2023-2024 Preseason Season Game 1: Orlando Magic (0-0) at New Orleans Pelicans (0-0) - 8pm

VFX · Post #481 » by **VFX** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 1:54 am

Black looks like a rook

penny_nz · Post #482 » by **penny_nz** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 1:55 am

Lordy...

Post #483 » by **eyriq** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 1:55 am

Black's offense is going to be a work in progress

BCS · Post #484 » by **BCS** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 1:56 am

Bad lineup, Black is the only viable ballhandler/playmaker, that is not going to work.

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Post #485 » by **eyriq** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 1:56 am

Knightro wrote:Rough stretch for Black here. The lack of shooting is extremely noticeable so far.

He has to be a 5th option. That was terribad.

Post #486 » by **SOUL** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 1:56 am

As a guy who loves and defends young player, the whole "WE NEED TO SEE THEM GET SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES!!" is just people used to the prior seasons where the guys who got those opportunities were at a time when we were at a reset. They absolutely are going to be in a "get in where they fit in" situation when other players are sucking more rather than them playing night in and night out better than guys like Ingles or Cole or something.

You're going to see a lot of frustrating plays from them and that's what rookies do.

Post #487 » by **Knightro** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 1:57 am

MagicMatic wrote:Black looks like a rook

He feels like a guy who's skill set is going to be better served playing with the better players, at least early on.

The stuff he's really good at all - defending, hustle plays, passing, just generally heady basketball - plays up when he's sharing the floor with guys who can shoot/score.

But when he's out there and has to create offense for himself... it's gonna be ugly for a while.

Ducklett · Post #488 » by **Ducklett** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 1:57 am

Black looks really, really bad. Like.... bad.

Post #489 » by **SOUL** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 1:58 am

BCS wrote:Bad lineup, Black is the only viable ballhandler/playmaker, that is not going to work.

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I mean they're playing their 3rd stringers + now. The further down you go, less viable lineups are going to exist :lol:

thelead · Post #490 » by **thelead** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 1:58 am

BCS wrote:Bad lineup, Black is the only viable ballhandler/playmaker, that is not going to work.

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Jett is a ballhandler and can make plays. Not sure if he’s ready but he’s definitely more NBA ready than AB… and I say that as an AB fan.

magicorlando12 · Post #491 » by **magicorlando12** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 1:58 am

Blacks offense is non existent...... his worst trait so far seems to be the shot. Fortunately, jump shots are fixable and players have greatly improved them in the past.

3ddman23 · Post #492 » by **3ddman23** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 1:59 am

Okoke lol

Post #493 » by **eyriq** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 1:59 am

Okeke looking good

Ducklett · Post #494 » by **Ducklett** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 2:00 am

MCCLUNG woooaah dude

Post #495 » by **Knightro** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 2:01 am

thelead wrote:Jett is a ballhandler and can make plays. Not sure if he’s ready but he’s definitely more NBA ready than AB… and I say that as an AB fan.

I think Black is far more NBA ready than Jett personally. Jett's gonna be BBQ chicken defensively for a minute I think.

The issue right now is that the stuff Black is bad at (shooting and scoring) shows up much aggressively when he's playing with other scrubs and forced to create stuff on the ball.

Black mostly looked fine when playing with the other rotation players.

Post #496 » by **eyriq** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 2:01 am

Goga doing it all

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #497 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 2:02 am

I really like Goga.

Ducklett · Post #498 » by **Ducklett** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 2:02 am

Isn't Jett supposed to be good on offense. I still think we missed horribly with both our picks.

Post #499 » by **Knightro** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 2:03 am

If Goga can actually make threes moving forward at at average clip, I'm not sure what Moritz would do better than him at that point.

Post #500 » by **Knightro** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 2:04 am

Return of the Mac!