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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 64: Chicago Bulls (24-38) at Orlando Magic (29-34) - 7pm 

Post#341 » by KillMonger » Fri Mar 7, 2025 6:05 am

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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 64: Chicago Bulls (24-38) at Orlando Magic (29-34) - 7pm 

Post#342 » by pepe1991 » Fri Mar 7, 2025 6:10 am

We are every tanking team's worst nightmare, almost fully healthy team that won 47 games. Poor fools only sit down 3 starters and several bench players thinking it's enough. It's never enough :rofl:
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Post#343 » by ogmagicfan » Fri Mar 7, 2025 6:11 am

pepe1991 wrote:We are every tanking team's worst nightmare, almost fully healthy team that won 47 games. Poor fools only sit down 3 starters and several bench players thinking it's enough. It's never enough :rofl:


All you can do is laugh at this point :lol: :lol:
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 64: Chicago Bulls (24-38) at Orlando Magic (29-34) - 7pm 

Post#344 » by Orlando Dawg » Fri Mar 7, 2025 6:14 am

Another key loss towards the draft.
Hopefully the Magic can avoid the play-in altogether.
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 64: Chicago Bulls (24-38) at Orlando Magic (29-34) - 7pm 

Post#345 » by ogmagicfan » Fri Mar 7, 2025 6:17 am

It was so clear we needed a PG, I have been banging on that door the past 3 years. However we decided to give the keys to Fultz, then Suggs, then AB instead of getting a PG and let them "develop"

We've been a team of overperformers for the past couple years, last year we were very healthy, even Suggs played 75 games (even though he was banged up in some of them)

We've dealt with a good amount of injuries, but as long as we have the medical & training staff we have what else can you expect? We've been arguably the most injured team in the NBA the past 6-7 years

If there's something going on in the background, only way we hear about it is if a player on our team leaks it to national media and they care enough to report on it. Orlando's local media is inept. Ownership is even more complicit than Weltham. Weltham is a phony. Mosely potentially losing the lockerroom is troubling.
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 64: Chicago Bulls (24-38) at Orlando Magic (29-34) - 7pm 

Post#346 » by thelead » Fri Mar 7, 2025 6:19 am

Orlando Dawg wrote:Another key loss towards the draft.
Hopefully the Magic can avoid the play-in altogether.


There is no way that happens in the east. However, there is no way we win two play-in games to get into the playoffs so we'll be in the lotto regardless.
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 64: Chicago Bulls (24-38) at Orlando Magic (29-34) - 7pm 

Post#347 » by KillMonger » Fri Mar 7, 2025 6:21 am

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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 64: Chicago Bulls (24-38) at Orlando Magic (29-34) - 7pm 

Post#348 » by ORLMagicGirl15 » Fri Mar 7, 2025 6:21 am

Jaxfann wrote:Hate to say it but Paolo looks disinterested and slow.

I understand this is your opinion, and I don’t think that’s how he’s feeling at all, but if this was true he hasn’t done anything in the NBA of significant to already be “disinterested”. He is so early in his career, this is the time where he should find ways to help the team more. If he won playoff series and been deep in the playoffs for years, I can understand how he can become disinterested with this season, but we’re taking about being in the NBA for 3 years and played 7 playoff games. Unfortunately, if he doesn’t like the losing then he needs to step up. If he allows the hard lessons he’s learning through these games it can really benefit him as a player down the line. Paolo has 18 games left, how will he allow it to define him as a player?
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 64: Chicago Bulls (24-38) at Orlando Magic (29-34) - 7pm 

Post#349 » by Jiwol » Fri Mar 7, 2025 6:32 am

Jiwol wrote:Oh, a preview of Magic vs. Bulls play-in match up. Watch how they defeat the Magic tonight to spare yourselves a disappointment in April.


There you go...
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 64: Chicago Bulls (24-38) at Orlando Magic (29-34) - 7pm 

Post#350 » by pepe1991 » Fri Mar 7, 2025 6:41 am

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pepe1991 wrote:We are every tanking team's worst nightmare, almost fully healthy team that won 47 games. Poor fools only sit down 3 starters and several bench players thinking it's enough. It's never enough :rofl:


All you can do is laugh at this point :lol: :lol:


Yea, i'm passed pissed off phase.

It's just ironic that they lost to team who at deadline traded two "best players", has reported 4 key role players on injury report, has 24-38 record with desparation to go lower, plays on a road and yet... Here we are.

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We just can't get over ourselves. Walking - pace, iso action even against team that has no concept of team defense especially after all the trades and "injuries", 33 threes (9 made) vs team with no resistence at rim.
Bulls had 1 person who you can consider okey defender in Smith, and once again we just do next to nothing to punish them, rather just play our boring, selfish, anemic way and my God that bench sucked.

