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    16 hours ago, CTMagicUK said:

    Apparently there are rumours that Suggs has some anxiety issues that seem to be being put out there as an answer to the question "why did the Raptors pass on Suggs" (full disclosure I haven't heard the source but it apparently came up on a Jay Bilas podcast) and to be honest that sounds insane considering everything I've seen of Suggs so far. 

    Yes and no. As an anxious person myself, I don't outwardly show many signs of it even though I could be bordering on panic internally. And certain places become "havens" if you will. When I started having panic attacks / anxiety in high school, I would be totally fine on the basketball/volleyball courts but a mess everywhere else. We don't really see Suggs behind the scenes.

    I agree with you that he doesn't come across as an anxious guy in what we see, but people tell me I don't either. And they'd be wrong lol. 

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    17 hours ago, alwaystragic said:

    in all this decade of suckiness, mcw was the player I enjoyed the most watching since he always gives it his all. He might not be the most skilled or the better shooter, but give me more guys like this for our team

    Without him I don't think we get back to the playoffs in '19. He had some absolutely huge defensive plays and rebounds in big moments down the stretch of that season.

    And then of course Lowry broke his nose in Game 1 -- while flopping, mind you. Tough to blatantly flop and simultaneously maim someone. 

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    I don't really have an issue with all the Cam Reddish hype on this board, provided the price is low. I think JayMac's suggestion of 2 future 2nds is about as much as we should be willing to offer. Part of that is because we are already developing so many guys, but most of it is... he hasn't been good, like, at all.

     

    Look at these shooting numbers for a guy who was pegged as a shooter:

    Duke (2018-2019): 35.6% FG, 33.3% 3P

    NBA rookie season (2019-2020): 38.4% FG, 33.2% 3P

    NBA 2nd season (2020-2021): 36.5% FG, 26.2% (!!) 3P

     

    Three seasons and he hasn't cracked 40% from the field? Topping out at 33.3% from deep? I get that on paper he has a lot of the physical tools we look for in modern players, but so far that has not translated at all to productive play. Yes, I get he's been in and out due to injury. Yes, I think he is probably already an above average defender. But I just feel we should be seeing more from a guy who everyone (but me) seems to value so highly. 

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    6 minutes ago, crisby pancakes said:

    Daft takes and over reactions are standard for summer league unfortunately.

    He had his best game by some margin last night. He is going to get a lot of easy buckets off Suggs and Fultz with how good he is at cutting and he should be pretty solid defensively from day 1. Does need to work on his 3 point shooting as that will really open things up for him to drive past players when they get too close. I wasn't too high on the pick draft night but I can definitely see what the FO like about him. Would like him to work on being a bit more aggressive as seems quite passive but hopefully that's something that disappears once he gets more comfortable as an NBA player.

    You definitely pinpointed the things that we'll want to see improve. I don't think he's ever going to be a Tier 1 guy by any means. But you don't get many guys coming into the league who have his level of feel in terms of timing, spacing, movement, etc. Along with than hyper-elite athleticism, I'd probably rank IQ/feel as the most important building block for a young player. And it's clear that's the foundation he's starting with. 

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    Franz might have a better feel for the game than Chuma, and that's saying something. Any anti-Franz takes after watching these games really crystallizes for me a) who just overreacts to things in general, and b) who would rather watch flashy chuckers than actual basketball players.

    Frankly it is beyond me how people could watch those games and come away thinking anything other than "that guy really knows how to play". Well timed cuts for easy buckets (multiple times per game), smart screens in and out of system to spring teammates, passing guys open, etc. If he wasn't 2-13 from 3, I think a lot of the weird negative talk wouldn't be happening.

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    10 minutes ago, JJZFL said:

    I agree with your and ML6s critiques but I think it also points out that we often tend to significantly overestimate our young, mostly unknown players based on how likable they are and how much “potential” we think they have.  

    That's true. I am more optimistic than most unbiased observers would be simply by virtue of being a Magic fan. And like I said, I do see the merit in their critiques.

    I mostly am just amazed by the contradictory nature of these things. People with legitimate NBA opinions: "Rookies need lots of time before we can assess them!". Simultaneously, legitimate NBA scouts: "He'll never be a starter on a great team."

