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Brandon Bass is going from backing up Dirk Nowitzki to likely starting next to Dwight Howard .

Lean back. Close your eyes. Take a few deep breaths. And keep saying to yourself over and over again: "In Otis we trust ... In Otis we trust ... In Otis we trust." Seriously, hasn't Magic GM Otis Smith , after putting together the greatest team in franchise history, earned your confidence for a couple of years? Or, at the very least, for a couple ...

Renovated by the Orlando Magic, NBA Cares, Toyota and other sponsors, the education center was unveiled with city leaders, NBA dignitaries and executives and Magic players and executives on hand as a part of the 2009 NBA Finals festivities.

Less than a week after torpedoing the eagerly anticipated Kobe vs. LeBron showdown, the upstart Orlando Magic aims to play giant-killers once more when they face the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA final.

Fresh off a 4-1 Finals defeat at the hands of the Lakers, the Magic wasted little time in setting the direction of their summer.

The Orlando Magic won the Eastern Conference title by handling everything that LeBron James and Cleveland Cavaliers threw at them on the court.

Just ask the Cleveland Cavaliers who were easily disposed of in the playoffs. The magic seemed to have a lot of their nickname working for them throughout the 2009 playoffs.

Kings coach Paul Westphal sees Tyreke Evans as the kind of basketball player that won't come to him during a game with an excuse.

There are two ways of measuring success in the NBA draft: the batting average method and the home run method .

Ok let's get this straight, the Magic/Nets deal is more in favor of Orlando than quite possibly the Lakers/Grizzlies trade was for Pau Gasol.

Take that, Cleveland. The Orlando Magic just upstaged your deal for Shaq by trading for Vince Carter.

ESPN Insider has the updated buzz from the National Basketball Association rumor mill.

They can only hope their pick this year will be nothing like 1979, since Larry Knight never did play in the NBA.

You say the Orlando Magic could make some trades tonight, but who exactly might be in play? With the exception of Dwight Howard , Rashard Lewis and Jameer Nelson , just about everybody else is in play tonight in a bid to clear enough payroll space to re-sign Hedo Turkoglu .

Isle of Palms, SC - College of Charleston and Stall High graduate, Anthony Johnson, just wrapped up his 12th year in the NBA.

Just one week ago, the Orlando Magic's first NBA title was within their grasp. Suddenly, reality struck.

Tonight the Los Angeles Lakers visited the Orlando Magic in what would prove to be the decisive and final game of the '09 NBA finals.

The last image the world has of Magic fans is actually no image at all. It is of Lakers fans crashing Amway Arena and filling the lower bowl to celebrate another NBA championship while Magic fans had their backs turned, headed for the exits.

The Orlando Magic's unlikely run to the NBA Finals left Dave Twardzik reminiscing about the Blazers' championship run in 1977.

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