Knightro wrote:Respectfully, I don't agree with him.
He's talking about waiting two years to see what Suggs/Black/Fultz (lol) become because the Magic's competitive window isn't open, which on paper sounds fine and isn't inaccurate, but it's just not looking at the whole picture.
The Magic have like 75M in expiring contracts and two years from now Franz will be on a max, Suggs will be on a much bigger contract and Paolo will be one year away from a max.
The clean cap sheet they current possess is finite. Are they going to eat up those dollars just kicking the can down the road by extending Fultz and Gary and Ingles and Moritz and Isaac on short term deals or what?
Reviving this from the dead thread. found the interesting point of the question and the answer to be more centered on the archetype of what kind of guards we should be looking for. The question was an on ball distributor vs a spot up shooter/off ball creator.
The podcaster answered, and some of this may be paraphrasing: that the Magic should be using Franz and Paolo as the initiators on offense as the two best players, and look for guards that can make shots and cut to the rim, while also being able to play point of attack defense. Seemed specifically bullish on Suggs, should he be able to round out his offensive game would be perfect next to Franz and Paolo, yes he also suggested see what Fultz is....i do think the National media might not be watching every game, and seeing more box scores and highlights, i.e. not sure he is as good as they think he is. The point of attack defense is going to be very important, especially if WCJ is the center with his lack of rim protection. Paolo looks much better on D this year, but he's never going to be an eraser.
The thing to be optimistic is about here is the flexibility the Magic are going to have in building out a roster. As long as Franz and Paolo are able to grow into something close or better than we are expecting then we are going to be able to put fill out the roster with guys that may have some warts..like a PG who doesn't have all the PG ballhandling/creation skills.
And yes Paolo and Franz are getting maxes but not all maxes are created equal. They will be on rookie extensions, and in all likelihood at 25% of the cap, so we will have our two best players at 50% of the cap...Suggs will probably be around 20%. So if they are three three best players we are going to be in really good shape 70% on those three guys with 30% left over and another 22% of tax apron(room before the tax)
I feel like i have been about the bullish person on here about the prospects of this team. i said we would win 48 games before the season, and I actually bet the Magic to win the Southeast. Even I don't think this team is truly ready to contend, and probably not next year. Our success is tied to the development of Paolo, Franz, and most likely Suggs and Black. we have to be patient and be ready to add the right pieces next to our key guys.
We are lucky to be in this situation, management doesnt want to rush it and foul this thing up.
