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General, totally baseless, conjecture: The Osceola Magic had the best offense in the G league and are the number 1 seed. Dylan Murphy, the HC of the Osceola Magic, was on our staff last year. Last year the Magic had 6 guys listed as assistant coaches, this year with Nate Tibbets leaving late in preseason and Murphy going down to be the G league HC we only had 4 (according to what I could find publicly, it's highly probable some guys with slight variant job titles were assistant coaches in all but name) What if we deliberately sent Murphy to HC the G league team to get reps designing an offense etc so that we could bring him back as the Offensive coordinator this coming year? (And if this happens, it could bode well for Jett Howard given he's spent all year playing down there) Once again this is one hundred percent baseless conjecture and I drank quite a lot last night lol

it would probably get them banned, but i wish one of the reporters would say hey mose you say the same thing every night. How are You gonna get them to keep moving the ball in the clutch?

I enjoy reading this message board and appreciate when I get to read volumes of opinions from participants, whether I agree or disagree. I want to hear the negatives. . . I want to hear the positive comments My point is, I have been reading a lot of criticisms about individual Magic players--which is fine with me. But when I mention something that I observed about a Magic player during a game, which is viewed as negative (like last night), I get a down vote. Remember when Cole scored 20 pts in a game we won (out of the last 11 remaining games in the season). I, along with one or two other participants, pointed out how inconsistent Cole is on offense. When I posted, I used the expression "ball hog" and how in the playoffs Cole could cause the Magic to lose a game playing "hero ball". I was the only participant who was critical of Cole that got a down vote. Last night, in the game against Houston, I received a down vote for an observation I made about 2 Magic players who were falling to the floor a lot. I was concerned about possible injuries. Suggs fell backwards about 3 or 4 times. I have not seen any other down votes given to other participants on this message board in a while where Magic players were criticized..

cole nah, we're fine. they took cole out the game.

Complaining about Cole after that game specifically is WILD. I was more scared that anyone other than Cole was going to shoot.

The last 4 losses put a spotlight on just how thin our backcourt is. Harris out the last 2 and Suggs out the 2 losses to New York and Indy. It’s why most of us were so upset for sitting stagnant at the trade deadline. Markelle was horrible again last night but people are afraid to say it because he’s an awesome dude and we all feel bad for him. Behind that AB is too raw, and Cole and Suggs are way too inconsistent. I still can’t believe a pro basketball team had a quarter where they shot 3-22 from the field… insane

Too bad, did not capitalize on a fantastic game by JI

CT, the last game Markelle played in, it was him coming off the bench. He did not take anything away from Paolo and Franz. He was able to draw attention to himself, leaving it open for Paolo and Franz to do their thing. Markelle did not clog up the paint each time Paolo went in for those thunderous dunks. While Markelle handled the ball, the opposing players were more focused on what he was going to do instead of waiting for Franz or Paolo dribbling into paint and triple-teamed while trying to make a layup.

I would have to disagree. , Kelle comes in and can calm the team down and get them back into running some sets, Ingles can to a lesser degree. AB can’t do that, at least not yet. I’m not sure if Cole will ever, though there are flashes - he’s just not a natural PG.

LISTEN TO THAT ROAR FROM THE CROWD!!!!! ORLANDO MAGIC TO THE *****ING WORLD!!!!!!!

That game was over at half yet I inexplicably watched until the end. The Admiral Schofield points in garbage time were fun. Jalen Suggs getting riled up by Grant Williams and just going into ***** you mode was hilarious when we were already up like 25. That (definitely not a travel) behind the back Paolo dime to a stepping back Suggs 3 was one of the most fun plays of the season. Good W and rest for the starters and JI. Let's go.

I want to resign Fultz and give him a rental! Just at a vet minimum contract at this point.(or 5-8 mil max) We already did him good with a big contract, he needs to return the favor if he wants to be part of this. Hes a great mentor going forward and he can still play. But he’s definitely not the type of player, he used to be. Very sad!!

I can't wait for the endless debate on who we'd prefer to trade for only to end up with neither.

Jeff Weltman is competing with 29 other franchises, he can't just broadcast strategy to placate antsy, "in the know" fans. You're not owed an explanation about non playing, non decision-making, personnel by any sports organization.

This is just an exhibition game tbh. Memphis are full of players that is auditioning and not going to be part of their team next season. Just win but don’t take anything away from it. No false hope that “were back on track”. as I said before, they should still practice their FT shooting focussing on the word “FREE”. Also loosen up a little their muscle under pressure, when in crunch time, they suddenly forget how to play winning basketball which they are really capable.

We play like spurs! when no pressure : duncan, ginobilli, parker era when playing good teams specially under 2mins : wembanyama era

I agree with the sentiment that we're probably not winning a playoff series, but this season has still been a huge success. I expected us to be a play-in team, so let's just have some fun in the playoffs and maybe we'll be slapped by the reality that we need a shooting Point Guard. Probably a blessing in disguise

Can we do some fusion of kelle and cole and just get the best of the two?

Agree about Your first statement, disagree about Cole If You watch him in clutch time, he never even looks for anyone else. Yes he had an amazing game, and often does, but just as often shoots us out of the game. The final seconds of the Kings game was as much about him playing hero ball as to trying to get a win. Dont mind if he starts the rest of the year, or we give AB a bit of burn, but for the future... Yes, we need the point guard that You describe To me, Cole is not him.

10/20 from FT will *not* get it done. How is something so basic so hard for this team??

Watching Ben McLemore and Jabari Parker duke it out in the Spanish League wasn’t in my 2024 bingo card

Wasn’t the refs fault that we went 10-35 from three or that we shot 13-18 from the free throw line

Four game homestand against winning team. This is as good as any test if we are ready for the playoffs. Strap in!