Optimist Prime
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29 minutes ago, All Eyes On Me said:this front office needs an adjustment....
At least three of those guys aren’t supposed to be rotation players.
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Markelle and/or Evan absolutely would have been the difference in this game, and I think it’s important to remember that before letting the panic set in.
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1 hour ago, s1n1st3r12 said:Could we look into getting Dennis Smith Jr or is he too far gone now? I know we were looking at him at one stage before we got Fultz.
He can’t shoot or run an offense. I’d rather try to get Lin.
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I just wanna say I like the OKC announcers a lot more than the Washington announcers haha
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Just now, CTMagicUK said:He was excellent. He's always excellent defensively and he was again tonight down the stretch on Beal but he also made some crucial buckets and assists in the run when the bench mob brought us back. Definitely my player of the game (TRoss would be 1b).
The 18-footer he hit about halfway through the fourth felt so crucial to us winning this game.
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Man, can’t believe that comeback. What a fight for the bench. They are all heart and hustle Magic. I hope the ball movement comes back, because that’s what really killed the starters I think. Too much iso and forced shots. So glad Ross is such a powerhouse scorer.
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22 minutes ago, Mauro Pedrosa said:No. Around the 3rd quarter
I don’t see Cole running the offense as well. He’s a fireplug a la Monta Ellis. Probably better suited for the bench while running some middle quarter time with the starters. Would love to see him with other shooters surrounding him though. That could change things for sure.
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11 minutes ago, Mauro Pedrosa said:I was about to write that Cole Anthony is the future and Fultz better get used to the bench lol
As a joke?
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LETS GOOOOO
http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=y7n7hv3w
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If Bamba can hit his 3s and not be negative on defense he would open up a lot of possibilities for Cole and Ross.
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5 minutes ago, JJZFL said:Okeke will be ok. He needs to shoot the three when they leave him open, though.
He needs to build confidence. He looks like a deer out there with the ball in his hands, overthinking everything and just freezing up.
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Hopefully seeing that the magic turned down so many offers lights a fire in Gordon to prove them right.
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17 hours ago, Luke_FfS said:We don't really know if we have a scouting issue, or something else.
I mean, the scouting could be great and signaling a lot of good prospects, but then you also have to sign them and find the space in the roster. We haven't been really proactive in reshaping it, first year was evaluation time, but even after that we haven't really changed a whole lot, and roster spots weren't really available... sometimes we haven't even found playing time for our own young core.
Or maybe our scouting is just bad... maybe was better before with Henny... who knows? I think it's really hard to judge that without being inside their staff.
Could also be a development thing. Scouting gives you the raw material, but it still needs to be refined.
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Re: the JI stuff. Oladipo is sitting out too because of his injury. I think we need to consider going from zero to game action and the strain that puts on players’ bodies regardless of injury.
the reason teams have training camp and preseason is in large part in order to slowly work the players into form for the long grind of games and then the extra gear of playoffs. JI coming back for an immediate jump to game action and only eight games before going to the playoffs is risky. Him having an injury just compounds it. However serious the injury was at first, it makes sense to hold out due to the shock on the body of going from the regular home workouts to the intensity of actual NBA basketball.
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35 minutes ago, TrueMagicFan07 said:I tried that several times, but it didn't work for me. I guess because I was logged into my twitter account, then searched for John Denton. So I right clicked on the picture for the link, but it gave me an html code which does not work where you post a reply.
You just click the share tweet via and copy the link’s url address.
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10 minutes ago, IrishCelticHater said:Could it be that a 3-d SG might be what we need?
With the development of Gordon as a playmaker and rise of Fultz as a ball dominant lead guard, something’s gotta give.
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Fournier our and Iwundu in might be an accidental fortune. I wonder how it affects things.
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Was just looking at Kobe's stats on Basketball Reference, and realized that we might have come up against the best statistical postseason of his career in the 2009 Finals.
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1 hour ago, ML6 said:Yeah I'm not sure a Westbrook game is the best one welcome Vooch back with. OKC would always kill us in the 4th quarter because they just told Westbrook to get downhill and he attacked Vooch at the rim over and over again.
We have a JI.
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18 minutes ago, All Eyes On Me said:Wonder if the Pels would bite on DJ, Aminu and a pick for JJ.
Is it sad I would overpay first JJ just to keep his playoff streak alive?
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4 hours ago, Magicman28 said:Did we get CP3 yet?
Not if they’re asking for Meer.
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3 hours ago, TheNameIsOrlando said:Because we have 4 other years with the Magic where he has been a consitent positive or at least trending in that direction and we believed he was worth what he was being paid. Now he has one year that is less than stellar and everyone freaks out. He had a bad year. Lets see what he does this year unless a viable trade comes along. I'm not opposed to trading him just not for garbage for the sake of getting rid of him.
It’s also a bad look to the young guys if we dump a committed player after one down season.
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1 minute ago, MagicOne said:Mr. Ball is very upset that the Lakers traded his son. He says the Lakers will regret making this deal.
He’s probably right, but not for the reason he thinks.
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is this a thing?
2020-2021 General Game Thread
in Orlando Magic Forum
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Yeah, I think this is a learning year. Hopefully Fultz and Isaac are going to spend a lot of their rehab working on their shot.
I like Gordon getting experience running the offense, and think he’d be a really cool option for running the second unit when the team is at full strength. Anthony could play more off-ball that way. Too bad Okeke is hurt, I think he could have benefited a lot from the game experience since we’re so short handed.