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

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

Post#381 » by Skybox » Sun Feb 2, 2025 12:52 am

Bensational wrote:How come Goga played so few minutes? 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks in 15 minutes seem like decent numbers.

Why did WCJ get more minutes when his numbers are much worse?


He came up limping when Kessler fell on him (Harris foul)...didn't look like much, maybe just a twisted ankle (I hope).
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 50: Orlando Magic (24-25) at Utah Jazz (10-36) - 5pm 

Post#382 » by RichCollab » Sun Feb 2, 2025 12:53 am

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Knightro wrote:If they don't care, you shouldn't care.

What quote for the night… they in fact didn’t care

Also, this team is 1000% broken and idk what happened. Did someone ask to be traded? Someone throw a fit with the role they have?

Regardless a players only meeting needs to happen. This **** is unacceptable in a lot of levels.


That's exactly the kind of stuff we brought in a highly-paid, limited offensive veteran with the heart of a champion to help us with...oh wait, he's "resting" tonight.


He has played more games than any other player even takeing a game to rest.
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Post#383 » by Skybox » Sun Feb 2, 2025 12:55 am

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Skybox wrote:
MartinsIzAfraud wrote:What quote for the night… they in fact didn’t care

Also, this team is 1000% broken and idk what happened. Did someone ask to be traded? Someone throw a fit with the role they have?

Regardless a players only meeting needs to happen. This **** is unacceptable in a lot of levels.


That's exactly the kind of stuff we brought in a highly-paid, limited offensive veteran with the heart of a champion to help us with...oh wait, he's "resting" tonight.


He has played more games than any other player even takeing a game to rest.


I've been watching NBA for decades...I didn't know "rest" was a thing for healthy players that give a s**t about the rest of the team being hobbled or out (especially with Suggs out) :noway: da Silva and AB as our starting backcourt in what should have been a winnable game.
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 50: Orlando Magic (24-25) at Utah Jazz (10-36) - 5pm 

Post#384 » by Bensational » Sun Feb 2, 2025 12:57 am

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That's exactly the kind of stuff we brought in a highly-paid, limited offensive veteran with the heart of a champion to help us with...oh wait, he's "resting" tonight.


He has played more games than any other player even takeing a game to rest.


I've been watching NBA for decades...I didn't know "rest" was a thing for healthy players that give a s**t about the rest of the team being hobbled or out (especially with Suggs out) :noway: da Silva and AB as our starting backcourt in what should have been a winnable game.


Healthy player “resting” days before the trade deadline you say?

Tell me you’re getting traded without telling me you’re getting traded.
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Post#385 » by MartinsIzAfraud » Sun Feb 2, 2025 12:59 am

DiplomaticMagic wrote:Elfrid Payton was better NBA player than Anthony Black.

EP got to have 20 % usage and play through mistakes while we tanked. If AB got the ball as much as he fid I’d imagine he’d look closer to Fultz. Which isn’t that great but serviceable for now.
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Post#386 » by KillMonger » Sun Feb 2, 2025 1:00 am

They need to throw this "family" "by committee" stuff in the garbage and really start building around paolo and Franz......just do it the stan van gundy way.... Have Dwight and surround him with shooters.... Have paolo and Franz surround them with shooters... If we had guys that could knock down shots and punish defenses for doubling Franz and paolo would have wide open spaces to attack the rim.... Front office can't look at what's happening and just kick the can.... Change needs to start now

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Post#387 » by DiplomaticMagic » Sun Feb 2, 2025 1:01 am

I was for keeping both picks in the 2023 draft, but if Black and Jett were going to be our players all along, we were better off trading the picks.

I was upset with those picks than and I am upset with them now.
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Post#388 » by OrlChamps2030 » Sun Feb 2, 2025 1:01 am

Husky1 wrote:2023 draft has set this franchise back so far. What a disaster


Yep Weltman really screwed up the 2023 draft
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Post#389 » by OnlyFranz22 » Sun Feb 2, 2025 1:03 am

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KillMonger wrote:Give me some of what you're smoking, we got our guys... Full stop period, we just need to build around them better.... Jb and jt in Boston work together very well but it wasn't like that from the start it took time.... So yeah..... Relax

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It was like that from the start. How many ECFs have they been to?

