Derrick Rose

Derrick Rose left Thursday’s loss in Orlando with a sprained wrist.

For the second straight encounter with Orlando, Rose took a hard foul from center Dwight Howard. With 55 seconds left in the first quarter, Rose drove toward the basket and fell hard after the collision.

At the end of the period, Rose was taken to the locker room.

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Steve Blake

It is hard to imagine anybody coveting any player on the 25-39 Los Angeles Clippers right now, but the Orlando Magic is apparently thinking that it would like to add Clippers point guard Steve Blake this summer.

Blake stepped into the starting lineup last night to replace the hurting Baron Davis and ended up with 11 points, two rebounds, five assists, and one steal.

Nine of those points came through three three-pointers.

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Dwight Howard gears up for NBA All-Star 2010 and shows how the game will never be the same.

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Rashard Lewis

Coach Stan Van Gundy said he met with Rashard Lewis on Thursday “for quite a while” to discuss his frustration — and the team’s.

Lewis said after Wednesday night’s game loss to the Denver Nuggets that he was not getting quite enough shots.

Does he have a point?

“Yes and no. We need to find more shots for our keys guys, but part of it is the defense is keying on those guys, especially on Rashard,” Van Gundy said.

“Part of it his energy and aggressiveness. I talked to him quite a while (Thursday).

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Darko Milicic

Darko Milicic told SLAM Magazine recently that the Pistons wasted the second overall pick on him when they selected him back in 2003.

“They did,” Milicic said. “They did waste a pick. Why did they take me? Who knows if I really had a chance to play like these players that play like Dwyane Wade or Carmelo. Those guys are incredible players.”

Milicic struggled on the bench in Detroit for three seasons before he was traded to Orlando. He has since landed in Memphis and New York and has said repeatedly that this will be his final season in the NBA.

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Vince Carter

Magic guard Vince Carter says he has a “mild separation” in his left shoulder.

Orlando has listed him as day-to-day, but he does not expect to miss much time.

Carter did not face the Hawks on Saturday night after suffering the injury on Friday against the Wizards.

He says trainers told him the injury does not require surgery.

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Marcin Gortat

At least two sources with knowledge of Orlando’s thinking remain convinced that the Magic will not consider trading Marcin Gortat before the summer.

The Magic continue to give the impression that it is too soon for them to consider shake-up moves, even when they are “just playing terrible” in the words of coach Stan Van Gundy after Tuesday’s road loss to Indiana.

After spending more than $80 million on this season’s roster, Orlando appears to have convinced most of its peers that it is going to give the current group a full season to see what it can achieve.

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Jameer Nelson

The 16 games Jameer Nelson missed with a knee injury were not much of a problem for the Orlando Magic but his return to the lineup could be.

Backup Jason Williams was far more instrumental in the Magic’s 117-92 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday, as Nelson was the only Orlando player with a negative plus/minus at minus-12.

Stan Van Gundy said there were extenuating circumstances behind Wednesday’s performance. Still, the coach sounded frustrated about Nelson’s limited ability to practice after his knee swelled up following the Christmas Day loss to Boston.

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Carlos Boozer

According to sources, when Carlos Boozer becomes an unrestricted free agenst next year, he will consider the Orlando Magic as one of his preferred destinations.

Boozer supposedly spent a good chunk of his off day on Sunday hanging out with Dwight Howard and one of the subjects they supposedly discussed was the idea of playing together.

“Who wouldn’t want to play with Superman?” Boozer asked the site. “It would be great. We’re like brothers.”

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Dwight Howard

Dwight Howard has filed two lawsuits in Orange County, Fla. against Royce Lyndsay Reed, the mother of his son, according to news reports.

Documents obtained by WFTV in Orlando and posted on TMZ.com and WSB-TV.com show that Howard’s lawyers filed one lawsuit seeking $9.2 million in damages and the other to get custody of his 2-year-old son.

The suit alleges that Reed, along with associates of hers, violated a previous agreement made between the two that disparaging comments made directly or indirectly against Howard not be made or published via the internet or any other communication mediums, according to court documents.

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