ESPN Films Announces 1990s Orlando Magic 30 For 30

[street heat]

dudes are really hating on an Orlando Magic 30 for 30?

 

[I-Hate-You]

I'm not gonna lie; this 90's nostalgia for teams that didn't win is annoying. Fab Five, ORL, etc.

Did HOU get a 30 for 30?

I don't think so...they had an NBA TV doc.

All you need to be to deserve a doc is be interesting. Mid-90s Orlando is definitely that and they probably made that decision in part because of the success of Grantland's oral history piece.

-Kids instantly making an expansion franchise a powerhouse
-Arguably the biggest personality in NBA history in Shaq
-The gamble of trading Webber for Penny
-Lil Penny & the rise of Penny as a star
-Acquiring Horace Grant
-Only team to beat MJ in the Bulls' championship era
-The sweep, Shaq vs. Hakeem, Nick Anderson's free throws
-Getting dismantled by the Bulls
-Orlando media driving Shaq out, Shaq being lowballed by ownership, Shaq vs. Penny feud brewing
-Shaq's departure, Penny's knee
-The quick fall of what seemed like the team of the future

I'm biased...but I can't wait for that shyt.

 

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

 

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

Them 90s magic jerseys tho

Those jerseys is why I'm a fan

 

[Long Live The Mamba]

Y'all brehs watch your mouths this is the Penny Hardaway led Magic we talmbout here!

Spoiler

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

They gotta show that game 4 of the ecf.Penny banged on sam mitchell marv albert was like "WHOAA!!! penny wit the facial"

That game shaw hit a 3,miller hit a 3,then penny then hit a 3 and smits hit the gw at the buzzer.The lead changed 4 times in the last 30 seconds

breh, I been looking for years when he banged on either Rik Smits or Dale Davis in Indianapolis during the playoffs. It's like they got Prince's people to delete it whenever someone puts it online

 

[Tide Run This]

• The 06 michigan - osu game
• Mahmoud Abdul Rauf
• 90s heavyweights during during tyson incarceration (bowe / lewis / holyfield / foreman even golata)
• BISON DELE
• the end of dean smiths tar heels...93-97: national title and 4 final fours, with stackhouse/sheed/Jamison/montross/vc/etc

These magic honestly werent shyt like that

Lowkey a1993 FSU-ND 30 for 30 would be pretty dope. The 93 game was really built up as the game of the century and lived up to the hype. I remember it was the first game that gameday went to and after that gameday went on to become a really big deal now they travel weekly. It's all pretty much the last time ND has been ND in the eyes of America they lost the following week to BC which adds to the story and helped FSU get back to #1. Bowden and Holtz I'm sure would have stories for days I think it would be a pretty good doc if done right. People forget how hyped that game was back then. FSU pretty much replaced Miami as the villians when they played ND.

 

[Absolut]

id love to see a properly done doc on the runnin rebs/tark from the late 70s thru the jr rider years. that corny hbo doc didnt even scratch the surface of that program

 

[Jplaya2023]

if shaq and penny are producing that means we not gonna get the real shyt that happened. We need someone who isn't going to consider feelings and keep it real. Shaq sensistive azz gonna keep a lot of shyt outta of the documentary

 

[mbewane]

I don't think so...they had an NBA TV doc.

All you need to be to deserve a doc is be interesting. Mid-90s Orlando is definitely that and they probably made that decision in part because of the success of Grantland's oral history piece.

-Kids instantly making an expansion franchise a powerhouse
-Arguably the biggest personality in NBA history in Shaq
-The gamble of trading Webber for Penny
-Lil Penny & the rise of Penny as a star
-Acquiring Horace Grant
-Only team to beat MJ in the Bulls' championship era
-The sweep, Shaq vs. Hakeem, Nick Anderson's free throws
-Getting dismantled by the Bulls
-Orlando media driving Shaq out, Shaq being lowballed by ownership, Shaq vs. Penny feud brewing
-Shaq's departure, Penny's knee
-The quick fall of what seemed like the team of the future

I'm biased...but I can't wait for that shyt.

True, def a good idea, excting new team post MJ retirement and being young they were like the ones ushering in the new era, and bringing a new "vibe" to the game. Imo more less they did in the NBA what the Fab Five did in the NCAA.

 

[Crack Daniels]

Idk....the oral history on grantland was pretty good but not great. Not sure how much more in depth this doc can go.

Plus we ALL know Shaq loves to revise history, he'll probably try to say Orlando won the title in 95

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

The GOAT

Never knew bruh from Da Coup was in the practice looking hard video, or I just never tripped off it.

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

Still no UNLV 30 for 30 huh.With all the fukkery that went on with that team in the late 80s,early 90s it's a damn shame.

 

[Manuel Hot Pepper Lopez]

• The 06 michigan - osu game
• Mahmoud Abdul Rauf
• 90s heavyweights during during tyson incarceration (bowe / lewis / holyfield / foreman even golata)
• BISON DELE
• the end of dean smiths tar heels...93-97: national title and 4 final fours, with stackhouse/sheed/Jamison/montross/vc/etc

These magic honestly werent shyt like that

Bison Dele
Who cares about that crazy nikka?

 

[Joe Sixpack]

The critically acclaimed 30 for 30 documentary series on ESPN will turn its attention to the mid-90s Orlando Magic in April, ESPN Films announced.

In the latest batch of 30 for 30 documentaries, ESPN Films will profile the 1985 Chicago Bears that won the Super Bowl, the Duke Lacrosse scandal, the connection between Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden with the New York Mets and, in a first for the series, a multi-part miniseries examining O.J. Simpson.

Magic fans though will surely be glued to their TVs for that April premiere date of the documentary on one of the most interesting and promising teams of that era. Orlando Magic fans certainly look back at those mid-90s teams as the greatest in franchise history and the most promise the team has ever had to win a title.

The documentary was produced by the stars of that team, Shaquille O’Neal and Anfernee Hardaway, so there is the potential for it getting a bit too nostalgic and not diving deep enough into the story of the rise and fall of that stellar team.

It was directed by Erin Leyden, who previously directed the documentary The ’99ers for ESPN’s 9 for IX series examining women’s sports. The ’99ers used handheld camera footage taken during the U.S. Women’s National Team’s run to the World Cup title in the 1999 World Cup, an iconic moment in women’s sports and in U.S. sports history.

Leyden was a senior producer for 16 episodes of the 30 for 30 documentary series. And The ’99ers was a very good documentary. The storytelling was in very good hands and Magic fans should look forward to seeing the final product. It is the only documentary she has previously directed.

The mid-90s Magic have become a bit of a fascination 20 years now since the team surprisingly upset Michael Jordan and reached the NBA Finals in 1995.

Last April, Jonathan Abrams wrote an oral history of the team for Grantland, going into the rise and fall of the young team that had so much promise.

During All-Star Weekend in Orlando in 2012, Shaquille O’Neal, Anfernee Hardaway and Dennis Scott sat down for one of the first frank and honest conversations the stars of the team have had about those years since they retired:





That Magic team still holds a lot of resonance and fascination even 20 years after its break up. Shaquille O’Neal and Anfernee Hardaway certainly still resonate with the fans in Orlando and around the NBA world.

The 30 for 30 will hopefully recapture the hope and excitement of those teams and introduce the team again to a younger and national audience.

Of course, in the end, the story is a tragedy. A footnote in the story of Michael Jordan in the larger NBA narrative. The 30 for 30 series though is supposed to memorialize these kind of stories.





ESPN Films announces 1990s Orlando Magic 30 for 30

Wow you Coli nikkas are gonna basically nut all over yourselves watching Penny