Round 1: North Harbour vs. takman777

What has been the most important factor for your team making the playoffs?

Ok I know there has been some confusion as to who was taking the starters this round. North said I could do it be Big B gave it to North instead. I am going to post my essay on this question to help out my team. Not sure if it will count or not but it can not hurt.

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The most important factor for the Magic making the playoffs this season is Hedo Turkoglu. Now I know most folks feel it is Dwight Howards coming into his own more and more ever year and of course finally having money on the salary cap to sign Rashard Lewis and even signing Van Gundy as coach but if it was not for the major improvement of Turkoglu I do not feel the Magic would have done as well as they had. Turkoglu finished in second place average wise in ever category this year. Turkoglu went from averaging 13.3 points per game last season to 19.5. He went from averaging 4 rebounds per game last season to 5.7 a game this season. He averaged 3.2 assists per game last year and improved to 5 a game this year. Yes of course Dwight Howard is the man and of course the signing of Rashard Lewis helped the Magic tenfold but without Turkoglu I truly feel the Magic would not have done as well as they did and would not have finished 3rd. The future looks bright with the 1-2-3 punch the Magic now has and Hedo Turkoglu will be a major part of that for a long time to come.