gymnasium after each of his performance. An athletic freak who is extremely active around the basket. He had his hands on every missed shot both on offensive and defensive end, whether scoring the put-back basket, snatching it and kicking back out or slapping it to a teammate when the ball was out of reach to truly grab. At 6-foot-9, Birch had the greatest wingspan (86") in the event which he put into use as he terrified offensive players with his great ability to block shots." Birch is being heavily recruited by top NCAA programs. OK, one more thing, the Magic matched the pricy offer by the Bulls to J.J. Redick. Orlando is now paying a ton of luxury tax money. People have been asking me if Marcin Gortat is a good match for Toronto. I believe he is, I believe Orlando will try to unload him and/or Brandon Bass, but do I think he'll become a Raptor? Probably not, unless Orlando takes Reggie Evans and $3 million for him. That move would save them $5 million this year and a lot more down the line. It would also leave them with just rookie Daniel Orton -- years away from contributing -- to back up Dwight Howard though. I think they try a lot harder to unload Bass before they let Gortat go, unless they can find a backup centre from the scrap heap, but they don't grow on trees.