Sat 10 Nov 2007
Injury exception in Magic’s plans
Posted by Sujeet under Main
The Orlando Magic are in desperate need of a big man; to clarify, I mean a forward or center, or preferably a hybrid of the two positions. The team, according to Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel, has been granted an injury roster exception by the NBA as relief for the season-ending injury to F/C Tony Battie.
Assuming the Magic use the exception (and considering their current frontcourt, they will), they will attempt to sign a big man (read: forward or center), according to Otis Smith, General Manager of the Magic. One player currently available is F Chris Webber; I mentioned him as a possible player who may sign with Cleveland in a story posted today (http://www.slamdunkcentral.com/2007/11/10/webber-would-consider-signing-with-cavaliers/). But as I said in the Cavaliers story, the price for Webber may be steep.
One other who comes to mind is F/C P.J. Brown; however, it appears he is leaning towards retirement. But you never know. Any of the other remaining “big men” who are free agents and available are what you can consider “serviceable”. I see them using the exception, but who they inevitably sign is anyone’s guess. And I doubt it will be Webber.
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