GAMETHREAD: magic vs bulls

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Halftime Assessment: Bulls are shooting crazy in terms of 3PT%. Law of averages says it won't be the same next half.

[Fultz4thewin 2,464]

That was a thing of beauty!

 

I'm glad that the Magic seem to be matching the Bulls point-for-point. I watch this team and I think next year IS the year we WILL make the playoffs. Payton, Oladipo, Vuc, and even Gordon are playing wonderfully. Frye isn't playing, which I'm sure makes Tobias unhappy and Orlando less appealing I'm sure. I think we all are assuming he's gone next year, which is unfortunate...

 

but Gordon... Gordon has jumped from a 42% FT shooter in college to a 75% FT shooter in his last few games... It gives me hope too that his jumpshot will also grow significantly and he can be the SF of the future for us...

 

I tried to find the post where someone said it was impossible to improve from 43% to decent free throw shooting in the draft thread but I couldn't find it

[Fultz4thewin 2,464]

This is really encouraging for next year

[TreyMachine 399]

I tried to find the post where someone said it was impossible to improve from 43% to decent free throw shooting in the draft thread but I couldn't find it

 

I think it depends case-to-case, as some people (Shaq, D12, Ben Wallace, Rajon Rondo) will never improve. However, with Gordon, this is clearly not the case. The question is: will Elfrid Payton be the anomaly of improvement or more Rajon Rondo?

 

Also - our defense is SUFFOCATINGLY GOOD right now. This line-up: Payton, Oladipo, Gordon, Nicholson, and Vuc has the Bulls in stitches. Take Nicholson out of this lineup and replace him with a high draft pick (though he's GREAT because he is a PF with an outside shot), and you have a playoff roster with top 10 D next year IMO (though I might be homering a bit).

[Fultz4thewin 2,464]

Ughhh refs are calling everything

 

If they don't give Oladipo some calls in the fourth I'm going to be pissed

[TreyMachine 399]

And this is where we show our youth: multiple dumb fouls out of frustration at the end of the quarter with the other team in the bonus :svgsad:

[Fultz4thewin 2,464]

Hey look at frye

[TreyMachine 399]

Frye gets put in and immediately posts up for 2 against Taj Gibson and makes a jump-hook, followed by making a block on Aaron Brooks on the other end through help defense.

 

WHAT IS THIS BLACK MAGIC THAT JAMES BORREGO IS USING?!?!

[TreyMachine 399]

Dedmon jumps onto the floor for a loose ball! Man doesn't have many natural basketball skills, but you cannot teach the man's athleticism, length, and hustle. He WANTS it. I wonder if in two years through his blue-collar work with a shooting coach if he can create some semblance of an offense game and bulk up a bit.

 

I'm loving watching this team and thinking about next season.

[TreyMachine 399]

Just a notice: Jimmy Butler seems to be a complainer and rather arrogant. He'll get money somewhere because he's very talented, but I wouldn't want him on my team.

[Fultz4thewin 2,464]

Just a notice: Jimmy Butler seems to be a complainer and rather arrogant. He'll get money somewhere because he's very talented, but I wouldn't want him on my team.

 

Meh.

[Fultz4thewin 2,464]

Payton drilling threes. Frye blocking shots. What the *****