Gamethread: Magic @ Bulls 02/12

[thelead]

Anybody that considers themselves a (Magic fan) and wants us to tank and root for the other team playing us cannot consider themselves a (Magic fan). I hate this about let's loss this game and root for our opponent.

We’re such non-Magic fans that we’re here nearly every day, discussing nothing but the magic while we watch every game... but we can’t consider ourselves magic fans...

Don’t be ridiculous.

I hate this phrase but it’s pretty appropriate: don’t hate the player, hate the game.

[Trillen]

Mario is looking awful in this quarter.

And then makes like 3 or 4 shots in a row lmao

[OrlandO]

Mario is looking awful in this quarter.

The PA announcer rattled him during introductions...

Watch on YouTube

[bargnanimvp]

Anybody that considers themselves a (Magic fan) and wants us to tank and root for the other team playing us cannot consider themselves a (Magic fan). I hate this about let's loss this game and root for our opponent.

We’re such non-Magic fans that we’re here nearly every day, discussing nothing but the magic while we watch every game... but we can’t consider ourselves magic fans...

Don’t be ridiculous.

I hate this phrase but it’s pretty appropriate: don’t hate the player, hate the game.

afew years back I wouldn't have said people wanting to tank are non fans but i would have also been rooting for us to win not lose, but that was when i still had hope we would get lucky with the lottery and philly was the only team being egregiously terrible. these days it's a different story. now we've all seen what not tanking gets us

[bargnanimvp]

Mario is looking awful in this quarter.

And then makes like 3 or 4 shots in a row lmao

he's shown he has skills just don't put the ball in his hands too much because if they pressure him he will turn it over or fumble the play

[ChosenSavior]

Mario is looking awful in this quarter.

And then makes like 3 or 4 shots in a row lmao

Lol yep, glad he shut me up.

[Trillen]

Mario is looking awful in this quarter.

And then makes like 3 or 4 shots in a row lmao

he's shown he has skills just don't put the ball in his hands too much because if they pressure him he will turn it over or fumble the play

yeah it seems to have much better results when he's the 2nd or 3rd guy to touch the ball on the trip down instead of giving him the ball straight up

[Xatticus]

Mario is looking awful in this quarter.

He actually looked pretty bad to me in the last game as well despite his 23-point performance at the offensive end. His effort level has been a bit sketchy of late and he has made some really poor defensive decisions at the defensive end, but you can tell his confidence in his offensive game is growing.

[fklt]

enough with the speights. this guy is singlehandedly killing our tank right before eyes, it's broadcasted murder at this point

[J the Drafter]

To weigh in on the tanking thing, we don’t need an elite player in order to stop sucking. We currently have very few capable scorers (Vuc and Evan, with Gordon maybe approaching that point) and practically no defenders (Iwundu, Biz and Isaac). Bad health aside, we need polished scorers so that Vuc and Evan don’t need to do everything with AG and Simms chipping in, and we need a few more team defenders who can act as the cornerstones to a defensive scheme.

[MagicFan101]

To weigh in on the tanking thing, we don’t need an elite player in order to stop sucking. We currently have very few capable scorers (Vuc and Evan, with Gordon maybe approaching that point) and practically no defenders (Iwundu, Biz and Isaac). Bad health aside, we need polished scorers so that Vuc and Evan don’t need to do everything with AG and Simms chipping in, and we need a few more team defenders who can act as the cornerstones to a defensive scheme.

Ah, what it must be like to have no ambition. Life must be easy.

“We play to not suck!” - said no competitor ever

[ChosenSavior]

Selfish fastbreak by Mack ends up with a fail of a layup attempt. Gets what he deserves.

[bargnanimvp]

To weigh in on the tanking thing, we don’t need an elite player in order to stop sucking. We currently have very few capable scorers (Vuc and Evan, with Gordon maybe approaching that point) and practically no defenders (Iwundu, Biz and Isaac). Bad health aside, we need polished scorers so that Vuc and Evan don’t need to do everything with AG and Simms chipping in, and we need a few more team defenders who can act as the cornerstones to a defensive scheme.

How do you get these polished scorers though? If we are tanking for an elite player the assumption would be we get one in the draft then build around that player and use that player to lure in some fa's and the like. if you mean the team is ok now if we got polished scorers then my question is what polished scorers? no one wants to sign here because we are a mess and we aren't getting draft picks high enough to the real lock star guys. we could get lucky in the draft sure but then you can't bet on that

[pcity813]

To weigh in on the tanking thing, we don’t need an elite player in order to stop sucking. We currently have very few capable scorers (Vuc and Evan, with Gordon maybe approaching that point) and practically no defenders (Iwundu, Biz and Isaac). Bad health aside, we need polished scorers so that Vuc and Evan don’t need to do everything with AG and Simms chipping in, and we need a few more team defenders who can act as the cornerstones to a defensive scheme.

As much as I like Vuc, it’s time for him to go also....


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[pcity813]

Selfish fastbreak by Mack ends up with a fail of a layup attempt. Gets what he deserves.

He took what the D gave him. The lone defender back took away the pass. He did blow the cash though, and blew the cash on an easy layup the next possession down also....


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[GameOver25]

Actually that was a good "Is this anything". The truck failed on that one.

[thelead]

This team is hard to watch. There is zero entertainment value for me right now. Legitimately zero. I’m just watching, hoping for a loss. I don’t care about anyone’s individual performance.

[CalOrl11]

Hezonja's defense has not been good this game

[pcity813]

We are extremely small right now...


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[GameOver25]

Augustin keeps doing this, making ridiculous shots. Looks like it's going to be another down to the wire game.