Jason Funderburker

Franz gonna score 30 in every game this week and get his own POTW

Way too early to be dreaming about trade deadline stuff but imagine if we could swing Alex Caruso

This early season success has me wishing we had gone hard after a guy like Cam Johnson in the offseason just to have one more impact role player

Idk if that is fair to Memphis given they have an entire starting lineup injured

And the way our guys go in transition after stops and turnovers has really helped stay in and get back into any game when the offense goes cold

Reality is most rookies are net negatives for their teams. His good play early probably gave him a bit too high a bar to meet regularly. Good thing is we are in a place where we can rely on other players

Man quite a game. Have to give big props to Mo and the staff for helping him become the player he is. Was basically washed out of the league and seemingly only signed because we took Franz but he seems to be a legit player and a big part of the bench success.

A quick googling says Jalen has no children so no idea who the six kids were. Also when I initially read that post I thought it meant that the kids were sitting on the trunk outside the car lol

Had this thought during the game: Ingles plays the game like a shorter Jokic. The way the moves with the ball and his handles and passing look so similar. Maybe explains why he always has ridiculous +/- numbers

Squad is fun as heck. Would not have called is being 10-5 at this point

Keep Cole and Suggs forever idc. They bring fire while Paolo and Franz just quietly get buckets

Cole all over the floor I love it

It’s almost funny watching players trying to guard Jokic. He just moves people out of the way

The Goga thing is interesting. I don’t think he is a better player than Wendell but I do think he looks more physical. Also wonder if paradoxically him not having a 3 pt shot in his arsenal is helping him, as he never really finds himself spending too much time in the perimeter outside of screens. Will be interesting to see how rotations go when WCJ is back.

Watching the Canadian broadcast I also learned that Canada has restaurant chains called Boston Pizza and New York French fries

I’m watching a feed of the Toronto broadcast and it is making this performance even more enjoyable

The jerseys are so boring to me, no connection to the city despite being the city edition. The court is fine, but I think it is only because we have gray as one of the primary color s. Much more easy in the eye than bright teal or purple lol. I think the city courts would be so much better if it was just the colored stripe down the middle with regular harcourt around it. Maybe that wouldn’t be flashy enough tho

Some absolutely weird stats from the latest NBA.com power rankings: The Magic’s half-to-half differential remains amazing. They’ve lost their last four second halves by a total of 69 points. But they had halftime leads of 17, 15 and 34 over the last three games. For the season, they’ve been an incredible 39.2 points per 100 possessions better in the first halves of games (plus-22.0 per 100, best by a wide margin) than they’ve been in second halves (minus-17.2 per 100, second worst).

Yeah I don’t know that there is an exact fit out there who could become available who would fit into the starting lineup

Chet is good but the facial hair is bad

Also was out there getting buckets. I’m sure he will still have some stinkers this year but to me he has already this season had more nights showing he is a legit starter. While I’m a big fan of Fultz and was hoping for AB in the draft, I actually think if we were to try and make a big swing trade it should be for a PG shooter. A Darius Garland type, tho he would be impossible to get

A propos of nothing, but I was just thinking about how much better the tournament floors would be if it were just a stripe of color down the center of the court with regular hardwood around it

I know it is not a perfect stat, but it works be unfair to Joe to not mention he had a +27 yesterday

I’m not saying that they would propel a playoff team into the top 4 or anything. Yeah generally the best teams will win and the amount of odds they get will be slim and won’t affect anything. There would probably have to be a clause that unless you actually win, you keep your regular draft slot. But the one time it does happen will make everyone freak out and start to take it seriously. I guess it depends on how serious the NBA is about making the tournament a thing. It needs to have some kind of stakes if we want teams to engage with it. Plus we already know the league wants to curtail tanking and I think this would help

Lottery balls as the prize would be awesome. A legitimate reason for all teams to try and win, even tanking teams. It’s perfect. And because of that they will never do it lol