Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Orlando's pretty boy... Michael Pietrus

Just kidding, no we are not going to talk about "Air France". If you're an Orlando Magic fan you should be able to pinpoint who I am talking about. Yes, it's JJ Redick. The Orlando Magic role player whose a good knock down shooter, not a great defender but not a liability on the defense either, and well he's become a decent play maker (Which most of you will probably question this). He's not your typical 2 guard that'll break the defense with his ball handling skills but can definitely make shots for himself off the dribble. He shines mostly on pick and rolls, spot up catch-and-shoot plays, and coming off the screen jumpers. Defensively he's the type to run around with his man (as shown during the 2010 ECF against boston) harassing him where ever he goes. Given that he might not be the greatest 2 guard defender (becuase of his physical limitations) he boast great basketball IQ and dedication.



Now comes the dilemma, JJ Redick is a restricted free agent this year and about a few days ago Chicago offered JJ to a 19mil 3 year contract, reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! sports.
Now Orlando has about 2 days from today to match that offer by Chicago or JJ will walk. To be honest, Redick as it stands can definitely be a starter on any championship caliber team or any team for that matter. It would be very dumb of Otis to let JJ walk away and would definitely give orlando less depth and a lot of people will PROBABLY disagree with me but I really do think JJ is worth that 20mil. So Otis please don't disappoint us and bring Redick back to orlando, in the long run he'll be a much better player than that overrated all star who chokes during crunch time...


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