Official trade was done last December 18, 2010 when the Orlando Magic traded Rashard Lewis for Washington’s Gilbert Arenas and Vince Carter, Mikael Pietrus, Marcin Gortat, 2011 first round draft and Cash to Phoenix Suns’ Hedo Turkoglu, Jason Richardson and Earl Clark.
The Magic felt a need for improvements after losing seven of their last ten games and to compete against the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat in the playoffs. They brought back Hedo Turkoglu who didn’t found his game with the Toronto Raptors and had a difficulty in bringing the ball with the Phoenix Suns due to Steve Nash’ presence. They also brought Gilbert Arenas who will be their back up point guard and Jason Richardson who is expected to hit big shots from the three-point area and attacks the paint.
The Phoenix Suns are hopeful with the addition of Vince Carter, Mikael Pietrus and Marcin Gortat. Although Vince Carter is not the same superstar like what we saw many years ago but he can still help and the most important for the Suns is his expiring contract which they may use to improve their roster while Pietrus and Gortat can be mixed well with the Suns because of Pietrus’ outside shooting and Gortat’s size for defence and rebound.
Rashard Lewis was the biggest loser in this trade because he is now a member of the worst team in the NBA after playing with a high calibre team for many seasons. But he can be a good addition with the Wizards because he can add height, good outside shooting and average rebounding. The Wizards don’t really need Gilbert Arenas anymore because they want to build John Wall’s confidence at the guard position and they already have Kirk Hinrich at the same position.
The newly acquired Magic stars had their debut earlier against the Atlanta Haws but they fell short after losing by 10 points (81-91).
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