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To all my fellow Magic Fans CONGRATULATIONS! We deserve this for staying fans all these years even when we were awful.

GO MAGIC!

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?

HEY, ORLANDO MAGIC! GAME WINNER 113-88 GO MAGIC!

If Isaac somehow leads us to victory, free fish and chips for everyone by CTMagicUK!

Jonathan Isaac has been unbelievable so far.

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

Congratulations all Magic fans for making playoffs!

I can't remember whether my prediction for this season was 40 or 42 wins, but either way we exceeded my expectations. I'm confident that management will take action this off-season and gets us the shooter(s) we need to take the next step.

Lol agreed

This team has no identity on offense. No type of flow, whatsoever. Weltman should be ashamed of himself. It's 2024 you can't have this many non-shooter on your roster.

Hawks likely to trade Trae or Dejounte in the offseason. Make it happen, Otis!

This is not really draft related but Eric Musselman -> USC leaving a vacancy at Arkansas that becomes John Calipari -> Arkansas is WILD (and also probably good news for Kentucky honestly who likely would have considered firing Cal if not for his huge contract). "Kentucky guards" is dead. Long live "Arkansas guards" lol

Hoping for the best for Franz and JI. Both are critical to a playoff run.

Why do you think the higher paid players make more money?

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

44 points on 44 shots is insane. Murray vs Trae is an interesting debate of which one I’d rather have. A Dejounte and Suggs perimeter defense duo would be nasty, but Trae would probably be the best passer we’ve had since… uhh.. I don’t even know.. Skiles? And he’d help with the spacing and congestion immensely. I guess my answer is I’d take either and smile about it lol

this is a nice watch and it’s been a topic quite often. Mosley is a great defensive mind, a great players coach. Just give him a great offensive minded offensive coordinator and transform coaching. It’s not a shame to rely on an offensive coordinator. The NFL is used to this. So if i’m Mosley, i’m hiring a n OC and that coach will have the say in designing our offense in the offseason. Mosley will take lessons at the same time and master the OC principles. He is now in the knowledge to call shots in a game. Amd at the same time i don’t understand why an assistant can’t draw up plays? Basketball in general act like the coaches need to be great t both. But imo it’s difficult to be a great defensive minded coach and also focus on offensive strategies. The video above shows the beauty of concepts and X and Os, in the NBA. I feel like our team is so unselfish, it would be designed to thrive in a great offensive system.