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So we're expecting Payton, Ross, Fournier, AG and Vuc to start?

Crazy.

Feel like we should hire Jameer into the staff if he doesn't find another team. Not sure if he'd be interested in coaching or a front office job but either way we need to make it happen.

What's made you so confident?

I was thinking about this too. Let's say he's the roll man 6 times in a game. If he shoots 50% on those that's 6 points. He'll get 2 or 3 transition buckets a game that's 4 points minimum. Let's say a couple of putback buckets a game is another 4 points. That's 14 points without even looking to score really. If he cuts off ball let's say 3 times he's likely to score 2 out of the 3 for another 4 points. If he attacks a couple of close outs and/or faces up a couple of less mobile bigs on top of deep sealing smaller guards when they switch onto him he's well into 20 point territory without taking a jumper. Obviously some nights he might not manage as many offensive boards or the other team might rush back on defence but in general I think something like 18 points is achievable for him.

I'm scared I'm believing the AG hype. I'm seriously tempted to reach for him in the early rounds of our fantasy draft tonight.

Honestly think people are sleeping on us a little. Zach Lowe has a new article about 32 crazy nba predictions and we dont even get a mention (AG gets a small mention as someone not going to sign an extension). That's crazy to me that as one of 30 NBA teams one of the best writers in the league has nothing to say about any of our players or our chances as a team.

Haven't watched much preseason and seen some bad comments here about Mack but are we really expecting Augustin to play over him?

I'd love to lock AG up now. But if were not certain he's worth the max then we should wait. Rather give him the max (or not) next summer when we're certain he's worth it (or not) than wind up in a Gordon Hayward situation where you got a team friendly deal but with the caveat you might lose a max player a year earlier than you should.

I was under the impression that you could only go to 5 years if it was a max contract for a player entering RFA? Might have just invented that in my own mind for some reason.

Please please please please please.

I saw this and don't really know what to think. Is this just some kind of fancy titled "brand ambassador" style thing or is Tracy actually going to be involved in making decisions? Obviously he's not going to be an assistant in the traditional sense (e.g. getting Martin's coffee) so I'd love to know what his day to day job is actually going to be.

I'm the same. Somehow managed to nab Jokic off of waivers and now he's one of my keepers. Not sure what to do with Isaiah Thomas though since he's out for a good few months but my other keeper options are limited.

Can I give up my own team for this one lol? That's a ridiculous team. At least some of those guys will be available in the draft. Still can't believe I drafted Giannis my first year in the league and didn't keep him :(

Training camp vid day 4 on the Magic website, Hezonja asked about having a day of no practice says "I don't take days off I'll still be here". Vuc says "yea it's important to get some rest"... I know it's probably sensible to get a bit of rest but compared to Mario's answer I was disappointed with that. Another random tidbit is according to an article on orlandomagic.com Vuc has lost 5 lbs this summer to try and become more mobile.