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		<title>[VIDEO] Orlando Magic Assistant Coach Jay Hernandez Is Making It Happen In The NBA By Being Fundamentally Sound</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2017 02:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>&#160; Orlando Magic assistant coach Jay Hernandez checked in with Brandon &#8216;Scoop B&#8217; Robinson. Press Play below to see him in training action. Last month, the Orlando Magic named Jay Hernandez assistant coach of player development. It couldn’t have been more [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_172623" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-172623" data-attachment-id="172623" data-permalink="https://respect-mag.com/2017/10/video-orlando-magic-assistant-coach-jay-hernandez-making-happen-nba-fundamentally-sound/jay-hernandez/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Jay-Hernandez.png?fit=720%2C624&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="720,624" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Jay Hernandez" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Orlando Magic assistant coach Jay Hernandez conducting pregame drills with Elfrid Payton. Photo Credit: Gemini Keez&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Jay-Hernandez.png?fit=720%2C624&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Jay-Hernandez.png?fit=640%2C555&amp;ssl=1" class="size-large wp-image-172623" src="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Jay-Hernandez-640x555.png?resize=640%2C555" alt="" width="640" height="555" data-recalc-dims="1" /><p id="caption-attachment-172623" class="wp-caption-text">Orlando Magic assistant coach Jay Hernandez conducting pregame drills with Elfrid Payton. Photo Credit: Gemini Keez</p></div>
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<p>Orlando Magic assistant coach <b><a href="https://patch.com/new-york/glencove/glen-cove-resident-train-local-talent">Jay Hernandez</a> checked in with Brandon &#8216;Scoop B&#8217; Robinson. Press Play below to see him in training action.</b></p>
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<p>Last month, the Orlando Magic named <a href="http://www.scoopbradio.com/2017/09/audio-scoop-b-radio-overtime-f-jay-hernandez-pro-hoops-2012/">Jay Hernandez </a>assistant coach of player development. It couldn’t have been more of a perfect fit.</p>
<p>Hernandez has years of basketball history.</p>
<p>Playing one season at the University of New Hampshire, he transferred to Hofstra University and played under current Villanova head coach Jay Wright. During his three seasons at Hofstra University from 1998-2001, along with Speedy Claxton, Hernandez helped guide Hofstra to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2000 and 2001.</p>
<p>After playing professionally in Puerto Rico for three years, Hernandez founded a local basketball training program called Pro Hoops, Inc. a basketball training program.</p>
<div id="attachment_172626" style="width: 408px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-172626" data-attachment-id="172626" data-permalink="https://respect-mag.com/2017/10/video-orlando-magic-assistant-coach-jay-hernandez-making-happen-nba-fundamentally-sound/fullsizerender-60/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/FullSizeRender-60.jpg?fit=1242%2C836&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="1242,836" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="FullSizeRender (60)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Orlando Magic assistant coach, Jay Hernandez and rapper, Common. Photo Credit: Orlando Magic Daily.&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/FullSizeRender-60.jpg?fit=1242%2C836&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/FullSizeRender-60.jpg?fit=640%2C431&amp;ssl=1" class=" wp-image-172626" src="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/FullSizeRender-60-640x431.jpg?resize=398%2C268" alt="" width="398" height="268" data-recalc-dims="1" /><p id="caption-attachment-172626" class="wp-caption-text">Orlando Magic assistant coach, Jay Hernandez and rapper, Common. Photo Credit: Orlando Magic Daily.</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pro Hoops improves basketball performance of hoopers from grade school all the way to the adult age. Hernandez left Pro Hoops to dive into his coaching role with the Orlando Magic full-time. But his impact was felt.</span></p>
<p>Hernandez also tried his hand at acting too. He was the stunt double for rapper, Common in the film &#8220;Just Wright.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Watch new <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Magic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Magic</a> assistant coach Jay Hernandez in action! <a href="https://t.co/QjgSC3QoVP">https://t.co/QjgSC3QoVP</a></p>
<p>— Orlando Magic Daily (@OMagicDaily) <a href="https://twitter.com/OMagicDaily/status/509359769308893185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 9, 2014</a></p></blockquote>
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		<title>Orlando Magic’s Jonathan Isaac Sees Similarity Between Himself &#038; Los Angeles Lakers’ Brandon Ingram</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandon Robinson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2017 19:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Orlando Magic&#8217;s Jonathan Isaac Chatted With RESPECT Magazine&#8217;s Brandon &#8216;Scoop B&#8217; Robinson On Scoop B Radio. Press Play Below To Listen. &#160; If Jonathan Isaac was a car, he’d be an Escalade with Lamborghini doors. The Orlando Magic rookie&#8217;s [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_172340" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-172340" data-attachment-id="172340" data-permalink="https://respect-mag.com/2017/09/orlando-magics-jonathan-isaac-sees-similarity-between-himself-los-angeles-lakers-brandon-ingram/jonathan-isaac/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Jonathan-Isaac.jpg?fit=600%2C348&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="600,348" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Jonathan Isaac" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac. Photo Credit: SPOX&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Jonathan-Isaac.jpg?fit=600%2C348&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Jonathan-Isaac.jpg?fit=600%2C348&amp;ssl=1" class="size-full wp-image-172340" src="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Jonathan-Isaac.jpg?resize=600%2C348" alt="" width="600" height="348" data-recalc-dims="1" /><p id="caption-attachment-172340" class="wp-caption-text">Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac. Photo Credit: SPOX</p></div>
