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The Orlando Magic acquired shooting guard Jodie Meeks from the Detroit Pistons in exchange for a future conditional second-round draft pick, Magic general manager Rob Hennigan announced Wednesday.We are excited to welcome Jodie to the Orlando Magic family, Hennigan said. Jodie adds perimeter shooting and is another veteran presence. He adds depth to our backcourt, and we look forward to his contributions.Meeks signed a three-year, $19.5 million contract with the Pistons in 2014 but has played only 63 games over the past two seasons. He missed the first 22 games of 2014-15 with a lower back injury. In 2015-16, he played only three games because he had surgery to repair a fracture in his right foot.Meeks was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in 2010 out of Kentucky and has also played in Philadelphia and with the?Los Angeles Lakers. He had his most productive season with the Lakers in 2013-14, averaging 15.7 points?per game and making 40 percent of his 3-point attempts.Meeks is a career 37.3 percent 3-point percent shooter.The move frees up about $7 million in cap space for the Pistons.It gives us a little more margin, Detroit coach Stan Van Gundy said, according to NBA.com. It gives us a little bit of space so that if the numbers start to go up a little, youve got a little bit of space to deal with. ... It goes give you a little bit more flexibility where youre not going to lose a guy over $100,000 or $200,000, something like that. That part of it was good.?Frederik Andersen Jersey . Most important, perhaps, it went off without a hitch. Organizers poked a little fun at the now-infamous opening ceremony gaffe that saw only four out of five snowflakes open up into rings, leaving the Olympics logo one ring short. Mike Palmateer Jersey . Hamelin, who triumphed in the 500 on Saturday, edged out Victor An of Russia by 0.021 seconds to maintain his lead in the World Cup standings. Russias Vladimir Grigorev was third. In the relay, Canada took control six laps from the finish line to beat Russia and the Netherlands. http://www.mapleleafsteamstoreonline.com/authentic-lanny-mcdonald-maple-leafs-jersey/ . Malkin got tangled up with Detroits Luke Glendening early in the third period and his left skate took the brunt of collision with the boards behind Pittsburghs net. Travis Dermott Jersey . But what about the officials? Every sport has officials and they also have stories about hard work and sacrifice but their accomplishments are seldom recognized by anyone outside their inner circle. Frederik Gauthier Jersey . -- There were so many positives from the Orlando Magics first victory of the season that it was hard for coach Jacque Vaughn to stop praising his players.MANCHESTER, England -- Manchester United says defender Chris Smalling has been hospitalized on the Indonesian island of Bali after suffering from food poisoning.The Premier League club says the 26-year-old Smalling fainted on Sunday but is now feeling fine.Uniteds statement provided no further detail onn Smallings hospital stay.ddddddddddddSmalling is not due to join pre-season training until later this month following Englands exit from the European Championship last week. ' ' '