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Especially because i was going to tout Mathurin as a possible sneaky pick-up for the Magic in the offseason. But now that he pulled a Nick, no dice!

No but i am working at the game this Saturday in Denver and it will be the first time i have seen Orlando City play in 3 years! GO LIONS! In basketball news, they love talking sports in this town. On the radio this morning the talking heads were bemoaning the fact that they still have no gm for the Nuggets. And it's just two weeks till the draft! Quote, UnQuote. Um, Denver fans you have no pick! Also looking at my favorite trade machine they have less picks then almost any team till 2031. They really sold out to get that title a few years ago. No cap, no picks, not even seconds and almost no tradeable players, at least besides Jokic and Gordon. Would other teams even want MPJ or Murray?

Sorry, i can't root for a player who's name i can't pronounce. LOL!

What they do with Jabari is interesting given what he wants to get paid and he might be the 3rd best forward on his own team!

New York making changes. IMHO he did a good job turning them around but they need someone else to fix the offense. Also since we are talking about NY, Isaac was born there. Can we get them to take him and give us something? He might look good next to KAT.

This seems like the most likely move next to just doing nothing. We have draft picks and no room to really use them. Our gm turning a few players into one low risk 25 million dollar player seems likely. At 16 it would be best for a team to draft a high upside young guy, maybe someone who drops out of the lottery but was expected to be there. It makes no sense for us to have that kind of guy. Hence with 2 weeks till trade season my prediction. We trade the number 16 pick and some seconds for a guy like CJ or Simons. We ship off dead weight, but NOT Black. Don't be surprised if one of our centers gets moved. We keep KCP, unless we end up being involved in a Lakers trade, but in my book that's low probability. We keep the Nuggets pick and one second because we still need cheap guys moving forward.

Also to those speculating about Booker, i think the Magic and the Rockets are two teams in the league that could and would trade for him. His trade has to be one of those super complicated multi team trades because they are a second apron team. Wouldn't want to even speculate then because i am not sure what would be involved but i would love us with him if we kept Suggs. I'm just not sure if that's possible.

I like the New Jerseys. I will always love the old logo but the new one is good. Also to chime in on CJ i wouldn't hate it if it really means getting rid of a few of our bad players along the way. He would be an ok stop gap and a sleeper salary to trade at the deadline.

While these two teams hit on picks and trades, last years Celtics prove that realizing you made mistakes and correcting them is a viable model. Celtics made soooo many changes after drafting Tatum and Brown. From getting rid of failures like Kyrie and Fournier to letting good guys go like Smart,Horford and Williams. They change all the time. And you will make mistakes. Think they wouldn't want Nesmith back? Maybe. Also teams like ours would have kept former bigs like the two Williams. They made the tough decision to move on from their former bigs because they were either undersized or not healthy enough. Edit, they were able to move on from Nesmith because they saw the potential in White and Pritchard. What a luxury! Bottom line is you can either hit on almost everything like the Pacers and Thunder or see the big picture and make changes. We are locked into no contract on this team. Every player is tradeable.

https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2025/5/28/24438672/thunder-pacers-nba-finals-2025-matchup-turnovers-possession-battle Don't turn the ball over! Often the Magics downfall. Now let's get some more ball handlers.

It kills me to think at one time or another Evan was the "best" ball handler we had. The guy who completely failed on a contender and found himself literally unplayable on a good team.

It's team composition. So Mosley seems competent when things are going well. It's all we have sometimes. Not enough creators. Do you not remember buddy ball? Not enough passing and nobody to beat their man off the dribble. Who was a good one on one guy? Ross,Gordon,Fournier? LOL! DJ was it as a small one dimensional guard in his BEST year! Oladipo should have been it if he had a decent running mate at the 1 or 2 spot. edit; to be clear Olidipo was a combo guard who would have been good enough it he had a real point guard or he could have been the combo guard with a real sniper at the 2.

The other thing i am reminded of this playoffs is how deep that freaking Raptors team was in 2019. Some of those players are long gone and some are still making huge waves this season. And to top it all off, who doesn't believe the Warriors still win it all if Durant and Klay didn't get hurt. Let me tell you kids the NBA is sooooo much deeper then the 90's. Alot of talent in this league. Which is why we can't just let it slide that our Magic can't draft or acquire shooters or point guards. Not in todays league.

Yes this is it, i was half joking conspiracy. It was just maddening at the time. Seems like Henny set us up. I'm sure it was just plain incompetence of some young gm being manipulated by his old boss. Like i said even at the time all the talking heads were saying none of it made sense. What was more concerning was that in my eyes the Magic had a reputation of being taken advantage of and also pissing off former players. As far as i am concerned they have had a really bad rep with agents and other gm's. While the general stories are about Paul George having a huge sway over several franchises including the Clippers,Pacers,Thunder and currently the Sixers, the Magic are a huge part of this story. And Presti is at the heart of it. Henny was just a fool. Presti is good but he hasn't taken it home yet. He made some big errors with the last finals team he had. Rooting for the Pacers/Knicks all the way.