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Cole and Franz were clutch in the last 2 mins. Really good win by staying in touch (just about) and not giving up.

Got it back to a 1 point game. At least this has been competitive today.

Ah, well he won't be back in time to play 30/40 games. Would mean he would be on for returning early to late Jan to play that amount when looking at the schedule. That's when you would be hoping Fultz would be nearing a return though my personal opinion is we don't see Fultz until after the all star break.

If Isaac is fit enough to play from lets say, the end of March, then yes, it's pointless to play him for the last 10 or so games where the FO will be in tank mode to solidify their lottery position. And months isn't misleading. NBA players work on their game and gain huge improvements in the off season. Isaac has missed well more than 2 years of basketball already. I'm saying pointless games at the end of the season that mean nothing aren't worth the risk of him picking up another injury to another part of his body. Picking up knocks and niggles is par for the course after coming off ACL surgery. He's already had multiple injuries to his right ankle. Just let him use the off season to further sort his frame and body out, that way he can hopefully remain free of serious injuries for the rest of his contract and we can then actually see him play week in week out which is what we want.

Dudes played one season in close to 5 years. You think an extra few months out will make a difference on damaging his game? lets just bring him back early again and let him blow his other knee out, especially in a season that we're on to break our 18-64 season for least amount of wins.

Well refs turning this into an even bigger ****show

Was just about to post the same thing!

I see RJ like AG. Such a low BBIQ that I don't think he'll ever improve into a good enough player.

Harris with his second solid game. Come on, keep it up and show a team you have some value in a trade lol

Hardly fluff when he's still walking around in a metal knee brace 16 months later while Futz is already doing light team practices with Lakeland in just a support after 10 months. It's clear he suffered more than just an ACL injury and most likely had a set back to boot otherwise they wouldn't have put the clause in his contract regarding his left knee. They have zero need to get him back playing this season as the FO main priority is giving the young guys minutes (which they're getting) and at the same time getting as low a lottery pick as possible which they'll get as they're currently in line for around an 18 win season. If that means sitting him the whole season then they'll do that without batting an eyelid instead of bringing him back to play in meaningless games where we'll be fighting to be the third worst team in the league instead of the second.

I think the president of the Magic that has access to private info from the magic medical team has a better grasp on when Isaac is likely to return than some random player. There is no basis to think he will be taking contact practices in January when he's still walking around in a metal brace.

He was regarded as a high IQ player that can pass well in the half court and in the pick and roll. So he had the ability. I think it's shocked everyone at how quickly he's utilised it at NBA level. Main thing for Franz will be to improve his handle as that will go a long way towards him being able to actually play point forward and do it for longer periods. He does manage it there will be a lot of Hedo comparisons.

Weltman states Issac isn't even close to team based play. There's zero chance he's ready to play minutes in January.

Yep, Suggs played fine last night, shot the ball well, defence was excellent as usual. Handles weren't great again which caused some turnovers and there was a couple of daft fouls but overall he showed plenty of flashes last night. Gary Harris actually played ok as well which was a bit of shock. Main issue was Bamba and the bench. Franz and WCJ were great, Harris and Suggs were fine, it was everyone else that was terrible. Also have to laugh at the terrible takes of rookies based off of 20 game samples.