2024/2025 General Game Thread

[zollman 51]

Goga tweaked his hip.  Hope it isn’t bad

[TrueMagicFan07 688]

34 minutes ago, Jay Magic said:

Never doubting J.I alot of fickle people on here. Naysayers and doubters... 

Hold that!!! 

Jay Magic, I read the things that you say, sending positive vibes to us as fans. But I absolutely agree with you on this one.

I'm always puzzled by some of the negative critiquing of JI. We all must remember how long he had been sidelined by back- to-back injuries. It takes time for JI--or any player--to heal and strengthen the body to get back to being the outstanding player that we all witnessed in the past..

A broken bone may not allow you to walk or jump the way you use to. I know, ask my my once broken left big toe. :)

Am I right, JJZL--or any other participant on this board who has some knowledge or connection with the medical profession? 

[hootie249 318]

1 hour ago, Phil4Real said:

Wendell doesn't even look at the rim. He doesn't grab a fkng rebound and almost every Sixers player take him to the paint. He has 4 points and 3 rebounds in 22 minutes. $59M 3 year extension smh

Worse, it's currently a 5 year contract, the most any player in our league can have that starts next year....i only ask...why?

[TrueMagicFan07 688]

And another thing. Some have been ragging on my guy, Goga, saying how bad he was playing. Not even checking to see if was playing through an injury.

[Jay Magic 1,328]

1 hour ago, fan for too long 2 said:

Hold on. Look at my posts in the past. Nobody backed him on here more than me. Questioning his effort this year is only logical but tonight he showed who he can and should be!

All good. Wasn't aimed directly. But if the shoe was to fit then so be it. It's all love FFTL 

[Jay Magic 1,328]

1 minute ago, TrueMagicFan07 said:

And another thing. Some have been ragging on my guy, Goga, saying how bad he was playing. Not even checking to see if was playing through an injury.

100% been injured and playing through it

[All Eyes On Me 1,341]

Huge win. I’m done second-guessing this team. Moseley could run out a lineup of me and the Golden Girls and we’d find a way to win. Overcame a lot of suspect officiating (both challenges that Philly “won” are baffling!), missed free throws, turnovers, and injuries and still somehow pulled out a Dub. Big shoutout to JI, Cole and TQ. We don’t win this game without the 3 of them and their huge plays throughout the game. TQ is gonna take Caleb’s roster spot and might belong in our regular rotation if we ever get healthy.

[orlandoholic 191]

Jay Magic, no offense. But you do the pretty obvious. Your the always positive best fan type of poster. When things go well, your the loudest saying „i told you so..“ And then you go on to „call out“ posters that had something negative to say. 

It’s a bad habit imo. Some people just can’t understand or don’t want to understand fair criticism. 

Goga playing through an injury is one thing. People of critiqued him for bad and terrible body language. And that was rightfully so. Ain’t nobody said he’s terrible or anything. 

Isaac was critiqued for a several bad games and also he didn’t look like the player he was last season. So there was a discussion if it’s effort or if it’s the added weight or something else. Those are things that should be talked about on a fan forum. That is engagement. That’s a conversation about the team we love. 

you shouldn’t try to create your own narrative on other people posts. 

If everybody was doing you, we’d be „cool great game, We are legends Whohhooo“ every game, no conversation at all. 

 

I do appreciate your posts though but imo you could engage more in honest conversations 

[orlandoholic 191]

what a W!! I don’t know how we pull these off. 
Incredible effort once again. Isaac with the redemption game! He must be reading this board lol. 
Cole stepped up as well. 

Team gotta learn how to play with Paolo back though. We are back to ball watching for the most part. 

[CTMagicUK 1,622]

Great win. That 6th foul on PG was huge because he was cooking us from 3. 

Queen plays awesome defense and he's got enough as a passer and ball handler (it's not like PG good but for an off ball wing it's fine) where I feel like if he could just hit 3s he'd be a legit NBA 8th-10th man at minimum. 

JI had probably his best game of the season. 

Cole cooked in the first half and we don't win this game without his offense but I wish he'd just take less heat check 3s. He's actually really stepped up his defense as well. It's not actively good, it's hard to be with being small and not super twitchy laterally, but it's been passable lately I've thought. 

Thought AB was awesome this game too as a driver and playmaker. If he had a bit of a softer touch around the rim he'd be so much more efficient though, at least once a game he makes a move, gets to the rim and then bricks the layup. 

Mose for COTY

[MagicMan1979 155]

9 hours ago, TrueMagicFan07 said:

Jay Magic, I read the things that you say, sending positive vibes to us as fans. But I absolutely agree with you on this one.

I'm always puzzled by some of the negative critiquing of JI. We all must remember how long he had been sidelined by back- to-back injuries. It takes time for JI--or any player--to heal and strengthen the body to get back to being the outstanding player that we all witnessed in the past..

A broken bone may not allow you to walk or jump the way you use to. I know, ask my my once broken left big toe. :)

Am I right, JJZL--or any other participant on this board who has some knowledge or connection with the medical profession? 

JI is a really good dude and didn’t have a case of Mo Bamba (lazy) like other posters say! He has had a ton of injuries and my old post about his weight gain was simply about sport science and a medical opinion. . 
 

Also this is a better matchup for JI than Giannis and Lopez. 
 

You are correct TMF injuries especially to the lower extremities can change your gait. This can lead to more uneven wear and tear. Which also can lead to other injuries over time. 
 

Grest posts TMF and Jay. I always appreciate an optimist over a pessimist.  Go Magic!

[hootie249 318]

Another good win i didn't see. Go Magic! I'll be buying tickets for next Sundays game here in Denver. Hope some of these guys make it back this week, especially S