legal docs filed by the Orlando Magic star in Orange County, Florida, in which he claims his baby mama Royce Reed -- who stars on VH1's "Basketball Wives" -- leaked dirt about him to the media at least 11 times ... thus violating a 2009 gag order.
In the docs, Howard explains that if the leaked stories reached 1,000,000 people -- a safe estimate given that the stories were posted all over the Internet -- the damages should add up to $500,500,000 based on the terms of their previous agreement.
A rep for Reed denies any wrongdoing -- telling TMZ the leaked info originated from legal documents ... which is "immune to any agreement made by the parties."
I'm excited about this season. It has potential. If Richardson can dominate then we are back in the finals.
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No. Is it too early to look at this garbage tech business as a fail? Jason Williams tossed for calmly talking to a ref. Lol joke.
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Stan Van Gundy was obviously frustrated with the matador defense. Also frustraded, Dwight Howard. After the game, he was pretty honest with reporters.
“We’ve got to play defense,” Howard said. “That’s it. It’s got to be everybody. Our wings got to do a better job not allowing their man just to get to the rim every play. It puts a lot of pressure on the bigs. It’s hard for the big guys to really help like we want when a guy takes one dribble and he’s at the rim. It’s very tough.
“I like blocking shots, but if a guy is one dribble in and the ball’s up, and I’m over on the other side, I can’t fly over there. I don’t have a cape in real life.”