Magic Wands: April 24, 2009

-When fouling the jump shooter is a good thing, according to David Thorpe.

-The first Arena Football League team has folded in the wake of the season's cancellation. Hopefully the Predators survive the canceled season.

-In the words of Captain Barbossa: "Our hope is restored!" As John Hollinger and TrueHoop points out with his nifty numbers that winning game one does not guarantee you anything in the playoffs.

-Good news for next year, maybe. According to The Orlando Sentinel's Hal Boedeker, Orlando's game one ratings were significantly better than last year's game one rating. No more NBATV after this year?

-For all those that Twitter, the Magic now have a Twackle. I think that is a collection of Twitter accounts. But now you can be friends with Stuff, and who does not want that?

-DwightTV (click on DwightTV) presents highlights of the Defensive Player of the Year and some karaoke.

-Sad to see an all-time great go out this way. But Dikembe Mutombo knew his career was over as laid on the floor at the Rose Garden on Tuesday. TrueHoop has a nice tribute to the man and the player. And Mutombo still goes out on top.

-Whit Whatson, twitter pioneer.

-Chris Bosh is a Toronto Raptor now, but could he be in the Magic's future in 2010? His name is getting bounced around, but I do not see this as realistic. Jessica Reuter of the Bleacher Report says it is financially feasible and talks like this season is already a failure.

-What is the deal with the NBATV doubleheader Tuesday night? I thought the NBA wanted all their games to be seen. I guess not, Magic-Sixers will be 7:30 p.m. ET on NBATV followed by Blazers-Rockets Game 5 at 10 p.m. ET. Enjoy your expanded cable packages everyone.

-The Painted Area notes the high quality of offense in the NBA right now... at least for the last few years.