2024-2025 Regular Season Game 50: Orlando Magic (24-25) at Utah Jazz (10-36) - 5pm

[eyriq]

Paolo has been brutal since his return

He’s acting and playing like a big baby. Not a budding superstar & franchise cornerstone. It’s extremely disappointing.

Yeah, he needs to step up and instead he's wilting.

[Idiosyncratic]

Book is out on how to beat this team.

Also think about the fact that Franz, Goga, Suggs and Mo might be our only net positives this year. Half of them are out. Goga is just a rim running big he can only impact the game so much. If Paolo isn't playing well we don't have much that can have meaningful impact toward a win.

Mo was like legitimately our most effective offensive player, which is sad, but that loss has been underrated.

[thelead]

This is laughable at this point. I have never seen a team go an entire quarter without scoring a 2pt field goal but here we are…

0-9 from 2 for the entire quarter is unbelievable.

[byeganyo]

I don't really understand

Mayne, just maybe this is not an all time great young core and maybe Black is not an all star level talent?

You know, people can be wrong...

We are 5th from the bottom in the last 25 games.

[ogmagicfan]

I'm leaning more and more to saying we should shut down some players (Paolo, Franz, Suggs, WCJ) and tank instead of making a shortsighted trade

Unless we can snag someone like FVV as a 3rd team in the Fox trade, nothing is gonna really help what we got going on

Sad, but honestly probably true. Give AB and Jett the green light and let the big 3 rest and recover. Trade DEN 1st if something good pops up, pray tot he lotto God for karma for all our injuries, and fire wellman and Alex Martins

Pinpoint accuracy. AB & Jett can play up their trade value, can move one or both of them in the offseason.

If a big win of a trade comes by during the trade deadline (getting a good PG, moving off of WCJ contract, etc) we pull the trigger if its only gonna be there then

If we can land in the top 5-6 in this draft, the prospects are tantalizing

[eyriq]

I don't really understand

Mayne, just maybe this is not an all time great young core and maybe Black is not an all star level talent?

You know, people can be wrong...

We are 5th from the bottom in the last 25 games.

Ah, in that case we'll be winning this game

[basketballRob]

Another foul on Cole

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[ogmagicfan]

Book is out on how to beat this team.

Also think about the fact that Franz, Goga, Suggs and Mo might be our only net positives this year. Half of them are out. Goga is just a rim running big he can only impact the game so much. If Paolo isn't playing well we don't have much that can have meaningful impact toward a win.

Mo was like legitimately our most effective offensive player, which is sad, but that loss has been underrated.

I definitely think thats part of it, we've been figured out. We're not the underdog team anymore.

Teams know who we are and how we play and gameplan for us like we're a legitimate threat and not a scrappy underdog

Having our 2 big men who could shoot both lose their jumpers allow opposing teams to double and pack the paint more than ever

[thelead]

Jett is the only guy who has the potential to shoot off of movement and off the dribble. I don’t get including him deals as a throw-in. He needs minutes. And no, I’m not proclaiming that he’s going to be good but we need him to get shots up, not just be out there.

[basketballRob]

Jett may not get a second contract

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[ogmagicfan]

Our team would be a top 5 team if it was the mid-late 90s-mid 2000s, but it isnt. The game has changed so much. It seems our FO didnt get the notice when you look at personnel though

[Idiosyncratic]

The Jazz will actually try to lose this game with their lineups. That is the Magic's only chance lol.

[KillMonger]

Can we get paolo some paint touches or is that too hard for us to generate?

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[pepe1991]

Howard is brutal to watch

[RichCollab]

Book is out on how to beat this team.

Also think about the fact that Franz, Goga, Suggs and Mo might be our only net positives this year. Half of them are out. Goga is just a rim running big he can only impact the game so much. If Paolo isn't playing well we don't have much that can have meaningful impact toward a win.

Mo was like legitimately our most effective offensive player, which is sad, but that loss has been underrated.

We stopped playing defense and started feeling sorry for ourselves.

[thelead]

Jett may not get a second contract

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He may not but he can shoot. It’s on Mosley to figure out how to use him on offense. He is useless defensively but so are players like Simons.

[RookieStar]

Our FO must have been watching Flagg a lot lately. Thats the only reason why we are tanking this late..

[SloNick Russia]

We used to be dominate teams onbinside scoring, now its the opposite...we are just taking a nosedive game after game after game. When next Paolo diary is coming out?

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[eyriq]

Jett is hilarious arguing with Sexton about that foul

[ogmagicfan]

I'm optimistic with all thats happening. It was inevitable. A team without a PG or 3 pt shooters (specifically ones who can shoot off the dribble/movement) is a team that isnt serious about being a playoff team let alone a contender