Glen Davis is known for speaking his mind. He provided some of the most quotable moments of the season in his short playing time this season -- anyone remember "Opinions are like butt holes. Everyone has got one. Some of them stink." during the Magic's opening weekend?

Davis took the role of team captain seriously and was a leader on and off the floor. When he was injured, he was taking his energy and boisterousness out to the community.

For the first time in his career, Davis is not playing in the Playoffs and that certainly hurts him. He talked all season about the hunger to compete for a championship and that is an important presence on this team.

A little thing like staying home for the Playoffs is not going to keep Davis from being part of the Playoffs though. Davis is taking his turn as a member of the media this postseason (h/t Michael Brumagin of Sheridan Hoops):

Happy to announce that I will be a guest commentator throughout the playoffs with the @bleacherreport. Should be fun. Ayo Baby!!!

— Glen Davis (@iambigbaby11) April 25, 2013

Oh yeah, that is right, Davis is providing his Playoff thoughts for Bleacher Report. And Davis is providing his unique perspective on the postseason.

Over the next few weeks Orlando Magic Daily will be taking a look at the things that went right and wrong this season as Orlando ended its season with its first Lottery season in six years.

The season was a tough one to get through. It would have been easy to give in to despair pretty quickly and disparage the players on the team and the organization's fate. Dwight Howard put fans through the ringer and it would be difficult to trust someone again. The next star on this roster might have to deal with that collateral, emotional damage from that.

In Year One, post-Dwight, Magic fans generally left the season with a positive frame of mind. Orlando might have finished with the worst record in the league, but you would not know it from how fans talk about the team and the general direction it is going.

It is tough to find optimism when you are losing 10 games in a row multiple times, suffer through 62 losses and eight wins in the final 57 games. That would be plenty of reason to stop watching.

Yet, Jacque Vaughn and the young players on the roster helped put a positive sping on an otherwise frustrating season. It did not feel as bad as the record would suggest.

A lot of that credit could go to lowered expectations and the surprising emergence of several young players to build on for future years. A lot of that credit should also go to the way Jacque Vaughn approached this team.

Vaughn had a difficult task put ahead of him for his first year as a head coach. There were growing pains with his first year as he learned how to manage a roster and guide a team through a season. But one thing he certainly did well was keep his team playing hard and playing together through difficult losses.

There is not a whole ton for Magic fans to watch basketball-wise right now.

The Magic are not in the Playoffs and there are few players that would interest Magic fans. If you are watching the Playoffs, it is likely because you love basketball or are pining to fill an empty hole in your heart for Playoff basketball.

One player most Magic fans want to do well is J.J. Redick. Not only are his Milwaukee Bucks (still feels weird) playing up against the Magic's archrival Heat, but he is also one of the fan favorites. That standing ovation he received in his first game back in Orlando was something very organic and was a showing of appreciation for the first six full seasons of his career.

The trade though gave Redick the opportunity to play in the Playoffs, something he had said was important for him although he understood where the Magic were in the rebuilding franchise. The Playoffs though have not been so kind to Redick so far.

Not a lot was expected for the Bucks this postseason. Milwaukee may have acquired Redick expecting to climb a few spots too. That obviously did not happen. But I think we all expected to be seeing more Redick than we have so far.

Entering tonight's Game Three in Milwaukee, Redick has seen only 24 minutes of Playoff action scoring eight points and three assists while shooting two for seven from the floor. With the Bucks this season, Redick averaged 12.3 points per game and 2.7 assists per game in 28.7 minutes per game.

So why has Redick seen his minutes drastically cut? Cut to the point that he played in only 7:47 of Milwaukee's Game Two loss?

For Magic fans, it is beyond belief. It is beyond belief for many national commentators include SB Nation's Tom Ziller.

Milwaukee has two gunners for guards in Monta Ellis and Brandon Jennings. Redick could only help these guys spread the floor and maybe add a guy who could make plays for others as he had shown some ability to do in Orlando. Milwaukee has often run a three-guard lineup featuring all three of these guards. It is probably their best bet offensively.

Even at their best though, they probably were not going to be able to crack the Heat. As we saw in Game Two, the Heat are very capable of just flipping a switch and blowing a team out in 12 minutes as they did in the fourth quarter Tuesday. If the Bucks are lookign to steal Game Three and make this a series, they will need Redick.

If Milwaukee continues to keep one of its best offensive options on the bench (without any real reason), it could be a quick exit for a magic fan favorite.

