Official Spec Thread: Regular Season

Magicman125 · Post #1381 » by **Magicman125** » Mon Oct 9, 2023 3:00 pm

Gonna say 40. Would love to see them finish .500. The last 2/3 of last year showed they can be that already, hopefully internal growth and the new draft additions can help improve on that and we can finally be good enough to hit the gas on this thing.

Post #1382 » by **eyriq** » Mon Oct 9, 2023 3:53 pm

52 wins. Book it.

Post #1383 » by **ChosenSavior** » Mon Oct 9, 2023 4:24 pm

eyriq wrote:52 wins. Book it.

Love it

Post #1384 » by **eyriq** » Mon Oct 9, 2023 7:06 pm

ChosenSavior wrote:
eyriq wrote:52 wins. Book it.

Love it

I honestly expect 39 but if Paolo is as good as I think he is then why can't he lead us to 52 wins. Durant did it.

Post #1385 » by **Knightro** » Mon Oct 9, 2023 9:12 pm

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Post #1386 » by **Knightro** » Mon Oct 9, 2023 9:13 pm

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There's been a pretty pointed emphasis from both Weltman and now Mosley about "playing smarter" - with decreasing turnovers being a huge part of that.

Post #1387 » by **Knightro** » Mon Oct 9, 2023 9:14 pm

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Post #1389 » by **Knightro** » Mon Oct 9, 2023 9:17 pm

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BlueBalls · Post #1390 » by **BlueBalls** » Mon Oct 9, 2023 11:28 pm

For me, a lot depends on Isaac. We’re not sunk if he hurts himself again, but if he stays healthy we’re a 46-50 win team.

I remain agitated with the FO for what they did (or didn’t) do. Black and Howard as the picks, with no complimentary trades, leaves this team with a glut of guards that don’t shoot well from 3 and in many cases are purely redundant.

Jingles is a nice addition. 15-20 MPG, 1-2 3s. Franz and Paolo should progress and make quite a 1-2 combo.

Nevertheless, this was a perfect offseason to make a big move or two to try to move up a tier or two in this division and they didn’t do anything. If the Magic don’t show a lot of improvement over last season, there should be a lot of heat on this front office. Hopefully the change will start there.

basketballRob · Post #1391 » by **basketballRob** » Mon Oct 9, 2023 11:35 pm

Kai Jones is requesting a trade. Clifford strikes again.

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Post #1392 » by **SOUL** » Mon Oct 9, 2023 11:37 pm

basketballRob wrote:Kai Jones is requesting a trade. Clifford strikes again.

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Kai Jones problems have nothing to do with Clifford :lol:

RichCollab · Post #1393 » by **RichCollab** » Mon Oct 9, 2023 11:54 pm

I have our mark at 42 wins.

Mc-o · Post #1394 » by **Mc-o** » Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:45 am

I know it’s just first quarter of a pre season game but man I wish we had Wemby over Paolo , even Chet looks to be elite .

BlueBalls · Post #1395 » by **BlueBalls** » Tue Oct 10, 2023 1:45 am

Mc-o wrote:I know it’s just first quarter of a pre season game but man I wish we had Wemby over Paolo , even Chet looks to be elite .

So you’re ready to flip Paulo for a guy who is as spindly as balsa wood and already missed his entire rookie season due to 2 quarters of an exhibition game?

Mc-o · Post #1396 » by **Mc-o** » Tue Oct 10, 2023 1:56 am

BlueBalls wrote:
Mc-o wrote:I know it’s just first quarter of a pre season game but man I wish we had Wemby over Paolo , even Chet looks to be elite .

So you’re ready to flip Paulo for a guy who is as spindly as balsa wood and already missed his entire rookie season due to 2 quarters of an exhibition game?

I like wemby better than Chet but If they stays healthy both their ceiling are higher than Paolo . I know we are going to
Be pretty good with Paolo but if I’m being honest I wished wemby entered the draft when we had the top pick .

BlueBalls · Post #1397 » by **BlueBalls** » Tue Oct 10, 2023 2:04 am

Wembanyana I get. Holmgren? No sir

Mc-o · Post #1398 » by **Mc-o** » Tue Oct 10, 2023 2:22 am

BlueBalls wrote:Wembanyana I get. Holmgren? No sir

Time will tell

tooler · Post #1399 » by **tooler** » Tue Oct 10, 2023 2:55 am

Mc-o wrote:I know it’s just first quarter of a pre season game but man I wish

It begins.

pepe1991 · Post #1400 » by **pepe1991** » Tue Oct 10, 2023 6:34 am

Victor was one of most talked about prospects since Zion and one of most hyped prospects in past 10 yeras. And by just looking at guy who is 7'4 and runs fast & jumps high explains why.
Like , guy had possession where he cought missed FT by teammate and dunked putback and it looked like he didn't jump.
Than he had possession where he missed assigment , got crossed over, looked like he is way out of position, than recovered and blocked shot.

And when he shoots from outside, just forget about actually contesting it, it's impossible. Just hope he will miss it.

Guy has the most freakish athletic profile since Wilt.