TrueMagicFanSince1987

Hockey guy is John Gabriel and he was actually decent compared to what we have going on now. We let unqualified people run this franchise for too long and we have created a culture of losing and mediocrity. That’s why nobody respects this team around the NBA whether it’s fans or players. Look I love my Magic and always will but people need to stop being so optimistic all the time and sometimes be realists. This isn’t working and we need a change. Good points though and I hope we finally get out of this basketball purgatory.

I tried to explain this months ago before everything shut down and was met with criticism. I’m glad some people realize they are part of the problem as well. I’m grateful for everything they’ve done for this community but they need to be held accountable at some point as well. We’ve been stuck in Mediocrity for far too long and I’m tired of watching the same show over and over again. We need a new and much improved management/team from the top down in order to become a competent and successful franchise again.

Couldn’t have said it better myself. The questionable resigning of Vuc after being almost unplayable in the playoffs was really the writing on the wall for me with this front office. I excused the first year when they said they wanted to evaluate the team and see what we had. I excused the second year when they said the draft flattened. We decided to trade away our second round picks when it turns out that draft was pretty deep with competent basketball players who could at the very least put the ball through the hoop unlike half our current roster. The direction this franchise is continuing to head is pretty concerning considering we keep putting the same product out on the floor, with the same core guys, and continuing to get the same results over and over again.

I’m curious as to why Fultz keeps letting guys drive right by him to the basket? It was TJ last night and VanVleet tonight. He is lacking that intensity and fire he was showing before the hiatus. Hopefully he can find it again and bring that energy we are sorely lacking.

Because he usually doesn’t play within himself and takes bad shots. This version of Fournier that actually moves the ball and makes the right play, I’ll take on this team any day. He doesn’t play that way consistently and more often than not looks to find his own shot or Vuc. I’m happy how he has played so far though no complaints here.

That’s typical Vuc defense. Non existent...

I think he will turn the injury big corner and have a very productive career. Just think of Steph Curry and his issues before he got stronger and he no longer deals with them. JI is our best bet besides Fultz to be an Allstar/Superstar

JI break out part has officially begun... I know I know it’s a scrimmage game but wow does he sure look aggressive on offense!

Preach! No need for that nonsense around here.

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I agree. They are most likely playing this close to the vest like they did with Fultz. One minute we have no idea when he will play and the next the organization has a coming out party for him. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Isaac play when we start these last 8 regular seasons games.

I would say our defense started becoming suspect after JI went down with his injury. Before that he was anchoring this team down and was at least playing as a First All Team Defense and maybe even DPOY. We get JI back and we get back to playing suffocating defense. His play is that infectious and sorely lacking on this team.

I have always be happy with our defense for the most part but it’s our offense that usually loses us these games. We don’t have a consistent 3 point shooter or go to scorer and that’s why we find ourselves fighting for the last seed in the playoffs instead of contending for a title. If we had just one go to scorer who can put the ball in the basket consistently, I’d be confident our defense would carry us deep into the playoffs. Good find though and I enjoyed the read thanks for sharing!

https://apple.news/AJvLN5UO4Tp6bXG4SgpU2CQ Apparently JI may be ready to return once the season resumes play. That’s fantastic news for our playoff hopes if it’s indeed true.

Exactly you hit it right on the head! It’s all opinions and you asked why I thought the way I did and I explained myself. I would just like to point out he is/was the common denominator from that 2009 finals team up until now. We’ve moved on from plenty of front office personnel yet he still stays with this organization. If we continue to tread in mediocrity who else is to blame besides those who continue to be here during this long asss rebuild and continue to put out the same boring product year after year? So we can’t blame ownership because they are willing to spend money? That’s a little absurd considering they were calling the shots on all fronts until recently. All that brought was terrible decision making and trading future All Stars for short term pieces that never ended up working out for us anyways.

In all honesty if we could fire the owners that would be ideal because they have tried too hard to dictate the day to day basketball operations from back when Otis was still our GM. I’m glad they finally realized they had no clue to what they were doing and finally hired a President of basketball operations. Now in reference to Martins, if he were employed anywhere else and did the things he was allowed to do he would have been fired more than once already. We blamed other people for his clear short comings (Stan Van Gundy, Frank Vogel, and Rob Hennigan to name a few) and used them as the scape goat when he was always the problem. When we cleaned house in our front office he should have been the first to go but apparently the owners have some sort of foolishly blind loyalty towards him and I’m not entirely sure why.

Because he was part of the problem for many years and he deserved to be fired a long time ago because of those things.

Don’t mess with me... If this is true it’s fantastic news!

We can only hope to be so lucky lol

Selfish on and off the court! At least he’s consistent lol.

I didn’t have to apologize but I did so because my comment was a little out of line. I don’t like attacking people based on their thoughts or opinions and me not apologizing would have made me a hypocrite. Either way it’s all good and hope nobody got offended.

If HAD said it as a joke then fair enough I just found it amusing he used those choice of words but that’s his prerogative to do so. I do want to apologize for my initial reaction earlier because I had just come back to my room from a heavy day of drinking out in Mexico and shouldn’t have responded the way I did. I still stand by my original post though and the message I was trying to get across I just shouldn’t have responded the way I did and take full responsibility for doing so. We are a medicore team with our current starting 5 and shouldn’t be content with the product we currently put out on the floor. If we run this back next year with the same starting 5 doing the same old things it indicates our front office is a joke and incompetent with doing their jobs which is bring this franchise a championship or at least attempt to compete for one.

That’s pretty pathetic you would even post that. Obviously if there’s no basketball there’s nothing to talk about. It’s cool you like Fournier but he still is what he is which is an offensive minded player who doesn’t help his team win. There’s no bashing just truth being told by multiple posters on the fact their tired of the same product being put out on the floor over and over again expecting different results. If Fournier was gonna help this team become better he would have done it by now but we still get the same thing from him empty stats that don’t translate into wins.

Very well put and I agree with this completely. Also let’s not forget the elderly who may not be able to survive from this if they happen to contract the disease. We need to protect the older generation by taking these precautions because they have more to lose than those of us who are younger and don’t have compromised immune systems.

Correct! Evan would be best used coming off screens for catch and shoot situations or cutting to the basket to finish at the rim. He’s very underrated with that aspect of his game but he’s actually a great finisher around the rim. Too bad he’s so focused on running around the perimeter and shooting I’ll advised 3’s to actually play to his strengths.