MagicFanDan

When is the game starting? They are showing top 10 plays on NBA TV.

Good for Franz. Hopefully Suggs is coming.

https://x.com/wojespn/status/1808246137209643120?s=10&t=jz1GFAavrJ9Yl4f_SuvOOg

What I think current 2 deep depth chart looks like: PG: Suggs/Black SG: KCP/Cole SF: Franz/Harris PF: Paolo/JI C: WCJ/Mo This means the following players aren’t in the rotation to start season. Jett, TDS, Goga and Houston

Struggling to see what a trade would look like. Got any ideas?

After Harris I’m guessing rotation is: PG: Suggs/Black/Queen SG: KCP/Cole/Jett SF: Franz/Harris/Houston PF: Paolo/JI/TDS C:WCJ/Goga/? Really hoping for a trade as we have too many capable players and not enough minutes to go around.

Or maybe it’s as simple as: PG: Suggs/Black/Queen SG: KCP/Cole/Jett SF: Franz/Trent/houston PF: Paolo/JI/TDS C: WCJ/Goga/cheap vet contract. To be clear this isn’t what I want.

Maybe we actually don’t resign Mo.

Don’t understand the Gary Trent interest. how does he fit? And I like the Goga plan, but if we resign Mo that’s a lot of money for 3rd string.

Not against that, was just thinking of Joe because he should be ok with a lesser role when TDS is ready to play consistently.

I’d do something similar: markkanen for Cole, Jett, WCJ, 2025 Denver and 2025 Magic. Sign Tyus Jones, Goga, Joe and Mo Wagner. lineup: PG: Suggs/Jones/Queen SG: KCP/Black/Houstan SF: Franz/TDS/Joe PF: Paolo/JI/Lauri C: Lauri/Moe/Goga

Here is a good breakdown from ESPN’s cap guy (Bobby Marks). https://x.com/BobbyMarks42/status/1807560431671648664?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1807560431671648664|twgr^2cf7f8be0c7974aa961a2998e359c7f153300cea|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fhoopshype.com%2Fteam%2Forlando-magic%2F

He could have signed a new contract with Clips, which makes him not trade eligible. If he would have opted into his old contract he could have been traded.

Jalen Duran and Walker Kessler would be other option that would shed money as well.

I was playing around with the cap numbers and PG is still possible. For instance, if we trade Wendell and Cole to Hornets for Mark Williams. this accomplishes 3 things. 1) sheds money (about $21M). 2) Mark was on Paolo’s Duke team and Paolo has spoke high of him previously (so not a crazy assumption to assume they are friends). 3) Provides rim protector and lob threat on a 1 year contract. With 30 million in cap already, this extra $21M gets us to $51M which is enough to sign PG to a max. Then we can sign Mo to a MLE. This would result in a lineup of: Suggs/Black PG/KCP Franz/TDS or Jett Paolo/JI Mark/Mo Not saying this is what we do or should. But simply that it’s possible to sign PG and have a full competent roster.