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quote: Originally posted by ThisIsTheYear:It's sad, really. Why can't we ever get paired up against the Cavs? Detroit is just synonymous with Magic playoff failure. Because you eventually learn how to get over that road block called Detriot Pistons if your a young hungry team with alot of upside.

I like Jameer's aggressiveness this year he showed alot of heart but he was definitely a liability Vs. Detriot in the defensive end once more. We need a big play making back up point guard that defends well too. Next year we'll have Tony Battie back so if we pick up a few big bodies we'll have some missing pieces to advance futher next year. The main thing is our core of young players stay together as Detriot has for all these years and they'll learn how to better excute down the stretch.

quote: Originally posted by ball junkie: quote: Originally posted by ThaRebeliouZ: quote: Originally posted by Tough Break There: quote: How can anybody be happy about a team that just lost in 5 games to a team that didn't have their leader and best player for 3 of the games? I'm disgusted You just need more patience Junkie. Where everyone sees failure I'm seeing a team that's evolving into a contender. With a few added pieces and more years under Dwight's belt we'll be in the Pistons position tonite. Rasheed Wallace said it himself. I was about to say the same thing. Yes i'm fraustrated what we're still relatively young and inexperienced in the post season and it shows but defeating the veteran Detroit Pistons is no easy task. You have to almost play perfect basketball Vs. them and thats taking better care of the ball oh and ofcourse making FT's which shows that we were our own worst enemy. All this can and will be improved upon for next season for us to come back better than ever. We need bigger physical bodies out there to help out Howard. Detriot has 4 big athletic and strong bodies to punish Dwight with hacks designed to fraustrate him. like the man said you guys need to have patience cause the core of this team has a huge upside for the future for title contention. You know what? We neede some bigger bodies for the playoffs too but did Otis go out and get us some? He could have had Ratliff, heck Denton even mentioned Otis liked him. What about P.J. Brown? All the contending teams got extra players to help the playoff push while Otis did nothing. My faith in him wavers. I agree with you a 100%. Otis said they didn't fit what we were trying to do in this team but i disagree 100% with Otis. We NEEDED big bodies specially rebounders/shot blockers to take some pressure of Howard. This kid is only 22y.o. and is slowly learning what it takes to be a dominant center but first he must develop with time to become that kind player. We need better ball handlers and perimeter defenders too.

quote: Originally posted by Tough Break There: quote: How can anybody be happy about a team that just lost in 5 games to a team that didn't have their leader and best player for 3 of the games? I'm disgusted You just need more patience Junkie. Where everyone sees failure I'm seeing a team that's evolving into a contender. With a few added pieces and more years under Dwight's belt we'll be in the Pistons position tonite. Rasheed Wallace said it himself. I was about to say the same thing. Yes i'm fraustrated what we're still relatively young and inexperienced in the post season and it shows but defeating the veteran Detroit Pistons is no easy task. You have to almost play perfect basketball Vs. them and thats taking better care of the ball oh and ofcourse making FT's which shows that we were our own worst enemy. All this can and will be improved upon for next season for us to come back better than ever. We need bigger physical bodies out there to help out Howard. Detriot has 4 big athletic and strong bodies to punish Dwight with hacks designed to fraustrate him. like the man said you guys need to have patience cause the core of this team has a huge upside for the future for title contention.

I think if we miss 2-3 consecutive outside shots someone needs to slash and draw some fouls. Suddenly we're going to go on a losing streak since our turnover problems from last season have come back! >:/

Despite all our early season success, ESPN barely shows our highlights and it's too bad we only have 1 Nationally televised game all season. but congrats to the Magic and the rest of the fans, Now if we can continue our success all the way into the playoffs and go deep!

quote: Originally posted by ThisIsTheYear:We just acquired solid pieces, but there's no doubt in my mind that Trevor's gonna become the next Magic killer. Exactly, I think this was a very bad move IMO.

i would've held on to Ariza. This could come back and haunt us once again in our long list of Magic exiles turned all-stars.

Wow, i listened to the game and i couldnt been more nervous during those final mins/secs. Once they put that huge run where we saw that 20point lead disappear i was like "oh no here we go again" but the Magic somehow found a way to pull it off. BIG WIN!!! Now lets see if ESPN even mentions us on Sports Center. *smh

Huge Game, We really need a win to make a statement. We need to move the ball around very well tonight cause they got good defenders that come up with alot of deflections plus we need to try and contest every shot. The past few games it seems like if the Magic havent been trying to shut down teams defensively but rather just hope to out shoot em This is NOT a team we can relax with otherwise we'll get blown out like the Pistons/Suns games. No predictions from me, I just hope the Magic can hand them their first loss of the season.

These guys just seem to have our number, i hope it'll be a different story when we play 'em again in Jan. But i agree with the post above, atleast we're seeing a control improvement from Jameer in the Assist/Turnover ratio and Lewis is proving he can be one of the top scorers in the league. The main thing that always kills us is the mismatch problems we have against these guys. We tried to run but their defense is just too good and slowed us to a crawl.

quote: TurkogluArroyo Augustine or Vasquez I'd definitely go for this trade if it was at all possible. We really do need a pass first PG who has good court vision and doesnt need to pass the ball real fast when they pressure him at full court.

I couldnt agree more with the gameplan and vision u just outlined but as for who should be THE next coach *shrugs*.

This coaching staff doesnt seem to know how to bring the best out of these guys. You can't make inexperience and youth an excuse i mean look @ the Warriors. Hustlin for every loose ball, moving the ball around alot, trappin and most importantly RUNNING! The Magic are probably one if not THE slowest team in the league and as we're seeing in these playoffs... Speed Kills!

As much as i like Jameer Nelson... we need a playmaking pointguard who has good court vision to find the open man and wont be a liability defending taller PG's. as for Dwight and Darko... they're definitely the future of this team. We needed more JJ so i think Brian Hill should take alot of the blame for our lack of perimeter play this season.