Bob Vander Weide: Expect to see more Brandon Bass next season I had a nice conversation with Magic Bob Vander Weide _ now the chief executive officer and vice chairman of the franchise _ following Wednesday’s press conference. Glib and insightful as always, Vander Weide addressed the team’s style of play last season. Not surprisingly, Magic fans can expect some changes. As many people have barked about in columns, blogs and casual conversations, expect to see Brandon Bass get a lot more playing time at power forward [four slot], a switch that will allow Rashard Lewis to shift to the small forward [three] slot in the lineup. The organization _ including coach Stan Van Gundy _ seems to have a twinge of regret that Bass didn’t get enough playing time in the regular season to be effective in the playoffs, especially since teammates didn’t have a feel for that particular lineup. It hurt them against a physical and bigger Boston team. “Having Dwight [Howard] we’re obviously going to play inside-out,” Vander Weide said. “And Dwight at his age is only going to improve. Find something 8-to-10 feet from the basket that works. That will come. It’s happened with every big. As that improvement happens, shooters around the court will have space, that’s going to be our game. “I think the answer to your question really is ‘how do you keep improving defensively?’ ….I think it’s all about defense to be honest with you. Boston played a phenomenal, fierce defensive game and they did things that would be out of the ordinary _ make Matt Barnes shoot jump shots. Things like that didn’t play to our strengths. But we still have the pieces to win a championship. “In fact Chris Duhon and Quentin Richardson will make us even stronger and I think you will see Stan doing things differently. I think you will see him find against different matchups a way to play Brandon, move Rashard to the three, and do some interesting things there. We all learned. In our post-season conversation, Stan said he should have practiced Rashard more at the three because on the baseline he’s probably the best post-up three when he plays that position, although we love him at four the majority of the time. If you don’t practice it, you don’t play it.” The Magic will practice it, and play it this season. Solid move. Looking forward to seeing that lineup. 球队高层包括大范在内，对於去年没有给予 Bass 足够的上场时间感到後悔，四 号位在防守端的劣势也是魔术队在季後赛被波士顿干暴的原因之一 两千万在进攻面，尤其是外线上有优势，但防守是经常让人担心的。 魔术队的 CEO Bob Vander 预期 Bass 在明年球季在球队里可以有一个较重要的 定位，大范也要求两千万作一些准备回到三号的练习，这样可以让球队阵容更灵 活运用。 今年补进 Duhon 跟小Q之後，Bob 也相信大范会带给大家耳目一新的魔术队，并 且会适当的运用去年不得志的 Bass。 --

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