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General, totally baseless, conjecture: The Osceola Magic had the best offense in the G league and are the number 1 seed. Dylan Murphy, the HC of the Osceola Magic, was on our staff last year. Last year the Magic had 6 guys listed as assistant coaches, this year with Nate Tibbets leaving late in preseason and Murphy going down to be the G league HC we only had 4 (according to what I could find publicly, it's highly probable some guys with slight variant job titles were assistant coaches in all but name) What if we deliberately sent Murphy to HC the G league team to get reps designing an offense etc so that we could bring him back as the Offensive coordinator this coming year? (And if this happens, it could bode well for Jett Howard given he's spent all year playing down there) Once again this is one hundred percent baseless conjecture and I drank quite a lot last night lol

it would probably get them banned, but i wish one of the reporters would say hey mose you say the same thing every night. How are You gonna get them to keep moving the ball in the clutch?

elaborate... i said playoffs...i know that much... i been more right than wrong Next season get the snipers and we are set for years to come

You've believed a lot of stuff that hasn't happened to be fair.

This is one of your rare posts that I disagree with. I pointed out recently how Harris, during one of our losses, despite starting and playing 30 minutes, only got 3 shots the whole game (and hit two of them, both three pointers). Giving the ball to Paulo at the top of the key and hoping he can ISO against all five of the other team is not a winning strategy. Great players make the other players on their teams better, not worse. Our only chance is to play better team basketball and run plays to open players up for shots. The idea that everyone else besides Paulo sucks and therefore he has to have the ball in his hands all the time doesn’t fly from my standpoint. I see it as an excuse to explain bad offensive execution. Add: by the way, when you look at our last three losses, Paulo had the worst +\- of anyone on our team for two of the three (-19, -20). So it’s not exactly like he’s making us way better when he’s out there.

I enjoy reading this message board and appreciate when I get to read volumes of opinions from participants, whether I agree or disagree. I want to hear the negatives. . . I want to hear the positive comments My point is, I have been reading a lot of criticisms about individual Magic players--which is fine with me. But when I mention something that I observed about a Magic player during a game, which is viewed as negative (like last night), I get a down vote. Remember when Cole scored 20 pts in a game we won (out of the last 11 remaining games in the season). I, along with one or two other participants, pointed out how inconsistent Cole is on offense. When I posted, I used the expression "ball hog" and how in the playoffs Cole could cause the Magic to lose a game playing "hero ball". I was the only participant who was critical of Cole that got a down vote. Last night, in the game against Houston, I received a down vote for an observation I made about 2 Magic players who were falling to the floor a lot. I was concerned about possible injuries. Suggs fell backwards about 3 or 4 times. I have not seen any other down votes given to other participants on this message board in a while where Magic players were criticized..

cole nah, we're fine. they took cole out the game.

Complaining about Cole after that game specifically is WILD. I was more scared that anyone other than Cole was going to shoot.

The last 4 losses put a spotlight on just how thin our backcourt is. Harris out the last 2 and Suggs out the 2 losses to New York and Indy. It’s why most of us were so upset for sitting stagnant at the trade deadline. Markelle was horrible again last night but people are afraid to say it because he’s an awesome dude and we all feel bad for him. Behind that AB is too raw, and Cole and Suggs are way too inconsistent. I still can’t believe a pro basketball team had a quarter where they shot 3-22 from the field… insane

Too bad, did not capitalize on a fantastic game by JI

CT, the last game Markelle played in, it was him coming off the bench. He did not take anything away from Paolo and Franz. He was able to draw attention to himself, leaving it open for Paolo and Franz to do their thing. Markelle did not clog up the paint each time Paolo went in for those thunderous dunks. While Markelle handled the ball, the opposing players were more focused on what he was going to do instead of waiting for Franz or Paolo dribbling into paint and triple-teamed while trying to make a layup.

I would have to disagree. , Kelle comes in and can calm the team down and get them back into running some sets, Ingles can to a lesser degree. AB can’t do that, at least not yet. I’m not sure if Cole will ever, though there are flashes - he’s just not a natural PG.

I am reminding myself that at the beginning of season I would have been satisfied with a .500 record and play in opportunity. Even though this latest stretch has been tough to stomach, we are still exceeding expectations overall. Hopefully we can hang on to a 6th or higher seeding and get a win or two (and valuable experience) in a 1st round series. I’d be amazed with anything beyond that. I think with us recently flirting with a possible 2nd or 3rd seed had me becoming disillusioned that we might have a good shot at making a deep run in the playoffs.. that ain’t happening, not yet..

my bad hahaha

On a night where this team is needing an offensive spark why on God’s green earth is Jett not getting some burn? It can’t be any worse than what we’ve been seeing up to this point. It baffles me how he hasn’t gotten any playing time all season. We’ve got guys playing who are terrible on defense and can’t get going on offense so why not take a chance on Jett?

I can't wait for the endless debate on who we'd prefer to trade for only to end up with neither.

We're playing with fire again, and that's not the right mentality to enter playoffs. Speaking of that, I would like coach Mosley to start to implement some playoff solutions in the rotation, at least in close games or ones with strong opponent. Like avoid lineups with multiple bad defenders, avoid lineups without both Paolo and Franz (and sometimes even Jalen), and so on. And when he wants to ride Mo at C until the end of the game, at least try to do it on a attack/defense set, with Carter or Isaac ready for the def possession. We should start to experiment with those changes, we're way more unexperienced than other teams, and switching the mentality will not be as simple in a couple weeks.

Cavs and Knicks lose, Heat and Sixers win. It’s getting spicy… 3. Cleveland 45-30 4. New York 44-30 5. Orlando 43-31 6. Indiana 42-33 7. Miami 41-33 8. Philadelphia 40-35 We’re 2 games ahead of Miami for the division, reminder they have the tiebreaker with us. If we somehow wind up in a 3 way tie for 3rd with Cleveland and NY, we’d be the 3 seed thanks to winning the Southeast division. Gonna be a fun last 2 weeks

This is just an exhibition game tbh. Memphis are full of players that is auditioning and not going to be part of their team next season. Just win but don’t take anything away from it. No false hope that “were back on track”. as I said before, they should still practice their FT shooting focussing on the word “FREE”. Also loosen up a little their muscle under pressure, when in crunch time, they suddenly forget how to play winning basketball which they are really capable.

We play like spurs! when no pressure : duncan, ginobilli, parker era when playing good teams specially under 2mins : wembanyama era

I would also add that since they incorporated “prison rules” since The All Star Break guys like Paolo annd Franz aren’t getting the whistle nearly as much. That doesn’t explain why Franz can’t shoot anymore though.

I'd take either of them for our starting PG spot. Beggars can't be choosers. And to nitpick about 44 points in 44 shots in yet another win against the Celtics, with a game winner while being a 7 to 1 underdog, seems unnecessary. No Trae, Okongwu or Jalen Johnson playing, either.

Last 2 minutes, close game. Will we move the ball or have just one guy touch it each possession?