<p><strong>The Orlando Magic&#8217;s Jonathan Isaac Chatted With RESPECT Magazine&#8217;s Brandon &#8216;Scoop B&#8217; Robinson On Scoop B Radio. Press Play Below To Listen.</strong></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If Jonathan Isaac was a car, he’d be an Escalade with Lamborghini doors. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Orlando Magic rookie&#8217;s got point guard speed, shooting guard scoring ability meshed with power forward height and center blocking ability.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>The comparisons are endless:</strong> the Golden State Warriors’ Kevin Durant, New Orleans Pelicans’ Anthony Davis and the Los Angeles Lakers’ Brandon Ingram.  </span></p>
<p><strong><em>Does Isaac sees the Ingram comparisons?</em> </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I do,” <a href="http://www.scoopbradio.com/2017/06/audio-scoop-b-radio-overtime-f-2017-nba-draft-prospect-jonathan-isaac-2017/">Jonathan Isaac told me on Scoop B Radio. </a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“You know, we’re both super long, super athletic and able to handle the ball and shoot it.” </span></p>
<div id="attachment_172341" style="width: 256px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-172341" data-attachment-id="172341" data-permalink="https://respect-mag.com/2017/09/orlando-magics-jonathan-isaac-sees-similarity-between-himself-los-angeles-lakers-brandon-ingram/houston-rockets-v-los-angeles-lakers/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/brandon-ingram.jpg?fit=2027%2C3000&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="2027,3000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Getty Images&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 26:  Brandon Ingram #14 of the Los Angeles Lakers calls a play as he dribbles during a 120-114 season opening win over the Houston Rockets at Staples Center on October 26, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.  NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.  (Photo by Harry How\/Getty Images)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1477520040&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;2016 Getty Images&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;135&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Houston Rockets v Los Angeles Lakers&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Houston Rockets v Los Angeles Lakers" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Los Angeles Lakers forward Brandon Ingram. Photo Credit: Lake Show Life&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/brandon-ingram.jpg?fit=2027%2C3000&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/brandon-ingram.jpg?fit=640%2C947&amp;ssl=1" class=" wp-image-172341" src="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/brandon-ingram-640x947.jpg?resize=246%2C364" alt="" width="246" height="364" data-recalc-dims="1" /><p id="caption-attachment-172341" class="wp-caption-text">Los Angeles Lakers forward Brandon Ingram. Photo Credit: Lake Show Life</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Isaac has the defensive versatility to check at least four positions, maybe even stealing some minutes at the 5 once he fills out. </span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">He has a preference though.</span></em></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Well, I think I enjoy guarding the perimeter more just because it’s an unconventional thing,” said Isaac.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“So when I switch off to  a point guard or two guard I take pride in it.”</span></p>
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		<title>Scoop B: Reliving Tracy McGrady’s Dunk On Mehmet Okur In NBA Playoffs &#038; Sal Masekla’s ESPN Interview With LeBron James</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Tracy McGrady was recently cemented into the Naismith Hall of Fame. Tracy McGrady was one of the most successful swingmen to play in the NBA. At a slim and lanky 6’8, McGrady had a quick first step, a smooth glide [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_171848" style="width: 370px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-171848" data-attachment-id="171848" data-permalink="https://respect-mag.com/2017/09/scoop-b-reliving-tracy-mcgradys-dunk-mehmet-okur-nba-playoffs-sal-maseklas-espn-interview-lebron-james/sal-masekela/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Sal-Masekela.jpg?fit=360%2C240&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="360,240" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Sal Masekela" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Sal Masekela. Photo Credit: Zimbio&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Sal-Masekela.jpg?fit=360%2C240&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Sal-Masekela.jpg?fit=360%2C240&amp;ssl=1" class="size-full wp-image-171848" src="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Sal-Masekela.jpg?resize=360%2C240" alt="" width="360" height="240" data-recalc-dims="1" /><p id="caption-attachment-171848" class="wp-caption-text">Sal Masekela. Photo Credit: Zimbio</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tracy McGrady was recently cemented into the Naismith Hall of Fame. Tracy McGrady was one of the most successful swingmen to play in the NBA. At a slim and lanky 6’8, McGrady had a quick first step, a smooth glide to the basket. