TrueMagicFanSince1987

Highway robbery. This won’t look good for the league and I know Aaron Gordon is beside himself right now smh.

Ross’s problem starts with the coach letting him fire at will every time he touches the ball. There’s no accountability with the veterans when they play the way they usually play. That’s bad coaching plain and simple. Why Iwundu didn’t sniff the court after having such a good first half makes me think Clifford has no clue how to effectively run a good rotation/offense. Our second unit offensive scheme is having Ross curl off screens and jacking up heavily contested 3’s and 2’s. The dude is super athletic and hardly ever takes it to the rim. If I were the coach I’d tell him he can only attack the basket and if he forced a crazy 3 he would be coming out plain and simple. Clifford doesn’t have the balls or offensive IQ to do something like that.

Take notes Vuc and Evan that’s how you play team basketball. Let’s go AG and Fultz!!!

Between Cliffords horrible rotations to Vuc and Evans horrible play. This is what we’ve had to deal with all freaking season. But sure let’s keep going to what doesn’t work.

Vooch is busy chucking up 3’s that he keeps missing and missing easy dunks. Just about what to expect from our 100 million dollar player!

Yup there goes Vuc watching a small ass player lay it up on him yet again. The dude is horrible on defense and his offense has fallen off a cliff. What our FO/coach sees in him is beyond me.

We are missing wide open shots and that’s inexcusable if you’re an NBA player. Also our lack of ball movement or penetration into the paint by our bench is laughable. I’ve never been so disappointed in our team than I am this year and that’s saying a lot considering everything this dumb franchise has done.

It probably also helps he has LeBron and AD on his roster. Not much coaching needs to be done when you have guys like that on your team. Not tryna discredit him and the work he has done but you can’t compare the 2.

I just noticed you posted this after my mini rant about the same exact thing lol. Well put and couldn’t agree with you more!

In all honesty Clifford is a good assistant coach for the knowledge he brings on the defensive side of the ball. He clearly lacks making those in game adjustments and always sticks to his system regardless of the outcome. If we could get an actual good head coach and keep Clifford as an assistant on the defensive side this team would be faring much better this season. His lack of creativity on the offensive end combined with the fact he uses guys the wrong way is half the reason why we are in this mess. The other half is on the players who have been asked to do more than what they are capable of doing. For example I would never put the ball in Fournier's hands for as much as he currently has it. Evan would be a lot more useful coming off screens for good looking 3’s and slashing to the basket to draw the contact and get to the line. He is an above average finisher around the rim yet we have him running around the perimeter pounding the air out of the basketball for a crazy off balanced shot or dump off to Vuc. Just one of the many examples I could come up with on how this coaching staff is incorrectly using our players. Point being both sides are at fault but it starts with the Coach to set the expectations and hold players accountable when they are playing like trash and to also put the players in the best position to succeed based on their strengths and weaknesses.

Brick city should be our mantra moving forward

Lol exactly how I feel during every Magic game.

Yup I agree with this wholeheartedly! Need to start somewhere and that’s a much nicer looking foundation than what we currently have . Hayward gives us that go to scorer we desperately need and gives us another strong piece to this unfinished overall product. Just because we trade for Hayward doesn’t mean we have to settle and stop there. I’m ready for change and so should this Magic team.

I wouldn’t call Kyle Korver or JJ Reddick athletic but I’d take them on my team in a heartbeat because they keep the defense honest. You don’t need athleticism if you’re an elite shooter. That’s what we need to fix these poor offensive sets and pull us out of this rut.

Thanks bro! Just don’t understand how management hasn’t seen this when it’s so evident.