Official Speculation Thread (Offseason 2015-'16) cont.

[T-DOT KEEZY]

Just pulled the trigger on a 12 game plan.

Was going to do a 10 game plan but then they said if you do 12 games it's 10% off the total. So the last 2 games ended up being free, or close to it.

Got really good seats to Denver, Utah, and Philly. Good seats for Houston to get hammered and boo Dwight.

I think we're going to be the most fun, or at least top 5 in terms of most fun to watch this season so I hope it's a good one.

Nice I didn't renew my season tickets but did do a 7 game flex plan. You picked some fun games. I am going to the Lakers game, Bucks, Hawks, Clippers, Hornets and can't remember the other two but kinda lower level teams. I tried to pick a few games with parity so that I can enjoy myself. If anyone is doing season tix the Magic really are trying hard to keep everyone engaged. They did a barbecue event as well as a craft beer night which I went to last year. This could be a nice year overall and it Should be fun to watch Hezonja

[KillMonger]

That was a sweet arse pass, but not a "No Look" pass. His eyes were on the guy he was passing to.

his eyes were yes but he didn't turn his head so from the defender's perspective it's a no-look from our sort of bird's eye view not so much

[The Real Dalic]

Off topic comment:

I've followed baseball pretty closely this season. My girlfriend likes the Red Sox, and while I don't identify as a fan of a specific baseball team, I've watched nearly every Red Sox game this year. And since I'm incapable of just casually watching a sport, I've followed along pretty closely, including lurking some message boards. Now, I've been here on RealGM a long time, and witnessed a lot of trolling. But the low-IQ trolling I have witnessed from Yankees fans in such a comparatively brief amount of time is nothing short of astounding. Those guys make Raptors trolls look like the most gentlemanly scholars you've ever met.

I have friends who are Yankees fans. Believe me, I feel your pain.

[j-ragg]

Just pulled the trigger on a 12 game plan.

Was going to do a 10 game plan but then they said if you do 12 games it's 10% off the total. So the last 2 games ended up being free, or close to it.

Got really good seats to Denver, Utah, and Philly. Good seats for Houston to get hammered and boo Dwight.

I think we're going to be the most fun, or at least top 5 in terms of most fun to watch this season so I hope it's a good one.

Nice I didn't renew my season tickets but did do a 7 game flex plan. You picked some fun games. I am going to the Lakers game, Bucks, Hawks, Clippers, Hornets and can't remember the other two but kinda lower level teams. I tried to pick a few games with parity so that I can enjoy myself. If anyone is doing season tix the Magic really are trying hard to keep everyone engaged. They did a barbecue event as well as a craft beer night which I went to last year. This could be a nice year overall and it Should be fun to watch Hezonja

lol yeah I mean we were fun to watch last year essentially adding Mario and AG, should be lot of fun. I got Washington, Boston, Philly, Utah, Houston, Denver, Milwaukee and few others. Tried to get younger team that would be more competitive and not like NY and LAL because those are a rip.

[BadMofoPimp]

That was a sweet arse pass, but not a "No Look" pass. His eyes were on the guy he was passing to.

his eyes were yes but he didn't turn his head so from the defender's perspective it's a no-look from our sort of bird's eye view not so much

To me it looked like he turned his head towards the guy as he was passing it to him. A no look means he never looked at the guy as he was passing to him from my experience. Regardless, the defense was never going to stop a pass like that in transition. This just means that Mario has a very solid BBIQ which could translate to being more of a rotation player this upcoming season early on than later.

[Def Swami]

Ran across this interesting stat today while reading an article posted by BBALLBREAKDOWN last month:

Oladipo’s 17.9 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 4.1 apg, and 1.7 steals a game at 22 years old puts him among an impressive list of guards in Russell Westbrook, Chris Paul, Gilbert Arenas, Baron Davis, Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Kevin Johsnon, and Isiah Thomas to reach such lofty numbers at such a young age.

Oh, and of the eight 22-year-old guards to reach the “17.8-4-4-1.6” plateau? Seven made at least one all-star game by age 23 (Iverson not being selected as an all-star despite averaging almost 24-4-6 his first three years in the league is a travesty). Let’s pencil in Oladipo for a trip to Toronto for the 2016 All-Star game now, shall we?

http://bballbreakdown.com/2015/08/13/bball-breakdowns-breakout-players/
Looking forward to a fun season from Oladipo. #VO2TO2016

[KillMonger]

This is our coach in his hey day

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk2_ddk0uDM[/youtube]

he could play

[OrlChamps2030]

Off topic comment:

I've followed baseball pretty closely this season. My girlfriend likes the Red Sox, and while I don't identify as a fan of a specific baseball team, I've watched nearly every Red Sox game this year. And since I'm incapable of just casually watching a sport, I've followed along pretty closely, including lurking some message boards. Now, I've been here on RealGM a long time, and witnessed a lot of trolling. But the low-IQ trolling I have witnessed from Yankees fans in such a comparatively brief amount of time is nothing short of astounding. Those guys make Raptors trolls look like the most gentlemanly scholars you've ever met.

Tbh I've never thought the trolling/negativity on RealGM is as bad as some make it out to be. Go to any NFL forum during the latter part of the season and it's pure mayham, kinda reminds me of an insane asylum


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[Blue_and_Whte]

This is our coach in his hey day

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk2_ddk0uDM[/youtube]

he could play

The thing I liked about Skiles watching him play was that he was so damn unathletic (compared to most players), absolutely no flash but he still did his thing and he didn't give any ****. Nobody knew who the hell this guy was but he would come out and just play basketball.

