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Shout out to Andy Larsson of the Salt Lake Tribune and Kevin Pelton ESPN's resident stat guy who stopped Paolo being unanimous Rookie of the Year by voting Walker Kessler. Some takes are wrong immediately, some take a few years before it becomes apparent they were wrong. And then there are takes that were both wrong at the time and continue to look increasingly more wrong the more that time goes on.

Suggs made The NBA All Defensive Second Team. Go Magic!!!

To all my fellow Magic Fans CONGRATULATIONS! We deserve this for staying fans all these years even when we were awful.

Depressing. L

Making a move for a point guard has been long overdue, so let’s just kick that can down the road till eternity. Stadium is full, we good.

Guess I’m the only one watching. Lol. Anyway just heard that the NBA is now kissing the Sheik’s butt and naming the In season tournament the Emirate Cup. Proving once again that Made in the USA or even owned by an American company means Nothing to these big organizations. Bunch of money whores, that don’t give a dam about anything else.

I’m not sure we didn’t offer PG that deal, there was probably a reason he had us set up 3rd in the meeting order and we bounced quickly. There is an argument to be made that Philly’s window is a bit more open than ours the next year or two. I think we also forget just how hard it is to get the perfect pieces for a shot at it all. A lot has to come together to even get one title: - Took Boston 7 years to get it right for Tatum and they had stints with Hayward and Kyrie that failed miserably. -Took Denver 8 years with Jokic. -Golden State needed 6 years to build around Curry.

The reason why people are disappointed with not trading for Murray is he didn’t make a lot and we wouldn't have given up major assets for him. We could easily have him Franz, Suggs, and Banchero without worrying about the luxury tax and keeping most of our picks. Murray makes half of what Paul George makes for example. When are we going to make a move for a ball handler like Paolo wants? We also need way more shooting. These our grown men I don’t care if they aren’t choir boys as far as your locker room point. The off-season isn’t over so I’m not glass half empty yet but so far this has been disappointing. A lot of teams are passing us in The East in my opinion.

Can’t believe the price is takes to get like a tier 3 star in this league, and even that might be generous for Mikal. I’m hoping our fun starts tonight. I’m very much on the side of we have to use our assets and cap freedom while we can this off-season. Standing pat tonight and adding another rookie that won’t crack the rotation is the wrong move. We saw a Pacers team that were better than be aggressive with trades and FA and make the conference finals. We can’t just sit and wait to grow this thing in house, it’s time for our Horace Grant signing. Go get PG or trade for Sexton, Garland, Dejounte or Trae.

https://www.spotrac.com/news/_/id/2234/2024-nba-offseason-financial-previews

Even without money involved, I prefer Garland over Young. Garland has better advanced stats over the past 3 years, and he’s literally 30 pounds heavier, which matters in the postseason. Meanwhile, Young is owed an average of 46MM over 3 years, while Garland is owed an average of 40MM over 4 years. Let me also say I’d love Murray as an option as well. I forgot him on my list.

This is the summer to spend. Franz and Suggs extensions won’t kick in until next summer. Paolo’s Max will kick in the following summer. This is the last time we will have cap space to spend the next few years. They will be able to spend on the core three with no problem at all. That’s pretty much a given those guys get paid. I’d be very disappointed if we didn’t use our cap space this year. We need to sign at least two decent free agents like Monk and Murray. We need some shooting at the very least. I wouldn't trade for 30 million dollar CP3. If we want to trade for someone with that kind of salary I’d hope it would be a real difference maker. If we just run it back it would be a big mistake. The cap is going up also with the new tv deal. Let’s build a contender this summer. Go Magic!!!

I’ve never understood the idea that people don’t believe Paolo is a 1A scorer. “We need another scorer” suggests you want someone who is going to take the ball OUT of Paolo’s hands. When building a TEAM, you can’t just put a bunch of greater scorers together who need the ball. Give me 1 or 2 guys that need the ball in their hands then add 3 guys who play a combination of good defense, make smart passes, and hit open jump shots. THATS IT! Look at the make-up of Denver, Golden State, or Boston as a great template. trading for superstars /big scorers in my mind is overrated. The cost today with the Mitchell, Gobert, and Durant trades are just wild and (IMO) not worth it in the long run. Look at Brooklyn, Phoenix, Chicago, and either LA team. All of them mortgaged their futures to bring in the star scorers on individual teams and IT HASNT WORKED! Why? Because there are little things on the stat sheet that don’t show up that are NEEDED to win - more than just scoring points.

Coach needs to do some soul searching too. His timeout usage, lineups, subs, situational basketball as a whole...all needs improvement.

Just please don't put out an Orlando Sentinel poll asking if fans think Paolo Bachero is worth $200M.

Yup! Counter with Moe and Goga LOL

Shoot better... hit free throws.. come up with the 50 50 balls... and we can win

GO MAGIC!

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?

Trae Young is a ball-dominant player with poor efficiency. Yes, he scores 25 with 10 assists per game, but what is his net rating when he's on Defense? What's his True Shooting Efficiency? We love to talk about PPG, RPG, and APG because it's the metrics that have been talked about since the 60's, but there is SO MUCH MORE to basketball than those per game numbers.

Ease up, Jay. That's not nice. We've all said things throughout this game that may have rubbed someone else the wrong way, such as: calling a player trash or get rid of a certain player(s). But we still love and root for the Magic. Ease up, okay?

HEY, ORLANDO MAGIC! GAME WINNER 113-88 GO MAGIC!

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