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OMG that John Collins dunk was insane! Embiid didn’t know what happened on that play he was POSTERIZED.

Blast from the past. You weren’t aware he was making a comeback?! Idk why I said Malone but I def meant Brown lol. I’m glad you’re awake this am just testing you guys haha.

Not saying this justifies the trade but Moses Malone is going to be a sneaky pickup for them if he gets starters minutes. He was putting up pretty high rebounding numbers and decent points when given starters minutes with OKC down the stretch. He’s gonna be a nice addition to their lineup especially with Robert Williams III in the rotation as well. It will be a nice front court to compliment Tatum and Brown’s high usage on offense. It sure beats sticking with Kemba Walker that’s for sure.

Chauncey Billups and Juwan Howard would be 2 other names I’d strongly consider. Perhaps go super progressive and hire Becky Hammond if she beats out the other candidates.

Some people prefer the weather/tax advantages of Florida over a state like Oregon. I agree they have the better roster/situation atm but the way we’ve reset ourselves our situation isn’t as unattractive as it was just a couple of months ago.

I agree he did some questionable things while he was HC but I would like to think he’s learned from those mistakes as he is still has a good basketball mind. Idk I feel like he at least deserves another chance somewhere before he gets written off completely. Doesn’t have to be here though necessarily. In other news Jason Kidd just withdrew his name from the Portland HC gig. Maybe he’s trying to come here? Not sure how I feel about that though seeing as he tried to make a power grab before he was let go in his previous stint.

I’d be down with Stackhouse or Penny if we put him through a regular interview process and not give him the upper hand just because he’s a former Magic player. Although people hate on Marc Jackson I think if he was given another opportunity as HC he wouldn’t pull the same stuff he did with the Warriors. Also add in the fact JI is a faith based man as well and I think they would connect in a positive way on and off the court. We could see JI realize his full potential on offense while he still wreaks havoc on defense if he’s on the same page with the HC and has plays actually drawn up for him. I just hope this FO does it’s due diligence and get this coaching hire right.

Finally get a breath of fresh air after letting Clifford go. I hope we can hire someone who isn’t scared of putting his players in the best position to succeed even if it means losing a few games to start. A coach who isn’t afraid of in game adjustments and who doesn’t need to watch the game tape in order to make changes. Excited about the new direction this franchise is taking.

Strapped in!!!

And right after we decided to waive Khem Birch too. It’s like we are cursed or something lol.

Yes unfortunately we tend to sign vets to questionable deals that take away those available minutes. So I get your hesitancy with hoping they do the obvious thing. As far as the offense I honestly don’t see us having as much of an issue as people think. Chuma has proven he can be an accurate spot up 3 point shooter right now at the very least and JI was showing flashes of confidence with his offensive game before he got injured. Throw Fultz in the mix who can get to the paint almost at will and I see a lot of open shots for guys who just need to knock them down. I see us playing at a much higher pace next year once we have a healthy squad and that will be able to create easy transition baskets for us as we shut teams down on the defensive end. I don’t see Bamba starting over WCJ anytime soon and can see him keeping up offensively a lot better than Bamba has been able to up to this point.

The great thing with the JI and Chuma pairing is that either can play the 3/4 position which means they can play together on the court and the defensive potential of that pairing is going to be scary good. If we pick another PF because that’s BPA I wouldn’t worry about having to find PT to play him because we will have plenty to go around next year once Gary Clark, Khem Birch, Dwayne Bacon, and James Ennis are gone next year.

Yes everyone except Gary Harris is playing tonight. Hopefully Cliff gives all our young guys plenty of burn. No reason to see Bacon, Ennis, and to a lesser extent Birch on the court for extended minutes.

After yesterday’s fiasco this game by Chuma is very refreshing. We need to run the offense through him and let him grow while our other 2 weapons sit out this year and get ready for our run next year. Excited to see the rest of the guys play on Sunday as well.

Vuc is a 2 time Allstar. You can’t tell me Wendell Carter JR and 2 protected firsts was a good enough return for him. We went from asking for the farmhouse at the beginning of the week to giving him up at a discounted price. Typical Magic moves and the only silver lining is Cliffs forced to play the younger guys now.

Exactly!!! It’s not that I’m mad or sad to let these players go with the tiny little exception of AG because I’d love to see how he would play being used properly. Other than that I’m just upset we got so little value. It is what it is at this point and I hope nothing but the best for the players leaving and the one’s coming in. Let’s hope this rebuild is a quick one and our injured guys come back 100% and hungry.

I just love Bamba’s potential over Carter because he has the freak length and the range. We will see what happens either way. I’m excited for fresh new faces even though I have no faith in this FO anymore.

You’ll probably still get it since Cliff refuses to play Bamba lol

Yeah Ross and Birch should be gone by the end of the day.

If you’re going to trade your 2 best players you do so at the end to get the best value and hear what all teams have to offer. At work now and can’t go searching for articles with our players being rumored in trades over the years but I’m sure there have been and ones we never even heard about.

Pretty sure he’s going to Denver for Garry Harris now that Boston is out of the running which is unfortunate.

I agree completely. We sat on our hands all these years passing up on much better trades to finally just settle for the sake of doing something? Can’t agree with this decision one bit. We sold short on our 2 most valuable assets.

The Magic clearance sale continues and it’s only 11:30 am lol

WTF??? Lol! This Management has it all backwards and idk if I can actively root for this team anymore. Year after year of bad asset management has made me pretty fed up. Speechless for now...

Lol or Houston