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Maybe but I would expect that to have gotten out if that’s the case.

Select squad. Not the main team.

Damn Randle and Plumlee getting the invite to team USA over Gordon? Even me, mr AG hater can admit that’s going way to far lol. Edit: And Harrell.

I don’t see a world where MCW takes DJ’s backup minutes in a hypothetical where Fultz starts.

DJ isn’t on the team anymore?

Then I’m actually not mad at all. I thought we only had room for 1 more 2 way.

Ehhh you could totally argue it’s worth complaining about.

I mean it’s not like whenever we drafted at 16 was gonna come in right away, start and play of ton of minutes. So I don’t think him being injured was really an issue to them (though I probably wouldn’t say it was a positive). Okeke has pressure because NAW, as most on here thought, looks legit. Yes, it’s just summer league—but what are you gonna say when it’s the regular season? There’s a reason a lot of people on here wanted him. Idk why it would be a shock or surprise that he succeeds in the NBA. If we had someone in SL right now averaging 28 a game and draining every shot from deep we’d be beyond hyped about it even if it was just SL.

I mean everyone is. No one can make a definitive statement on him. But for Butler to go out of his way to make comments like this has to carry some weight. Idk why he would put himself out there like that if he didn’t actually like what he saw from Fultz.

They need to move Gallanari too if they’re going full rebuild.

Jeffries looks like he could get a 2 way contact with us.

Bamba can be a primary backup. I mean dear god I would hope it’s not to much to ask him to play backup minutes. Bamba and Vuc both have injury histories so it’s not like Birch isn’t a nice player to have a around when that happens.

Bamba is getting traded.

How does Birch get more than WCS?

2 years 4.4 million for WCS? Thats how you do it.

Yea I noticed too. I’ll give Chuma a chance before I pass any judgement but I obviously wanted and thought NAW was gonna be the pick there.

He can actually shoot. We have no interest.

This would all be fine and true if the Magic weren’t equally as over cautious in the regular season too. It’s not just a summer league thing. If a guy goes out with a limp on our team we all know damn well he’s missing time. Doesn’t matter if it’s summer league or regular season or whatever else.

Agree but it’s kind of in line with how the Magic have managed injuries (or lack thereof) for years now. If someone on this team has a bruise you best believe they are sitting out for at least a game.

Delon Wright fits everything we are trying to build here yet we never made a move on him for the past 2 years when he was beyond attainable. We’d rather sign another versatile forward who can’t shoot consistently.

Delon Wright fits everything we are trying to build here yet we never made a move on him for the past 2 years when he was beyond attainable. We’d rather sign another versatile forward who can’t shoot consistently.

None of the teams that are winning are total defensive juggernauts. The warriors play defense but they still give up a ton of points and always have. All of the teams that are winning have a superstar (with the exception of Toronto, all more then 1), and can score way more points then our current lineup every projects to be able to do. The Mavericks were probably the last team to even be close to a non superstar team winning. But Dirk was still elite then. Still waiting on how my original post was not true at all. Superstar teams win. Defense isn’t as valuable as it was 10 years ago. The pistons played great defense but they have 3 guys that could still create their own offense and score consistently. Thats not untrue. Do you think a team this year is going to win that isn’t a superstar team? If you do, I’ll get you the Vegas odds and you can make some good money.

How would they be that confident in a guy that hasn’t even been cleared to play against 4 other players yet?

Yea. Show me the last team to win that only played defense LOL. Or the last team that didn’t have a superstar. LOL.

Also you can’t really win like that in 2019. If you can’t score you don’t win. With the way the game is officiated defense is, for lack of a better term, overrated. You still have to be able to play it but building a team around the thought of “we’ll be elite defensively” isn’t really a winning formula for today’s game. Im also not sure we ever see a team again that wins without a superstar. We are living in the day of the superstar team. You aren’t winning with just a bunch of guys. Also, Detroit wasn’t a bunch of gritty nobodies. They had some players that were damn good on both ends of the floor.