2024/25 NBA Regular Season Thread

[Jay Magic]

 

[hootie249]

Cool interview. Sounds like he has the right attitude. 

Tough stretch coming up. Bulls are playing at the number one pace in the NBA this season, our Kryptonite. Start with them tonight on a 4 game road trip.

Then CLE,DAL the OKC all on the road. Yikes!

[fan for too long 2]

KCP has officially had the worst first five games for a “quality” free agent in Magic history. Lololol. 5 pts. 1 reb. 1 assist. Per game at a 11.8% from 3 clip. 
congratulations Weltman on another fantastic signing. Wash rinse repeat. 

[Shine88]

I see the Suggs PG experiment is going to drive us crazy this season. He plays so much better off the ball, yet, Weltman is forcing him to play out of position.

Also, Paolo has to remember he's 6'10 250. Attacked the ######## basket.

[Shine88]

https://www.si.com/nba/magic/news/orlando-magic-guard-cole-anthony-blunt-about-dnp-vs-chicago-bulls-early-struggles-october-30

[hootie249]

This game is unfortunate because we have the players that could get easy buckets instead of just jacking it up. Oh well, onto the next.

Also half the team is shooting poorly, besides small sample size what are you gonna do? I'm sure they practice 1000's of shots. They need confidence that's all. 

[All Eyes On Me]

13 hours ago, Shine88 said:

I see the Suggs PG experiment is going to drive us crazy this season. He plays so much better off the ball, yet, Weltman is forcing him to play out of position.

Also, Paolo has to remember he's 6'10 250. Attacked the ######## basket.

I agree that Suggs can’t be our primary ball handler down the stretch, but to me it’s only happened the last 2 games because Franz hasn’t been 100%. That being said, we need another ball handler that can come in if Franz can’t go and teams are tripling Paolo like Chicago did the entire 2nd half last night. AB, Suggs, KCP, Cole, Jett, Gary every single one of are guards are better playing off ball. We knew this in the off-season and it’s evident now. Imagine how much better Paolo and Franz could be if we got someone in that could help create easy ones for them.

[Shine88]

2 hours ago, All Eyes On Me said:

I agree that Suggs can’t be our primary ball handler down the stretch, but to me it’s only happened the last 2 games because Franz hasn’t been 100%. That being said, we need another ball handler that can come in if Franz can’t go and teams are tripling Paolo like Chicago did the entire 2nd half last night. AB, Suggs, KCP, Cole, Jett, Gary every single one of are guards are better playing off ball. We knew this in the off-season and it’s evident now. Imagine how much better Paolo and Franz could be if we got someone in that could help create easy ones for them.

This. 

Weltman is one stubborn guy. He's so stuck on this position less basketball, that it's hard for him to see the real need for this team. We're going on the second season with no creation from our backcourt. 

[All Eyes On Me]

Paolo questionable for tomorrow night with an abdominal strain

[Forumreader]

https://x.com/shamscharania/status/1852165370196463794?s=46&t=Wn2ap8svIaUlrjTHXLp8AQ

 

just in: Orlando Magic superstar Paolo Banchero has been diagnosed with a torn right oblique and is sidelined indefinitely, sources tell ESPN. He will be re-evaluated in four-to-six weeks and return to play will be based on how he responds to treatment.

[All Eyes On Me]

So we’ll hopefully see Paolo again around Christmas… this sucks…

[Jamesdin]

Hope someone pick up the slack while paolo is out. We were pretty lucky last year having our team healthy. This will definitely affect our playoff odds.