In last 6 min we scored 6 points i think? , allowed 14 ? :lol:
Last play... Almost TO, recovery, Franz does not want to take wide open 3, passes to Banchero, he bricks wide open 3 , Carter has brainfart and fails to tip ball back in. :crazy:
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 64: Chicago Bulls (24-38) at Orlando Magic (29-34) - 7pm 

Post#351 » by Husky1 » Fri Mar 7, 2025 6:55 am

So the reason for being in position to draft Paolo, Franz is because we sucked so much that we were in the pointy end of the lottery. The cornerstones of those teams that were horrid were the like of WCJ and Cole. How is it even possible that 3 and 4 years into Paolo and Franz careers were still have Cole and WCJ in starting lineup? Not only are they still here hindering winning basketball, our **** incompetent front office EXTENDED THEM BOTH!!!! How do we keep waking up each day with Weltman still employed
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 64: Chicago Bulls (24-38) at Orlando Magic (29-34) - 7pm 

Post#352 » by AR86 » Fri Mar 7, 2025 8:03 am

0-3 vs TOR/TOR/CHI at home
Just SHAME

Last time i had the same feelings in T-Mac era and 1-19 record.
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 64: Chicago Bulls (24-38) at Orlando Magic (29-34) - 7pm 

Post#353 » by CalOrl11 » Fri Mar 7, 2025 8:44 am

The season was over the minute the deadline passed
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 64: Chicago Bulls (24-38) at Orlando Magic (29-34) - 7pm 

Post#354 » by ogmagicfan » Fri Mar 7, 2025 8:52 am

pepe1991 wrote:
ogmagicfan wrote:
pepe1991 wrote:We are every tanking team's worst nightmare, almost fully healthy team that won 47 games. Poor fools only sit down 3 starters and several bench players thinking it's enough. It's never enough :rofl:


All you can do is laugh at this point :lol: :lol:


Yea, i'm passed pissed off phase.

It's just ironic that they lost to team who at deadline traded two "best players", has reported 4 key role players on injury report, has 24-38 record with desparation to go lower, plays on a road and yet... Here we are.

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We just can't get over ourselves. Walking - pace, iso action even against team that has no concept of team defense especially after all the trades and "injuries", 33 threes (9 made) vs team with no resistence at rim.
Bulls had 1 person who you can consider okey defender in Smith, and once again we just do next to nothing to punish them, rather just play our boring, selfish, anemic way and my God that bench sucked.

In last 6 min we scored 6 points i think? , allowed 14 ? :lol:
Last play... Almost TO, recovery, Franz does not want to take wide open 3, passes to Banchero, he bricks wide open 3 , Carter has brainfart and fails to tip ball back in. :crazy:


No reason we shouldve had 33 3's in a game like this, Fouled both their bigs out, settling for jumpers is bailing them out.

Our offense at the end of games this season has been abysmal, largely because defense play more intensely and we cant even get a possession started until the shot clock is in single digits. A PG would do wonders for that
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 64: Chicago Bulls (24-38) at Orlando Magic (29-34) - 7pm 

Post#355 » by pepe1991 » Fri Mar 7, 2025 8:55 am

So now even Banchero's father is posting "terrible...again" on twitter... lol
I really think something else is going on with this team, inside lockerroom.
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 64: Chicago Bulls (24-38) at Orlando Magic (29-34) - 7pm 

Post#356 » by Rainwater » Fri Mar 7, 2025 9:10 am

Just some quick observations. This may largely be Jalen being injured, but the team defense has fallen off the cliff. The rebounding is God awful. And what happened to the center position? It used to be a strong suit but it is just awful in terms of rebounding and defense. Everybody outside of Paolo, Franz, and Suggs should be open for trades and the whole team needs to be revamped around those three. And Paolo really needs to work on his defense particularly his awareness, dude lost track of his man multiple times tonight. The Black and especially Jett picks were massive mistakes. Jett is pretty much useless. I have never seen a supposed shooter not be able shoot 3s.
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 64: Chicago Bulls (24-38) at Orlando Magic (29-34) - 7pm 

Post#357 » by SHAQ32 » Fri Mar 7, 2025 9:16 am

Goga hasn't played well at all since coming back. Although his minutes are down in favor of **** WCJ.
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 64: Chicago Bulls (24-38) at Orlando Magic (29-34) - 7pm 

Post#358 » by Ducklett » Fri Mar 7, 2025 9:34 am

pepe1991 wrote:So now even Banchero's father is posting "terrible...again" on twitter... lol
I really think something else is going on with this team, inside lockerroom.


It was debunked. He was talking about refs/officiating in the game.
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 64: Chicago Bulls (24-38) at Orlando Magic (29-34) - 7pm 

Post#359 » by Rainwater » Fri Mar 7, 2025 9:37 am

SHAQ32 wrote:Goga hasn't played well at all since coming back. Although his minutes are down in favor of **** WCJ.


The Magic are picking between two evils at this point. I don't know who is worse.

Currently, the Center position is the second biggest positional issue after the PG spot.
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 64: Chicago Bulls (24-38) at Orlando Magic (29-34) - 7pm 

Post#360 » by pepe1991 » Fri Mar 7, 2025 9:49 am

Rainwater wrote:
SHAQ32 wrote:Goga hasn't played well at all since coming back. Although his minutes are down in favor of **** WCJ.


The Magic are picking between two evils at this point. I don't know who is worse.

Currently, the Center position is the second biggest positional issue after the PG spot.


There is also Isaac :lol:
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