Over the next few weeks Orlando Magic Daily will be taking a look at the things that went right and wrong this season as Orlando ended its season with its first Lottery season in six years.

The long-term picture for the Magic looks relatively bright. There is young talent, high draft picks and cap space on the horizon. The long-term view requires patience and heartache. There will be more difficult seasons ahead as the Magic try to build back up. And some luck will be needed.

The future might look bright but it is still the future. It is still uncertain and can take many winding paths.

What we know is the present. And in reviewing this season in isolation, it was a a major struggle.

Orlando was 20-62, the second worst record in franchise history. The Magic finished with the worst record in the league for just the second time in its 24-year history. No way around it, finishing with the worst record in the NBA is a bad thing.

Or maybe it isn't. After all, if you want to build through the draft, you have to lose a little bit to get those high draft picks. The Magic are getting their high draft pick. Mission accomplished.

But the point is to win games. And the Magic did not do that.

Quite simply, whether intentional or not, this Magic roster was not built to win and some guys who played extremely hard were met with the disappointment of losing. You could see it as the days dragged on in January and February. Arron Afflalo was quietly trying to push the team to bigger heights, tempering wins and instilling a hunger to win. Jameer Nelson did that too, and Glen Davis seemed to take losing personally.

Over the next few weeks Orlando Magic Daily will be taking a look at the things that went right and wrong this season as Orlando ended its season with its first Lottery season in six years.

When Rob Hennigan took over the job as general manager of the Orlando Magic a little more than a year ago, he had a lot on his plate.

There was still a discontent superstar with an uncertain future demanding a trade as his team lost leverage with each passing minute. Hennigan put his staff in place, reorganized the Magic's front office and hired an inexperienced coach to lead what would become a development movement.

Hennigan had little time and little leverage to make a Dwight Howard deal happen. Howard was calling the shots and demanded -- more or less -- Brooklyn, Los Angeles or bust. It was seemingly clear he would not be returning to Orlando.

Then Hennigan pulled the trigger on the trade that likely will define him as a general manager and make or break his tenure with Orlando in many ways. He had to tear the whole thing down and give the Magic the best chance to build back up to create the "sustainability" the franchise wants so desperately.

The 30-year-old first-time general manager was almost universally panned for trading Dwight Howard, Earl Clark, Chris Duhon and Jason Richardson to the Lakers and Sixers for Nikola Vucevic, Arron Afflalo, Maurice Harkless and Al Harrington plus a group of future picks that have some complex protections and conditions on them.

The move, at the time, seemed like a bad one. Orlando elected not to receive either of the two All Stars involved in the trade -- Andrew Bynum went to Philadelphia while Andre Iguodala went to Denver -- and did not press for Pau Gasol from the Lakers to replace Howard in the middle. For those expecting the Magic to continue competing in the 2013 season, it was a big loss.

Bill Simmons delayed his annual trade value column which for fans has become an unofficial ranking of the best players in the NBA. The list is Simmons' attempt to take into account both a player's skill and his value in dollars and cents to determine who would be traded for whom straight up. The No. 2 player would be traded only for the No. 1 player, and so on and so forth.

It is always an entertaining read, and as with everything Simmons writes, is sure to spark debate.

The lowly Orlando Magic could not have expected to have much reference in this list. Not after a league-worst 20-62 season and a year removed from trading away a superstar player. The hope with that deal was to put the team in position to make a future free agency or draft move in a few years and collect young talent. The goal was not to have someone crack this list until deals started getting made.

A deal got made. And someone cracked the list.

Bill Simmons of Grantland joined the chorus in praising Tobias Harris' late run with the Magic and taking advantage of the opportunity given to him. Harris finished 42nd on the list, a pretty impressive feat for a guy that was not a rotation player for the Bucks before the trade. Orlando gave Harris a chance and he turned heads.

Harris has been a revelation: 6-foot-8, plays inside and outside, shoots 3s, rebounds … I mean, how in the f*ing f* of f*s did Milwaukee not know what it had here? He didn't show ANY flashes in practice? I'm profoundly confused by that trade. He's been a 20-10 guy for the past month and he's only 20 years old. Are you kidding me?????

Harris averaged 17.3 points per game, shot 45.3 percent from the floor and grabbed 8.5 rebounds per game in 27 games with the Magic. Harris posted a 17.0 PER with Orlandoo. This was a case of more playing time leading to more confidence leading to some really great play.

