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AB really isn’t doing much on the offensive end tonight. He dribbles the ball slowly up the court, hangs around for a few seconds, then just dumps it off. He is just not the kind of quick guard who darts in and out of the opponent defense that we need.

I missed the team early this season And when p5 was out were Franz was operating, That was FUN! and we just got broken. been a fan for 30 years now. This is not new, this is what magic basketball is about.

I just thought since it’s so negative and rightfully so I’d post something positive. Paolo’s last ten games: 27.9 PTS 46.2 FG% 35.4% 78.4% FT% 6.5 REB 5 AST I think he is 100% healthy again. Those are similar numbers to his breakout playoffs last year and at the beginning of this year. He is still only 22 years old. I know we aren’t winning but I think Franz and Paolo are pretty low on the list of problems. Make moves in the off-season Weltman! Go Magic!

These games are like watching the movie Groundhog Day. The same thing keeps happening over and over again. A disastrous 3rd quarter, which spills over into much of the 4th quarter, And then we finally decide to play with a sense of urgency and desire. Unfortunately, by then it's usually too little too late.

Wasn't going to post about that game at all because I'm kind of sick of dwelling in the negativity but you know what. ***** Paolo Banchero. Dudes been ass most of the year. Our single best stretch of the season was when he was injured and Franz carried us. Now he's sulking in press conferences and his mum is tweeting about the coaching. Is the coaching great? Right now not particularly. But MFer was happy as hell with the same coaching when he was getting All Star nominations and winning ROTY and we've had one, admittedly cursed, down year and this dude and his family are crying? How's about grow the hell up and take some accountability? Be better on defense. Don't be one of the least efficient scorers in the game. And miss me with literally any excuse you've got for Paolo. Franz Wagner is in the exact same position, with the same work load and he plays better defense and he's more efficient and he impacts the game at a higher level. He even had the same exact injury and he recovered quicker. It's quickly become apparent that all the vibes weren't legit. It's easy to pull for each other when you're out performing expectations and winning but real friends, real good teammates, they pull together when times are hard. This team looks to have given the hell up. This feels closer to the end of something than the start of something. EDIT: probably taking a break from posting now I can't be bothered with talking about this team anymore.

It’s pathetic to watch this guy sit on his hands and do the least possible to improve this team and still keep his job. Trading second round picks for cash doesn’t count for sh**. He has proven that he can’t get a team over the top. As soon as he leaves a team they get proactive and win a championship. Wash rinse repeat. ownership do you want to win or just fill seats with whomever??? Fans of the Magic or not.

Har har har... brilliant my man. Top tier sarcasm

AB isn’t a PG at all. I’m honestly not sure what position he is. And he’s so raw. We’re ready to compete now and he and Jett simply are not. If a rebuilding team wants to give us a vet for one of them I’m tempted to do it. Colin Sexton, Coby White or Anfernee Simons are the dead horses I’ll continue to beat for that.

Joseph just seems to play the basic role of setting the table, hitting open shots, and giving us serviceable defense. I'd play him in the starting lineup the rest of the year, too. As for AB, I like him but I'm not even sure he's a PG. And honestly, I'd rather not see Cole again on the court. Lol

There he is.. right on cue

Franz and Paulo looking like giants!

There is just something wrong with Magic guard play, like some kind of curse.

How Mose takes out Franz and Paulo together and puts in a total bench lineup to end the 1st quarter gets me. Houston then went on a 13-0 run. That little bit right there shows he’s not a great coach. To this end, do we think anyone holds him accountable during the year? I’d be curious to understand what that looks like.

*****ing horrible loss. Coby White going for 44 in our house after we passed on him at the deadline. Fire Weltman tonight

IMO Suggs and Mo are 2 of our 4 best players. At one time all 4 of them were out. Now we have half of our best 4 players.

We need a new coaching staff. Id be cool if we fire Mosely now and see if the interim can do anything like what happened with the Kings this year and look for an alpha coach in the off season like Dan Hurly.

Fire Weltman, re-hire him, and fire him again. He showed us at the deadline he doesn’t deserve this job. He fleeced Chicago in one rebuilding trade and has been living off of that, but between his inactivity and him botching having 2 proven studs already with a chance to surround them with 2 lotto picks and blowing both of those picks, I’ve seen enough. I view Mose and Weltman similarly, neither are guys that are going to get you to a title.

When a team can't beat a team that is blatantly trying to lose 2 games in a row, that speaks volumes on multiple levels.

Mose should be in trouble

This is just a bad basketball team as currently constructed. And right now, they are a broken basketball team. I think they won't even make the play-in. Two games in a row you had a team blatantly trying to lose and you still can't win. Like I said, the focus is on the draft right now. Watch, after the game we will hear the same old cliches and rah rah statements.

If I turn on the Magic, the wife leaves the room. I get it. Changes need to happen.

Cole out, Cory Joseph starting at the 1. Why did we spend 2 lotto picks on guards that we don’t feel comfortable playing over Cory Joseph?

Much as I like Mosely, who seems like a great person, I think you have to grab Nick Nurse if he's available.

Hypothetical, if the Sixers fire Nick Nurse would you guys bring him in to replace Mosley?

I refuse to get excited about the lottery anymore. That time is over. If we are back in the lottery even this year it's a failure. Besides, look at the last two lottery picks. We get the Anthony Black pick, just missing out on a Thompson twin which who i'm sure they really wanted. The Magic finally draft a point guard! But really Black is just another Long Boi. Then we need a shooter and of course it's another Michigan guy. Who else was drafting Jett in the lottery? Answer, nobody! Point guards take a long time to adjust to this league We really needed to hit on one these last 5 or 6 years. Now, if we try to draft one we will be wasting parts of Paolo and Franz prime. We need to make a trade. Funny thing i remembered after thinking all year how hard is it for a franchise to get a point guard. I was thinking about the draft we got Bamba. Another head scratching draft from Hammond and Weltman. I remember this forum hoping Trea Young would fall to our pick. Of course we just miss that pick thanks to Frank freaking Vogel winning the last game of the season the previous year before getting fired. So we draft Mo Bamba, but why? The last idiot Gm did the same thing by trading for Ibaka and signing Biyombo even though our best player was a center! VOOCH! So that year we desperately need a point guard we draft a center. The next two point guards taken are Sexton and SGA. One is going to win MVP this year and Sexton's second year in Cleveland was statistically better then any season a Magic guard has had in the last 10 years! Heck i remember people on this forum wanting us to get a point guard with our second round pick or move up to get one. Four point guards were picked before we got Melvin Frazier including Jalen Brunson. You guys even said he would be a steal if he fell to the second round! And your wondering where i'm going with this, so here it is. You can look at this with every draft except the Paolo,Suggs and Franz drafts. These guys can't draft. I really think they picked Paolo because he was obviously the best college NBA ready big man. Suggs was also a no brainer since he slipped to pick 5. Franz was the only true genius pick and maybe that was just because of the Michigan ties. Rant over.