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1 hour ago, MagicRocks said:

I would rather defeat the Bucks when they are fully healthy but I will take any win against the Bucks so Magic has a good chance to win tonight

Meh... beating teams at full strength is not something we’re in a position to give a damn about.

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Just now, All Eyes On Me said:

Meh... beating teams at full strength is not something we’re in a position to give a damn about.

Fact. Win is a win; especially as we're fighting to get into the postseason. 

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So in this article it says that shooting coach drew hanlin is not on speaking terms with fultz. Did I read that right? Or was it his agent? The wording is strange. If so, I can’t imagine what happened and as he is/was Mo Bamba’s coach and the fact they are still close. I’m gonna call bs on this article. 

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18 hours ago, Bebop Meat Mop said:

There's some evidence over the last few years that the Philly medical staff isn't particularly good at their jobs.  "It's all in your head" is exactly the sort of thing that incompetent and/or lazy doctors will say, I've seen it too many times. 

If Lowe's source is indeed associated with the Philly medical staff, then all of that would follow.  Ultimately who knows though; if it is all mental then hopefully being in a more relaxed environment will help him get right.  

Professional sports teams with multi-million dollar athletes don't settle for lousy medical care.  And University of Pennsylvania with their first rate medical specialists is right there.  And if that's not enough, teams routinely fly athletes to whatever specialists are felt to be necessary, regardless of where they reside.

This is not incompetent or lazy doctors.  This is a player who's been looked at from every angle, imaged and tested extensively, and no one was able to come up with a definitive diagnosis.  Thoracic outlet syndrome, since most of the time there's no objective testing for it, is the kind of diagnosis someone may get when nothing else turns up, and the doctor is reluctant to suggest a psychological issue.  It might well be that the Fultz team shopped around until they found someone willing to give him a medical sounding diagnosis.  

Regardless, it's time to stop rehashing this.   I'm very hopeful that with a much less stressful environment, much lower expectations,  a better fit with teammates who won't hog the ball, and basically a new start, that whatever the problem was, it will improve.

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On 2/8/2019 at 10:18 AM, ?4thewin said:

They play at Dallas tonight before flying back home to face us. Maybe we catch them in a schedule loss. 

 

4 hours ago, Jay Magic said:

The Bucks are without Giannis tonight .........

 

3 hours ago, Jay Magic said:

 

Looks like ?FTW hit the nail on the head.   We at least should have a chance now.  This would be a truly great win if we can pull it off.

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On 2/8/2019 at 2:27 PM, Mauro Pedrosa said:

Right now I really want option 2 to happen.

I don’t even like playing your star rookie off the bench for 1 season, much less 2

Start Bamba and let Vuc walk. Re-sign Birch and Ross for bench depth

 

On 2/8/2019 at 2:47 PM, Mauro Pedrosa said:

Pretty much. And Fultz and Bamba won't develop by playing 15 mins per game. They need a lot of playing time to play through their mistakes.

I wouldn't be surprised if our young lineup got us as many wins as we have this year with Vuc/Fournier/Augustin etc.

A lot of good basketball minds don't think that the best way to develop young players is to just throw them out there and have them play big minutes.  One could even argue that our young guys didn't develop properly (5-6 years ago when they were all young) because we did exactly that.  When some of those players went to teams with good veterans, all of a sudden they blossomed.  Many would argue that they need to earn PT, and be groomed properly.  Look at how SVG handled JJ, for example.

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36 minutes ago, JJZFL said:

Ouch.  Apparently the game doesn't start until 9.  Didn't realize it would be that late in Milwaukee.

Yeah, they’re in CST but they have a college game in the same arena before ours that pushed us back an additional hour

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