Lofton Would have went to NBA

#26
#26
lawgator1 said:
Orlando will figure out a way to screw this thing up. Don't you worry about that.

Paper is reporting that Grant Hill is signing wih Phoenix as a free agent. You should see how bitter people are here over his having wrecked the team salary-cap wise for the last 7 years. And now he leaves once a free agent because Phoenix would pay him a bit more.
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Orlando does seem to have an awful track record for things like that. Do you think its bad management or bad luck?

In Hill's defense...and believe me I'm in no hurry to defend a Dukie...I was raised on UT and UNC....Orlando knew the issues with his ankle before they offered him that ridiculous contract. Seems like they took a gamble on that ankle healing properly and it didn't work out so well. Its a shame too....Hill is the Griffey Jr. of the NBA
 
#27
#27
He would have been a mid-2nd rounder. That would have been incredibly dumb. He is going to have to work hard to go in the 1st after this year. He's a incredible shooter but he's just not an NBA type player. He's short, and slow. Oh and by the way him being 6'2 is complete B.S. I'm 6'1 and I have 2-3 inches on him because I took my picture next to him.
 
#29
#29
blamie said:
Orlando does seem to have an awful track record for things like that. Do you think its bad management or bad luck?

In Hill's defense...and believe me I'm in no hurry to defend a Dukie...I was raised on UT and UNC....Orlando knew the issues with his ankle before they offered him that ridiculous contract. Seems like they took a gamble on that ankle healing properly and it didn't work out so well. Its a shame too....Hill is the Griffey Jr. of the NBA
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The mangement of the Orlandoi franchise has been just plain stupid, over and over and over again. Their missteps are too numerous to mention, each one worse than the last.

As to Hill, I am convinced that Hill and his people knew full well that his ankle was a problem and/or that the Magic failed to do their homework (as usual) and/or that as it became clear it was a problem no one had the guts to to do anything about it.

The guy played in roughly 200 of 500 games over the length of the contract and, when he did play, it was rarely at full speed or strength. The GH situation absolutely killed this team for the better part of the last decade and the other various debacles the management managed to get themselves into didn't help much.

I personally would have preferred that over the last couple of years the City worked hard to convince the Magic to leave rather than commit hundreds of millions to getting that disastrous franchise to stay here and bleed us dry some more.
 
#30
#30
lawgator1 said:
The mangement of the Orlandoi franchise has been just plain stupid, over and over and over again. Their missteps are too numerous to mention, each one worse than the last.

As to Hill, I am convinced that Hill and his people knew full well that his ankle was a problem and/or that the Magic failed to do their homework (as usual) and/or that as it became clear it was a problem no one had the guts to to do anything about it.

The guy played in roughly 200 of 500 games over the length of the contract and, when he did play, it was rarely at full speed or strength. The GH situation absolutely killed this team for the better part of the last decade and the other various debacles the management managed to get themselves into didn't help much.

I personally would have preferred that over the last couple of years the City worked hard to convince the Magic to leave rather than commit hundreds of millions to getting that disastrous franchise to stay here and bleed us dry some more.
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Well...at least now they can wash their hands of that bloated contract and maybe get some real talent to help out Howard and Lewis...Reddick just isn't going to cut it. It's amazing how someone who was such a deadly offensive threat in college could be limited almost completely to spot up shooting.

I'm afraid that will also be Lofton's fate unless he develops a point guard game in the next year
 
#31
#31
blamie said:
It's amazing how someone who was such a deadly offensive threat in college could be limited almost completely to spot up shooting.

I'm afraid that will also be Lofton's fate unless he develops a point guard game in the next year
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Redick's success in college can be attributed to the fact that there were no fewer than 3 screens (many of them moving) on every possession to get him an open look. And he can catch and shoot with the best of them. And hit FTs, which he did often.

UT's offense isn't just set up to get Lofton a look. It relies much more on players penetrating and getting fast break points. I think he's done admirably in that system and will have a good senior season with more talent around him.
 
#32
#32
The allure of the NBA had to be tempting to Lofton. Perhaps he would have had a difficult decision to make without the injury, and the ankle made the decision easy on him. Like the other poster said, he may have watched the draft and who was getting picked and felt like he could have gone.
 
#33
#33
It is rather morbid to be a sprained ankle and a cancer patient away from having a national championship-caliber team. Pardon me though for any inference that the two are on the same level.
 
#34
#34
every championship contending team out there is always one sprained ankle, torn ACL / MCL or broken wrist away from just OK.
 
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