More than Shaq, or Penny, or Tracy, or Greg Kite, Grant Hill should now be every true Magic fan's most hated player to ever pull on a pair of star-covered shorts. A couple days ago Grant Hill agreed to a veteran's minimum contract with the Phoenix Suns (1.8 million for two years with a player option next year), deciding he'd rather be an old man, hanging on the coattails of a great team than show he is a person, not just a player of class and integrity. Make no mistake Grant Hill is now the enemy. He is the villain and every Magic fan should feel not just hurt, but angry towards this supposed gentleman who has hampered our team with the inability to improve because of the cap restrictions his massive 93 million dollar contract. A contract which for the past 7 years the Magic have paid faithfully and without contempt even though he appeared in the equivalent of 2 1/2 seasons. As Magic fans we lost 7 good years because of Grant. We lost a superstar (albeit a flawed one) in McGrady, because we were unable to find a sidekick for him. We lost season after season, repeatedly missing the playoffs as Mr. Hill kept collecting his check without even suggesting a buyout for his contract until he was better.
This man was a cancer to our team and to the city. And now as the dust settles we see who he truly was, a self-obsessed, selfish, typical NBA player. He never cared about Orlando. Or the people. Or loyalty. As he boards that plane for Phoenix we finally see once and for all that Grant Hill had always been playing for one thing and one thing only. Himself.
Good luck Grant. I hope you win that championship ring. Of course it won't be yours. It will be Nash's and Marion's and Amare's and Bell's. But, then again you don't care about that. It's all about winning right?
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