Paolo Banchero Named to the 2023-2024 Eastern Conference All-Star Team

[KillMonger]

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[BadMofoPimp]

It turned into league of players who average Wilt - like numbers as product continues to slip into Harlem Globetrotters clownshow with no defense , performed in front of causal half drunk fans who's only understanding of basketball is that somebody gets 2or 3 points if ball goes through net.

This is nba now. Biggest nba rivaly. Historical one. One that built a league. Just bunch of dudes jogging and shooting practice shots while being wide open. Transition where 5 players didn't bother to cross half court as guy goes for right layup ( something that kids solve first, at age of 6 at practice) .
Most energy anybody shown in this video was Jrue Holiday in first shot, when he saw opportunity to maybe padd easy rebound, if guy misses corner three, where closest defender is 25 feet from shooter

i didn't even bother finding play or even watch full video to know how game is played, i literally just took portion of a game to show how little anybody cares about anything that happends on defensive end.
"you want layup, you are welcome dear sir, go ahead, i will let you pass through". "thank you dir sir, i will repay you on other end and leave you wide open".

League should cut the season to 65 games or less to make each game more important. Too many players coast until the playoffs.

no chance in hell the player's association would agree to that

Thus, we get stuck with lackluster basketball for half the season. No player goes all out for 81 games. The NBA is more like Groundhogs day for many games.

[KillMonger]

League should cut the season to 65 games or less to make each game more important. Too many players coast until the playoffs.

no chance in hell the player's association would agree to that

Thus, we get stuck with lackluster basketball for half the season. No player goes all out for 81 games. The NBA is more like Groundhogs day for many games.

it sucks, the players want their cake and want to eat it too....i could possibly see the owners agreeing to 65 but everything i've read about negotiations with players is that they do not want any reduction in pay.....players would want the same 82 game salary but only playing 65, no way the owners would agree to that.....adam silver has a lot on his plate, i'm sure he's been hearing the noise about how the game has become just a scoring show and that is a product of silver himself in previous years changing the rules to quote "encourage scoring" but it's gotten out of control....before scoring 60 was special, now you got multiple different players scoring not only 60 but 70...even mainstream media is starting to realize the game has been artificially inflated, adam silver overcorrected....balance to the game is needed

[pepe1991]

They already started bi****in about mandatory number of games to get award.
What, you want to be MVP with 30 games played a year? And allstar. And all nba first team ? But you also want to bang hoes and live your life and play basketball twice a week for 2 months before you figure you will just wait for playoffs, if your team is good enough to get there without you?

Thing is, they don't care about allstar game nor selection that much, they care about awards that would put them in conversation for megamax exstension. Nevermind fact that supermax is title contending killer.

[drsd]

League should cut the season to 65 games or less to make each game more important. Too many players coast until the playoffs.

no chance in hell the player's association would agree to that

The players association has already agree to this (in principal), so long as the pay rate of ~65 games is proportional to 82 games. That is, the players want a 25% per-game raise for this. (( i.e. it is the Owners that are against this; less games means less ticket sales )).

Indeed star players are REALLY for it as this comes to a 2-games per week schedule and basically eliminates BtB games.

[drsd]

The NBA is more like Groundhogs day for many games.

Funny you say this, as today is Groundhog's day; and Punxsutawney Phil did NOT see his shadow in 2024.

[drsd]

Another Magic video.

Here we get the western bus ride we heard about and all the anxiety of Banchero.

You can really FEEL the tension in how this was edited. Really good work by the PR team.


KEY: it has the speech!!!! starts at the 3min mark

Watch on YouTube

[Skin]

Proud of Paolo. WE FINALLY HAVE A STAR!

From a guy who went from the label of "Big man who can't defend the post or shoot from 3", he really did a good job of consistently getting better while translating to the NBA everything he already did good. Proved me wrong and I'm happy to be that in this case!

[eyriq]

I have the sense that the league is setting up a massive pivot towards Magic and Paolo. Politics and outreach has probably been happening behind the scenes.

[BadMofoPimp]

League should cut the season to 65 games or less to make each game more important. Too many players coast until the playoffs.

no chance in hell the player's association would agree to that

The players association has already agree to this (in principal), so long as the pay rate of ~65 games is proportional to 82 games. That is, the players want a 25% per-game raise for this. (( i.e. it is the Owners that are against this; less games means less ticket sales )).

