According to Chris Broussard at ESPN, the Lakers organization is not looking to offer Trevor Ariza more than the MLE, and Trevor is reportedly hearing from several teams, including the Cavaliers, Trail Blazers and Raptors. Anyone think Orlando could also find a way to interest Trevor? He was essential in the Lakers beating Orlando, and those criticisms that initially led to him being expendable (ex. 3 point shooting, defense) have been shown to be laid to rest.

If the Magic really aren't looking to offer Turk anything in excess of 10 mil/yr, could they pursue a dynamic, still young SF who just won a championship for 7-8 mil/yr? You would still be paying luxury tax, sure, but a few million less, for, and I re-iterate, A YOUNG, STILL DEVELOPING SF who has found a 3 pt shot, was an important piece to the NBA CHampion Lakers, and is no slouch on defense. Though he's no playmaker like Turk, he would spread the floor, be a dynamic option that would not need the ball in his hands as much as Turkoglu, leaving the playmaking to Jameer Nelson and Vince Carter.

The Magic brass have already said they're willing to go into the luxury tax to win a championship. If not Turkoglu, then why not Ariza? Thoughts?

So as everyone may know, those who aren't season ticket holders, have deep pockets or are the media/press are going to have a really tough time purchasing a ticket to either of the 3 games in Orlando without paying an arm and a leg. I was wondering if anybody would be interested in teaming up to purchase a round of tickets when 10:00 am strikes this Saturday. By that I mean have people calling in while simultaneously being online this site, and if someone gets through let everyone else know so that person can purchase the tickets for everyone else. Of course, if one or a few people end up not being able to buy it after initially expressing interest, one could always find SOMEBODY to buy it (it is the Finals!), but yeah I just wanted to float that idea around. If anyone else has some ideas of how to make this work or how to better coordinate this strategy, feel free to share.

One strategy with calling I've read about is to call anywhere from 10-20 minutes before being able to purchase, and hopefully reaching a representative in time, talk with them long enough (you might be pushing your luck here) and once it's officially 10am, you're in business.

You could also set up an account/profile on ticketmaster with your personal info and credit card info ready to go through. 5 minutes before 10am, look up the event, This way when 10am strikes (and remember synchronize your own clock with atomic time), you can click the 'find tickets' link and be on your way.

If this isn't allowed I understand it being taken down. I've never experienced trying to get tickets to an event like this before, and I really want to go, I mean the Finals only come around every 14 years, right?