2024/2025 General Game Thread

[Soul Bro]

Just in case we aren’t able to make a specific game day thread, you can post your game day comments here! Go Magic!

[JJZFL]

Magic at Dallas. Wendell is in. So far, after leading early, we’ve collapsed offensively with no field goals in about 5-6 minutes of game time. We are now down 16. 

[OnlyFranz]

It’s ugly and not sure what we can do to fix it. Missing easy layups and easy 3 point shots.

[OnlyFranz]

Also Wendell has bricks for hands. He can never hold onto the ball it’s so frustrating to watch lol. 

[OnlyFranz]

Yikes looks like WCJ’s crying on the bench. I wonder if he’s seriously hurt or just frustrated. 

[JJZFL]

We’ve scored 6 points in 8 minutes.  
 

No point guard = No team basketball = no offense.  
 

31 points with 3 minutes left in the half.  

[OnlyFranz]

4 minutes ago, JJZFL said:

We’ve scored 6 points in 8 minutes.  
 

No point guard = No team basketball = no offense.  
 

31 points with 3 minutes left in the half.  

I think Jalen heard your criticism about not having a pg lol. But in all seriousness we need a starting pg for the first unit especially now with Paolo being out. We look terrible out there.

[JJZFL]

All the talk about our great depth prior to the season is not aging well.  Granted injury was to the star player but so far without him we’re not even close to competing.  Two bad blowouts in a row.  

[Shine88]

Paolo deserves MVP.

It just goes to show you how poorly constructed this team is once Paolo is out the picture.

Suggs is an elite 3&D SG, but he's a train wreck as a PG, yet, Weltman is forcing the kid to play out of position.

[CTMagicUK]

Another game I didn't watch to the end. Embarrassing. Paolo is one man. He's a very very good basketball player but this team is playing like the worst team in basketball without him and some of these guys get paid a lot of money. 

The coaches and the players need to figure this out pretty quickly otherwise we might be in too big of a hole when Paolo gets back. 

[orlandoholic]

37 minutes ago, CTMagicUK said:

Another game I didn't watch to the end. Embarrassing. Paolo is one man. He's a very very good basketball player but this team is playing like the worst team in basketball without him and some of these guys get paid a lot of money. 

The coaches and the players need to figure this out pretty quickly otherwise we might be in too big of a hole when Paolo gets back. 

It’s because this team doesn’t do X and Os very well and everything is build on Paolo basically. You take Paolo away and we are a headless chicken on the court. 

We can compensate everything, besides of loosing our only Go To player. That was part of the reason i liked the idea of trading for Ingram before the season. Just would have had two players to share the load. 

 

Im not blaming the team at all. It just shows that not only our players have their limits, also our coaching staff. Mosley is a great coach and best fit we could ever ask for. But just look what JJ Redick is doing in LA with X and Os. I would have loved him as an assistant but he got that Laker offer. 

That said, we desperately need an offensive mind, offensive coordinator to unlock the potential of this roster. There is no reason we should be blown out these games, just because one major player is injured.

[harley]

I have never really been a fan of our front office. The Paolo pick has basically saved their skin. The Jett Howard pick instead of taking Lively is horrid. Jury is still out on AB, but has hasn't set the world on fire. Perhaps the most bewildering decisions was the early resignings of the NBAs 2 most injury prone players (JI, WCJ), when we didn't even need to resign them? Now we can't trade WCJ, who is a backup PF at best!  He cant stay on the court, is on 12 million and they gave him a bloody pay rise on the next contract. Make it make sense. We need to trade for C or suck enough to draft that one out Duke who looks great. Why did they give Harris another Contract? 14 million for *****ing Mo Wagner? 13 million for Cole who is unplayable and looks completely out of his depth on the court now. Just poor decisions after poor decisions. Had Jay Huff in our back yard and let him go. Every year we trade our second round picks for cash considerations when every other team constantly finds diamonds in the rough. Hell even Memphis 2 way players are all better than the players Weltham extended in off season. Completely out on Jeff and Co. You watch, they will sit back and use this Paolo injury as another excuse to do ***** all this year. Take both firsts to the draft and trade our seconds, and sign another washed Vet. Rinse and Repeat