Re: The Magic trade

["James A. Hill" <jahill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Magic general manager John Gabriel better think twice about crowing over a
"victory" against Jerry West.

His use of the potential #3, 14 + 32 along with Gasol and Miller, Battier,
Swift, Wright, Williams, Dickerson to build this team or in trades may have
him leapfrogging Orlando in short order.

A hollow victory at best.

<Jim


>A nice Magic trick?

>A whole lot of crowing has been going on in Orlando in the wake of last
>week's trading deadline deal, which sent Mike Miller and a first-round pick
>to Memphis for rookie power forward Drew Gooden, a fine shooter named
Gordan
>Giricek and $500,000 in cash.

>It's not every day that a team can claim victory over Memphis general
manager
>Jerry West - one of the savviest GMs in this or any other age - and so
Magic
>types have already ordered up a case of champagne.