2022-2023 Regular Season Game 8: Orlando Magic (1-6) at Oklahoma City Thunder (3-3) - 8pm

[thelead]

I think we should sign Primo.

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We don't need that drama

[Blue_and_Whte]

I'm always going to remember this game as the game I hopped off the Suggs train.

Game 50?

Of an injury plague career right now. I’m still giving him some leeway.

[zaymon]

I'm always going to remember this game as the game I hopped off the Suggs train.

Game 50?

Of an injury plague career right now. I’m still giving him some leeway.

He propably wont be offensive creator or basketball genius but he still can be defender and offensive connector like Caruso or Lonzo Ball. We dont need 5 genius ball handlers. We are lucky not every team has luxury of two 6'10 ball handlers.

[tooler]

OMD had a good breakdown on the failures in the 4th quarter:

https://orlandomagicdaily.com/2022/11/03/orlando-magic-playbook-what-the-orlando-magic-can-learn-from-their-oklahoma-city-collapse/

I'm going to ignore Suggs because he's a complete mess at the moment. The most interesting thing was the mistakes Franz made (or in some cases, the right "reads" but playing into the hands of the other team). I think we all agree he might be the healthy player we trust with the ball in his hands the most right now. So if even Franz is making mistakes, then there's something else going on. Either he's pressing, or exhausted, or he has his own nerves to deal with now that we're trying to win close games, or he simply hasn't learned how to win yet as a veteran in the NBA.

Not worried long-term. This game might turn into a great learning experience.

[Rainwater]

40% of the salaries are out injured and we're playing a bunch of young players.

Watching the reactions to how bad we are is funny to me.

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And the guys who are out would make very little difference in the win column.

Harris, JI, and Fultz have good valued contracts when they play. I think it would make a difference.

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They may have decent contracts but doesn't mean they can make this magic team a playoff team.