I think that's why I don't get caught up in the hype of "star" players. I don't want to see your stupid brand, I want to watch you play basketball. I hate it when players have to have some stupid shtick. Like John Wall doing the dougie or WTF its called, or LeBron's hand chalk toss. This isn't a **** commercial. Play basketball.
/end rant

[cedric76]

This is our coach in his hey day

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk2_ddk0uDM[/youtube]

he could play

Of course he could, nice vids for the young magic fans

[ChosenSavior]

This is our coach in his hey day

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk2_ddk0uDM[/youtube]

he could play

He had a very nice feel out of the pick & roll. Always seemed to make the correct play. I'm very excited to see if he can instill those teachings to Elfrid this season.

[tillyoubleed]

I found some very reasonable priced tickets on livingsocial. I bought the fall plus plan; 14 games for $90....they might not be the best seats, but I'm in the building

[tillyoubleed]

Decent games though. 4 preseason; hornets, heat, pelicans, grizzlies...10 regular season; wizards, thunder, raptors, lakers, jazz, t-wolves, kings, knicks, bucks, and celtics.......not bad for $90

[FloridaHoosier]

Went from Flex Plan to season ticket holder this year and got my packet in the mail wrapped in a Magic Flag! Let's get this party started! We can't go to all the games, but I figured we can turn them in to upgrade our seats they are in the boonies! Is it October yet?

[Optimus_Steel]

Ran across this interesting stat today while reading an article posted by BBALLBREAKDOWN last month:

Oladipo’s 17.9 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 4.1 apg, and 1.7 steals a game at 22 years old puts him among an impressive list of guards in Russell Westbrook, Chris Paul, Gilbert Arenas, Baron Davis, Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Kevin Johsnon, and Isiah Thomas to reach such lofty numbers at such a young age.

Oh, and of the eight 22-year-old guards to reach the “17.8-4-4-1.6” plateau? Seven made at least one all-star game by age 23 (Iverson not being selected as an all-star despite averaging almost 24-4-6 his first three years in the league is a travesty). Let’s pencil in Oladipo for a trip to Toronto for the 2016 All-Star game now, shall we?

http://bballbreakdown.com/2015/08/13/bball-breakdowns-breakout-players/
Looking forward to a fun season from Oladipo. #VO2TO2016

Interesting stat line. Just reinforces my mantra that we got players on this team we just need to give them time and give them good coaching.

[T-DOT KEEZY]

Just pulled the trigger on a 12 game plan.

Was going to do a 10 game plan but then they said if you do 12 games it's 10% off the total. So the last 2 games ended up being free, or close to it.

Got really good seats to Denver, Utah, and Philly. Good seats for Houston to get hammered and boo Dwight.

I think we're going to be the most fun, or at least top 5 in terms of most fun to watch this season so I hope it's a good one.

Nice I didn't renew my season tickets but did do a 7 game flex plan. You picked some fun games. I am going to the Lakers game, Bucks, Hawks, Clippers, Hornets and can't remember the other two but kinda lower level teams. I tried to pick a few games with parity so that I can enjoy myself. If anyone is doing season tix the Magic really are trying hard to keep everyone engaged. They did a barbecue event as well as a craft beer night which I went to last year. This could be a nice year overall and it Should be fun to watch Hezonja

lol yeah I mean we were fun to watch last year essentially adding Mario and AG, should be lot of fun. I got Washington, Boston, Philly, Utah, Houston, Denver, Milwaukee and few others. Tried to get younger team that would be more competitive and not like NY and LAL because those are a rip.

I agree that the higher priced games tend to be a rip. My other games were Detroit and Minny to round things out and that was my thought exactly.
I took the plunge on the Laker game bc it may be KB's last year and I went to the Clipper game last year and it was very competitive basketball.

[T-DOT KEEZY]

Went from Flex Plan to season ticket holder this year and got my packet in the mail wrapped in a Magic Flag! Let's get this party started! We can't go to all the games, but I figured we can turn them in to upgrade our seats they are in the boonies! Is it October yet?

Awesome. The upgrade app is very sweet. You will enjoy/ I turned in a few tix to sit in the 10th row against the Clippers and man that was a blast. Enjoy. The Magic likely have some awesome additional perks lined up for you this year!

[j-ragg]

Went from Flex Plan to season ticket holder this year and got my packet in the mail wrapped in a Magic Flag! Let's get this party started! We can't go to all the games, but I figured we can turn them in to upgrade our seats they are in the boonies! Is it October yet?

Awesome. The upgrade app is very sweet. You will enjoy/ I turned in a few tix to sit in the 10th row against the Clippers and man that was a blast. Enjoy. The Magic likely have some awesome additional perks lined up for you this year!

How does that work? If you already have tix you can upgrade them before games? I've seen that tab on the app but never used it or anything.

[FloridaHoosier]

Went from Flex Plan to season ticket holder this year and got my packet in the mail wrapped in a Magic Flag! Let's get this party started! We can't go to all the games, but I figured we can turn them in to upgrade our seats they are in the boonies! Is it October yet?

Awesome. The upgrade app is very sweet. You will enjoy/ I turned in a few tix to sit in the 10th row against the Clippers and man that was a blast. Enjoy. The Magic likely have some awesome additional perks lined up for you this year!

How does that work? If you already have tix you can upgrade them before games? I've seen that tab on the app but never used it or anything.

T Dot will have to answer that because honestly, I'm not sure how it works. They tell me you just turn in what you're not going to use on the AP and then you can use it for cash to spend at the games or upgrade your seats. I've never done it so I'm not sure. They're supposed to have a "Rookie Camp" for new season ticket holders to show us how to do everything. LOL!

[FloridaHoosier]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2560538-victor-oladipo-gives-two-fans-the-shoes-off-his-feet-for-an-autograph
Wish I was a teacher at that school! I want Victor's shoe!