Orlando Magic Vegas Summer League Games Thread Discussion (vs. Boston)

Post #461 » by **SOUL** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 2:15 am

Bufkin struggling a bit

Post #462 » by **SOUL** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 2:42 am

SOUL wrote:Bufkin struggling a bit

Every time I've posted something like this the player goes off!! Get 'em Bufkin!!

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #463 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 2:48 am

SOUL wrote:
SOUL wrote:Bufkin struggling a bit

Every time I've posted something like this the player goes off!! Get 'em Bufkin!!

Do that tomorrow for our players. :lol:

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #464 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 2:51 am

Is it just me or do most of these lottery draft picks not really standing out?

fendilim · Post #465 » by **fendilim** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 3:09 am

Jabari’s improvement this summer is big.

Tonight he has to create most of his shots. Even put down the ball to drive.

Obviously still summer league, but he has shown more versatility on offense this summer compared to last year and even dating back to his college days. Great improvement.

tooler · Post #466 » by **tooler** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 3:42 am

fendilim wrote:Jabari’s improvement this summer is big.

Tonight he has to create most of his shots. Even put down the ball to drive.

Obviously still summer league, but he has shown more versatility on offense this summer compared to last year and even dating back to his college days. Great improvement.

He needs to make friends with FVV or else he's going to be the 6th option on the court with the rest of those gunners.

pepe1991 · Post #467 » by **pepe1991** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 4:07 am

So Victor isn' softy bust after all? :rofl:

KillMonger · Post #468 » by **KillMonger** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:37 am

pepe1991 wrote:So Victor isn' softy bust after all?

I'm glad no one on this board said that he was

Sent from the phone in my hands

pepe1991 · Post #469 » by **pepe1991** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 6:04 am

KillMonger wrote:
pepe1991 wrote:So Victor isn' softy bust after all?
I'm glad no one on this board said that he was

Sent from the phone in my hands

are you sure? Read back recations after game 1 :lol:

KillMonger · Post #470 » by **KillMonger** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 6:28 am

pepe1991 wrote:
KillMonger wrote:
pepe1991 wrote:So Victor isn' softy bust after all?
I'm glad no one on this board said that he was

Sent from the phone in my hands

are you sure? Read back recations after game 1

Ok read back, couldn't see some of the comments because those takes were made by people on my foes list so i can't see them....but it seems like i didn't need to see them anyway

pepe1991 · Post #471 » by **pepe1991** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 6:42 am

KillMonger wrote:
pepe1991 wrote:
KillMonger wrote:I'm glad no one on this board said that he was

Sent from the phone in my hands

are you sure? Read back recations after game 1

Ok read back, couldn't see some of the comments because those takes were made by people on my foes list so i can't see them....but it seems like i didn't need to see them anyway

well played!

Post #472 » by **eyriq** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 7:42 am

I guess Wemby won't bust after all

drsd · Post #473 » by **drsd** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 8:27 am

SOUL wrote:Jabari looking like a changed man (in summer league)

With his height, jump-lift, and technique, his jumper is unguardable in the NBA. He can easily be the Rashard Lewis of his generation.

Read on Twitter

p.s. If Lewis was in today's NBA, wow.

drsd · Post #474 » by **drsd** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:39 am

fendilim wrote:
Skybox wrote:
DiplomaticMagic wrote:Yikes at the Filipinos comments on social media mad about us not playing Kai Sotto. Between this and the Italians, we are not doing good internationally

I know nothing about Kai Sotto but thought it was weird we were putting a SG at the PF spot when they were playing two centers. Is Kai really that bad??

Might as well play Kai…can’t be much worse than DJ Wilson. It’s not workable to bungle uncontested rebounds in a tight game-even at the YMCA. I respect DJ still fighting for his Bball life, but no bueno.

Kevon looked strong …why the hell is he there? And why are they giving him so many minutes in the Kobe role?
(Sit down old man, we’re trying to see what we’ve got here…even just for Osceola)
kai sotto said dylan murphy talked to the 5 players who got dnp-cd, the priority is to give minutes first to the players under contract.

To me this is the best thing that happened to kai, he gets less exposure against nba talent.

There is huge news on this today. A couple reflections. i) why do we care about a Sotto as player that would struggle to make a G-league roster? And ii) how is Wilson the answer to any question the Magic might have?

Right now I see four players on the Summer League that will be part of the Magic's preseason. Black, Houstan, K-Harris, and Howard. I am also keeping my eye on Baker, another "contracted" player for the Magic organization. So: that's five players total that have my Summer League attention.

