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    Wendell Carter playing 31 minutes and only grabbing 2 boards is truly impressive stuff, in all the bad ways something can be impressive. We talk a lot about shooting and playmaking being issues, which they are, but we don’t talk enough about how bad our Center play is. Dell and Goga can’t rebound, can’t defend, can’t shoot. I know Goga has some fans on here, but outside of a decent like 10 game stretch, he’s been one of the worst players on the team. Especially over the past couple months. I’m starting to spin my wheels on a package deal with Utah that gets us Sexton and Walker Kessler or something like that.

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    19 minutes ago, Soul Bro said:

    Joseph just seems to play the basic role of setting the table, hitting open shots, and giving us serviceable defense. I'd play him in the starting lineup the rest of the year, too. As for AB, I like him but I'm not even sure he's a PG. And honestly, I'd rather not see Cole again on the court. Lol

    AB isn’t a PG at all. I’m honestly not sure what position he is. And he’s so raw. We’re ready to compete now and he and Jett simply are not. If a rebuilding team wants to give us a vet for one of them I’m tempted to do it. Colin Sexton, Coby White or Anfernee Simons are the dead horses I’ll continue to beat for that.

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    Agreeing with all the sentiments of if this is how we play when Cory Joseph runs point guard, imagine bringing in some one who isn’t a journeyman. All we need is someone to continue pushing the pace and that can hit open shots, he’s doing both well, and he should probably keep starting over Cole and AB for the rest of the season. We just can’t let teams get set in their half court defense or else we’re done for.

    Also, Paolo and Franz are very very good. Paolo 3rd in the nba in ppg since the all-star break on good efficiency and shooting percentages. If he can hit free throws consistently at 75% he’s gonna be a 30 ppg scorer with his eyes closed 

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    37 minutes ago, fan for too long 2 said:

    I thought it was all about not disrupting the cohesive atmosphere that these players have developed over the last two or three years. Lol

    i guess winning matters. Who would’ve thunk it?

    Oh yeah, I don’t think there’s ever been a team in sports history that had great cohesion and lost a ton.

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    3 hours ago, Shine88 said:

    https://x.com/BricksCenter/status/1899493682006675486

    Paolo Banchero is FED UP with Wendell Carter Jr.  

    Stares him down after an airballed three

    Mouths “WTF they paying you for?” after a fumbled rebound 

    This is bad. They have to hit the reset button and build this thing the right way.

    I dont know if that’s what he mouthed, but he’s def fed up with Cole and Wendell, honestly pretty much fed up with anyone on the team not named Franz, which I can’t blame him for.

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    All I know is it’s real easy to fix our situation in 2K lol.. I won’t list all the individual moves, but I didn’t force override any trades and I’ve traded my way to a 25-26 Magic lineup of:

    Jalen Suggs/Coby White

    Anfernee Simons/Dalton Knect

    Franz Wagner/Moses Moody

    Paolo Banchero/Nikola Jovic

    Zion Williamson/Jay Huff

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    42 minutes ago, CTMagicUK said:

    I think if this season hadn't been such a disaster AB's development would be getting talked about a lot more positively than it has been. He kind of just gets lumped into the "Weltman sucks" conversation but I think he's shown real skill development year on year as a ball handler and downhill driver and it's allowed him to use his passing a lot more. His defense is generally excellent too even if he still commits dumb fouls too often. 

    AB has shown glimpses but he’s still super raw. Point Guard is the hardest position in sports to perfect and it usually takes guys 3-4 years to figure it out. He’s got an interesting skillset, but with this iteration of the team I don’t think he’d ever start alongside Suggs in the backcourt unless he became a league average 3 point shooter or we found a starting Center that was. I’m fine with AB as the 6th man next year as long as we address all the scrubs not named Jalen in our backcourt. 

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    53 minutes ago, Soul Bro said:

    I don't think we shut down Franz and Paulo, but I do buy into the definition of insanity. Mose has to somehow adjust. Given what I'm reading, I'm worried Jalen and Mo won't be ready to start next year, so I think it'd be wise to further play and develop the young guys who likely will be here next year (i.e. AB, Jett, and TDS). For instance, let AB start and allow Franz to play point-forward. Maybe even start Jett or TDS. If a real playoff run is not probable, these young guys need reps. At this point, we need to pick a direction and stay consistent with it.

