28 Dec 10 Let's Face Facts: No One Is Beating The Orlando Magic This Year...

Brian A. Westerholt/Getty ImagesThis is tough for me to admit...I don't like Orlando as a city, finding it's theme park based city to be both depressing and unsettling all at the same time.I don't like Magic the card game, Magic the set of illusions magicians do, or the Orlando Magic either...I hate Vince Carter's Houston Texans jersey
lack of toughness, Dwight Howard's complete lack of anything resembling a post game, and everything about Rashard Lewis.But I do live in reality, and the reality is that through 2 and a half weeks of the postseason Orlando by far looks like the team with the best chance of hoisting that championship hardware.The Cavs are a bundle of questions right now, ranging from Lebron's elbow to whether or not Mo Williams is actually good. Oh yeah and there's that whole business about how Joakim Noah abused them in the first round. Joakim Noah being the broke man's version of one Dwight Howard.The Lakers? Too many injuries to Kobe, and Bynum, and their bench is a huge weakness. If anything this version of The Lakers is WAY worse than last year's version while this year's version of the Magic are markedly better. You're delusional if you're giving the Spurs, Hawks, Suns, Jazz or Celtics any chance against the Magic.The problem is that sometime this season, people got so swept up in the additions of Shaq and Antawn(The Invisible Man) Jamision to Cleveland, we got swept up in Artest to The Lakers and we missed a series of brilliant roster building moves by Orlando over the last few years.First they retained Marcin Gortat, which is why their best player(Howard) Indianapolis Colts jersey
could average 26.5 minutes a game against the Bobcats and they still swept them out of the Playoffs.Then they picked up the criminally underrated Ryan Anderson in the Vince Carter trade to be their 9th man. You can definitely win a championship with Anderson as your 9th best player.And lastly they signed Brandon Bass and Matt Barnes for more size, energy and rebounding off the bench.And oh what a bench it is...Everyone has a role and knows it, Pietrus defends the best swingman and drains 3s, Barnes plays defense and rebounds, JJ Redick hits 3s and free throws when needed. Jason White Chocolate Williams has turned himself into a great back up point guard and the Magic legitimately go 10 deep.Even Vince is whining less and has only pretended to be hurt in 3 or 4 games this year. Jacksonville Jaguars jersey
Plus you have the fact that Orlando STILL seems to be completely under the radar leading to a tight knit locker room( as we can judge from all their whining) and MAJOR nobody believes in us outside of this locker room potential.Through 2 and a half weeks I've seen enough to predict with a ton of confidence that The Orlando Magic will be your 2010 NBA Champions.And if Vince Carter somehow wins the Finals MVP, I'll be the guy jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge.JL