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<blockquote data-quote="rtillaree" data-source="post: 6138497" data-attributes="member: 570661">Orlando wants to win, they are showing so by being committed to $78m right now with 3 players still needing to be signed...keeping up with the Jones&#039;Dwight/Gortat were the most effective Center duo in the league last season (95% Dwight, 5% Gortat obviously)...Gortat, by the stats and numbers was the 2nd best (overall) backup center in the league behind Joel Przybilla...they had Bass to toughen up their front court, they retain Gortat, no they have a front court rotation ofDwight/GortatLewis/Bass/Andersonmuch more versatile than last season...sure, Gortat isn&#039;t worth that money as a backup, he probably wouldn&#039;t even be worth that as a full starter until he was able to have a year of starting under his belt. But nothing Otis can do about it, that&#039;s what Cuban offered him, and that&#039;s what Otis had to match...as a Magic fan, I&#039;m definitely excited that we&#039;re opening the purse strings here...not to mention that retaining Gortat plus the HUGE trade exception the Magic got from trading Hedo gives Orlando quite a few trade assets come the deadline...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rtillaree, post: 6138497, member: 570661"] Orlando wants to win, they are showing so by being committed to $78m right now with 3 players still needing to be signed...keeping up with the Jones' Dwight/Gortat were the most effective Center duo in the league last season (95% Dwight, 5% Gortat obviously)...Gortat, by the stats and numbers was the 2nd best (overall) backup center in the league behind Joel Przybilla...they had Bass to toughen up their front court, they retain Gortat, no they have a front court rotation of Dwight/Gortat Lewis/Bass/Anderson much more versatile than last season... sure, Gortat isn't worth that money as a backup, he probably wouldn't even be worth that as a full starter until he was able to have a year of starting under his belt. But nothing Otis can do about it, that's what Cuban offered him, and that's what Otis had to match... as a Magic fan, I'm definitely excited that we're opening the purse strings here... not to mention that retaining Gortat plus the HUGE trade exception the Magic got from trading Hedo gives Orlando quite a few trade assets come the deadline... [/QUOTE]

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