Otis: Don't Expect Any Deal

Ben Q Rock from 3QC talked about this article, where Otis talks about the trading deadline, as an important read. I agree...and heres the highlights:

• Otis doesn't feel pressured to make a deal.
• "Smith likes the Magic team that he constructed and feels it is talented enough as is to be an elite team in the Eastern Conference."
• Smith states that Dwight, Rashard, and Nelson made a big enough splash this offseason for us.
• Admitted previous talks with Seattle about Kurt Thomas and Chris Wilcox, but also said it was purely informational.
• Otis denies any Brad-Miller-to-Orlando trade rumors.
• "Smith feels like he fortified the power forward position with the Nov. 20 trade of Trevor Ariza to the Los Angeles Lakers for Maurice Evans and Brian Cook." Smith goes on to basically say that Cook is the answer at PF and we have had the PF we need all along here.
• Orlando won't deal its expring contracts in a deal to Miami. No more Haslem rumors.
• No other deal is to his liking. Doesn't envision any player we could get fitting with the current team.
• Said he will work up until the deadline looking at trades but he doesn't anticipate any deal.