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Q&A with Magic Head Coach Steve Clifford

ORLANDO – Steve Clifford’s office at the Amway Center isn’t some sort of nostalgic shrine to a 36-year basketball career that has seen him work either with or for luminaries such as Michael Jordan, Pat Riley, Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady, Patrick Ewing and Yao Ming.

Instead, the no-nonsense, all-business head coach of the Orlando Magic surrounds himself only with grease boards full of Xs and Os, scratch pads to jot down team talking points, flat screen TVs to watch game film and a large rectangular table for meetings with his coaching staff.

So with his somewhat spartan, no-frills surroundings, it’s not surprising that Clifford, 57, hasn’t spent large amounts of time basking in what his Magic accomplished last season.