Since the Orlando Magic obviously won’t do it themselves in the wake of their unceremonious dumping of floppy-haired point guard Elfrid Payton at the 11th hour of the NBA Trade Deadline on Thursday, allow me the honors of apologizing to former coach Scott Skiles.
Skiles tried to tell hard-headed former GM Rob Hennigan that Payton wasn’t a starting point guard in the NBA and Hennigan, of course, disagreed. It was a predictable response from Hennigan, who ridiculously traded a first- and second-round pick to acquire Payton in the 2014 draft.