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That explosiveness could easily be identified in an NBA Playoffs matchup between McGrady’s Orlando Magic and the Detroit Pistons. In the 3rd quarter of that first round series,  McGrady dunks on Pistons 6’11 forward Mehmet Okur.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What’s lost in the translation is that LeBron James, a high school senior was in attendance courtside at that game donning an all- red Chicago Bulls Orlando Woolridge jersey with his now, business partner Maverick Carter next to him. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">James was excited after McGrady’s dunk. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But what’s even cooler was the interview that LBJ did afterward with Sal Masekela. Who? You know who Sal Masekela is! The X Games guy!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Man that dunk was ridiculous,” LeBron James told Masekela courtside during the live broadcast.</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“His athletic ability is beyond wonders and right now he’s showing a lot. His first game of the playoffs and if they keep going, I hope he gets a victory out of this.”</span></p>
<p><strong>The video with LeBron James and Sal Masekela begins at the 0:48 mark</strong><br />
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<p>Masekela had a natural rapport with James and probably got more courtside tv time with James back then versus what many get now but that synergistic moment was worthy of examination. Masekela is no longer at ESPN after a 13 year run covering the X Games. He’s now making magic happen at Vice Sports Sports. “ I am hosting and executive producing Vice World Of Sports,”<a href="http://www.scoopbradio.com/2017/08/audio-scoop-b-radio-overtime-f-sal-masekela-2016/"> Sal Masekela told me on Scoop B Radio.</a></p>
<p><strong>Check Out Sal Masekela &amp; Brandon &#8216;Scoop B&#8217; Robinson&#8217;s Chat On Scoop B Radio </strong></p>
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<blockquote><p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Which for me has become the show that I am most proud of so far in my career because I’m getting to get out and go around the world and tell real stories about places and cultures but the lens just happens to be sports.”</span></em></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tracy McGrady was one of the most successful swingmen to play in the NBA. At a slim and lanky 6’8, McGrady had a quick first step, a smooth glide to the basket, a jab step with counter moves and a crossover dribble that makes you think Kevin Durant and George ‘The Iceman’ Gervin all-in-one. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To quote the late <a href="https://youtu.be/6df0rha_Opw">Notorious B.I.G.,</a> the <a href="https://youtu.be/wvcBcQvPrCs">Washington Wizards</a>, <a href="https://youtu.be/5OHUAjxPo4I">Shawn Bradley</a> and the <a href="https://youtu.be/9eX7PQYdrkU">New Jersey Nets</a> ‘have a story to tell’ after the nightmares McGrady gave them with his scoring assaults that he unleashed in his prime. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Step-backs and fall-aways, creativity in mid-air that seemed effortless, Tracy McGrady was the real deal in his NBA career.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This weekend, McGrady a 14-year retired NBA veteran, who in 938 games averaged 19.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.4 assists will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Historically, many remember McGrady’s Houston Rocket days when he heroically scored 13 points in 35 seconds.</strong><br />
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>That December 9, 2004 rescue and 81-80 win over the San Antonio Spurs was no easy feat</strong>. For posterity’s sake, that was no easy feat. In 33 seconds, it took four buckets from beyond the arc, a made free throw to complete a four-point play and a steal to win by one point! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The only remotely exciting comparison to that game was the Indiana Pacers’ Reggie Miller’s eight points in nine seconds performance against the New York Knicks. With the Pacers down eight points with in nine seconds remaining in Game 1 of the 1995 Eastern Conference semifinals, Reggie Miller pulled off a comeback like no other.</span></p>
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<p><strong>I’ll tread lightly though; Knicks fans are still healing from that disappointment.</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">McGrady&#8217;s journey is memorable and worth recounting. Tracy McGrady was drafted ninth by the Toronto Raptors in the 1997 NBA Draft. That draft class was laden with talent with two future Hall of Famers standing out from that list: Detroit Pistons hero Chauncey Billups and old reliable San Antonio Spurs big, Tim Duncan.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">McGrady was special; so special the biggest rumor in 1997 was that the Bulls were looking to trade Scottie Pippen to acquire him. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In Jonathan Abrams&#8217; book &#8220;Boys Among Men,&#8221;  </span><a href="https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/michael-jordan-nixed-a-tracy-mcgrady-scottie-pippen-trade-in-1997/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">(H<strong>/T CBS Sports’ Matt Moore) </strong></span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong> </strong>it was revealed that Tracy McGrady was nearly traded to the Chicago Bulls for Scottie Pippen on draft night in 1997, but Michael Jordan vetoed it. McGrady confirmed that on an episode of ESPN’s The Jump with Rachel Nichols. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>As Vice President of Basketball Operations of the Toronto Raptors, NBA Hall of Famer and two-time champ Isiah Thomas</strong> drafted McGrady in ‘97. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In Toronto, Thomas built a promising young roster when he drafted Damon Stoudamire, McGrady and Marcus Camby. What was significant about that budding roster was <strong>a).</strong> They played what is known in today’s game as small ball.<strong> b).</strong><a href="http://respect-mag.com/2017/08/scoop-b-post-isaiah-thomas-trade-nba-2k18-switches-kyrie-irvings-uniform-from-cavaliers-to-celtics/"> McGrady would leave Toronto and flourish in Orlando. </a></span></p>
