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While i could write a whole book about the money being paid to these guys i will refrain. Suggs is gonna get paid, i can only assume it hasn't been done yet because they are trying to sign him to less money then Franz. They should have been signed at the same time if they really wanted either of them to take a discount. It was only gonna be because of love of the game or the Magic. It's to late now so we should all try to not think about it. When Paolo gets his next this team will be in the luxury tax so best not to worry about it for as long as we can. 

Let's stick to basketball.

First game is in a half hour! Nuggets vs Celtics!

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On 10/3/2024 at 11:43 AM, CTMagicUK said:

The Oct 11 and Oct 18 games are on TV according to the Orlando Magic website: 

https://www.nba.com/magic/schedule

Doesn't look like the first two are airing locally but there might be some streams from other teams broadcasts kicking about online. 

Next Monday Oct 7 game vs the Pelicans at 1:30 PM EST will be televised by NBA TV channel.

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1 hour ago, Albert Lergier said:

Next Monday Oct 7 game vs the Pelicans at 1:30 PM EST will be televised by NBA TV channel.

Pretty sure it's the Oct 11th Pels game on NBA TV.

An update on my original post, this link:

https://www.nba.com/schedule/magic?cal=all&pd=false&region=1

Suggests the Pels and Spurs local TV will be airing the games on the 7th and 9th so should be possible to find a stream if you're so inclined.

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On 10/3/2024 at 11:43 AM, CTMagicUK said:

The Oct 11 and Oct 18 games are on TV according to the Orlando Magic website: 

https://www.nba.com/magic/schedule

Doesn't look like the first two are airing locally but there might be some streams from other teams broadcasts kicking about online. 

Thank you very much!

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9 hours ago, orlandoholic said:

 

we go it some real footage from training camp. It’s raw tape but i like that a lot!! Thank You Magic! 

What i’m noticing. Shooting has been looking really good. I don’t even think we have really bad shooters on our team anymore. AB looks solid as well. 

It looks like the majority of this team can be 34 percent and above shooters. Which would be really great.. 

Not to rain on anyone’s parade but I went to a few Magic games last season, and in the pregame warmup they would often hit multiple three’s in a row and made it look very easy.  Very different during the game when the pressure’s on and they were being defended.  Would not draw any conclusions from watching shooting in practice with no defense.  

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The Magic announced they’ve exercised the third-year team options on Anthony Black and Jett Howard, as well as their fourth-year team option on Paolo Banchero. All three are now signed through the 2025-26 season.

Via twitter 

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1 hour ago, JJZFL said:

Not to rain on anyone’s parade but I went to a few Magic games last season, and in the pregame warmup they would often hit multiple three’s in a row and made it look very easy.  Very different during the game when the pressure’s on and they were being defended.  Would not draw any conclusions from watching shooting in practice with no defense.  

I agree and i know! But i’m betting on an improved AB, Suggs, Franz can only be better.. We already got Jett and Caleb. WCJ is solid. Banchero just continues to be a better shooter, we added KCP and TDS

Just hoping for Cole to find his confidence and JI is solid as well.. 

This is a well around shooting team. 

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https://x.com/espnnba/status/1842319459656044615?s=46

 

we have two first round picks in next years draft! I usually don’t hope for people to get injured or anything, but sure damn would mind Denver falling off a cliff lol. 

 

That said, either way we are potentially getting two solid players! The draft is super deep, also with a lot of european great talent!

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15 hours ago, orlandoholic said:

This is a well around shooting team. 

We were 24th in the league in 3-point shooting and 15th in overall field goal percentage.   Not sure how that translates into a good shooting team.  We’re bringing back basically the same group. We’ll see if the numbers improve - I hope they do.  

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46 minutes ago, JJZFL said:

We were 24th in the league in 3-point shooting and 15th in overall field goal percentage.   Not sure how that translates into a good shooting team.  We’re bringing back basically the same group. We’ll see if the numbers improve - I hope they do.  

because Franz had a terrible shooting season. I don’t think he’ll repeat that. 

We traded a terrible shooter in Fultz with a great shooter KCP

And it’s safe to assume that AB and Suggs are improved shooters. Paolo has improved and had a whole summer of working on his shot! I’ll bet everything he’s a good shooter!


So yeah, i expect us to be a good shooting team

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