All Eyes On Me 1,183 Report post Posted July 10, 2019 46 minutes ago, TheNameIsOrlando said: This is such a weird offseason. I'm not excite or optimistic about anything. If we do trade Bamba it has to be for a guard. Wonder who it could be this late into the offseason. If we wanted to trade Bamba why not just trade him? Maybe the plan is to trade Vuch or Birch next year while Bamba develops this year. Who knows? Again just a weird offseason. If the plan was to trade Vooch we wouldn’t have given him an untradeable contract Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CTMagicUK 1,460 Report post Posted July 10, 2019 I don't know how bringing Birch back at 3 mil a season is any kind of signal that we're trading Bamba. That being said if Bamba can't carve out a role for himself because of Birch who's your standard catch and finish hustling big man then we wouldn't be losing anything by trading him. For the first time in his entire life Bamba is having to fight for minutes. If he wants them he's got to go out there and prove he's worth them over Birch. If he doesn't then he's probably not got what it takes to be a star anyway. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KRISH10 103 Report post Posted July 10, 2019 Does anyone else see very similar styles and mannerisms between Jeffries and Oladipo? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
All Eyes On Me 1,183 Report post Posted July 10, 2019 1 hour ago, CTMagicUK said: I don't know how bringing Birch back at 3 mil a season is any kind of signal that we're trading Bamba. That being said if Bamba can't carve out a role for himself because of Birch who's your standard catch and finish hustling big man then we wouldn't be losing anything by trading him. For the first time in his entire life Bamba is having to fight for minutes. If he wants them he's got to go out there and prove he's worth them over Birch. If he doesn't then he's probably not got what it takes to be a star anyway. Maybe you’re right, I just think Birch coming back continues to point to us being more in win-now mode than everyone thought going in to the offseason. If Bamba didn’t get hurt last year and Birch take his place, I’m pretty confident in saying we wouldn’t have made the playoffs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BBROSS 20 Report post Posted July 10, 2019 I like the fact fultz seems to embrace the team he was at the summer league games and was wearing an orlando jacket. I thought he would've stayed completely out of the light until he got over his problems. But seems happy to represent the magic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Just a regular Magic fan 38 Report post Posted July 10, 2019 22 minutes ago, BBROSS said: I like the fact fultz seems to embrace the team he was at the summer league games and was wearing an orlando jacket. I thought he would've stayed completely out of the light until he got over his problems. But seems happy to represent the magic. IMO, Fultz came to the perfect organization. Our guys are tight and support each other. He's working as hard as any. From the outside looking in, it looks like we have excellent team chemistry. Expectations are high and the coaching staff has made it clear to each guy what they need to be working on. I would be very, very surprised to hear about any of our players dogging it. This team is hungry. I think we will be pleasantly surprised next year. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mauro Pedrosa 1,028 Report post Posted July 10, 2019 How did WeltHam let this guy slip? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fultz4thewin 2,464 Report post Posted July 10, 2019 8 hours ago, HeHateMe said: How does Birch get more than WCS? Birch is better than wcs 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fultz4thewin 2,464 Report post Posted July 10, 2019 6 hours ago, TheNameIsOrlando said: Does anyone want to post a minute breakdown? I'm too lazy but would be interested in how everyone thinks the minutes shake out. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JJZFL 610 Report post Posted July 10, 2019 5 hours ago, CTMagicUK said: I don't know how bringing Birch back at 3 mil a season is any kind of signal that we're trading Bamba. That being said if Bamba can't carve out a role for himself because of Birch who's your standard catch and finish hustling big man then we wouldn't be losing anything by trading him. For the first time in his entire life Bamba is having to fight for minutes. If he wants them he's got to go out there and prove he's worth them over Birch. If he doesn't then he's probably not got what it takes to be a star anyway. Nope. Magic will play Bamba all the backup center minutes. Birch will not see the court unless there’s an injury. Tough situation for Birch, unfortunately, but he probably didn’t have any better options. Bamba played last year over Birch until he got injured, even though Birch was better than rookie Bamba. They are not going to let their touted #6 draft pick ride the bench, and that’s probably the right choice. Birch is just injury insurance at this point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soul Bro 1,409 Report post Posted July 10, 2019 A fun read on Jeffries: https://cbbtoday.com/nba-draft/favorite-sleeper-tulsa-wing-daquan-jeffries/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TreyMachine 394 Report post Posted July 10, 2019 1 minute ago, JJZFL said: Nope. Magic will play Bamba all the backup center minutes. Birch will ride the bench unless there’s an injury. Tough situation for Birch, unfortunately, but he probably didn’t have any better options. Bamba played last year over Birch until he got injured, even though Birch was better than rookie Bamba. They are not going to let their touted #6 draft pick ride the bench, and that’s probably the right choice. Took the words out of my mouth. You pay a 3rd string center $3M per year. That’s what we did. It’s insurance in case of an injury to a guy whom has upside. Nothing more should be read into it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites