All Eyes On Me

So, Blake Griffin has been bought out by Detroit and is more than likely going to the Nets to ring chase... fun

Thank Buddha you’re not the GM. If we deal Vooch, it’s gotta be comparable to the Jrue Holiday package NO just got from Milwaukee, not to help out Boston by taking their blown firsts and another late first.

I don’t think it’s fair to judge him too extremely in either direction in this situation. He’s had injuries and Covid that put him behind the 8 ball, he’s got a coach who has him on as short of a leash as he can, he plays in lineups where nobody even looks his direction on offense because of selfish play and he just hasn’t had the opportunity to build up any confidence or get in to any sort of rhythm. I honestly just feel bad for the kid

Can’t overanalyze the loss based on the horrible calls near the end, we lost this game with bad perimeter defense in the 4th. That being said, I hate watching Trae Young and his bastardization of basketball

This is really going all in for a 0% chance at a title. We’re not in a spot to even think about dealing firsts, we should be trying to accumulate them unless a guy like Beal, Booker, Murray come on the market. Chris with a K ain’t that guy...

Well, then my trade idea won’t work... lol

That’s what I’ve been saying! Chuma hits that 3 and it’s a 2 point game. Chuma taking only 3 shots in 22 minutes is inexcusable. Chuma and Clark had the same amount of attempt. Clark played 4 minutes

Vooch and Fournier to Dallas for Tim Hardaway Jr, James Johnson, Tyrell Terry, 2021 first, 2022 first right to swap, 2023 first. Get some picks, get Terry, Hardaway and Johnson $33 million in expirings

I hope someone calls out Steve post game about the Bamba minutes because it’s unacceptable. He literally just said 2 games ago how important it was for Mo to get minutes for his conditioning. Unless there’s something behavioral we’re not privy to, this is just garbage

Nah, Bamba ain’t playing tonight. We’ll keep it in the 12-15 point deficit range, Vucevic will come in at the 8ish minute mark and play the rest of the game. We’ve seen it all before

Trey Burke is definitely one of the biggest Magic killers in recent basketball history

This emergency timeout better be in to get Bamba in. How is Mo ever supposed to get confidence or in a rhythm? I hope for his sake we trade his ass at this point

So over this. And once again Mo gets a DNP after a really solid game and he brings Birch back in who is once again a complete non factor.

Nah, JJ has dribbled the ball less in his career than Ross has so far this season

Admittedly it’s my Nole homerism showing on Scottie. The same homerism that makes me pretend Dwayne Bacon is a decent NBA player

The worst part about this is thatvboth just keep chucking. Evan in the role he’s in with the starting 5 I guess has to because only he and Vooch in that lineup can actually score, but Ross playing the way he does directly effects the development of Bamba and Okeke, and that sucks. There’s been so many times over the past few games where I’m yelling at Ross forcing a shot over 3 defenders when he has Mo and Chuma wide open around him. It’s time for him to go be a sniper on a contender where he’d actually help the team overall cause right now even when he has his good games, he’s inefficient and full of empty stats.

Think I’d look at Bouknight, Keon Johnson, Scottie Barnes, Moody. I’m usually all for BPA over fit, but we desperately need a wing that can play the 2/3. Our biggest hole by far, especially if the plan with Evan is to just let him expire and walk.

Good game for Vucevic, some nice moments for Mo, Chuma and even some out of Randle. Ross, Fournier, MCW, Aminu, Bacon were all awful, especially Ross. The one man show bench is killing us, Ross just jacking up shot after shot, not even looking for open guys. Ross took half of the bench field goal attempts. Ross and Fournier shot 36 combined times and combined for 26 points on 30% shooting

Sexton or SGA over Bamba should’ve happened for sure.

True. All I know is the 3 things that haunt me from this most current “rebuild” are choosing to pay Evan instead of Victor, being one pick off of Porzingis and getting Hezonja instead and being one pick off of the Luka/Trae deal and getting Bamba instead.

We were 17-40 with Nik that year and 8-17 without. Pretty much a push, but no one can deny he’s a significantly better player now than he was then.

Just get a top 4 pick, assuming someone takes Mobley in the top 3 which I fully expect it’ll guarantee us one of Cade, Green, or Kuminga. Also all for getting back in to the late lotto with another pick, even if it costs us next years 1st. Gotta double down on a strong draft class

I agree that it points more to showcasing Mo than it does trading Khem. Clifford was interviewed about it after the game and I don’t remember the quote but he alluded to it being the norm going forward to “get Mo in shape.”

Poor Vooch

One of our biggest issues right now is that we don’t have a point guard or playmaker on the roster. Vucevic is our best playmaker, think about that. For Fournier, Bacon and Ross “playmaking” is chucking up terrible shots. MCW is great on defense, but one of the worst offensive players in the league and we’ve already determined he’s not a PG... and signing Randle was just dumb, he too isn’t a PG, is almost 30 taking up one of our two way spots that are reserved for youth and development, and brings absolutely nothing of value to the squad. AG had some rough games, but he’s by far our second best playmaker after Kelle... with both out we’re just a bunch of chuckers