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Wide-open East could favor anxious Magic

By Mitch Lawrence
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, June 21, 2001

The Knicks in 1999. The Pacers last season. The Sixers this year. Next year's Eastern Conference champ could be coming out of ... Orlando? Why not? In this post-Bulls age where there are no dominant teams east of Hollywood, and where a new champ comes out of the East every spring, the Magic could make the leap to the top if they can just procure some quality big players in the offseason. A year after coming up short for Tim Duncan, Plan A is to reduce their salary cap and make a run at Chris ...

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