2021-2022 Regular Season Game 38: Orlando Magic (7-30) at Chicago Bulls (24-10) - 1/3/22 - 8pm ET

[MagicStarwipe]

Who was the guy announcing with Jeff? I swear I've heard him on other teams broadcasts

Don't know, but he was better than Dante.

[thelead]

Who was the guy announcing with Jeff? I swear I've heard him on other teams broadcasts

Don't know, but he was better than Dante.

There aren’t many worse than Dante

[pepe1991]

Bagley for Bamba would be robberty at this point

[KillMonger]

as of right now.....

Chopping Block [These guys i want gone for sure one way or another]

Mo Bamba(seen enough of him, just not giving me what i expect out of him and i'm tired of waiting)
T-Ross(Like the guy but like Vuc and Evan before him, it's time to turn the page)

Either Way [These are players i'm not sure about yet, need to see more but wouldn't be mad if traded]

Gary Harris(Rough start but is starting to turn it around, sometimes shot selection and iq is in question)
RJ Hampton(I need to start seeing some overall progression from RJ, feels like he's stuck in neutral)

[drsd]

Please get Frazier off this team

Any other PG starting and the Magic win this game. If would not have been Hampton, as the horrible bench play was led by him (where would the Magic had been without Hampton leading the 2nd unit).

[JTG_92940618]

I thought Wendell played his normal nice game here. This was his first 20 and 10 game since we last played the bulls. His threes still aren't falling like they were early in the season though and man do some of them come out of the hand flat. Still, I think he stepped out wanting to prove something here and succeeded for the most part. I listened to the Bulls feed and after Wendell backed down Derrick Jones (?) they commented that he wouldn't have done that something like that while playing for them. That's weird to imagine because whoever he backed down was tiny compared to WCJ.

Another interesting player to me is GH. He's up to 35.9% from 3 after making 12 of his first 50 attempts. 30 games in and it's a tale of two halves for him. In his first 16 games or so he was one of the worst players in the league but in the next 15 he's averaging 16.2 points on 49/43/83 splits. I thought he was a little bit too trigger happy tonight but he made 5/10 from three so whatever.

Also - Franz! His game is too mature. Wish we got him more than 13 shots though.

[Skybox]

I thought Wendell played his normal nice game here. This was his first 20 and 10 game since we last played the bulls. His threes still aren't falling like they were early in the season though and man do some of them come out of the hand flat. Still, I think he stepped out wanting to prove something here and succeeded for the most part. I listened to the Bulls feed and after Wendell backed down Derrick Jones (?) they commented that he wouldn't have done that something like that while playing for them. That's weird to imagine because whoever he backed down was tiny compared to WCJ.

Another interesting player to me is GH. He's up to 35.9% from 3 after making 12 of his first 50 attempts. 30 games in and it's a tale of two halves for him. In his first 16 games or so he was one of the worst players in the league but in the next 15 he's averaging 16.2 points on 49/43/83 splits. I thought he was a little bit too trigger happy tonight but he made 5/10 from three so whatever.

Also - Franz! His game is too mature. Wish we got him more than 13 shots though.

I'm really pleased to see Harris shooting well...IMO, he's key to any chance of a meaningful trade for us. He doesn't have to be neutral value (for his expiring 20m), just the savvy vet that could help a good team for a playoff run. He's getting easier to put in a package.

[drsd]

The starters were collectively better than Chicago's starters. Orlando lack of bench depth doomed the team in this game.

The Magic's "best" sub went 5-17 shooting. And the next 3-9 shooting. Then we have Gravett, Gillespie, and Schofield. If they are an answer, I do not know the question.

Q: When do Carter-Williams and Moore return? Their depth is really, really needed right now.


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[drsd]

In the end, this is a good loss. Losing on the road to any NBA team is the expectation. This game was in doubt late and the Magic had a good training exercise. I do think this was a good learning exercise for F-Wagner and Carter.

[KillMonger]

We have to do a better job getting franz looks man...he's playing the best ball, he's arguably our best player on the floor right now....Think about other teams and how long their best player goes without touching the ball? coach that is on you

[tooler]

We have to do a better job getting franz looks man...he's playing the best ball, he's arguably our best player on the floor right now....Think about other teams and how long their best player goes without touching the ball? coach that is on you

He could demand the ball, but he's either too polite, too exhausted carrying the team, or too committed to learning to play the game the "right" way at the moment. We'll see what happens 2 years from now.