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Official 2023-2024 Magic General Season Thread II

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Re: Official 2023-2024 Magic General Season Thread II 

Post#101 » by JoshuaPotter » Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:31 pm

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Post#102 » by bigdogdylan5 » Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:19 pm

Fine print disclaimer for Fultz:
I am high on Markelle Fultz. Yes I understand he is not perfect and needs to shoot more and better and turn the ball over less. I would really like to see him play one more year… and I did and he sucks time to move on.
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Post#103 » by Audi » Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:21 pm

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Post#104 » by eyriq » Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:31 pm

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Firing up the JETT?
It would be strange timing.
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Post#105 » by MagicMatic » Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:23 pm

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Firing up the JETT?


More like Fultz for 20 minutes and AB filling in whether it makes sense or not.

Honestly Cole should just start next to Suggs if he doesn't start AB.
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Re: Official 2023-2024 Magic General Season Thread II 

Post#106 » by JoshuaPotter » Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:29 pm

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Firing up the JETT?
It would be strange timing.


Is this where the JETT plane takes off?


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Re: Official 2023-2024 Magic General Season Thread II 

Post#107 » by RookieStar » Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:07 pm

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Oh great, when we face a team where we need guards/sf, we have 2 of them out.
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Re: Official 2023-2024 Magic General Season Thread II 

Post#108 » by basketballRob » Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:43 pm

I think AB might start in the next game.

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Post#109 » by eyriq » Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:45 pm

basketballRob wrote:I think AB might start in the next game.

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Re: Official 2023-2024 Magic General Season Thread II 

Post#110 » by basketballRob » Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:51 pm

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Re: Official 2023-2024 Magic General Season Thread II 

Post#111 » by tooler » Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:16 pm

bigdogdylan5 wrote:Very interesting magic talk
https://youtu.be/pkFhv56rTuU?si=zaqzcmu5zku_lRyG

One thing I liked is they said “you may not be thrilled with the shooting and whatnot but the team has an identity.” After years without one, it’s kind of refreshing.
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Re: Official 2023-2024 Magic General Season Thread II 

Post#112 » by JoshuaPotter » Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:16 pm

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bigdogdylan5 wrote:Very interesting magic talk
https://youtu.be/pkFhv56rTuU?si=zaqzcmu5zku_lRyG

One thing I liked is they said “you may not be thrilled with the shooting and whatnot but the team has an identity.” After years without one, it’s kind of refreshing.


It's not the identity I think a lot of posters here want. A lot of people much prefer street ball pace.
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Re: Official 2023-2024 Magic General Season Thread II 

Post#113 » by Skybox » Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:17 pm

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bigdogdylan5 wrote:Very interesting magic talk
https://youtu.be/pkFhv56rTuU?si=zaqzcmu5zku_lRyG

One thing I liked is they said “you may not be thrilled with the shooting and whatnot but the team has an identity.” After years without one, it’s kind of refreshing.


It's not the identity I think a lot of posters here want. A lot of people much prefer street ball pace.


I'd say that's a leap from not wanting "not thrilled with the shooting" as our identity.

There's certainly a balance without denying our defensive and half-court impact. That's who we are going to be with or without competitive levels of outside shooting.
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Re: Official 2023-2024 Magic General Season Thread II 

Post#114 » by JoshuaPotter » Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:22 pm

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tooler wrote:One thing I liked is they said “you may not be thrilled with the shooting and whatnot but the team has an identity.” After years without one, it’s kind of refreshing.


It's not the identity I think a lot of posters here want. A lot of people much prefer street ball pace.


I'd say that's a leap from not wanting "not thrilled with the shooting" as our identity.

There's certainly a balance without denying our defensive and half-court impact. That's who we are going to be with or without competitive levels of outside shooting.



Disagree. Maybe this feels directed at you, it just isn't.

We have already balanced the defense around Paolo. He is our "average at best" defender. To say we need more scorers at the cost of defense or "can't have it all" takes us further from the identity.

If you envision Paolo becoming all team defense or DPOTY then yes, a mostly offensive player in a guard would make more sense. Otherwise you just leave 2 gapping holes in defense.

I look at the Clippers as a good example. Suddenly, inexplicably, they have some of the best defenders of our time, but after adding Harden, are "soft", "lack identity".
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Re: Official 2023-2024 Magic General Season Thread II 

Post#115 » by basketballRob » Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:20 pm

Paolo is giving Cooper Flagg the POY award today at Montverde. Hopefully, he's ready to go tonight.

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Re: Official 2023-2024 Magic General Season Thread II 

Post#116 » by RookieStar » Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:11 pm

basketballRob wrote:Paolo is giving Cooper Flagg the POY award today at Montverde. Hopefully, he's ready to go tonight.

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Also, Paolo is just giving Cooper the keys to the mansion where his family will be staying while he plays for Duke. Probably an intro to whichever " student-manager" assigned to take the fall in case of shenanigans LOL
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Re: Official 2023-2024 Magic General Season Thread II 

Post#117 » by basketballRob » Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:51 pm

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basketballRob wrote:Paolo is giving Cooper Flagg the POY award today at Montverde. Hopefully, he's ready to go tonight.

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Also, Paolo is just giving Cooper the keys to the mansion where his family will be staying while he plays for Duke. Probably an intro to whichever " student-manager" assigned to take the fall in case of shenanigans LOL
Flagg skipped a year, so he'll be 17 next year at Duke. If Flagg was 10 days older, he wouldn't be eligible to be drafted in 2025.

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Re: Official 2023-2024 Magic General Season Thread II 

Post#118 » by RookieStar » Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:55 pm

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RookieStar wrote:
basketballRob wrote:Paolo is giving Cooper Flagg the POY award today at Montverde. Hopefully, he's ready to go tonight.

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Also, Paolo is just giving Cooper the keys to the mansion where his family will be staying while he plays for Duke. Probably an intro to whichever " student-manager" assigned to take the fall in case of shenanigans LOL
Flagg skipped a year, so he'll be 17 next year at Duke. If Flagg was 10 days older, he wouldn't be eligible to be drafted in 2025.

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Yup.. that's why he did it as some said. To make sure he is #1 because in 2026 the Boozer twins are gonna be there to challenge that spot.
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Re: Official 2023-2024 Magic General Season Thread II 

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