Murphy13 185 Report post Posted June 22, 2013 Aside from that Jahlil Okafor (Top college recruit in 2014, most likely top 5 draft pick in 2015) has some great post moves for a guy his age, it's a shame we'll (hopefully) be too good to get near him in 2015. ( you can see some of his play on the full scrimmage vid at draftexpress.com) The only shame would be if we're still bad enough to be talking about such a high draft pick come 2015. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
My 6th Rebuild 6 Report post Posted June 22, 2013 Biggest difference between the Heat and Magic: Heat got smart and hired Pat Riley to run the basketball ops and stay out of his way. Magic continue to hire rookies and have non basketball people leading the basketball operations. I hope Hennigan is what all of you hope he is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LetsGoMagic 3 Report post Posted June 22, 2013 I've talked myself into it. I want Shabazz. I think he can be great Don't let these guys scare you off bro your aloud to have an opinion too Shabazz will be a one of the best players to come out of this draft Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the notorious S.A.C. 89 Report post Posted June 22, 2013 Biggest difference between the Heat and Magic: Heat got smart and hired Pat Riley to run the basketball ops and stay out of his way. Magic continue to hire rookies and have non basketball people leading the basketball operations. I hope Hennigan is what all of you hope he is. We've set the bar real real low around here so anyone decent will look like Pat Riley. A labotomized manatee would be a significant improvement of our management choices of the past. Im comfortable that Hennigan will be a reasonable and decent gm. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mat 4 Report post Posted June 22, 2013 Biggest difference between the Heat and Magic: Heat got smart and hired Pat Riley to run the basketball ops and stay out of his way. Magic continue to hire rookies and have non basketball people leading the basketball operations. I hope Hennigan is what all of you hope he is. We all hope this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DPMagic12 0 Report post Posted June 22, 2013 I think that what happens with the Bledsoe/Afflalo trade and if we can get Dallas' #13 pick, will have a lot to do with who we pick with #2 - and vice versa. Assuming that the Magic use the Early Termination Options on both Hedo and Al Harrington, don't resign Beno Udrih, and make the qualifying offer to DeQuan Jones, that leaves you with the following under contract. PG Jameer Nelson E'Twaun Moore SG Arron Afflalo Doron Lamb SF Maurice Harkless DeQuan Jones PF Tobias Harris Glen Davis Andrew Nicholson C Nikola Vucevic Kyle O'Quinn If we can manage to get Dallas' pick, I think we can add a decent rotation player. Let's look at each move individually. Most of the mock drafts have at least two of the following available at the 13th pick - Michael Carter-Williams, Shane Larkin, Dennis Schroeder; so if you don't get Bledsoe, but you do have #13 to pick up one of those point guards, I say go out of the box and pick Otto Porter. My hope for #13 would be Carter-Williams, so you would have PG Jameer Nelson Michael Carter-Williams E'Twaun Moore SG Arron Afflalo Doron Lamb SF Otto Porter Maurice Harkless DeQuan Jones Especially if you can get Carter-Williams, his size lets you swing Meer to play some off-the-ball/SG as well. Obviously, if you do make the trade, you have to go with a SG, and either McLemore or Oladipo should do - I actually prefer Oladipo for his defense and Mac did occasionally play too passive in college. Assuming you don't get #13, that gives you PG Eric Bledsoe Jameer Nelson E'Twaun Moore SG Victor Oladipo Doron Lamb SF Maurice Harkless Caron Butler (incl w/Bledsoe - expiring makes numbers work) DeQuan Jones Again, you can swing Meer or Bledsoe to play som off-the-ball/SG if needed; but you can also swing Butler over to SG some as well. If you manage both the trade and to pick up #13, then if he is still there I think you still go Carter-Williams, if he isn't there you go with the best available SG/SF. Someone might drop, like Kentavius Caldwell-Pope, Shabazz Muhammed, or even Trey Burke or CJ McCollum. If none of them are left you should still have Hardaway, Crabbe, Bullock, Karasev, Franklin, or Rice. PG Eric Bledsoe Jameer Nelson Michael Carter-Williams (if available @ #13) SG Victor Oladipo Doron Lamb Crabbe/Franklin (if MCW not available @ #13) SF Maurice Harkless Caron Butler DeQuan Jones Bullock/Karasev (if MCW not available @ #13) I don't see why some people are obsessed with MCW. He has a terrible shot and I think he is going to be a major bust. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masazasm2 16 Report post Posted June 23, 2013 Don't know if this has been posted yet... Lot of teams looking at Sharpless as a sleeper, including the Magic. http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=angelo+sharpless+highlights&mid=D8519B4E39AB3494BDB5D8519B4E39AB3494BDB5&view=detail&FORM=VIRE3 added: https://t.co/8LHWIeeJcN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the notorious S.A.C. 89 Report post Posted June 23, 2013 Don't know if this has been posted yet... Lot of teams looking at Sharpless as a sleeper, including the Magic. http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=angelo+sharpless+highlights&mid=D8519B4E39AB3494BDB5D8519B4E39AB3494BDB5&view=detail&FORM=VIRE3 Sharpless and Harkless...too confusing. Maybe less is more. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jareth Cutestory 678 Report post Posted June 23, 2013 Pat Riley traded away everyone not named Wade in the pre new CBA days and got LeBron and Bosh to come to the beach and play alongside Wade. But OK. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masazasm2 16 Report post Posted June 23, 2013 NBA Legion @MySportsLegion 1m NBA has invited 10 draftees to the "Green Room" for Thursday: Noel, Oladipo, MCW, McLemore, Porter, Len, Bennett, Burke, Zeller & McCollum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masazasm2 16 Report post Posted June 23, 2013 Can't make up my mind who I would like the Magic to take. Thinking MCW could be a Penny type PG, Mclemore or Oladipo are safe picks. If the Magic pull off the Bledsoe trade, MCW would be out. Two guys I do not want the Magic to take are Burke and Noel. Anybody else I can live with. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaywdm 8 Report post Posted June 23, 2013 Can't make up my mind who I would like the Magic to take. Thinking MCW could be a Penny type PG, Mclemore or Oladipo are safe picks. If the Magic pull off the Bledsoe trade, MCW would be out. Two guys I do not want the Magic to take are Burke and Noel. Anybody else I can live with. I'm not huge on MCW but I would be alright with it I guess. The two guys I don't want is Bennet and Porter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
