WHOSE THE LAST GUY ON the End of Your Bench?: Orlando Magic

Runner ups are a funny part of the championship. Many players, in post-playing days, talk of opportunities lost by the tiniest of errors. Quoth Karl Malone, "I just think we want to stay healthy, and I don't think we think about a sense of urgency. We realize how old we are, we realize we've been playing this game for a long time, but you know what? We're not done yet. Everyone else might talk about, "we're done," but we don't believe that. We're just stubborn enough to think that we can continue to play this game at a high level, and that's what we try to do." 10cc recorded this song:

Nothing quite like a boring montage of photos to help you stew in your thoughts.

Rashard Lewis is a PED maven. Stan Van Gundy's Wario comparisons won't end. Marcin Gortat is PAID. JJ Reddick.

The man who does some task relegated from Top on down? Bob Beyer.



Bob Beyer was named assistant coach of the Magic on June 27, 2007. He joins the Magic after spending the past two seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Dayton.
Beyer served an assistant coach with the Toronto Raptors in 2003-04 and was an advance scout during the 2004-05 campaign.

A native of LeRoy, NY, Beyer spent two seasons (2001-03) as an assistant coach at Texas Tech under Bob Knight. Prior to joining the Red Raiders, he was an assistant at Northwestern for three seasons (1997-2000). From 1994-97, Beyer was the head coach at Siena College. He also served as an assistant coach at Wisconsin (1993-94), Siena (1989-93) and Albany (1985-89).

Born on December 10, 1961, Beyer earned his bachelor of arts in history from Alfred State College in 1984. He also carried minors in coaching, writing and secondary education. While coaching at the University at Albany, he received a master's degree in curriculum planning and development.