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Believe it or not It tells me everything I need to know about you actually. I don’t even need to meet you in person. Also crazy thought but a fan can be critical of the team and still be a fan. Just because some of us aren’t satisfied with mediocrity doesn’t mean we aren’t allowed to voice our frustration. So you’re absolutely wrong when you say I’ll be critical of this team when we win but I digress.

Right, because the only options at point guard in the entire league are Trae Young and Cory Joseph…. Look, it’s obvious we need a better distributor that can grow with our core and bring out the best in them, I’ve been banging that drum for as long as anyone else on this board, but I’d rather it not be Trae. The foul-baiting stuff is horrible basketball and I’d rather not be in a position where I have to cheer it on.

Thread to discuss the playoffs around the league. Couple surprising results yesterday, Lakers got spanked at home. Pacers destroyed Giannis and Co. The good guys play today and I’ll get us a thread made specifically to discuss the Magic. Matchups around the league: Eastern Conference 1) Cleveland vs 8) Miami 2) Boston vs 7) Orlando 3) New York vs 6) Detroit 4) Indiana vs 5) Milwaukee Western Conference 1) Oklahoma City vs 8) Memphis 2) Houston vs 7) Golden State 3) LA Lakers va 6) Minnesota 4) Denver vs 5) LA Clippers

They dont have to create, just move, if the coach knew how to coach.

Back to the game at hand. Paolo was great, Franz was good in the first half and awful in the second half. Nobody else showed up at all. 59 of our 86 points, 51 of our 81 field goal attempts. We’re getting swept if we don’t get more from someone stepping up. I think we steal one in the O, probably game 3 where our young role players show up, and we lose in a gentleman’s sweep in 5. We’re way outmatched from a talent perspective.

Preach!

It seems like just about every teams' backup PG is better than every PG on our roster. That's a big problem.

I personally think/hope we use the Denver pick in a trade package for an established player like Jrue Holiday or Cam Johnson.

Trae Young is the Vuc of the playmakers. A lot of empty stats with bad defense, not making teammates better, condemning the team to neverending mediocrity. It's seven years in the league now and Atlanta is constantly stuck in there. In our case, would also be a terrible fit, as we always say that we need a PG that is a shooter, but not ball dominant, as we already have two players needing possessions. Would also probably kill one of our strenghts, team chemestry. Btw, I'm not worried at all about our FO trading for him, will never happen, it was just a reminder for all forum members dreaming about him.

What poor sportsmanship by Trae. Wow…

-1. The shtick gets old.

It has everything to do with the marketing department since they both: A) have no input on basketball activities B) will be responsible for the design and roll out of a rebrand. What are we talking about here? Are we going to pretend organisations can't have more than 1 objective just so we can bash the leadership?

Although Cory Joseph shouldn’t be a starter for any team in 2025 here we are. Thank God he’s been serviceable! Should be a fun game regardless and hope we get that W. I like how we matchup against Boston and I’d love to beat them again in a 7 round series.

Again it has nothing to do with the marketing department and everything to do with this organizations lack of focus on what matters most.

I’m pretty certain he wasn’t suggesting that Weltman was responsible for the rebrand as was I. It’s the fact that our organization as a whole should be focused on winning championships and not doing a marketing rebrand. It starts at the top with those who approve these decisions and so far they’ve failed to bring a championship to Orlando much less keeping any of their star players.

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I wish they would focus on fixing the team ... not the marketing

Calling someone a clown and telling them to shut up sounds disrespectful to me. You wouldn’t say that to someone’s face so don’t do it hiding behind a keyboard.

Yes if you want to continue being literal and ignore the fact we’ve established this is about the organization as a whole then sure we can say you’re completely right. Does that make you happy to hear? I knew the context of what he was trying to say along with everyone else and it’s funny to me you fail to see it as well or just want to continue acting ignorant for no apparent reason.

Uh oh. Not good sign folks. Not good at all whatsoever. I don't like it. I Just found out that Stan Van Gundy will be doing the game on TNT. The other one or two times he was there we got blown out of the building. I don't have a good feeling about this one. I think we get outworked and outrebounded. They are gonna make a bunch of 3's and we will struggle. This one could get ugly I am afraid. I'm just not feeling the vibe tonight. The combo of TNT, SVG, and poor shooting fears have me doubting the Magic this evening.

Wow we blew a 22-point lead and lost at home. I knew the time off for Franz and Paolo would backfire. And sure enough that's exactly what happened in tonight's loss. They needed to win this game because quite frankly they have no chance to beat the Bulls in the next game. NONE. So, we're all set. The Hawks snagged the number 7 spot and the Bulls have the 8 spot. Boston will destroy the Hawks in the playoffs. The Bulls stand a better chance taking on the Cavs with the way they are playing right now. It's just a shame that we close out the season losing 2 in a row at home. Oh well. Now it's on to the off season and hopefully improvements are made, such as bringing in a PG and some consistent shooters.

Unfortunately, it's not a shtick. It's about to become a reality. You can see it happening right before our eyes. The offensive struggles at the most crucial moments. It does point out the needs that need to be addressed in the offseason. In particular, adding some shooters and bringing in a solid point guard to take pressure off of Paolo and Franz.

Looks like playoffs are not for Wagner…

this is exactly what I meant. We have 2 superstars and 3 players that dont belong in a starting lineup in the g league FO mission this offseason should to find the appropriate 3rd star (like nuggets did to us with gordon, celtics with porzingis/holiday, bucks with holiday) and decent role players, and not the overpaid bunch of useless crap we have out there