Magic! (the team, not the gathering)

Ok, so I haven't posted in a while, mostly because I've spent the last five or so months experiencing the drawn-out yet resiliently pleasurable orgasim that comes along with being a Cavaliers fan this year. Sadly, this rush has come to a screeching halt over the last two evenings, and I am now coping with a completely irrational feeling of bitterness. I must write!

First, two disclaimers:

A: In my first post, I said that the Mavericks still had Devin Harris. This was not a matter of ignorance, but merely the result of a careless typing error in which I accidentally typed "with" instead of "without." I know quite well (as does my alter eg0 Chosh Jildress, AKA the head coach of the fantasy success model Poof Out'cha Fro) that Harris is now a dime-dishing, ball stealing, field goal percentage killing New Jersey Net.

B: Another disclaimer in regards to my first post: What I said about the Clippers, about how they might be dangerous, maybe even a playoff contender out west. Well, I was on a new medication that day and having very strange, surreal visions...ah fuck it that's still no excuse.

Moving on....

I believe, more so than the vast majority of people I've spoken to, that the Magic can win an NBA Championship this year. Alston's been solid at the point, and Hedo Turkoglu (while perhaps leading the league in layup attemps that hit only the backboard) is still a sneaky goon both with and without the ball. Also, I think Pietrus might still have a few doses left of Nelly's Secret Stuff, which is surely what he and the rest of the 2007 playoff Warriors used to spontaneously multiply into a team of twenty-some players on the floor whenever there was an I-dont-know-what-the-fuck-just-happened-but-it-gave-me-tingles-in-the-belly play to be made against the Mavs. This, to me, is especially unfair seeing how Dwight Howard's deltoids could already qualify as their sixth player on the floor. Oh, and this just in:

RASHARD LEWIS DRAINS THREES! LOTS OF THEM!

Thus, I believe that the Magic can survive the hack-a-Dwight marathon that they are surely to face during the playoffs. In fact, just for the sake of including at least one spur of the moment prediction in this entry, I'm gonna say that Dwight Howard shoots a surprising 73% from the line during the playoffs.

There you have it. The Magic have all the pieces for the potion, and they're ready to cast their spell.