TreyMachine 395 Report post Posted February 21, 2023 12 hours ago, Jay Magic said: Luka Magic is being manifested nicely already..... I could see us competing without Luka and it's one of those "They are one of the top teams in the conference and add one of the top 5 players in the league" like when Durant jumped to Golden State (but on a less level of course). With that being said, we're such a small market - can we sell someone with Luka's clout on our market? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CTMagicUK 1,480 Report post Posted February 21, 2023 Pat Bev signed with the Bulls. That's interesting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Jay Magic 1,239 Report post Posted February 21, 2023 From 14 mins in ruffly. We get alot of love!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hootie249 293 Report post Posted February 21, 2023 Quick shout out for Aaron Gordon. He is on this list along with our boy Franz Wagner. Aaron finally became what he was always meant to be on a good team. Shawn Marion. I gave AG a ton of **** while he was here but he was done dirty by never having a playmaker to set him up. I knew that shot looked good. Now about the Magic, it's obvious we will have two All-Stars very soon. https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/ranking-nbas-top-50-players-in-2022-23-season-jokic-giannis-battle-for-no-1-lebron-falls-out-of-top-10/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CTMagicUK 1,480 Report post Posted February 21, 2023 KInd of thought it'd be Kevon Harris but Admiral isn't 2 way eligible for us next season whereas Harris is so it that makes sense from that perspective. Even if we end up waiving Admiral in the summer I think it's valuable to show players that if you sign a 2 way here you have a real shot of sticking with us. Cannady got a decent chance, now Schofield, possibly Harris after him. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CTMagicUK 1,480 Report post Posted February 21, 2023 Or maybe Harris will get a contract after all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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jmmagicfan 301 Report post Posted February 21, 2023 2 hours ago, CTMagicUK said: KInd of thought it'd be Kevon Harris but Admiral isn't 2 way eligible for us next season whereas Harris is so it that makes sense from that perspective. Even if we end up waiving Admiral in the summer I think it's valuable to show players that if you sign a 2 way here you have a real shot of sticking with us. Cannady got a decent chance, now Schofield, possibly Harris after him. 1 hour ago, CTMagicUK said: Or maybe Harris will get a contract after all. My initial reaction was one of disappointment. I think K Harris would be a better conversion than Schofield, he strikes me as the more impactful player for us. If we convert both of them, that does open up the 2-way spots for some other G-League players; but I was initially thinking it sets up a lot of roster space issues for next year. And then I thought some more about it. If we assume that Schofield's and Bitadze's deals (and K Harris if they convert him) are probably not guaranteed for the 2023-24 season, but like we did with G Harris, Bol, and Bamba this year, guaranteed for this year and non-guaranteed/team option for next year; that leaves us with possibilities and potential cap room. Next year we have Anthony, Suggs, F Wagner, Houstan, Okeke, Banchero, and Carter on guaranteed contracts. Fultz is only guaranteed $2M, but our deadline on it is 7/1/23. Isaac is guaranteed $7.6M, but we have until 1/10/24 to make a "final" decision on him. Again, my assumption is we guarantee Fultz, and retain Isaac but hold off on guaranteeing until at least part way into next season, since we have the time. That fills nine (9) of our roster spaces. We have to make decisions on G Harris and Bol by the end of June, to either guarantee their contracts for next season, or let them walk as free agents. I expect we will probably retain both, as they represent reasonable assets. That brings us up to eleven (11) spots filled. The next assumption is based on the fact that we currently have two, 1st round picks in the lottery from this draft. Those are guaranteed contracts, so we are now at thirteen (13) roster spots. If we make resigning Moe Wagner a priority (as I think we should), that brings us up to fourteen (14) spots filled for next year. That leaves only one roster spot to fill, and Schofield, Bitadze, and (possibly) K Harris with team options to fill it. We also would have (possibly) a 2nd round pick to compete for that spot as well. We would also have the 2-way slots to fill, though we could potentially already have an additional two players in those slots for the remainder of this season who would presumably be competing for the last roster spot, and for next year's 2-way slots. I'm pretty sure Schofield isn't eligible for a 2-way with us next year, and I'm not sure if Bitadze is or not. I also am not sure if K Harris would be if we convert him this year. All of that presumes you aren't trying to fill that "final" slot with an available free agent. Depending on what we resign M Wagner for (I'm assuming $3-3.5M), we could have somewhere around $16-17M under the cap for that slot. That is more than the mid-level and could get some interest from some decent, mid-level free agents. Of course, a trade or two could make all of this discussion moot, but that is part of the fun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
