fan for too long 2 567 Report post Posted January 30 45 minutes ago, All Eyes On Me said: It’s ridiculous to say that we’re “likely a play-in team” when we’re 1/2 game back from the 6 seed and we’re just getting healthy for the first time all year. NBA and its minions will NEVER respect Orlando. It’s expected bs narrative. Do not believe MSM!!! EVER. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Lergier 110 Report post Posted January 30 Looking forward to see if Paolo can improve something his free throw percentage tonight. Last nine since his return at 64.7% I think once this part of his game is kinda better, the rest of it should be a lot better. I'm watching.... Coach and players, got to find "THAT IT" again !!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
All Eyes On Me 1,327 Report post Posted January 30 23 minutes ago, Albert Lergier said: Looking forward to see if Paolo can improve something his free throw percentage tonight. Last nine since his return at 64.7% I think once this part of his game is kinda better, the rest of it should be a lot better. I'm watching.... Coach and players, got to find "THAT IT" again !!! We haven’t shot better than 80% from the line as a team since December 27. That’s 15 straight games under 80% at the charity stripe. Most of those games have been under 70%. We’re 5-10 in those 15 games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
All Eyes On Me 1,327 Report post Posted January 31 Gary is available, Suggs is out, Goga is starting Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MagicOne 138 Report post Posted January 31 Where has the defense gone? If we don't play defense we ain't going anywhere except on vacation when the regular season ends. Philly has won 4 straight and is now only 3 games behind us in the loss column. Plus, we have 3 more tough games left on this road trip. The defense has deserted us ever since Paolo's return. We don't have that feisty edge to us anymore. The body language just don't seem right in my own humble opinion. We could very well be about 5 games below 500 at the end of this trip and in the number 11 spot in the east. We're just not a good basketball team right now. Can things get better? Absolutely, they can. But the only way that's gonna happen is if we get back to our identity. And that is playing good, hardnosed, aggressive defense. And a trade for a PG would be beneficial as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MagicOne 138 Report post Posted January 31 In the first half we took 50 shots to their 37 and only had 3 turnovers. Can someone please explain to me how we are losing by 9 points?! The main difference for tonight, and for the past 10 games or so has been the lack of defense. Yes, we are horrible offensively. But the defense always kept us in games. That ship has sailed unfortunately. Like I said in my other post, something seems to be off right now. The attitudes are not where they should be. Could it be the looming trade deadline? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MagicOne 138 Report post Posted January 31 Peeked in on that Rockets game on TNT. Man, they are playing some solid basketball right now. The ball movement and spacing is fantastic. Fred Vanvleet is running the show. What a pleasure it is to have a solid consistent point guard to run your offense. Makes a world of difference quite frankly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MagicOne 138 Report post Posted January 31 That's ballgame. Just terrible! Utah was supposed to be the easy game, but don't forget that they beat us by double digits at home not long ago. If we can't beat these bad teams we have no shot against the Nuggets, Kings, and Warriors. Maybe now we'll make a trade! My apologies for the ranting and negativity. So frustrated and disappointed with this team right now! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
All Eyes On Me 1,327 Report post Posted January 31 I’m done sugarcoating, this team is *****ing awful right now. 5-26 from 3?!?! Make a move.. what the hell are we waiting for?! Our weaknesses are so obvious and we just sit there and don’t do jack **** about it. Embarrassing. If Weltman sits on his hands again at the deadline, I might need to take a break because this is an unwatchable product 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil4Real 73 Report post Posted January 31 Horrible game. Probably the worst of the season. If you haven't seen it yet, skip it. The team just wasn't there. There was no intent to move the ball, no defensive intensity, no physicality. A team without soul. I think there is also some kind of attitude problem, some kind of energy problem. At one point, it seemed like JI was the only one defending, jumping, trying something. I think we need Jalen's energy again, but I worry about how fragile the temper is if we depend so much on one player - a player who gets injured a lot Paolo is not ok, nothing is working out for him and he's not responding well at all to the double teams. I think he's waiting too long to initiate attacks and that's hurting possessions. Not only did we lose to the Blazers (19-29), they COOKED US twice in one week. Something has to change fast, or what's going to change is the outlook for the season. 11th in the East is closer to the Magic than the Magic are to 4th. We need to wake up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stinger24 2 Report post Posted January 31 23 minutes ago, Phil4Real said: Horrible game. Probably the worst of the season. If you haven't seen it yet, skip it. The team just wasn't there. There was no intent to move the ball, no defensive intensity, no physicality. A team without soul. I think there is also some kind of attitude problem, some kind of energy problem. At one point, it seemed like JI was the only one defending, jumping, trying something. I think we need Jalen's energy again, but I worry about how fragile the temper is if we depend so much on one player - a player who gets injured a lot Paolo is not ok, nothing is working out for him and he's not responding well at all to the double teams. I think he's waiting too long to initiate attacks and that's hurting possessions. Not only did we lose to the Blazers (19-29), they COOKED US twice in one week. Something has to change fast, or what's going to change is the outlook for the season. 11th in the East is closer to the Magic than the Magic are to 4th. We need to wake up. I will get multiple downvotes as I always do but this team is better without Paulo. He has been consistently negative in plus minus and it goes back to last year. This team was flying without him we actually have a sample size. Suggs, Franz, Moe, and Goga should be the core moves need to be made we have the sample size what more do you all and the front office need? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
All Eyes On Me 1,327 Report post Posted January 31 Our core 3 is Paolo, Franz and Jalen. Anyone else on this team is tradeable. Saw a stat earlier today that among qualified players with at least 100 3 point attempts Jonathan Isaac is in dead last in the league in percentage and AB is 4th to last. The KCP signing was a failure. Jett was an awful, wasted pick. The Wendell extension was a terrible decision. We don’t have a single point guard on this roster to make life easier on our offense. We have one of the worst 3 point shooting teams of all time. And we have a GM who refuses to make any moves to address any of our weaknesses. It’s okay though, at least we’ve got plenty of guys smiling and laughing on the bench while getting boat raced by a bad team to cap off a horrible January of basketball. I’m legitimately angry.. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
