After an injury-plagued season which limited him to just 37 games with the Boston Celtics, Shaquille O’Neal quietly announced his retirement from the NBA on his Twitter with a simple message and accompanying video: “im retiring Video: http://bit.ly/kvLtE3 #ShaqRetires” Is the Big Aristotle, Diesel, Big Daddy, the one and only SHAQ, finished? As of April [...]

The Miami Heat have overcome their early season wobbles to become one of the NBA’s best teams, but they are a long way from the finished article. (Discuss the Miami Heat and Orlando Magic in our basketball forum) Carrying a 43-17 record into Thursday night’s home game against Florida rivals Orlando and seemingly in command [...]

Now show me your black swan, J.J. J.J. Redick of the Orlando Magic loses the ball during a game against the Atlanta Hawks at Amway Arena on December 6, 2010 in Orlando, Florida.

Aussie center Andrew Bogut took advantage of a decimated Magic squad lacking superstar center Dwight Howard, all-star guard Jameer Nelson, and sharpshooter J.J. Redick, all out with a stomach virus. (Discuss Andrew Bogut’s NBA season in our Australian forum) In the Buck’s 96-85 win, the 7-0 pivot scored a season-high 31 points by hitting 13-20 [...]

In a tribute to his fallen countrymen and women, Orlando Magic center Marcin Gortat wrote Polish President Lech Kaczynski‘s name on the tape around his wrist. The 7-0 center also scrawled the flight  number on his sneakers before the Orlando Magic took on the Cleveland Cavs Sunday night. (Discuss the fatal plane crash that killed the Polish President [...]

I came across this pic recently and despite it being a couple weeks old, it deserves to be displayed for all it’s Marcin Gortat-fury and Nick Collison-fear. At least Collison has a cool haircut. This dunk occurred during the Orlando Magic-Oklahoma City Thunder on November 18th, 2009.  The Orlando Magic won the game 108-94. Gortat [...]

Orlando Magic center Marcin Gortat would like to be playing more minutes. “I love the organization, but I’m not going to stay here being a back-up player and playing five minutes a game,” Gortat said. “I hope people understand that. I know I can have a bigger role on another team.” The problem? Gortat plays [...]