Nyce_1 311 Report post Posted May 25, 2022 49 minutes ago, hootie249 said: Listened to a podcast from 740 the team this morning. Mike Tuck pointed out a fact i think we all know but forgot. The last number 1 pick to lead the team that drafted him to a chip was Tim Duncan. He was drafted in1997! Now LeBron counts but his case is special. He left the Cavs and came back. Clearly he was good enough to win a title and i still marvel how bad the Cavs organization is to have only one chip with LeBron. i think about this stat every year and why i was hoping for #2 or #3 pick. At this point, that drought has to be broken at some point; why not us? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Murphy13 185 Report post Posted May 25, 2022 5 hours ago, Natesroom said: I think sac we'll be jumping for joy if we take Chet, Okc takes Paolo, then houston take sharp and jabari falls to 4 or swap that with jabari going 3 - they have really good odds to get something good at 4. Every draft for the last 8 years was like that for us. We always fell out of the guaranteed good picks and the possible really goods. This is a two person draft, neither Chet nor Jabari are going past two. There’s solid depth in the lottery but there’s a clear delineation between Jabari and Banchero. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hootie249 293 Report post Posted May 25, 2022 19 minutes ago, Murphy13 said: This is a two person draft, neither Chet nor Jabari are going past two. There’s solid depth in the lottery but there’s a clear delineation between Jabari and Banchero. Wrong. One of the top 3 picks will be very good and another player will leave us all shaking our heads saying "Why didn't we take him?" This has been going on for two decades. I think social media and online reporters and scouts and the nature of selecting 18 year olds has taken hold. If you were drafting 30 years ago there would be no debate. Paolo would go first, not saying he is the best, he would go first. Opps, typed this out before i noticed Banchero and not Chet. You get points. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Lergier 98 Report post Posted May 26, 2022 6 hours ago, DestroidMengars said: This depressing reminder popped up on my FB feed the other day. "The Miami Heat have barely anyone drafted in the lottery and yet they are always good. Meanwhile, the Orlando Magic get lottery picks every year and are always bad." To be fair, most of the high picks on our team are very young while the Heat players are mostly established vets, and they do have a few 1st rounders (e.g., Herro), but this point illustrates that maybe it's time to stop thinking continually about trading away our young, promising talent for more high picks and instead worry more about maximizing the potential and development of the talent we have? I hope the all the Magic executives, coaches and any staff that is overseeing the basketball operations have on their office desk the following reminder: The last time the Magic won a playoff series...in 2010, the Orlando Magic beat the Atlanta Hawks in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Hard to believe that it has been 12 years and counting........ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ball junkie 277 Report post Posted May 26, 2022 Very interesting …asked him about what happened at UK …lotta details about Sharpe personality, mentality and ability …this Coach coached Deandre Ayton, Marvin Bagley and Josh Green so he knows talent Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CTMagicUK 1,459 Report post Posted May 26, 2022 John Hammond, basically unprompted, discusses moving both 2nds to get back into the first (part 2): Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soul Bro 1,409 Report post Posted May 26, 2022 2 hours ago, CTMagicUK said: John Hammond, basically unprompted, discusses moving both 2nds to get back into the first (part 2): Welcome to Orlando, Jabari and Jalen! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JJZFL 611 Report post Posted May 26, 2022 17 hours ago, DestroidMengars said: This depressing reminder popped up on my FB feed the other day. "The Miami Heat have barely anyone drafted in the lottery and yet they are always good. Meanwhile, the Orlando Magic get lottery picks every year and are always bad." To be fair, most of the high picks on our team are very young while the Heat players are mostly established vets, and they do have a few 1st rounders (e.g., Herro), but this point illustrates that maybe it's time to stop thinking continually about trading away our young, promising talent for more high picks and instead worry more about maximizing the potential and development of the talent we have? Amen. Goes to the points I’ve made about tanking many times. It prevents you from developing your team in the never-ending quest for the next great thing. Let’s hope we draft someone who turns out to be very good and we focus all our efforts going forward on finding ways to win games, and we put all the rest behind us. It won’t be easy to change direction from tanking to grinding out wins, the players will need to undergo a major shift in their outlook and approach, but maybe we can do it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wilbur 48 Report post Posted May 26, 2022 7 hours ago, ball junkie said: Very interesting …asked him about what happened at UK …lotta details about Sharpe personality, mentality and ability …this Coach coached Deandre Ayton, Marvin Bagley and Josh Green so he knows talent The last 2 minutes or so is about his fit with the Kings at #4. Says he has exceptionally high off-the-ball IQ. He doesn't have to have the ball in his hands. He is going to get his points without having to be ball dominant. Perfect running mate for Fox. Seems as though that would also apply to Fultz/Suggs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CTMagicUK 1,459 Report post Posted May 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Soul Bro said: Welcome to Orlando, Jabari and Jalen! *Chet and Jalen... :) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hootie249 293 Report post Posted May 26, 2022 4 minutes ago, CTMagicUK said: *Chet and Jalen... :) *Paolo and Jalen... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CTMagicUK 1,459 Report post Posted May 26, 2022 18 minutes ago, hootie249 said: *Paolo and Jalen... Have an upvote. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites