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The Magic signed PG Jameer Nelson to a contract extension on Tuesday, a day before he would become eligible to become a restricted free agent.

Terms of the contract were not known, although it is believed they agreed on a five-year deal.

Nelson said Monday that he and the club were "close, but not there yet" and he even conceded he was "prepared to leave." The 5-foot-10 Nelson, coming off an uneven 2006-07 campaign, has had a stellar preseason.

No TV on Bright House

The Orlando Magic will open their regular season tonight against the Milwaukee Bucks with the majority of Central Florida unable to watch it on television.

Bright House Networks, the area's largest cable provider, still has not added Fox Sports Network Florida to its lineup, leaving both the Magic and its fans increasingly frustrated.

"It's very disappointing that an agreement couldn't be reached in time for the opener," said Alex Martins, Magic chief operating officer. "We understand that our fans are unhappy, but I'm still confident that a resolution can be reached [soon]. FSN has pieced together agreements with the rest of the carriers in the area, which makes me believe it will happen with Bright House."

The Magic this summer sold the rights to 35 of its games to FSN, expecting the games to be carried by Bright House. The game tonight will be carried on FSN but only by cable provider Comcast in Southwest Orlando and by various satellite providers.

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' ' x length()INSIDE THE N.B.A.
Magic Losing Games, Poise and Wisdom
By LIZ ROBBINS

Published: March 20, 2005

n the Land of Make-Believe, it seems anything (and anyone) goes this season.

One Magic player squirted hand lotion on a reporter, one punted a basketball into the stands, one renewed a European feud, and one kicked a photographer and seemed to be dribbling away the season as Orlando officially unraveled last week from a feel-good story into a tumultuous farce.

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Johnny Davis, who never seemed to have control of the situation, was the seventh N.B.A. coach to be sent packing this season, after the Magic's sixth straight loss Wednesday.

Orlando General Manager John Weisbrod, hoping to make sense of the mess before the team misses the playoffs, installed an inexperienced assistant, Chris Jent, as coach for the final 18 games.

In his debut Friday night, the Magic fell out of the eighth playoff spot when Orlando extended its losing streak to seven with a 98-90 defeat to Seattle. In that game, Francis, the team's most important player, kicked a photographer on the baseline, and the N.B.A. suspended him indefinitely pending an investigation. That will most likely spell the team's doom. After starting the season 13-6, Orlando is 31-34, having lost 10 of 13 games since the All-Star Game break.

Jent, 35, a star at Ohio State who played with the champion Rockets in 1994, has had only one previous head-coaching job. In the 2002-3 season, he guided Westhill High School in Stamford, Conn., to an 8-12 record.

"I don't have any illusions about it being some kind of magical formula," Weisbrod said in a conference call Thursday night. "It's still on them to make it happen, it's still a players' league. But whatever comes of this, a jolt of accountability or excuse elimination, I think I have a responsibility to do everything possible to make the most of the playoff potential for the season."

But what of Weisbrod's responsibility in putting the Magic in this position? Weisbrod, who is also Orlando's chief operating officer, has made decisions that have raised red flags - and eyebrows.

Over the summer, before knowing if Grant Hill would return, Weisbrod decided to overhaul the team. He traded Tracy McGrady for Steve Francis and Cuttino Mobley. In the fall, he got into a vocal sparring match with McGrady, calling him a selfish player. McGrady is leading the surging Rockets in the West.

Weisbrod traded the offensive-minded Mobley to Sacramento on Jan. 10, coming up with Doug Christie and a contract that expires after next season; Christie's usefulness has all but expired this season with a foot injury. Weisbrod traded Mobley in part because his close relationship with Francis had turned the court into a two-man game and had divided the locker room.

Weisbrod wanted Francis moved from point guard to off guard. Francis averaged 4.5 turnovers and 6.8 assists in the Magic's six-game slide. He is the floor leader, but the team is aimless.

Weisbrod said Davis should share in the blame for Francis's lack of maturity and ball-handling skills.

"I was hopeful and expectant that Steve would be further along than he is now," Weisbrod said.

Weisbrod took full responsibility for only the coaching situation. "The decision to keep Johnny as our coach in the off-season was my decision and nobody else's," he said. "There aren't any player moves frankly that I'm at all disappointed with."

Two of Weisbrod's free-agent signings last season, Stacey Augmon and DeShawn Stevenson, were disciplined by the league office last week. Augmon was suspended one game without pay for cursing and squirting lotion at a reporter in the locker room after last Sunday's game against the Nets. Stevenson was fined $7,500 for giving the basketball a boot after the same game.

In that game, Francis was ejected for fighting, and Hedo Turkoglu of Turkey tussled on the court with the Nets' Zoran Planinic, a Croat.

"I guess all of those things are examples of things not quite being right," Weisbrod said. "It was indicative of the way we were going."

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