<p><a href="http://respect-mag.com/2017/08/scoop-b-post-isaiah-thomas-trade-nba-2k18-switches-kyrie-irvings-uniform-from-cavaliers-to-celtics/"><strong>**Expect Kyrie Irving’s move from the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Boston Celtics to have a similar impact. </strong></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://www.scoopbradio.com/2017/01/scoop-b-radio-ep-044-f-hof-nba-champion-g-11-isiah-thomas/"><strong>In a recent interview on Scoop B Radio, Isiah Thomas,</strong></a> now President of Basketball Operations for the WNBA&#8217;s New York Liberty broke down his thought process while housing McGrady in the 6. “When I put together the Toronto Raptors, if you remember the power forward position at that time was a position of strength, dominance, and you had to be physically strong to play that position,&#8221; Thomas told me.</span></p>
<blockquote><p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> &#8220;The shooting guard would be coming off of the power forward and the center would be your offense. During that time, what I talked about with my scouting staff and also our ownership group at that time was that we have to find a way to change the game and really affect things out on the floor. We came up with what we called the Raptor Two. And Raptor Two basically had to be a power forward that could also have guard skills, he had to be able to switch the power forward and the shooting guard and not lose ground.”</span></em></p></blockquote>
<p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianmazique/2017/01/16/isiah-thomas-says-he-was-playing-small-ball-with-the-raptors-20-years-ago/#3d19ec3735b0"><b>Added Thomas: </b></a></p>
<blockquote><p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;One of the first trades that I made was for Doug Christie. The game was getting smaller, we had eliminated the power forward position and made it a very skilled position, so I’ll fast forward then I”ll take you back to McGrady. The thing that I left Toronto with was Stoudamire, Camby, Christie, McGrady, and they drafted [Vince]Carter, that was the blueprint.&#8221;</span></em></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>For two seasons (1998-2000), McGrady, Vince Carter, Doug Christie and company</strong> would lead the Raptors to a 68-64 record. Those feats included the Raptors first-ever winning season where they went 45-37 in 2000. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Toronto also made their first NBA playoff appearance, where they’d be swept 3-0 by the New York Knicks.</strong> Despite being swept, McGrady earned his big payday in the NBA Playoff. In game one, T-Mac registered 25 points and hauled in 10 rebounds.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“With T-Mac, a lot of people don’t know or would know that T-Mac was a decent player when he left Toronto and he got the opportunity with that one playoff game where they played New York,” <a href="http://www.scoopbradio.com/2017/09/audio-scoop-b-radio-ep-066-f-nba-assistant-coach-darrell-armstrong/">McGrady’s Orlando Magic teammate, Darrell Armstrong told me on Scoop B Radio. </a></span></p>
<p><b>That offseason, McGrady bolted Toronto and signed a six-year, $67.5 million contract with the Orlando Magic. </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Vince was being covered so much by all the guys on New York that T-Mac started to get off,” said Armstrong. </span></p>
<blockquote><p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">“And people started to see T-Mac’s talent during the playoffs that year. That is when we went and got him and that is when he came to the Magic that next year and what he did from there was just amazing because that is what he was supposed to be doing when he got to Toronto.”</span></em></p></blockquote>
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<p><b>A chance to play in his home state of Florida and team up with Grant Hill? </b><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>Who could blame T-Mac?</em> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“He put in the work and he dedicated himself everyday when he got into the game,” said Armstrong. </span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“He [knew he] was going to be one of the top players in the league and he did it. It was fun to see him and Kobe Bryant go at each other, Michael Jordan go at each other.  I was just amazed by it, the things that he could do. But he was something special.”</span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Although McGrady struggled to get out of the second round of the NBA Playoffs, we can never forget the 2003 NBA Playoffs when the league’s scoring champion shot over 51 percent from the field against the Detroit Pistons in their round one series. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Magic had a 3-1 lead in the series with McGrady scoring </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">43, 46, 29 and 27 points, respectively against Detroit; but Orlando couldn’t seal the deal. They were eliminated. </span></p>
