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I'm in the same boat now. Would rather see what we've got in TDS and Jett.

It's entirely possible we never wanted Huff as a 2 way but more that we thought we needed a good C for summer league to help development and he likewise thought it was a good spot to showcase himself. But I liked him so this kind of sucks.

Seen the nickname: "Da Silva Surfer" kicking about and i like it lol

Pretty sure this was Kevin Pelton too who's model was quite low on TDS pre-draft. Incidentally John Hollinger who had TDS in a tier "I do not get it" and ranked 51st on his board pre-draft (any guesses why Hollinger is out of the NBA decision making game? Lol) had him as All Summer League 2nd team.

Cory Joseph is a 15th man vet minimum who didn't have a roster spot the back half of the year after getting waived. Id bet money that if everyone's healthy he doesn't even get in the rotation.

Finally watched yesterday's game. Theo Maledon was kind of not great. Jay Huff still the only unsigned guy to consistently impress me. Tristan Da Silva could be an impactful oleplayer from day 1. The jumper looks so good.

Sad day for Magic fans. Pat was a legend. Rest in peace.

Last summer I was convinced he was going to be great this year. Injuries suck. The triple double against the Lakers with the clutch buckets in a 1 point win in 2020 was one of the most hype Magic performances of the past decade for me. Love Markelle the person. Wish him well.

Actually, I don't really care either way about Corey Joseph the player apart from it felt like we needed a vet at guard. We could undoubtedly have added someone more talented to the roster but this feels like "old head, benchwarmer with experience who won't get in the way of our young guys but could give you 10 minutes in December in a pinch.

I like it. Solid vet who won't care about getting DNPs.

Worth noting Xavier Moon is 29 years old. He should look good in summer league. I personally don't like Bediako or Culver. Culver has got a lot of tools but he looks lost on the court half the time. Don't see anything in Bediako honestly and he was -23 in the Pelicans game in less than 10 minutes.

His jumper is good. Everything else he's kind of bad at to be honest and I thought he got bailed out by the refs more than once.

Jared Rhoden and Xavier Moon also had some flashes in this game. Of the guys we've seen (because we could just as easily give a 2 way to someone on another team and honestly I'm only watching Magic games) those 2 and Jay Huff are the standouts. Still weird to me we haven't seen a single minute of Ta'lon Cooper or Theo Maledon.

This summer league game was fun in a different way than the first one. Looked pretty clear AB and Jett weren't taking it very seriously early on and that got us into a hole. Then when AB came back in the 4th, he struggled with the handle that was evident but I loved seeing him battle and get the bucket and talk to his defender and he made some big plays on defense. It's summer league but Jett I think looks improved athletically and possibly defensively. Tristan Da Silva looked like the best player on the court. Jay Huff can get a 2 way honestly that guy is fun as hell even if he can't defend a pick and roll to save his life.

The Magic's second summer league is at 7.30pm ET tonight.