2025 Off-Season Thread

[TrueMagicFan07]

2 minutes ago, CTMagicUK said:

I'm sure the Magic would love to add a Penny Hardaway or a Magic Johnson but that player is not out there. 

I agree. And there is no player today (non point guard) who can play that position like Lebron. The Magic is a totally different team than Lebron and the Lakers. Lebron has been like a second coach for them (not technically). But I am pretty sure he has some input into how the team plays. The Magic players do not have that kind of input in game plans.

[OnlyFranz]

5 hours ago, CTMagicUK said:

I'm sure the Magic would love to add a Penny Hardaway or a Magic Johnson but that player is not out there. 

We don’t need a Penny or Magic just a serviceable pg who you can throw into the starting lineup when needed. How do the Pacers have 3 pg’s that can all run that offense and we struggle to find one? San Antonio is about to have the same problem if they draft Dylan Harper with Fox and Castle already there. Those are the types of teams we need to try and trade with. 

[jmmagicfan]

54 minutes ago, OnlyFranz said:

We don’t need a Penny or Magic just a serviceable pg who you can throw into the starting lineup when needed. How do the Pacers have 3 pg’s that can all run that offense and we struggle to find one? San Antonio is about to have the same problem if they draft Dylan Harper with Fox and Castle already there. Those are the types of teams we need to try and trade with. 

It also helps that they actually have a defined offense, instead of just one on one plays.

[MagicMan1979]

6 hours ago, TrueMagicFan07 said:

Raise your hand if you have been watching the playoffs.

            

If you really paid attention as I did, I witnessed a whole different style of play during the playoffs as opposed to the regular season. It has been fast paced. Players and ball movement was a sight to behold. It has been amazing the way the ball has moved around and touching so many players hands until they found an open man. Players did not just stand in the corner. I saw players run to the corner in a catch and shoot. They didn't just stand there watching iso from a teammate. I don't know how to describe it. It has been so much fun to watch.

Since we have added a 3 pt. shooter in "you know who", he needs to help spread the floor like Ryan Anderson, Dennis Scott, Rashard Lewis did for the Magic. We need a Penny Hardaway, who was a highly skilled point guard known for his scoring and playmaking to run the show just like my Magic Johnson.

That's my 2 cents.

 

TMF you need to really study Banes game more if you’re comparing him to those players. The only thing they have in common is they can shoot. Bane is a pick and roll playmaker. He plays closer to our guy Steph than he does those forwards. 
 

 

Watch two minutes of this video and you will see how different he is to those standstill catch and shoot forwards. My point is Bane doesn’t need to just be set up. He creates for himself and more importantly for others.
 

I stand by my Boston’s backcourt and wing comparison. We have four playmakers that are as good or better at distributing than Holiday, White, Taytum and Brown.

[MagicMan1979]

Stole this from Reddit but thought this was interesting for all the PG Garland talk. We got a guy who compares well offensively is much better defensively and most importantly kept our own defensive stud in Suggs.  Weltman knocked it out of the park!

 

Getting a backup PG off the bench like Chris Paul or Tyus Jones wouldn’t be the worst thing admittedly. But our core four looks awesome!

[jmmagicfan]

I think our core is going to be good together, but if we don’t have any cohesive team offense, I don’t know how much any single player can improve our team. I like our pieces, but still have doubts about our coaching.

[Jay Magic]

Some people will still have doubts when we win the championship too hahahaha

[CTMagicUK]

Malcolm Brogdon for the vet minimum or maybe the BAE might be a move to make at PG. It's a bit risky considering his injury history and he was bad last year in Washington (hence why he might be gettable for the vet minimum) but he's got proven track record as an NBA PG who can shoot and play off of a star forward. 

[Jay Magic]

12 minutes ago, CTMagicUK said:

Malcolm Brogdon for the vet minimum or maybe the BAE might be a move to make at PG. It's a bit risky considering his injury history and he was bad last year in Washington (hence why he might be gettable for the vet minimum) but he's got proven track record as an NBA PG who can shoot and play off of a star forward. 

If he could stay healthy he'd be the person I'd want 100%

[OnlyFranz]

2 hours ago, jmmagicfan said:

It also helps that they actually have a defined offense, instead of just one on one plays.

Yeah it goes hand in hand gotta have the personnel to be able to execute the offensive plays and a coach willing to call them. 

[CTMagicUK]

Magic currently have 3 roster spots. 4 if they decline the Mo Wagner team option. 

I'd expect the first 2 of the 3 to be guards given we've lost 4 in acquiring Bane. 

If Mo Wagner is declined the roster spot he vacates will definitely be a big. 

Do we think Trevelin Queen could get that last spot? His shooting percentages were atrocious last season but he always gave effort, played good defense and flashed some ball handling, passing and shooting at various points he just played a lot with incomplete, very injured teams or in garbage time.

 

 

[Albert Lergier]

16 hours ago, MagicMan1979 said:

I thought it would interesting for everyone to see how The National Media ranks our core four.

The Ringer Top 100

22. Paolo Banchero

37. Franz Wagner

47. Desmond Bane

62. Jalen Suggs

 

That looks like a pretty good ranking to me. 

The Q is how the rating of our gang of 4 compares to some of the teams considered tears 1 or 2?