<p><strong>If you&#8217;re keeping score at home, other exciting Tracy McGrady moments include: </strong></p>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Landing an </span><a href="https://youtu.be/QZFBROm2DEU"><span style="font-weight: 400;">off-the-backboard alley-oop, thrown to himself during the 2002 NBA All Star Game.</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://&lt;iframe width=&quot;560&quot; height=&quot;315&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/6IKAVRZT_dE&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;">McGrady&#8217;s Adidas sneaker commercials </a>were also enjoyable. </span></li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/ZxZIm5WcnVU">McGrady&#8217;s global reach in China substantiated after teaming</a> with Yao Ming in Houston.</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://youtu.be/6VbcBkfokiI">Most importantly: McGrady’s duels with Kobe Bryant </a>were legendary.</span></li>
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		<title>“Tim Wasn’t Going Nowhere,” Darrell Armstrong On Tim Duncan Joining Tracy McGrady, Grant Hill &#038; Orlando Magic In 2000 Free Agency</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 22:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Orlando Magic were an intrigue to the NBA in 2000 when Tracy McGrady and Grant Hill created a superteam slated to rule the NBA’s Eastern Conference.Grant Hill started at point guard, Darrell Armstrong slid to the two-guard with McGrady [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>The Orlando Magic were an intrigue to the NBA in 2000 when Tracy McGrady and Grant Hill created a superteam slated to rule the NBA’s Eastern Conference.<span style="font-weight: 400;">Grant Hill started at point guard, Darrell Armstrong slid to the two-guard with McGrady staring at the 3, with Drew Gooden and John Amaechi at the 4 and 5, respectively.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The team coached by Doc Rivers was slated even had </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mike Miller coming off the bench!</span></i></p>
<p><strong>The biggest intrigue in the whole operation was the talk that Tim Duncan was coming to Orlando in the 2000 NBA free agency craze.</strong><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">  </span></i></p>
<p><a href="http://www.scoopbradio.com/2017/09/audio-scoop-b-radio-ep-066-f-nba-assistant-coach-darrell-armstrong/"><strong>Check Out Darrell Armstrong Discuss Probabilities of Tim Duncan joining the Orlando Magic in 2000 on Scoop B Radio</strong></a></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>With Tracy McGrady being inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame this weekend, one can&#8217;t help but wonder:</strong> &#8216;What If?&#8217;</span></i></p>
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<p><b>San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich thought Duncan going to Orlando was a real possibility though!</b></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It was a nerve-wrecking time,” Popovich admitted in an interview.</span></i><a href="https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/when-tim-duncan-almost-changed-nba-history-by-leaving-for-the-magic/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (H/T CBS Sports’ Matt Moore)</span></i></a></p>
<p><b>Added Popovich:</b></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It was hell. You get close to a player and you don’t want to see him leave. I never let myself believe he was going to stay. I was just getting myself prepared, for sanity reasons. It’s no fun.”</span></i></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It also seems like it takes forever to resolve. That’s the worst part of it. We made our pitch to him and let him be, let him make up his own mind.”</span></i></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Former Orlando Magic guard </span></i><a href="http://www.scoopbradio.com/2017/09/audio-scoop-b-radio-ep-066-f-nba-assistant-coach-darrell-armstrong/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Darrell Armstrong tells a different story on Scoop B Radio: </span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Tim wasn’t going nowhere,” said Armstrong.</span></i></p>
<div id="attachment_170623" style="width: 322px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-170623" data-attachment-id="170623" data-permalink="https://respect-mag.com/2017/09/tim-wasnt-going-nowhere-darrell-armstrong-on-tim-duncan-joining-tracy-mcgrady-grant-hill-orlando-magic-in-2000-free-agency/darrell-armstrong-3/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Darrell-Armstrong-1.jpg?fit=343%2C400&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="343,400" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Darrell Armstrong" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Darrell Armstrong. Photo Credit: Alchetron &lt;/p&gt;
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<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I mean where Tim played at and finished at, that was where Tim was going to be. Tim wasn’t going to go nowhere. We all love to entertain and see who is going to be out there. I don’t even believe he even thought about leaving San Antonio especially after winning some Championships. So I mean, no he wasn’t going anywhere. Sometimes you call the guys when free agency starts and you call them and talk to guys and they wanted me to call and I was sitting there like I am not you shouldn’t even call this guy he isn’t leaving.”</span></i></p>
