2024 Off-season Thread

[jmmagicfan]

I’m not seeing this reported on ESPN or updated on Spotrac; where did you see it?

[MagicMan1979]

Simons is a dynamic 2.5-level scorer -- his finishing at the rim is so-so -- who can really shoot and bumped up his playmaking. He has two years left on a nice contract, and looms as one of the league's most interesting trade chips. Trade machine enthusiasts have long directed Simons to the Orlando Magic, but he'd be a really interesting fit with the San Antonio Spurs -- who need shooting and have the defensive infrastructure to protect Simons.

https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/40583390/lowe-7-most-discussed-nba-teams-offseason

 

The national media keeps brining this up. Zach Lowe mentions it anytime he talks about The Magic or Blazers. 
 

I’m not looking to do anything before The Trade Deadline personally. I can’t wait to see our current roster perform next season. 

[Luke_FfS]

7 hours ago, JJZFL said:

From my standpoint we don’t have a real point guard, so I’ll take anything we can get

He's possibly the only true one. Too bad he's not at his best anyone and will be a borderline rotation player.

[fan for too long 2]

Joseph will play and often! I’m calling it right now. He is the only point guard and he is a vet who has played well just a couple years ago. He is the new DJ. Sorry, Jay but AB still looks raw with no instincts to lead a team. 

[CTMagicUK]

Cory Joseph is a 15th man vet minimum who didn't have a roster spot the back half of the year after getting waived. 

Id bet money that if everyone's healthy he doesn't even get in the rotation.

[All Eyes On Me]

Yeah, we didn’t sign Cory Joseph because he was the best player we could grab, we signed him because he won’t expect minutes or disturb the locker room if he doesn’t get them, and he’s a vet presence with deep playoff run experience. If we wanted our 15th man to be able to play  consistently, we would have re-signed Markelle to the minimum 

[hootie249]

Yeah that about sums it up. Cory couldn't even get the last spot on team Canada. He is here to be our vet minimum and be an influence on the young guys.

Now it's all about getting to the regular season with no injuries, this would normally be when i check out for a few months but we still have the Olympics to watch.

Will Canada upset USA? Can Germany finish second? Stay tuned Magic fans!

 

 

[Shine88]

The Memphis Grizzlies are trading forward Ziaire Williams and a 2030 second-round pick via Dallas to the Brooklyn Nets for Mamadi Diakite, sources tell ESPN. Williams was the 10th pick in the 2021 draft.

Solid move for the rebuilding Nets.

[Shine88]

https://x.com/FawzanAmer_/status/1814365634085441719

Franz look like he got the arc back in his shot. It was pretty flat last season.

[orlandoholic]

11 hours ago, Shine88 said:

https://x.com/FawzanAmer_/status/1814365634085441719

Franz look like he got the arc back in his shot. It was pretty flat last season.

not sure about that.. It was one game and he actually has changed his shot.. I noticed it during the season, but it’s getting worse imo.. 

He kinda brings the ball down all the way to his knees before going up. It’s the Lonzo shot. Don’t know if this is good or bad. I guess as long as it is in. 

Even though he had a good game, i’m still skeptical about his shot. Most of his points come inside the paint and he doesn’t do much outside of that area. 
It was an „All you can eat“ feast against the very tiny Japanese national team. 
 

Let’s see what he can do on Monday against the USA

[fan for too long 2]

22 hours ago, hootie249 said:

Yeah that about sums it up. Cory couldn't even get the last spot on team Canada. He is here to be our vet minimum and be an influence on the young guys.

Now it's all about getting to the regular season with no injuries, this would normally be when i check out for a few months but we still have the Olympics to watch.

Will Canada upset USA? Can Germany finish second? Stay tuned Magic fans!

 

 

Do you think DJ, if Canadian, would have made the team? He is going to play for the Magic, no matter who is injured or not. That is the dna of this franchise. If we have a vet, no matter how crappy they are, they get minutes  

 

[Shine88]

7 hours ago, orlandoholic said:

not sure about that.. It was one game and he actually has changed his shot.. I noticed it during the season, but it’s getting worse imo.. 

He kinda brings the ball down all the way to his knees before going up. It’s the Lonzo shot. Don’t know if this is good or bad. I guess as long as it is in. 

Even though he had a good game, i’m still skeptical about his shot. Most of his points come inside the paint and he doesn’t do much outside of that area. 
It was an „All you can eat“ feast against the very tiny Japanese national team. 
 

Let’s see what he can do on Monday against the USA

His shot was flat dating all the way back to the World Cup last summer. He had no arc on his shot, whatsoever. It was back on those 5 3pt attempt yesterday, which was nice to see.