Skiles says the line up tonight will "almost certainly change"

[FFBlitzace]

I'm shocked that he's benching Fournier.

Guys have a tendency to not play extremely well or stay in foul trouble all night whenever they get a "breakthrough" to the starting lineup. If that happens with AG tonight, I expect the "he's not ready" crowd to have a fun time.

[CraZyPraiZ]

I don't care if its the starting line up but we need to see Payton/Dipo/AG/Harris/Vooch line up for extended minutes. I know floor spacing might be an issue but we gotta start stopping teams from just strolling in the paint. That a bigger problem than the offensive struggles in my opinion

You got your wish.

[jgosche]

I really liked our previous lineup back when they were hitting shots but if Frye and Forunier are clanking everything we might as well give this lineup a shot. Hopefully Oladipo can keep hitting his 3's, we'll need them.

[Edual]

Im thinking vooch will step out to the 3 point line and shoot a couple to try create some space

[CraZyPraiZ]

All spacing to no spacing.

I'd love to see Mario as the first one off the bench due to his good connection with Aaron (and Elfrid maybe?) That might be too much chaos though.

More chaos than 1-8? I'll take my chances. Go Magic!!!

[ORL_on_FIRE]

Well. Gordon already has two fouls

Son of a

[CraZyPraiZ]

We're moving the ball. Where's Soul? AG too anxious?

[SOUL]

Im in the GT, homie .. bad foul but also some weak calls. I liked how the ball moved and the energy looked diff. Isn't sticking.

[CraZyPraiZ]

I am loving the ball movement tonight.

[CraZyPraiZ]

Im in the GT, homie .. bad foul but also some weak calls. I liked how the ball moved and the energy looked diff. Isn't sticking.

LMFAO. Bro I thought I was in the game thread. Was wondering why no one was posting. Hahahaha.

[tooler]

I blinked and I missed it.

[ORL_on_FIRE]

Dont forget Gordon hit a huge shot in the 4th. Never forget. Free Gordon.

[Nemesis21]

Dipo is a go for tonight, the lineup better be EP/Dipo/AG/Harris/Vooch.

The next 5 should be, Napier/Fournier/Hezonja/Smith/Dedmon. Scoring and defense from your bench.

I don't want Napier anywhere near that rotation. Mario will never see the ball...

Well CJ is hurt, so it's Napier or Appling.

[zelenooq]

Dipo is a go for tonight, the lineup better be EP/Dipo/AG/Harris/Vooch.

The next 5 should be, Napier/Fournier/Hezonja/Smith/Dedmon. Scoring and defense from your bench.

I don't want Napier anywhere near that rotation. Mario will never see the ball...

Well CJ is hurt, so it's Napier or Appling.

Mario played good pg role back in december

[Gordon]

It may sound crazy, but i think we need to shift to small ball and start using Harris/Gordon at center.

As it is Vuc is sieve on defense and is not providing any rim protection. Harris has the bulk to handle most of the centers on the block, and really how many scoring centers are today in the NBA - very few. Statistically post-up is least efficient play in the NBA. Harris and Gordon could be Magic`s Draymond Green. On the other end of the floor we would have 5 guys who can both shoot and penetrate, we would create miss-matches all over the floor. It would do wonders for our offense.

Payton-Oladipo-Fournier-Gordon-Harris lineup would be devastating on the break. We need to use our young legs and play more up-tempo. There is obviously not enough quality/experience to play grind-it-out halfcourt basketball. We need to make better use of what our players strenghts are. I not saying we should start with that lineup, but we need to think hard about using this 5-man group when teams don`t have big time post up frontcourt scorers. Even Frye at center would be good option to stretch the floor.

I am pretty sure Skiles will not go there, he is too conservative and old-school to change the way he has coached over the years. NBA is moving in that direction, but Skiles is still running the offense he did in his previous stints in Chicago and Milwaukee.

[MagicStarwipe]

Switch out that selfish prick Fournier for Mario and you may have something.