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		<title>Former Orlando Magic 6th Man of The Year Darrell Armstrong Says He’d Pick Penny Hardaway Over Tracy McGrady If He Were Starting An NBA Team  </title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Click Here To Check Out Darrell Armstrong, the NBA&#8217;s 6th Man of the Year and Most Improved Player of the Year With the Orlando Magic Who Checked in With Brandon &#8216;Scoop B&#8217; Robinson &#38; Scoop B Radio. &#160; Dallas Mavericks [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_170555" style="width: 480px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-170555" data-attachment-id="170555" data-permalink="https://respect-mag.com/2017/09/former-orlando-magic-6th-man-of-the-year-darrell-armstrong-says-hed-pick-penny-hardaway-over-tracy-mcgrady-if-he-were-starting-an-nba-team/penny-hardaway-tracy-mcgrady/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Penny-Hardaway-Tracy-McGrady.jpg?fit=470%2C276&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="470,276" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Penny Hardaway Tracy McGrady" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Former Orlando Magic guard Darrell Armstrong talks about playing career, Tracy McGrady and Penny Hardaway on Scoop B Radio. Photo Credit: Outside The Hype&lt;/p&gt;
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Darrell Armstrong has one of the diverse and impressive basketball portfolios out there. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Winning a ring as an assistant coach with the  2011 NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks, Armstrong’s accolades as a professional from 1991-2008 as a player were surely something to write home about. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Going undrafted out of Fayetteville State in 1991, Armstrong got his first gnaw at the NBA during the 1994–95 season where he played the last 3 games of the regular season for the Orlando Magic. While he manned the court as a floor general, Armstrong wowed the crowd and Magic management with his scoring ability. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a member of the Magic, Armstrong simultaneously won the NBA’s Most Improved Player of the Award and the league’s Sixth Man of the Year Award in 1999. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">“After being in the league for three years, still on waiting on the opportunity and the chance,” Armstrong told me on <a href="http://ScoopBRadio.com">Scoop B Radio. </a></span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Putting in so much work, you know; to not only be a better player,  not only shooting the basketball, but also getting stronger in the weight room, helping me to be quicker and faster and stronger all those things adds up to one.”</span></p>
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<p><b>Armstrong would end up sticking with the Magic through the 2003 season.</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I first interviewed Armstrong when <a href="https://nothinbutnets.com/2016/05/25/former-nets-radio-prodigy-brandon-robinson-catches-on-at-cbs-sports/">I was a Nets kid reporter</a> and he was a member of the Orlando Magic during the 1997-98 NBA season. </span></p>
<p><b>Then and now, a few things stood out to me about him:</b></p>
<p><b>a). </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">At 6 feet tall, he probably had the most hops imaginable for someone his size. </span></p>
<p><b>b).</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> He’s a huge gospel music fan, with<a href="https://youtu.be/OyTYEeZdhK8"> Fred Hammond </a>and <a href="https://youtu.be/T28Es4HIarY">Kirk Franklin</a> at the top of his list of his faves.</span></p>
<p><b>c). </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">During his tenure with the Orlando Magic, Armstrong has had the distinction of being teammates with two of the most transcendent guards in the NBA not named Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Armstrong teammed with both Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway and Tracy McGrady.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With<a href="https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/tracy-mcgrady-is-headed-to-hall-of-fame-and-has-message-for-his-no-ring-critics/"> McGrady being inducted into Springfield, Massachusetts’ Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame this weekend</a>, one can’t help but think about the excitement that was T-Mac, the scoring machine in the city that Walt Disney built.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Armstrong and T-Mac were on a team that included Grant Hill and coached by Doc Rivers and were supposed to make noise in the NBA’s Eastern Conference in the early 2000s. Grant Hill was starting at the point guard, Armstrong slid to the two-guard with McGrady staring at the 3 alongside Drew Gooden and John Amaechi at the 4 and 5, respectively. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>That squad was loaded!</strong> <em>Heck, Mike Miller came off the bench!</em></span></p>
<p>Man that team was potent, but Grant Hill couldn’t stay healthy. That is when Tracy McGrady took over with his scoring galore! “Tracy was very special,” said Armstrong. I’m fortunate enough to have that opportunity to wear that jersey; the Magic jersey alongside him and Penny. You know, I’m fortunate to be their teammate because, I mean every night you got the chance to see some type of greatness, some type of unbelievable scoring from both of them.”</p>
<div id="attachment_170557" style="width: 335px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-170557" data-attachment-id="170557" data-permalink="https://respect-mag.com/2017/09/former-orlando-magic-6th-man-of-the-year-darrell-armstrong-says-hed-pick-penny-hardaway-over-tracy-mcgrady-if-he-were-starting-an-nba-team/track-mcgrady/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Track-Mcgrady.jpg?fit=737%2C900&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="737,900" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Track Mcgrady" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Tracy McGrady. Photo Credit: NBA.com&lt;/p&gt;
