Gamethread: Magic vs Lakers 01/31

[OrlandO]

But to over react over a lucky win in which the team had to hit a record number of threes to beat a young disinterested terrible team is not tank exploding stuff lol this team is built to lose , it will keep losing , people say "oh the magic have been playing good lately " yet we haven't won any games lol and just gave up a 60 point triple double . This team is going to be a bottom 3 team , I think we can all relax with a lucky win here and there

Eh.. we're not a lock for bottom 3. It's currently a really tight race between the bottom four teams with a few teams barely on the outside looking in... wait till the second half of the season when teams really turn up the tank. Don't forget, this is the last season under the old lottery rules.... some bad teams will look to take advantage of that. The question is, are we one of those teams?

This team has shown no signs of becoming a winning team , only time they win is if they are making record number of threes , and opponents miss there open shots . This isn't like other years , this team is worst we have had , as far as chemistry and just plain passionless basketball

We don't have to become a winning team to be knocked out of the bottom 3 or even the bottom 5. There are 3 games separating the 7 worst teams. 19 of our final 30 games are at home where we are 9-13 and if we don't make trades our roster could be more at full strength. And like I said, it's the last year for tank friendly lottery rules... some of the bad teams will tank really hard by trading, shutting down players, etc.

Grizzlies - will probably shut down Gasol at some point and never win again

Bulls - already traded Mirotic for a pick... they are 4-22 without him.

Suns - already bought out monroe, canaan just had a season ending injury and they will probably shut down Chandler like they did last season.

Kings - blatantly tanking already by resting randolph, hill, koufos, etc some games. They will definitely turn up the tank in a month.

Mavs - playing as poorly as us for the past month.

Hawks - worst record right now and subtly tanking by keeping dedmon out of he starting lineup. They blew up their team to tank, they will tank hard.

It's going to be a tight race.

[drsd]

This team has shown no signs of becoming a winning team ....

I totally, totally and emphatically disagree with you. The Magic just lost a game close on the road to Houston, beat Boston, barely lost to Cleveland. The team is competitive some 70% of the time.

The problem beyond the injuries after game 12 the sunk the season is this team has now direction. The SG slot is awful and the rotation has been horrified by terrible wing play. Add that to Orlando missing it very best player - Vučević - and is instead starting a marginal rotational player in Biyombo, well, the losses are expected.

Still, whereas we certainly disagree on the cause and consequences of this teams appalling efforts this year, I am sure we both agree that a massive roster explosion is certain moving forward.


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[Mc-o]

This team has shown no signs of becoming a winning team ....

I totally, totally and emphatically disagree with you. The Magic just lost a game close on the road to Houston, beat Boston, barely lost to Cleveland. The team is competitive some 70% of the time.

The problem beyond the injuries after game 12 the sunk the season is this team has now direction. The SG slot is awful and the rotation has been horrified by terrible wing play. Add that to Orlando missing it very best player - Vučević - and is instead starting a marginal rotational player in Biyombo, well, the losses are expected.

Still, whereas we certainly disagree on the cause and consequences of this teams appalling efforts this year, I am sure we both agree that a massive roster explosion is certain moving forward.


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Yeah at the end of the day big changes need to be made .