2024/25 NBA Regular Season Thread

[Soul Bro 1,504]

I was a big "no" on Vooch earlier in the season, but with Mo out for 12+ months, we need serious offense off the bench. I wouldn't give up anything of value for him but would welcome him back in that role. 

[All Eyes On Me 1,341]

Yeah, to be super clear, my idea of a Vuc reunion has zero expectations on him being a ball dominant starter. It’s strictly as a backup to boost the bench 

[TrueMagicFan07 688]

On 1/18/2025 at 12:22 PM, All Eyes On Me said:

Can someone who’s a photoshop wizard take the space jam scene from halftime with all the looney tunes hurt on a bench and Tweety bird on an iron lung and add in Magic faces? Feels like it’s been that kind of year

I know my response to your post is a week late. I don't claim to be a photoshop wizard, but I thought I would take a whack at it--play around. I know that some of the Magic players' pictures I used in this graphics were probably off the injured list by the time I completed this.

Also, when I was doing the game thread starters, I posted a lot of pictures. Since toward the end of last season I have been getting  messages  that  I  have used all of the attachment space I am allowed. So, the graphic I designed might be deleted.

Source: Designed by TMF

         

                                

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[JJZFL 703]

19 hours ago, CTMagicUK said:

It's worth noting that by remaining Strength of Schedule the Bucks and Knicks are both top 6 and the Magic are 28th. So if we can actually get healthy we might have a chance. 

That should be a big advantage for us, as long as we can start beating the Toronto’s and the Portland’s again.  If we can’t reliably beat teams like those,  never mind the .500 teams, it won’t matter.  

[Soul Bro 1,504]

Without a doubt, our shooting coach needs to be fired. At this point, there's no excuse to be so remarkably bad from three.

[All Eyes On Me 1,341]

9 hours ago, TrueMagicFan07 said:

I know my response to your post is a week late. I don't claim to be a photoshop wizard, but I thought I would take a whack at it--play around. I know that some of the Magic players' pictures I used in this graphics were probably off the injured list by the time I completed this.

Also, when I was doing the game thread starters, I posted a lot of pictures. Since toward the end of last season I have been getting  messages  that  I  have used all of the attachment space I am allowed. So, the graphic I designed might be deleted.

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Love it! Thanks TMF

[All Eyes On Me 1,341]

2 hours ago, Soul Bro said:

Without a doubt, our shooting coach needs to be fired. At this point, there's no excuse to be so remarkably bad from three.

It’s crazy. Even good career shooters get here and seem to forget how to shoot. Never seen anything like it. Next game I go to I’m bringing a helmet 

[TrueMagicFan07 688]

3 hours ago, Soul Bro said:

Without a doubt, our shooting coach needs to be fired. At this point, there's no excuse to be so remarkably bad from three.

 

24 minutes ago, All Eyes On Me said:

It’s crazy. Even good career shooters get here and seem to forget how to shoot. Never seen anything like it. Next game I go to I’m bringing a helmet 

            

[Soul Bro 1,504]

Calling for White, Sexton, or Johnson. Come on down to Orlando!!!

[Jamesdin 69]

Have anyone seen russell westbrooks 3pt shooting percentagerecently?  I guess playing with joker really boost your shooting or there is really something on Denver’s water. 
meanwhile in orlando, momstars probably is roaming around sucking all the shooting and health of our team. SMH. 

[Soul Bro 1,504]

From Sam Vecenie's Trade Board:

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Johnson is about as perfect a trade deadline candidate as you can find because he fits like a glove everywhere and shouldn't be all that difficult to integrate midseason. He's a 6-8 wing in the middle of a career year, averaging 19.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists. He's shooting an obscene 49.1 percent from the field, 41.9 percent from 3 and 89.8 percent from the line. One of the league's elite shooters, he has made 39.6 percent of his 3s on nearly six attempts per game over a six-year career. He's deadly from the corners and can also make shots off all sorts of movement actions because he's one of the rare shooters who can make 3s from nearly any footwork. All you need to do to bring him into the mix midseason is plop him in the corner, allow him to relocate or run him off a few simple actions and he'll provide space for your best scorers and ballhandlers. Defensively, Johnson isn't a difference-maker, but he generally puts himself in the right spots, and he's big enough not to be hunted in mismatches regularly.

The only question here is whether the Nets decide to move him. Because he's such a good shooter, he's a perfect developmental player to have around as the team enters a rebuilding era. His contract is also entirely reasonable. Johnson makes $22.5 million this season and has two years remaining for a total of $43 million. Given the way salaries will continue to rise over the next two years, he's priced excellently for a starting-quality player at that price point. The Nets can keep him and maintain all of their salary flexibility in future years. Because the market for him will be wide with his ability to fit anywhere (and because the team doesn't have to move him), expect the price point to be quite high if the Nets do trade him. Expect at least a first-rounder and a good prospect or player, if not just two first-rounders outright. Otherwise, they can just keep him.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6057514/2025/01/23/nba-trade-rumors-jimmy-butler-heat-suns-bulls-lakers/

After watching us throw up brick after brick from the corner, this dude would do so much for Paulo and Franz.

[Soul Bro 1,504]

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One of the best shooters in NBA history, Kennard is back to his normal self, drilling 46.6 percent of his shots from distance this season. Over his career, Kennard has made 44 percent from 3, and since 2020, he's hit 46 percent from 3. He hits them off movement and off pull-ups. He can legitimately play on-ball and off-the-ball. He's a valuable offensive player who has real defensive question marks because of his lack of size and length, but he's super smart and at least knows where to be in terms of rotating and scrambling around. Kennard is also on an expiring contract and makes $9.3 million. The Grizzlies have already considered moving him once this year in a deal for Dorian Finney-Smith, although that fell apart when the Lakers topped the Memphis offer. It feels like Memphis won't just move him to move him, but if the Grizzlies can find an upgrade on the defensive end that gives them another longer, bigger body on the wing to guard tough assignments in the playoffs, he could be moved.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6057514/2025/01/23/nba-trade-rumors-jimmy-butler-heat-suns-bulls-lakers/

This is another cheap option we should be checking in on.