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https://x.com/therealbeede/status/1944142776834433095?s=46 here you can see Shammgod coaching up Jase and also poor man Mo Wagner. Shammgod is truly going to unlock so many skills for our players. I wonder if we had this type of development coaching, if Cole had learned how to settle down, better decision making and so on. Btw, Cole is going to be great for the Bucks.

Cole to the Bucks. Good luck fella

https://x.com/therealBeede/status/1944142776834433095 Here are some clips of #Magic rookie Jase Richardson (11) and Kylor Kelley (61) working together with new Orlando assistant God Shammgod and assistant Randy Gregory after practice Saturday: (Not a lot happens in the second clip but neat to see Shammgod coaching up Richardson.)

#Magic rookie Jase Richardson, who re-tweaked his right ankle during Thursday’s summer league game vs. Sacramento, is “feeling good” and went through “pretty much everything” during practice Saturday, Orlando coach Ameer Bahhur said.

You know from all season I'm right there with you on McNeely. Was very surprised the league thought so low of him. The draft talk around him was so dumb, being compared to other white shooter types and then discussed as an inefficient shooter. When a) he has so much more to his game than like a Corey Kispert and b) he'd been a good shooter his entire life but had like a 20 game slump on a bad ankle. His pre-draft honestly reminded me of Tyrese Maxeys where the one inefficient college season as a shooter seemed to hold more weight to the league for some reason even though everything else (including previous jump shooting track record) suggested a much higher calibre player.

The Hornets got a steal in McNeeley. That injury killed his stock and Charlotte brought the dip. Big fan of the kid. He's a dog. Here's his highlights: https://x.com/NBA/status/1943845766683828697

Back in the day, I really wanted Ray Allen on our team. Now I find myself so excited to watch Bane. The sky is the limit for this squad.

https://x.com/rayshard07/status/1943759825592365138?s=46 Suggs gonna have. crazy season!! I predict better ball handling and he’ll learn how to decelerate and hesi. Remember the time we had multiple All Stars? It’s coming back!!

The new ESPN piece on Lebron is fascinating. Ultimately, he's been iced out by LA with Luka coming on board. I now highly doubt he starts the season in LA. Curious where he goes next.

Magic over/under win total is 51.5. That's a tough one, optimism says take the over but only 4 teams won over 51 games last season.

For everyone that was interested in trading for Herb Jones, he just signed an extension until 2030 (for a reasonable and tradable amount)

the difference is that our team is locked up for the next 3 years. Tyus is gonna be tough to resign but other than that our team is set. I don’t expect us to resign Jett. AB is gonna be a tough resign, but i think we can make that happen. For OKC, it’s impossible to resign their guys. Dort and them will want to secure a bag.

exactly my take on Thompson! dude tryna be a go to scorer. I don’t think that is a well advise approach to earn a NBA contract as a GLeague player. I wish Labissiere was younger. Always liked his game. He just had an unfortunate career and now it’s too late. Wendel Moore is actually solid, wish he could shoot the ball. Other than that, this summer league squad is terrible

About our future payroll and the one of OKC recently discussed, I've taken 2027/28 as a reference season, and our big 4 will absorb around 162m of cap space. OKC big 3 will be around 148m (clearly the big difference is the enormous SGA contract after he won MVP) and adding Caruso as the fourth key player, they reach 170m (but they still have to renew other rookies). With those numbers, considering that the cap will further increase from the 154m of this season, both teams will be near but below the future limit with only 4 players, while the luxury tax will be over 200m.

So Mermuys it's not the def coach that was supposed to be gone to. Any update about him?

Also I wasn't impressed with Kylor Kelley or Wendell Moore Jr and those guys would have been my first two guesses for 2 way guys. Similarly Nate Santos, who we gave an Ex10 to and will be with us in preseason, also didn't look much. Summer League is crazy every year I see the roster and am like "oh these dudes are the ones to look out for" and then every year those dudes rack up DNP-CDs or play 10 mins while we watch some randoms suck it up. It feels like there's some very specific way that this team approaches Summer League (because the summer league squad generally has the same vibes and make up every year) and yet I can't for the life of me figure out what it is or what it intends to accomplish. Maybe deliberately sitting guys in games to see how they cope and root for their teammates because they're going to be on the bench a lot if they make the NBA? Maybe just know that the guaranteed contract guys are only going to play a couple games so they split out minutes to get a longer look at more players? I don't know.

Quite surprised at some of the guys who didn't see the floor. I always forget how diabolical SL basketball actually is until I watch some.

Thompson trying to be the go to scorer, while on the floor with TDS and Jase, is diabolical. We had a chance to tied the game late in the 4th, Jase had it going, and this guy is playing hero ball. He should be trying stuff the stat sheet like Penda, yet, he's trying to be the leading scorer in SL. Like that's going to get him on a NBA roster. Weltman needs to change his formula on the two-ways. He tends to bring in the same type of players every year. I would've liked to see a shooter next to Jase in the backcourt.

That state income tax is going to be great for Franz and Paolo. They’ll earn about 12-15 mil more than Chet and Jalen due to no state income tax. That’s a lot of money

Our summer league squad isn’t the best overall. I couldn’t watch most of the first half. League pass was malfunctioning. i don’t understand our two way player Thompson. I don’t think he’ll ever have a chance at minutes. Similar to MacClung. I see upside in Jase. Wondering how much that ankle is bothering him. Penda looks solid. I like the Bball IQ. Yes he’s slow footed. His ceiling is a mix of Boris Diaw and Draymond Green. As a second round pick, that would be great. TDS is a solid role player, wish he had bulked up more. Why isn’t Jett playing?

Loved Jase’s defense and Penda’s overall physicality. Also TDS was our best player out there tonight.

Jase finishing ability is Kyrie lite. Kid just plays the game the right way.

Penda slow feet quick hands. Good thing he has long arms. Oh and a sweet brick from 3 zero touch on that one.

Brick city

Raynaud cooking us.