    Goes hand in hand with an even worse version of the same contradictory concept -- some big NBA media personality, I'll just use Simmons, will go on a rant about how ****ty the superteam era is and how predatory the large market teams are, and then turn around months later and say Zion needs to get the hell out of New Orleans ASAP. 

    That sort of dichotomy is interesting to me. 

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    1 hour ago, CTMagicUK said:

    Josh Robbins has a piece up on The Athletic speaking to random anonymous scouts about Cole Anthony and to try and boil it down they basically said things like (paraphrased) "good sized for a PG but not great vision and needs to be a better shooter to play off ball", "quite a me first guy more suited to be a combo guard but not big enough to guard good SGs", "generally a bad defender last season but a good rebounder", "competes, plays hard, good pedigree", "more likely to be a bench player on a good team". 

    It should be noted that we don't really know the track record of these scouts and we have to bare in mind they're bringing all their biases to this. Like one scout, (who frequently said the most negative stuff about Cole) said that he would have only drafted him in the second round pre-draft. And that's the kind of opinion that you're probably trying to back up and justify. But it's at least some (seemingly) impartial assessments of Cole worth considering.

    Yeah I mean I'm biased but I definitely am not as pessimistic as those scouts seemed to be, especially the 2nd round guy. I do agree with some of their general critiques. What I find so interesting about these types of articles is that even NBA scouts are seemingly ready to pigeonhole guys into specific career outlooks, when the narrative (rightfully) amongst most well-respected NBA media members over recent years has become "give them time, don't judge too early". Nonetheless, you've got multiple scouts here saying they don't see Cole ever being a starter on a contending team. I mean... maybe not! Just seems like a lot to project given what he showed in a very atypical season, when his career could be 15 years long. 

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    22 minutes ago, CTMagicUK said:

    https://www.nba.com/news/2021-mgm-resorts-summer-league-team-by-team-rosters-part-2

    The NBA website for summer league rosters officially lists RJ Hampton at 6'6 and Franz at 6'9. Not sure if this is barefoot or with shoes but if it's barefoot then realistically RJ is probably 6'7 in shoes and Franz is 6'10. 

    I am skeptical of which measurements are reportedly accurately vs. just whatever they want it to say.  Franz was a good 3"-4" taller than Mosley (who is supposedly 6'8") at the intro presser.

    Isaac is straight up on record multiple times as saying he doesn't want to be known as a 7-footer. He's never listed as one despite almost assuredly being like 7'1".  

    I really just think they put whatever they want. 

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    1 hour ago, jmmagicfan said:

    So other than this one thing on twitter, I haven't been able to find any other confirmation/sources to verify this extension, which seems pretty odd to me. Anyone else heard or seen anything to back up this report?

    This was the only rumor. Matt Moore put it out there and then it got aggregated. Personally, I don't buy it, but I've been wrong many times before. Does not seem like a WeltHam thing to do based off of ~20ish games.

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    On 7/31/2021 at 4:53 PM, ML6 said:

    I wouldn’t. Brand new head coach getting an early chance to get a feel for four young players who will be major parts of the regular season rotation... seems reasonable he could do it 

    Confirmed by Robbins that Mosley is coaching at least for the start of SL, then may delegate duties.

    My guess is that how long he coaches will be in lockstep with the amount of games Cole/Suggs/RJ/Franz end up playing.

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    1 hour ago, All Eyes On Me said:

    Haven’t seen anything over who’s head coaching the summer league team this year but I’d be shocked if it’s Mosley

    I wouldn’t. Brand new head coach getting an early chance to get a feel for four young players who will be major parts of the regular season rotation... seems reasonable he could do it 

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    1 minute ago, crisby pancakes said:

    Yeah,

    Same with the playoff contention comments. We're super young and will be very bad this coming season still. I think with Suggs a lot of people have said he could end up being similar to Chauncey Billups which I think is fair if he does indeed work on the above.

    Alos, draft night killed me, I didn't wake up until 1pm. My body clock is going to be a mess the next few days!

    This is better than waking up at 3:45 AM, remembering we picked Suggs, and being unable to fall back asleep. I am an adult and this happened.

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