Post #475 » by **eyriq** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:45 am

drsd wrote:
SOUL wrote:Jabari looking like a changed man (in summer league)

With his height, jump-lift, and technique, his jumper is unguardable in the NBA. He can easily be the Rashard Lewis of his generation.

Read on Twitter

p.s. If Lewis was in today's NBA, wow.

Good comp. Lewis brings back fond memories. Ah, the amount of angst over his contract kept the threads flowing!

fendilim · Post #476 » by **fendilim** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 12:14 pm

drsd wrote:
fendilim wrote:
Skybox wrote:
Might as well play Kai…can’t be much worse than DJ Wilson. It’s not workable to bungle uncontested rebounds in a tight game-even at the YMCA. I respect DJ still fighting for his Bball life, but no bueno.

Kevon looked strong …why the hell is he there? And why are they giving him so many minutes in the Kobe role?
(Sit down old man, we’re trying to see what we’ve got here…even just for Osceola)
kai sotto said dylan murphy talked to the 5 players who got dnp-cd, the priority is to give minutes first to the players under contract.

To me this is the best thing that happened to kai, he gets less exposure against nba talent.

There is huge news on this today. A couple reflections. i) why do we care about a Sotto as player that would struggle to make a G-league roster? And ii) how is Wilson the answer to any question the Magic might have?

Right now I see four players on the Summer League that will be part of the Magic's preseason. Black, Houstan, K-Harris, and Howard. I am also keeping my eye on Baker, another "contracted" player for the Magic organization. So: that's five players total that have my Summer League attention.

Sotto is on tryout for a 2-way spot. I can see the intrigue. The Magic did bring him in for a workout last year. He was part of the Gleague ignite batch of Kuminga. But he had to go back to the Philippines.

Wilson is from our dleague team.

Sotto is handled by the Wasserman group. Perhaps he is in the lineup as a favor? Wasserman handles notable NBA players like SGA, Klay, etc.

Personally, I don’t really care about Sotto. I don’t think he is ready to play in the NBA. But I think he is being talked about is because of the fans that supports Kai.

Honestly, I feel bad for the kid. I hope he doesnt succumb to pressure.

JoshuaPotter · Post #477 » by **JoshuaPotter** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 12:39 pm

Back from the weekend. Checked on threads and AB performance. Thoughts so far.

Keyonte : A volume shooter into a volume scorer. Maybe he can translate to the NBA well see. I am hyped.

AB : Looked good in game 1 debut. If he keeps this type of performance up, I would say the starting PG spot his the first losing streak we have where the starters don't fall behind to start off.

Mr Howard : I cannot feel any more "meh" at the moment especially when my guy Keyonte is taring it up at the moment. He hasn't disappeared, but he hasn't done anything to show case any ceiling higher then a roll player. But it is just one game as they say.

Houstan : Looks like a solid roll player coming along nicely. Howard should have a good time fighting him for minutes when he is clearly better at this phase.

My son turned 12 today, its been crazy as his birthday seems to be taking up the entire month with all the stuff going on so far.

best of luck · Post #478 » by **best of luck** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 1:46 pm

Caught AB highlights with the run of And 1s.
Will get a chance to watch the full game live to catch more of his defense and general feel for the game.

Looking forward to seeing the reaction if Howard has a great shooting night also.

bigdogdylan5 · Post #479 » by **bigdogdylan5** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 2:03 pm

JoshuaPotter wrote:Back from the weekend. Checked on threads and AB performance. Thoughts so far.

Keyonte : A volume shooter into a volume scorer. Maybe he can translate to the NBA well see. I am hyped.

AB : Looked good in game 1 debut. If he keeps this type of performance up, I would say the starting PG spot his the first losing streak we have where the starters don't fall behind to start off.

Mr Howard : I cannot feel any more "meh" at the moment especially when my guy Keyonte is taring it up at the moment. He hasn't disappeared, but he hasn't done anything to show case any ceiling higher then a roll player. But it is just one game as they say.

Houstan : Looks like a solid roll player coming along nicely. Howard should have a good time fighting him for minutes when he is clearly better at this phase.

My son turned 12 today, its been crazy as his birthday seems to be taking up the entire month with all the stuff going on so far.

I really love black and think he will be good to great but this game did show why he shouldn’t be the starting PG and maybe why any rookie shouldn’t be a starting PG on a team trying to compete. He is going to be a turnover machine as he gets up to speed on the nba and what passes he can and can’t get away with.

Optimus_Steel · Post #480 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 2:09 pm

eyriq wrote:I guess Wemby won't bust after all

He is probably going to be very inconsistent in his first couple of years, have some good games like game 2 and some bad games like game 1. The media expectations are severely out of hand though and need to be tempered because its going to take him a while to gain strength and get the guard play out of his mind.