2025/26 NBA Regular Season Thread

[JJZFL]

8 hours ago, Jay Magic said:

 

Not sure I agree with this take. This guy is focused on the offense. He’s confident the defense will come around. But the magic gave up 136 points in the game he’s talking about. Does he think that if they executed the play on offense he’s recommending more frequently, maybe the Magic would’ve scored 150?  When you give up 136, you’re usually going to lose, and it’s not really a reflection on your offense.

[Jay Magic]

2 hours ago, JJZFL said:

Not sure I agree with this take. This guy is focused on the offense. He’s confident the defense will come around. But the magic gave up 136 points in the game he’s talking about. Does he think that if they executed the play on offense he’s recommending more frequently, maybe the Magic would’ve scored 150?  When you give up 136, you’re usually going to lose, and it’s not really a reflection on your offense.

He knows ball. We are gonna be absolutely more than fine. We working things out

[All Eyes On Me]

We declined Jett’s 4th year, he’ll be a UFA this summer.

[All Eyes On Me]

35 minutes ago, All Eyes On Me said:

We declined Jett’s 4th year, he’ll be a UFA this summer.

We did pick up the option on AB and TDS 

[UnrealShaquille]

2 hours ago, All Eyes On Me said:

We declined Jett’s 4th year, he’ll be a UFA this summer.

Shame we are stuck with him for another season. Even trying to get off his salary would cost us a draft pick.  

[JJZFL]

3 hours ago, All Eyes On Me said:

We declined Jett’s 4th year, he’ll be a UFA this summer.

I guess we can now consider that draft pick officially a bust. It was highly criticized at the time, apparently correctly so.

[TrueMagicFan07]

On 10/26/2025 at 10:20 AM, hootie249 said:

I mean soon it will be time to start blaming the coaches. Whatever you think Bane is, we saw what he was before on Memphis and this isn't it. I saw him as a leader as well as a shooter. Both have been missing. I hope he is allowed to start taking control of these games and not the big man child. I think Paolo is amazingly talented but he is not even playing hero ball, he is just killing the team play. SMDH.

I agree with you 100% hootie, all of what you said. I have seen Bane play a lot when he was with the Grizzlies. I wasn't following the team. The times I saw him play was against the Magic and the Warriors, my second favorite team.

I didn't like him because he was a nasty, get-up-in-your-face player when he played for the Grizzlies. I remember him getting into a face-to-face confrontation with Draymond Green. I won't say I hated him, but I developed a strong dislike for him.  Bane could drain those 3's. He was the Grizzlies 3rd best player on their team. I was surprised--in a good way--when I found out he was traded to the Magic.

I am as guilty as some of the Magic posters for criticizing Bane because he has not met my expectations. I even put him in the same box as KCP. For those who have seen KCP play on the Lakers, he was as good as the nickname he gave himself when he joined the Magic.

Something goes wrong when good players from other teams come to the Magic. 

 

[All Eyes On Me]

1 hour ago, JJZFL said:

I guess we can now consider that draft pick officially a bust. It was highly criticized at the time, apparently correctly so.

Yep, picked him over Derrick Lively, Gradey Dick, Keyonte George.. killer

[hootie249]

It would be too easy to criticize the Magic today after another loss. Besides the national media is doing it now, we made it boys!

Anyhow like i said not talking Magic today so i'll criticize size some forum members. Who were the people here that laughed at trading for Austin Reeves? 

LOL> this is really just a joke post and to see who watches the other NBA teams. I could not watch the Magic because i was busy but i did watch the Lakers. That kid is something else!

Also Magic fans it could be worse, i also watched the Nuggets game and for the life of me i cannot understand what the Pelicans are doing. Such an awful team. 

[hootie249]

17 hours ago, All Eyes On Me said:

Yep, picked him over Derrick Lively, Gradey Dick, Keyonte George.. killer

Love this post. Of course The Mavs picked Lively and they have problems. The Raptors picked Dick and they have problems. The Jazz picked Keyonte George and they have huge problems. The good franchises like the Spurs pick the right guys and develop them. 

Heck once Wallace got picked i was hoping they would Pick Hawkins or Podziemski. Draft is tough but we all knew Jett was the wrong pick that day!

[Shine88]

Speaking of draft misses, I think we missed on Kyshawn George. The kid been balling.

https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5174563/kyshawn-george

I like TDS, but George is 3 years younger and had a higher upside. Plus, he'd easily be our best ball handling/playmaker at this moment. 

[Luke_FfS]

Lowe and his guest talking about Magic again for 7 minutes and asking the same questions we probably do, don't understanding what's happening. Starting from 50:20.

https://youtu.be/Vjvi-qDQQkU?si=OIa_kPuS7dYamRVo&t=3022