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<p><b>Added Armstrong:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“With T-Mac, a lot of people don&#8217;t know or would know that T-Mac was a decent player when he left Toronto and he got the opportunity with that one playoff game where they played New York and Vince was being covered so much by all the guys on New York that T Mac started to get off. And people started to see T-Mac’s talent during the playoffs that year. That is when we went and got him and that is when he came to the Magic that next year and what he did from there was just amazing because that is what he was suppose to be doing when he got to Toronto. But it didn&#8217;t happen like that for his first two years and then people started to say: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">‘okay this is what they were talking about.’ </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">And he put in the work and he dedicated himself everyday when he got into the game that he was going to be one of the top players in the league and he did it. It was fun to see him and Kobe Bryant go at each other, Michael Jordan go at each other.  I was just amazed by it, the things that he could do. But he was something special.” </span></p>
<p><strong>In 938 games, McGrady averaged 19.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.4 assists. In 704 games, Penny Hardaway posted 15.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5 assists. </strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So who was the better player? Tracy McGrady or Penny Hardaway? </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Both of them could play defense and both of them could score,” said Armstrong. </span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Definitely Penny was the better passer because  Penny was a point guard. Mac could still pass the ball as well, that is hard to say Scoop. They both did it in their own way and in their own style; the only thing I will say, that Penny was better than T-Mac was passing the basketball. Like I said, they both could shoot the basketball, they both could score the basketball, that is a tough one to say. Penny went deeper in the playoffs,farther than T-Mac has ever been; besides being with T-Mac with Spurs, but he didn&#8217;t play. But when he played, you know Penny and he in the playoffs, Penny, you know Penny lost in the championship as a starter. So I mean it is hard to say if there is any edge the edge I give to Penny over T-Mac is that he was a better passer than he was.”</span></p></blockquote>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fair enough. </span></i></p>
<div id="attachment_170558" style="width: 210px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-170558" data-attachment-id="170558" data-permalink="https://respect-mag.com/2017/09/former-orlando-magic-6th-man-of-the-year-darrell-armstrong-says-hed-pick-penny-hardaway-over-tracy-mcgrady-if-he-were-starting-an-nba-team/darrell-armstrong-2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Darrell-Armstrong.png?fit=350%2C574&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="350,574" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Darrell Armstrong" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Darrell Armstrong is one of the Dallas Mavericks&amp;#8217; assistant coaches. Photo Credit: Dallas Mavericks&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Darrell-Armstrong.png?fit=350%2C574&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Darrell-Armstrong.png?fit=350%2C574&amp;ssl=1" class=" wp-image-170558" src="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Darrell-Armstrong.png?resize=200%2C328" alt="" width="200" height="328" data-recalc-dims="1" /><p id="caption-attachment-170558" class="wp-caption-text">Darrell Armstrong is one of the Dallas Mavericks&#8217; assistant coaches. Photo Credit: Dallas Mavericks</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Armstrong is an assistant coach of the Dallas Mavericks.</strong> In a game of <em>shoulda-coulda-woulda,</em> if he were currently an NBA head coach, who would he pick to start his team in today’s NBA? “Damn Scoop, once again you give me another tough one,” said Armstrong. </span></p>
<blockquote><p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I say: oh man you can’t go wrong with either one of them. Penny played a one and T-Mac played a two. So that is why I say it is so different. S**t Scoop, I would probably take Penny because the reason I say I take Penny is because Penny would be ready to run the offense as a point guard, knows how to play the point, but also you can just knock the ball with two points. Mac wasn&#8217;t a point guard. T-Mac never ran the point guard, so T Mac was more of the two/three player. I would probably have to say Penny I have a bigger guard that would cause a problem at the point guard position because he would be different.” </span></em></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In addition to talking about T-Mac and Penny Hardaway, Armstrong also chatted about his time playing at a historically black college in Fayetteville State. “I was playing because of the tradition of so many people knowing and so many athletes from the Charles Oakley to Earl ‘The Pearl’ Monroe to Rick Mahorn,” he said. “And you know now, even Stephen A [Smith] played  for Winston Salem State. Ben Wallace and myself, so it was amazing with the athletes and the fans always love to hear the <a href="https://youtu.be/xUbx3F0XZLA">Black National Anthem [Lift Every Voice And Sing]</a> whenever they sang it”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Armstrong even weighed in on the notion Tim Duncan would join he, T-Mac, and Grant Hill in Orlando via free agency, summer 2000.