We are happy with a first round bounce
It's funny when people try to rewrite history as if I didn't also live through it, it was not like that from the start

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Tatum was in the ECF his rookie year
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Post#390 » by Optimus_Steel » Sun Feb 2, 2025 1:03 am

Sweept by tanking teams Utah and Portland and all 4 were blowouts lmao. This season is done. They should stand pat trade deadline get the lottery pick and do the major overhaul needed over the summer using all the assets they have to fix the glaring deficiencies on this roster.
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Post#391 » by OnlyFranz22 » Sun Feb 2, 2025 1:04 am

OnlyFranz22 wrote:
KillMonger wrote:
OnlyFranz22 wrote:
It was like that from the start. How many ECFs have they been to?

We are happy with a first round bounce
It's funny when people try to rewrite history as if I didn't also live through it, it was not like that from the start

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Tatum was in the ECF his rookie year


Semis his second year

ECF again his third year

What are you talking about?
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Post#392 » by Optimus_Steel » Sun Feb 2, 2025 1:05 am

OrlChamps2030 wrote:
Husky1 wrote:2023 draft has set this franchise back so far. What a disaster


Yep Weltman really screwed up the 2023 draft




It’s looking like the 2023 draft was a bad miss on both picks.
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Post#393 » by MartinsIzAfraud » Sun Feb 2, 2025 1:09 am

Bensational wrote:
Skybox wrote:
RichCollab wrote:
He has played more games than any other player even takeing a game to rest.


I've been watching NBA for decades...I didn't know "rest" was a thing for healthy players that give a s**t about the rest of the team being hobbled or out (especially with Suggs out) :noway: da Silva and AB as our starting backcourt in what should have been a winnable game.


That’s the weird one, for a team whose offensively challenged to rest a player like him.

Healthy player “resting” days before the trade deadline you say?

Tell me you’re getting traded without telling me you’re getting traded.
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Post#394 » by KillMonger » Sun Feb 2, 2025 1:09 am

OnlyFranz22 wrote:
KillMonger wrote:
OnlyFranz22 wrote:
It was like that from the start. How many ECFs have they been to?

We are happy with a first round bounce
It's funny when people try to rewrite history as if I didn't also live through it, it was not like that from the start

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Tatum was in the ECF his rookie year
So you changed your argument, I thought it was about jb and jt coexisting like paolo and Franz can? It took time for them to come together.... Now if you're talking about winning that's far more complicated.... That involves more than just the players, that's front office as well... Something different

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Post#395 » by Rainwater » Sun Feb 2, 2025 1:11 am

I love Paolo but he needs to play better. I know he missed a few makable shots, but he needs to be better. And those 2023 draft picks are not looking good at all.
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Post#396 » by Rainwater » Sun Feb 2, 2025 1:12 am

MagicTownBaller wrote:At this rate, we're fortunate if we make the play in.


They should make the play in.
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Post#397 » by OrlChamps2030 » Sun Feb 2, 2025 1:12 am

Optimus_Steel wrote:
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Husky1 wrote:2023 draft has set this franchise back so far. What a disaster


Yep Weltman really screwed up the 2023 draft




It’s looking like the 2023 draft was a bad miss on both picks.


Honestly, Jett should be thankful Bronny is in the league to take any nepotism heat off of him. Jett should have never went 11
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Post#398 » by Bensational » Sun Feb 2, 2025 1:18 am

OrlChamps2030 wrote:
Optimus_Steel wrote:
OrlChamps2030 wrote:
Yep Weltman really screwed up the 2023 draft




It’s looking like the 2023 draft was a bad miss on both picks.


Honestly, Jett should be thankful Bronny is in the league to take any nepotism heat off of him. Jett should have never went 11


Nah, if Jett gets moved to a tanking team like BKN and gets all the shots he wants he’ll look much closer to Grady Dick/Jordan Hawkins and more worthy of the pick.

Still would’ve preferred Podziemski, Cason Wallace or Lively.
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Post#399 » by thelead » Sun Feb 2, 2025 1:23 am

Record with Suggs: 20-15
Record without Suggs: 4-11
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Post#400 » by Optimus_Steel » Sun Feb 2, 2025 1:23 am

Rainwater wrote:
MagicTownBaller wrote:At this rate, we're fortunate if we make the play in.


They should make the play in.




2.5 games ahead of 10th, 3.5 games ahead of Sixers in 11th. They are not even going to make the play in.
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