And he IS only 20 years old.

On Monday, the Orlando Magic unveiled to the city of Orlando the outlines of its plans to build an entertainment complex across the street from Amway Center. The plan would build additional hotel, retail and business space in downtown Orlando on the location where Orlando's Police Department is currently headquartered.

Alex Martins told the Orlando City Council that there is enough demand to move forward with the $100 million plan (h/t Mark Schlueb of the Orlando Sentinel):

There is great and exciting opportunity for a sports-and-entertainment district right in that core," Martins said. "There is demand in downtown Orlando for all these components, in addition to additional residential."

This was always part of the plan for the Magic. When Orlando was reviewing the best way to build its stadium, it looked out how FedExForum helped revitalize Beale Street and how Los Angeles built L.A. Live around the Staples Center. Indeed, the Barclays Center was also the hub for developing the Atlantic Yards area in Brooklyn.

This is eventually what the Magic want to accomplish. In fact, the original facilities plan that the City of Orlando and the Orange County Board of Commissioners envisioned a continuous entertainment district going from the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center at one end of downtown going through (and hopefully revitalizing) the Parramore area and ending at the renovated Citrus Bowl.

I will begin my review of the Magic season Monday with What Went Right/What Went Wrong. The season reviews though are coming in fast and furious. I have already compiled a video recap of the season with highlights from big moments this season.

For the perspective of someone who is probably with the team as much as anyone, we turn to Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel.

Saturday he posted his big takeaways from a long season that featured a lot of losing, but some optimism for the future to offset that.

The recap includes a list of the five best wins, the five worst losses, the five best individual performances and this list of the five most encouraging developments:

1. Vucevic exceeded everyone's expectations, even his own, as he scored 13.1 points per game and finished with 11.9 rebounds per game, the league's second-highest rebounding average.

2. Maurice Harkless made significant improvements during his rookie season.

3. The Magic finished the season with the league's top chance to win the draft lottery.

4. Coach Jacque Vaughn and his staff kept a positive attitude, which maintained team morale.

5. Harris played well after his trade to the Magic.

It is hard to argue with Josh on any of those.

The NBA Playoffs start Saturday at 3 p.m. as the Knicks take on the Celtics at Madison Square Garden.

No, the Magic are not coming out with a steel chair to wreak havoc and steal the championship. If only that were allowed. Glen Davis would clear the ring pretty quickly.

Ending the wrestling references, the three-month journey to a championship begins Saturday and there will be lots of great basketball to watch. It is going to be fun.

Since we are all basketball fans, the Playoffs are what we all cannot wait for.

Over at Crossover Chronicles, Jeff Garcia and I discussed all the first round series matchups including a discussion of Carmelo Anthony's chance to build his legacy in this year's postseason.

You can hear the rest of the preview over at Crossover Chronicles. Jeff andI break down the Western Conference here and the Eastern Conference here.

The first season of the Magic's rebuilding program is over. It featured a lot of young players getting lots of time to grow and develop in their first and second years all under (at least early on) the watchful eye of several veterans. Undoubtedly, having Jameer Nelson, Glen Davis and Arron Afflalo among others in that locker room helped Maurice Harkless, Andrew Nicholson,  Nikola Vucevic and Tobias Harris grow.

Eventually though they got in the way of playing time for the young players. Injuries and "injuries" began to take over as the Magic were happy to allow players to take as much time as they needed to get back 100 percent healthy.

Arron Afflalo and Glen Davis likely could have pushed themselves to play if that is what the Magic really wanted. Having been eliminated from the Playoffs already, there was no need to risk further injuries. Jameer Nelson missed all of April with what was at first a sprained ankle. Al Harrington and Hedo Turkoglu were pretty much healthy scratches, even when they could have been used in minor roles to help give young guys a rest.

Orlando wants these veterans around for their leadership and guidance for the young players. But playing the young guys was a priority for this team. And it will remain to be so in what is expected to be another developing year in 2014 (with an eye on a start-studded Draft class).

Tobias Harris might be saying the team's goal next year should be to make the Playoffs -- and it should be -- but the question is whether you can rely on these young players who struggled specifically on the defensive end in the final months of the season -- the Magic gave up a 107.7 defensive rating in the final 20 games. If the Magic favor young players again next year, without major improvement from multiple players, the Playoffs are just that: a goal.