Magic GM Otis Smith told the Sentinel's Josh Robbins that the team will not exercise its contractual option on former first-round draft pick Daniel Orton for the 2012-13 season. Obviously, Orton, a 6-foot-10 center out of Kentucky who was taken with the 29th overall pick , hasn't panned out. No crime in that. There are many late first-round picks who never make it in the NBA. But I wonder how many first-round picks…
Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter's Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.