    I will give Mose credit for sticking with benching Harris. At the same time, him playing Caleb in crunch time of a close game where we needed a win was baffling.

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    25 minutes ago, hootie249 said:

    Oh c'mon man you really can't be thinking this way. That was sorta ok in the past. Whatever happens the rest of the year they need that play in game and series for experience. Even if it's just to be shamed to work harder in the offseason.

    I’d agree with you if we were going to get healthy by the playoffs, but we’re not. Suggs and Moe ain’t coming back this year. We’re getting the play-in game regardless, we’ll see how the rest goes. I just know there’s something wrong with this team as constructed and it won’t be fixed til the off-season. Higher pick makes it easier to do.

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    18 minutes ago, jackmccarthy96 said:

    Sorry to be that guy and disagree, but I think its better to get playoff experience against the elite teams and get swept in epic fashion so our entire roster has an idea the level they need to play at to be the best, than to go up in the draft rankings by a couple spots. This will help the entire team prepare for next season and beyond. A good ass whipping would be good for this entire team to prepare better and work on their game (especially Palao and Franz).

     

    If we got a top 3 pick in this years draft, it would be worth it, but that is a huge risk. 

    Didn’t we do the playoff experience thing last year? Hard fought 7 game series with the same core. I truly don’t see how 4 more games of getting spanked and potentially getting hurt helps anyone of importance on our team going forward.

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    2 hours ago, jackmccarthy96 said:

    I actually blame Paolo for a lot of our losses. He is trying to do to much and be the hero at the end of games and forces shots. He is trying to get his stat wise and is putting up good stats at the expense of wins. He is a great talent and will be a top 5-10 player in this league in the next 5 years but I blame coaching for not managing him well at the expense of losses. Perfect example against the Miami Heat he is single handedly the reason we lost that game. He was forcing shots and it was clearly not his night and we went to OT and 2OT and he was forcing terrible shots that lost us the game. Franz played great that game and kept us in it to 2OT. Memphis game he forced shots too and poor coaching for not calling a time out at the end!

    I give Paolo a pass. He is the guy (as well as Franz) and needs reps at trying to win the game and almost did it against the raptors the other night but when it is detrimental to the team, the coach needs to bench their best players and just say "hey its not your night, you'll get em next time". Its understandable coming off missing most of the season. He is and will become an elite player, he just needs to let the game come to him and not force the game.

     

    Cole Anthony isnt good on defense but he is a bucket and can orchestrate an offense given a greater role. I think Mose has something personal against him that has hindered his growth. 

     

    JI hasnt been shooting well but they need to play him more than the 16.3 minutes per game that he is averaging. I get it that he is an injury liability but why not push him to his limits at this point and see what happens. Was great 4 years ago when we were building the team around him before his bad injuries.

    If he was given a bigger role I think he would shoot himself out of the slump. 

     

    I agree with WCJ. He is good for some rebounds but never going to be a top 100 player.

     

    Losing Mo is a huge loss for us. He is our enforcer and sets the tone for every game.

     

    Mosely and the way the coaching staff operates under him are the problem. Fire Mosely and see what one of our assistants can do as an interim to develop for the rest of the year. Sacramento fired Mike Brown this year and they are doing great with their interim.

     

    I think everyone shares a bit of the blame, but from what you’re saying, and correct me if I’m wrong, you’d be ok with running it back with this roster and a different coaching staff. That’d be a huge mistake. We’re at the top of the league in missed 3 and missed wipe open 3s. That ain’t on Mose

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    Dead serious, as this point we should just shut down P and Franz and Tank too. We’re not going to miss the play-in being 7 games ahead with 17 games left, but the worse our record is the higher our lotto odds if we lose the play-in game. Need to start thinking past this season because best case scenario at this point from a winning games perspective is either playing Cleveland or Boston in the first round and getting swept in epic fashion.

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