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Not sure - think people here are nervous about euro players after the last one the magic drafted never came over and played

Damn, Franz bulked up.

Here we go - Wagner. Well, good switch forward who can shoot

Now if only DeVoss would sell the team to Shaq,I could finally be happy.

So we got the new addition of Jason Kidd? I'm good with that.

So did I miss anything?

This team is starting to remind me a little bit of the Pistons in the early '00s: while the rest of the league was focusing on building offensive teams, the Pistons hyper-focused on defense and tore up the league for almost a decade by breaking from type. With everyone cloning the Warriors, it could be an interesting idea. Just need to keep the team together for a couple years so they can gel. I'll repeat that for Magic ownership: WE NEED TO KEEP THE PLAYERS TOGETHER FOR MORE THAN THREE DAMN GAMES SO THEY CAN GEL.

So did I miss anything this season?

Exactly my thought. There had better be a lot of pieces going in around him, because a lot of what he is and was are due precisely to who was playing with him. We don't have a KD or Westbrook on our team. *I'm agreeing with Jec - somewhere penguins are skating in hell. :D

I would have loved this three to four years ago, but this is not a good trade. Ibaka benefits a LOT from having two of the highest scorers and best three point shooters in the league on his team. I just think this is going to be a mismatch fit where we expect him to be the same kind of player he was in OKC. If we don't put a lot of pieces around him, this is going to be a Steve Francis-esque move.

:( It would be nice if there was SOME stability and vision for the head coach position.

Obviously we're going undefeated this year.

Like a 6'8 JJ - good pick.

Woooooo! Been calling for this since he left Chicago. TOTALLY unbiased.

Guys: Reggie Theus.

Really this - he took a Chicago team and molded them back into a legitimate threat. I'd say they still have a little of that unselfish, defensive mind that he instilled. I'd love to have Skiles here.

Well obviously I'm all for this.

Our record says otherwise. I mean yes: we were going to suck this year no matter what, but the rotations, preparations, and other aspects that fall on the coach are falling short, too. Sure - part of it is the talent, either too young or just not good enough, but part of it is definitely coaching.

I really like JV as a person, but I said when they first hired him as HC that we should really have someone with more experience in there. A rookie coach with a bunch of rookie and young players going through a ground-up rebuild... That was an experiment that was doomed to failure.

This is what I'm hoping to see. I see that duo being the backcourt duo of our future - might as well play it out and see how it looks.

I'm still waiting for Payton and Oladipo to mesh. If we could get both on the court at the same time and be used to one another...

This. I want to see Clay Bennett cry. And then be lit on fire.

I think "strape" might be a more accurate term for how free agency usually goes for us.