The Anthony Black Thread

[RookieStar]

Well with PB and Franz out, time for AB to show if he can manage the offensive load

[GameOver25]

He's been pretty frustrating to watch lately. He's hesitant, feels like he can't wait to give up the basketball to someone else, doesn't keep his dribble alive and he's stumbling out there. His confidence has took a hit. But due to his age, I'm not ready to give up on him.

[basketballRob]

Run the offense through AB now and see what he can do.

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[ogmagicfan]

This would be a great time for AB to break out his Sophomore Slump

[SHAQ32]

This would be a great time for AB to break out his Sophomore Slump

It would be a Sophomore Slump if he wasn't also bad last season

[MasterGMer]

AB should be fine once his shots are falling. He needs to be more aggressive and determined getting to the hoop. He will be fine imo

[Bergmaniac]

Some of you were a bit too quick with their victory laps and "showing receipts", LOL. I am still bullish on him because of his defence but he has a long way to go offensively.

[Rainwater]

He will have his ups and downs as a young guy.

[basketballRob]

Black needs to be more aggressive offensively. He's shown some flashes from the mid range. His defense has been great. I believe he played the entire 4th quarter last night.

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[Bensational]

Some of you were a bit too quick with their victory laps and "showing receipts", LOL. I am still bullish on him because of his defence but he has a long way to go offensively.

You don’t think the people who tried to proclaim “AB is not a PG and has never played PG” weren’t the ones who were too quick? We can talk about his pros and cons and ups and downs, but that was the most asinine take and argument I’ve ever heard.

I guess now that we’ve well and truly put that to bed we’ll just deal with the “not haters” only showing up to point out his bad play. LOL.

[Knightro]

Some of you were a bit too quick with their victory laps and "showing receipts", LOL. I am still bullish on him because of his defence but he has a long way to go offensively.

You don’t think the people who tried to proclaim “AB is not a PG and has never played PG” weren’t the ones who were too quick? We can talk about his pros and cons and ups and downs, but that was the most asinine take and argument I’ve ever heard.

I guess now that we’ve well and truly put that to bed we’ll just deal with the “not haters” only showing up to point out his bad play. LOL.

No one said Anthony Black was NOT a point guard period.

What I did say repeatedly, which is 100% accurate, is that the Magic did not use him as point guard last year in any meaningful way. That's factual.

He's played a lot more point guard this year and has looked like the raw 20 year old he still very much is.

[Bensational]

No one said Anthony Black was NOT a point guard period.

What I did say repeatedly, which is 100% accurate, is that the Magic did not use him as point guard last year in any meaningful way. That's factual.

He's played a lot more point guard this year and has looke like the raw 20 year old he still very much is.

The “in any meaningful way” is a new caveat you’ve added to your position. But anyway, what’s the value of that statement? How does that statement serve to evaluate AB unless you wanted to make a projection from that?

And you did make a projection from that - that Cole would be the backup PG, and that AB would be back to standing in the corner. So why try to separate the two stances now?

[RichCollab]

I’m buying all the AB stock I can. I started buying it last season.

[JoshuaPotter]

Not worried about AB yet. He has a good chance to seize this opportunity. We might relay on Cole for a bit, but well see.

[Knightro]

No one said Anthony Black was NOT a point guard period.

What I did say repeatedly, which is 100% accurate, is that the Magic did not use him as point guard last year in any meaningful way. That's factual.

He's played a lot more point guard this year and has looke like the raw 20 year old he still very much is.

The “in any meaningful way” is a new caveat you’ve added to your position. But anyway, what’s the value of that statement? How does that statement serve to evaluate AB unless you wanted to make a projection from that?

And you did make a projection from that - that Cole would be the backup PG, and that AB would be back to standing in the corner. So why try to separate the two stances now?

We don’t need to really rehash what Black was asked to do last year. I’m right and you’re wrong. The numbers back me up entirely.

I certainly didn’t anticipate Cole completely cratering as quickly as he did, so I was incorrect on that.

Kudos to Mosley for pulling the plug so quickly.

[RichCollab]

No one said Anthony Black was NOT a point guard period.

What I did say repeatedly, which is 100% accurate, is that the Magic did not use him as point guard last year in any meaningful way. That's factual.

He's played a lot more point guard this year and has looke like the raw 20 year old he still very much is.

The “in any meaningful way” is a new caveat you’ve added to your position. But anyway, what’s the value of that statement? How does that statement serve to evaluate AB unless you wanted to make a projection from that?

And you did make a projection from that - that Cole would be the backup PG, and that AB would be back to standing in the corner. So why try to separate the two stances now?

We don’t need to really rehash what Black was asked to do last year. I’m right and you’re wrong. The numbers back me up entirely.

I certainly didn’t anticipate Cole completely cratering as quickly as he did, so I was incorrect on that.

Kudos to Mosley for pulling the plug so quickly.

You are finally admitting he is a PG?

[eyriq]

We don’t need to really rehash what Black was asked to do last year. I’m right and you’re wrong. The numbers back me up entirely.

Say WHAT??? LOL

That debate is conclusively over and if you lookup the position he played last season you'll see a big old POINT GUARD written out in plain letters.

Position <> Role

[Bergmaniac]

I am with Knightro here. Black didn't play as a PG last year. I don't care what Basketball-reference or whatever site you want to use says, fact is he barely handled the ball and Mosley didn't trust him to run plays. I am happy that he is improved and the coach trust him a lot more now but that doesn't change what happened last year.

[Knightro]

We don’t need to really rehash what Black was asked to do last year. I’m right and you’re wrong. The numbers back me up entirely.

Say WHAT??? LOL

That debate is conclusively over and if you lookup the position he played last season you'll see a big old POINT GUARD written out in plain letters.

Position <> Role

I am not going to do this **** **** with you guys anymore.

Yes, Anthony Black is playing point guard this year.

No, he did not really play much point guard last year outside of garbage time. I don’t really care what anyone has to say about that. It’s true and the numbers back me up entirely.

He barely dribbled the basketball. He barely touched the basketball in the halfcourt. He was used almost exclusively as a spot shooter and cutter last year.

Doesn’t mean they didn’t envision him as a point guard long-term.

Doesn’t mean they weren’t working with him as a point guard in practice.

I’m simply saying when he actually got on the floor outside of the last five minutes of blowouts, he wasn’t tasked with doing basically anything that a point guard does offensively.

Like dribble. Or touch the ball.

[Bensational]

We don’t need to really rehash what Black was asked to do last year. I’m right and you’re wrong. The numbers back me up entirely.

This is a disappointing display of weak character here.