Indeed star players are REALLY for it as this comes to a 2-games per week schedule and basically eliminates BtB games.

I like this idea by extending the season eliminating b2b's. That way each game can have more importance.

[ORLMagicGirl15]

I have the sense that the league is setting up a massive pivot towards Magic and Paolo. Politics and outreach has probably been happening behind the scenes.

They gave him 1 national tv game. I don't think so.

[ogmagicfan]

They already started bi****in about mandatory number of games to get award.
What, you want to be MVP with 30 games played a year? And allstar. And all nba first team ? But you also want to bang hoes and live your life and play basketball twice a week for 2 months before you figure you will just wait for playoffs, if your team is good enough to get there without you?

Thing is, they don't care about allstar game nor selection that much, they care about awards that would put them in conversation for megamax exstension. Nevermind fact that supermax is title contending killer.

The 65 game rule is dumb af

If players miss too many games, they typically don't get picked to win awards like MVP, ALL-NBA etc anyways, or relegated to 2nd 3rd team All NBA. I can't recall players getting picked for All-NBA when only playing 50 games to begin with. Now if a player plays 60 games but plays at an extremely high level, they won't get picked for 1st team, but there's a solid chance they'll get 2nd or 3rd team, like Halliburton should get.

It puts an artificial line with no room for context, when voters already were taking into account games missed to begin with.

Real question is why are you simping for multibillionaire owners who can absolutely take the costs of paying these players? Why are you supporting paying the players who make the NBA what it is less? You've done this multiple times before and it comes off as heavy boot licking.

If the Supermax is title contending killer, then maybe they should peg the cap to be higher and have the supermax be a lower % of the overall cap, either way there's multiple scenarios that can make both paying supermaxes and allowing teams to be contenders doable

[GameOver25]

I guess bottle water champagne will have to do for now. Congrats Paolo.

[RookieStar]

I guess bottle water champagne will have to do for now. Congrats Paolo.

We saving that for the championship

[ORLMagicGirl15]

Another Magic video.

Here we get the western bus ride we heard about and all the anxiety of Banchero.

You can really FEEL the tension in how this was edited. Really good work by the PR team.


KEY: it has the speech!!!! starts at the 3min mark

Watch on YouTube

The fact that he didn't know but the team made everyone watch was weird. Good thing he got pick. Ingles was correct. It would be very awkward if he didn't get in, there were a ton of people there.The team seems genuinely happy for him, that was awesome to watch.

[dsg2021]

A huge congratulations to Paolo and honestly the team too because all of them played a part in Paolo's All Star caliber season. I am not surprised by this at all, I was only worried about the fan votes since we are a small/medium market but I think the NBA Coaches saw the same things I did (which wasn't hard to see at all, haha).

After a rough first 4 games this season, Paolo has been absolutely phenomenal in every single game since then. I never saw a non-center player have this much of an impact since Tracy McGrady, not Hedo Turkoglu, not Rashard Lewis. There were games this season that gave me vague flashbacks of Tracy McGrady type games in Orlando (I was also quite young back in the TMac days too). I'm excited to see Paolo and Franz for years and years to come. Franz getting his next year, and Paolo is still scratching the surface of his abilities too! Paolo, just keep learning and doing what you're doing!

[byeganyo]

If players miss too many games, they typically don't get picked to win awards like MVP, ALL-NBA etc anyways, or relegated to 2nd 3rd team All NBA. I can't recall players getting picked for All-NBA when only playing 50 games to begin with.

The 65 game rule is dumb af

If players miss too many games, they typically don't get picked to win awards like MVP, ALL-NBA etc anyways, or relegated to 2nd 3rd team All NBA. I can't recall players getting picked for All-NBA when only playing 50 games to begin with

Shaq did it couple of times.

[SD2042]

Congrats to Paolo for achieving his first NBA All Star nod for the first time in his young career. This will be the first of many more for this guy. His hard work help him get the recognition he deserved as a member of the Magic.

[fendilim]

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Lmao

[SOUL]

The fact that he didn't know but the team made everyone watch was weird. Good thing he got pick. Ingles was correct. It would be very awkward if he didn't get in, there were a ton of people there.The team seems genuinely happy for him, that was awesome to watch.

The team probably knew, but maybe not him.