2024/2025 General Game Thread

[MagicOne]

2 minutes ago, TreyMachine said:

I'd like to point out one month ago the sentiments of this board were the above statement. We had one bad month. Let's not throw out the baby with the bathwater that we didn't get something completed at the trade deadline and recently bias calls for the head of both Mose and Parker.

Let's see how this month goes. If we end this badly, we certainly will be having a small reset this off season. 

I agree with your post to a certain extent. Yes, it is true that we had a bad month and that things have the potential for getting better. However, even when things were going great there was always the need for one or two more consistent shooters and or a PG to help with spacing while alleviating some of the pressure off of Franz and Paolo. Time will certainly tell moving forward. The best thing we can do now I suppose is to remain as positive as possible. After all, there is always hope regardless of how bad things may look. 

[Jamesdin]

[All Eyes On Me]

3-17 from deep. So glad one good shooting game last night out of 20 bad ones made our GM think we were good 

[MagicOne]

We are shooting 39 percent tonight and have only made 3 three-pointers thus far. But good shooting is not what is needed to win basketball games. It is all about having the upside and potential. And being patient while evaluating all of that potential. Losing isn't all that bad either. It gives you an opportunity to take a look at the film and to see where you can get better. Eventually shots will begin to fall. And if they don't, then that's ok too. Good shooting is not important. Evaluating talent is.

[OnlyFranz]

When TQ (2-way player) is in the game over your 1st round picks who are sitting on the bench AFTER the trade deadline that tells you all you need to know about your roster. 

[TrueMagicFan07]

Jokic gets away with a lot.  If one of our players barely touch him, it's a foul. A few minutes ago, Jokic kept pushing the Magic defender off with his arm, and no foul was called against him. It's his size.

[Soul Bro]

5 minutes ago, All Eyes On Me said:

3-17 from deep. So glad one good shooting game last night out of 20 bad ones made our GM think we were good 

I came to post this. Denver is shooting 47% from three, while we’re shooting 16% from three. It’s shocking we didn’t make a trade.

[MagicOne]

2 minutes ago, OnlyFranz said:

When TQ (2-way player) is in the game over your 1st round picks sitting on the bench AFTER the trade deadline that tells you all you need to know about your roster. 

Or when J-Suggs is missing all of these games with a bruise. I do believe that tank mode is in the very near future. And that is really a shame to be quite honest.

[TrueMagicFan07]

I don't understand why players on any team argue with a referee. It doesn't do any good.

[Stinger24]

13 minutes ago, MagicOne said:

We are shooting 39 percent tonight and have only made 3 three-pointers thus far. But good shooting is not what is needed to win basketball games. It is all about having the upside and potential. And being patient while evaluating all of that potential. Losing isn't all that bad either. It gives you an opportunity to take a look at the film and to see where you can get better. Eventually shots will begin to fall. And if they don't, then that's ok too. Good shooting is not important. Evaluating talent is.

This the way always….

[Stinger24]

11 minutes ago, Soul Bro said:

I came to post this. Denver is shooting 47% from three, while we’re shooting 16% from three. It’s shocking we didn’t make a trade.

Last deadline trade was 2022 Bol Bol lol you expected different 

[MagicOne]

If a team has 4 or 5, maybe even 6 or 7 bad shooting games then you can say that it's a bad streak. But when this has been going on for 3 or 4 years then it's a little more than a bad streak. It is clearly evident that we are content with what we have because losing in a sense is winning, because it has the potential to lead to higher draft picks. It's about building through the draft. It's a cycle. It's like the movie Groundhog Day with Bill Murray where the same thing keeps happening over and over and over again. Eventually after bungling things, he finally does the right thing and gets the girl at the end of the movie. When will that happen here in Orlando? Will there finally be a happy ending? Or will it be 6 more weeks...(years) of winter..(draft picks)?