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_170563" style="width: 403px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-170563" data-attachment-id="170563" data-permalink="https://respect-mag.com/2017/09/former-orlando-magic-6th-man-of-the-year-darrell-armstrong-says-hed-pick-penny-hardaway-over-tracy-mcgrady-if-he-were-starting-an-nba-team/grant-hill/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Grant-Hill.jpg?fit=712%2C495&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="712,495" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Grant Hill" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Grant Hill and Tracy McGrady signed with the Orlando Magic during free agency in 2000. Photo Credit: Orlando Magic&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Grant-Hill.jpg?fit=712%2C495&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Grant-Hill.jpg?fit=640%2C445&amp;ssl=1" class=" wp-image-170563" src="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Grant-Hill-640x445.jpg?resize=393%2C273" alt="" width="393" height="273" data-recalc-dims="1" /><p id="caption-attachment-170563" class="wp-caption-text">Grant Hill and Tracy McGrady signed with the Orlando Magic during free agency in 2000. Photo Credit: Orlando Magic</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>According to Armstrong, the probabilities of Duncan coming to Orlando </strong>were z</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">ilch, zip, zero, stingy with the dinero. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich thought it was for real though! </span></i>&#8220;It was a nerve-wrecking time,&#8221; Popovich admitted in an interview.<a href="https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/when-tim-duncan-almost-changed-nba-history-by-leaving-for-the-magic/"> <strong>(H/T CBS Sports&#8217; Matt Moore)</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Added Popovich:</strong></p>
<p>&#8220;It was hell. You get close to a player and you don&#8217;t want to see him leave. I never let myself believe he was going to stay. I was just getting myself prepared, for sanity reasons. It&#8217;s no fun.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It also seems like it takes forever to resolve. That&#8217;s the worst part of it. We made our pitch to him and let him be, let him make up his own mind.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.scoopbradio.com/2017/09/audio-scoop-b-radio-ep-066-f-nba-assistant-coach-darrell-armstrong/">Darrell Armstrong tells a different story on Scoop B Radio: </a><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Tim wasn&#8217;t going nowhere,” he said.</span></p>
<blockquote><p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I mean where Tim played at and finished at, that was where Tim was going to be. Tim wasn&#8217;t going to go nowhere. We all love to entertain and see who is going to be out there. I don&#8217;t even believe he even thought about leaving San Antonio especially after winning some Championships. So I mean, no he wasn&#8217;t going anywhere. Sometimes you call the guys when free agency starts and you call them and talk to guys and they wanted me to call and I was sitting there like I am not you shouldn&#8217;t even call this guy he isn&#8217;t leaving.”</span></em></p></blockquote>
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<p>While the basketball world reacted to Kenny &#8216;The Jet&#8217; Smith&#8217;s belief that the &#8217;94 Houston Rockets would defeat the Bulls (H/T Dime/Uproxx&#8217;s <a href="http://uproxx.com/dimemag/kenny-smith-94-rockets-wouldve-beaten-bulls/">Oliver Maroney</a>) had Michael Jordan not retired and <a href="http://www.scoopbradio.com/2017/05/video-scottie-pippen-responds-kenny-jet-smith-telling-scoop-b-radio-rockets-beat-bulls/">Scottie Pippen&#8217;s response to it,</a> <strong>there was something lost in the traslation:</strong><em> The Jet admired the 90&#8217;s Orlando Magic. </em></p>
<p><strong> That Magic team was special:</strong> Shaquille O’Neal, Penny Hardaway, Nick Anderson, Dennis Scott were young, tough and one of the Eastern Conference&#8217;s biggest threats not named the New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls.</p>
<p><span id="E47" class="qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman"><em>Kenny ‘The Jet’ Smith thinks so too! </em></span>Smith, who suited up against the Orlando Magic in the 1995 Finals as a member of the Rockets saw potential in that young team.</p>
<p><span id="E50" class="qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">&#8220;You know, anytime you have a guard and a big man it’s the perfect balance,”  he told me </span><span id="E47" class="qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">on </span><a id="E48" contenteditable="false" href="http://www.scoopbradio.com/2017/05/video-scoop-b-radio-overtime-f-kenny-jet-smith-2017/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span id="E49" class="qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman">Scoop B Radio</span></a>.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>“They had the perfect balance and you had Penny who was so versatile that he could play inside, outside,&#8221; said Smith.  “And you had Shaq with everything that he’s done and being so young. That was the dynasty missed; dynasty missed by the Orlando Magic, for sure.”</em></p></blockquote>
<p>After a brief run with the Magic, Shaq realized his worth and signed a mega contract via free agency with the Los Angeles Lakers. He was the center of the future and he, Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson would rule the NBA and the Western Conference in the early 2000s.</p>
<p>Check out the interview with <a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2711319-kenny-smith-says-his-rockets-team-wouldve-beaten-94-bulls-with-michael-jordan">Kenny &#8216;The Jet&#8217; Smith and Brandon &#8216;Scoop B&#8217; Robinson</a><strong> </strong>below<strong> (the chat about the Orlando Magic begins at the 5:22 mark). </strong></p>
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<p><strong>O&#8217;Neal ended up with the better career,</strong> winning multiple rings with the Lakers and then with the Miami Heat. Hardaway wasn’t as lucky. After O’Neal’s departure, he’d be the team’s lone star, but struggled with a devastating injury that cut short his promising career. After his time with the Magic, he’d bounce around the league playing for the Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks and Miami Heat before retiring in 2007.</p>
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