TrueMagicFan07 671 Report post Posted December 30, 2022 Friday, December 30th, 2022 Amway Center - Orlando, FL TV: Bally Sports Florida 13-23, 4th in Southeast Division | 15-21, 3rd in Southeast Division WE WILL FIGHT!!! - WE WILL WIN!!! LET'S GO MAGIC!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J Roc Baby 24 Report post Posted December 30, 2022 The Wizards have been putting together a nice little run here the last few games. This is gonna be a very good barometer of where the Magic actually are. I'm not trying to say "If they can't beat the Wizards then we fans jumped too early" but there's going to be a good case for it Come on boys. Let's see what you're made of Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JJZFL 619 Report post Posted December 30, 2022 5 hours ago, J Roc Baby said: The Wizards have been putting together a nice little run here the last few games. This is gonna be a very good barometer of where the Magic actually are. I'm not trying to say "If they can't beat the Wizards then we fans jumped too early" but there's going to be a good case for it Come on boys. Let's see what you're made of Don’t forget a good chunk of the team won’t be able to play tonight due to suspensions. All three centers (Carter, Wagner, Bamba) are out, for example. So I’m not sure how good a barometer this will actually be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J Roc Baby 24 Report post Posted December 30, 2022 2 hours ago, JJZFL said: Don’t forget a good chunk of the team won’t be able to play tonight due to suspensions. All three centers (Carter, Wagner, Bamba) are out, for example. So I’m not sure how good a barometer this will actually be. Crap you know what? I forgot about that. This might be a heavy L Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JJZFL 619 Report post Posted December 30, 2022 Maybe Bol Bol will go off for 50 :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mauro Pedrosa 1,031 Report post Posted December 30, 2022 Hoping for better defense Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
All Eyes On Me 1,206 Report post Posted December 31, 2022 Sadness… finally didn’t give up 60+ in the first half, so we followed it up by giving up 42 in the 3rd. All that momentum did a complete 180. Need to get past the suspensions and find a way to turn this back around, the inconsistency is so frustrating Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harryfromphilly 75 Report post Posted December 31, 2022 overall impressions bench outplayed starters why oh why can we not defend a corner 3? so many open corner 3's markelle plays hard always bol can not defend Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harley 61 Report post Posted December 31, 2022 We gotta waive T Ross right? He is deplorable out there. It’s hard to watch Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hootie249 293 Report post Posted December 31, 2022 9 hours ago, harley said: We gotta waive T Ross right? He is deplorable out there. It’s hard to watch Going back to the trade when the Ibaka experiment failed, what a debacle. Henny traded for a non star on a one year contract, mistake number one.Then knowing he is probably going to lose him trades him to Toronto. While Ibaka is not a star, he is in his prime and helped Toronto win a chip. So what does he get? Well first the Raptors have two first round picks in the next draft. So Henny gets the later pick. It was later traded away by Welt/Ham. The rumor is they didn't want to pick anyone in that spot because OG Anunoby was already gone. Picked two spots earlier by those pesky Raptors who wouldn't give us that first for Ibaka. Then he gets to negotiate a player in return. We got Ross, who at the time had the same player profile he does to this day. Streaky shooter who doesn't pass,rebound or defend. Look it up it's on his draft profile and player comps. Players we didn't get; Pascal Siakam.....a player i remember a ton of people on this forum wanted. And he was a rookie. Norman Powell, another guard that at least developed into a better player. His best years were much more consistent then Ross. I think i wanted him, hard to remember. Jacob Poeltl. We were trading them Ibaka, a small ball center. It stands to reason we could have gotten a center back. Oh but we had two already thanks to that awful Biyombo signing. Who became a free agent after his epic run in the playoffs.....in Toronto. They let him go because they had Jonas and Poeltl. Those two were involved in the trades for Gasol and Kawhi. Maybe if we had got Jacob back we never draft Bamba and go for a point guard instead. Speaking of point guards we still had ***** all for one on that team. Meanwhile Toronto had three of them and then got an undrafted player named Vanvleet. Sure Corey Joseph and Delon Wright would not have changed the buddy ball team much, but honestly would have been better. Ross was great on that one playoff team as a 6th man, but he didn't allow Gordon or even Vucevic to develop. Wright and Delon are still kicking it in the league. Meanwhile Ross has been useless since 2019 and DJ had that one good year and has been useless or out of the league. To make it short, Toronto's Gm took us to school. Ross sucks. Too many games he has had to show anything the last two years, he could be on a playoff team but can't even bother to have one or two good games. Rant over. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TrueMagicFan07 671 Report post Posted December 31, 2022 Since that 6 game winning streak, too many of the Magic's players are playing "me" hero ball. I can name a few names but I won't. They are not moving the ball, and no defense, especially on the perimeter. In Friday night's game, they made the Wizards look like the Celtics, and we beat the Celtics twice, back to back. There is not much difference between the Wizards' record and the Magic's record. I know there are the suspensions to take into consideration, but we had enough players who played last night that were not yet suspended, including some starters who played, such as Franz Wagner, Paolo Banchero, Markelle Fultz, Bol Bol, etc. It's the same players who played during the winning streak including a few bench players. I feel like the front office are saying to the Magic fans, "Okay we have given you all enough of the good stuff--a six game winning streak-- so that you can feel better about the team, but now we have to get back to tanking." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ball junkie 277 Report post Posted December 31, 2022 3 hours ago, TrueMagicFan07 said: Since that 6 game winning streak, too many of the Magic's players are playing "me" hero ball. I can name a few names but I won't. They are not moving the ball, and no defense, especially on the perimeter. In Friday night's game, they made the Wizards look like the Celtics, and we beat the Celtics twice, back to back. There is not much difference between the Wizards' record and the Magic's record. I know there are the suspensions to take into consideration, but we had enough players who played last night that were not yet suspended, including some starters who played, such as Franz Wagner, Paolo Banchero, Markelle Fultz, Bol Bol, etc. It's the same players who played during the winning streak including a few bench players. I feel like the front office are saying to the Magic fans, "Okay we have given you all enough of the good stuff--a six game winning streak-- so that you can feel better about the team, but now we have to get back to tanking." Good post TrueMagicFan07 …I’ve pondered the same …January will be interesting Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
