During the offseason, the Magic signed free agents Juwan Howard and Tyronn Lue.
The 2003–04 NBA season was the 15th season for the Orlando Magic in the National Basketball Association.
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I've been coming out and playing well and each game I just want to get better.NBA professional basketball team season 2003–04 Orlando Magic season "I would like to get more rebounds, but I'm a lot more comfortable, as far as the trust level that the coaches have for me and the trust that I have in myself. "I'm much more at ease with the game," said Brown. Brown, who clashed with both Michael Jordan and Collins over his role, was maddeningly inconsistent in his first two seasons, averaging 7.4 points and 5.3 rebounds last season.ĭespite some offseason problems, including a drunken-driving arrest in his hometown of Brunswick, Ga., and an early departure from summer league, Brown is being counted on as a key part of Jordan's system.īrown says he's ready to step into the spotlight. That's where the team expects Brown, the first overall pick in the 2001 draft, to be more noticed. With Stackhouse out indefinitely with a knee injury, the possessions will take on even greater significance. We have to approach games as if each possession on both ends is important."
Now, we're asking them to play an important part in the game, in making plays for themselves and for their teammates. Stack is not here, and the experiences that they've had the last two years, they weren't go-to guys. "Our young guys are having to learn to take responsibility now," said Jordan. Jordan, a Washington native who comes to the Wizards after three years as lead assistant in New Jersey, which reached the NBA Finals the past two years, has been low-key and workman-like, an approach that has rubbed off on his players. The biggest move, however - that of signing Eddie Jordan - was the one that slipped the furthest under the radar screen. Grunfeld, in turn, signed third-year guard Gilbert Arenas, last season's Most Improved Player in the NBA while he was with the Warriors, to a six-year, $65 million contract. Pollin then pried away respected executive Ernie Grunfeld, who built playoff teams in New York and in Milwaukee, to run their basketball operations. The team drafted Georgia forward Jarvis Hayes with the 10th overall pick, and selected former Maryland point guard Steve Blake in the second round. For instance, they signed guard Jerry Stackhouse, the team's leading scorer last year, to a two-year extension before he could opt out of the final two years of the deal he signed with Detroit. The Wizards have made a few moves to let the public know that while things will be quiet, they won't be moribund. Now, it's more freedom to do what you have to do." Earlier in the year, there were guys working out and playing and they were inviting open gym runs, as opposed to the other two years, where nobody was here. They want you to do it on your own and they encourage you to bring your own people. "If you want to get in here on your own time, there's no coaches running trying to get you to do extra stuff. The whole focus is to make a peaceful environment where we can get in here and work and concentrate on basketball. "They've changed the whole environment, the locker room, the colors. "It's definitely going to be better," said third-year forward Kwame Brown.
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