Official 2023-2024 Magic General Season Thread

fendilim · Post #601 » by **fendilim** » Sat Jan 6, 2024 11:30 pm

p0peye wrote:We need to fire entire strength, conditioning and medical staff. If not, we are tanking.

Didnt we just replace that department last offseason?

If so, all this injuries might be management’s precautionary directive

Residual-Heat · Post #602 » by **Residual-Heat** » Sat Jan 6, 2024 11:31 pm

BadMofoPimp wrote:
Residual-Heat wrote:I dont get how people are labeling Jett a bust already, we havent seen **** yet. To me he is just a question mark. Walker isnt getting minutes, neither are Taylor Hendricks and Gradey Dick. Simons who everyone loves right now wasnt getting any playing time as a rookie.

I get that him not getting playing is not a good look, but we will have to just wait and see.

Houston got 15.9mpg as a rookie. Howard is getting 4mpg. Coaches have reasons why they do not play players. Maybe send him down to the G-League and see how he pans out there.

We werent trying to make the play offs last season. Jett is with the g-league team and has been for a while.

RookieStar · Post #603 » by **RookieStar** » Sun Jan 7, 2024 12:37 am

eyriq wrote:
Knightro wrote:QUESTIONABLE for tomorrow
-Goga Bitadze
-Anthony Black
-Markelle Fultz
-Wendell Carter Jr.

OUT for tomorrow
-Jonathan Isaac
-Franz Wagner
-Joe Ingles
-Gary Harris
Jonathan Isaac has the worst case of sore hamstring I've ever heard of

Also... what kind of illness dods Goga and AB have?

Post #604 » by **eyriq** » Sun Jan 7, 2024 2:04 am

Man, Hawks are favored +1.5. Times are tough right now

basketballRob · Post #605 » by **basketballRob** » Sun Jan 7, 2024 2:52 am

Queen reminds me of a young MCW on the defensive end.

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Post #606 » by **eyriq** » Sun Jan 7, 2024 5:59 am

It's pretty cool that we are right in the thick of it with the Knicks, Cavs, and Heat of the world.

RookieStar · Post #607 » by **RookieStar** » Sun Jan 7, 2024 8:02 am

eyriq wrote:It's pretty cool that we are right in the thick of it with the Knicks, Cavs, and Heat of the world.

Yeah but last month we were in the thick of it in the Bucks Sixers Celtics of the world. Lol

drsd · Post #608 » by **drsd** » Sun Jan 7, 2024 9:15 am

basketballRob wrote:Queen reminds me of a young MCW on the defensive end.

Sometimes "wanting it more" is enough!

Skybox · Post #609 » by **Skybox** » Sun Jan 7, 2024 12:31 pm

drsd wrote:
basketballRob wrote:Queen reminds me of a young MCW on the defensive end.

Sometimes "wanting it more" is enough!

It’s enough to give minimal quality minutes as a 12th man. He really does look pretty good (in a MCW way

Post #610 » by **eyriq** » Sun Jan 7, 2024 3:50 pm

RookieStar wrote:
eyriq wrote:It's pretty cool that we are right in the thick of it with the Knicks, Cavs, and Heat of the world.

Yeah but last month we were in the thick of it in the Bucks Sixers Celtics of the world. Lol

Whoopsies lol

RookieStar · Post #611 » by **RookieStar** » Sun Jan 7, 2024 9:15 pm

eyriq wrote:
RookieStar wrote:
eyriq wrote:It's pretty cool that we are right in the thick of it with the Knicks, Cavs, and Heat of the world.

Yeah but last month we were in the thick of it in the Bucks Sixers Celtics of the world. Lol
Whoopsies lol

life of a magic fan...

Next month we could also go back with the sixers and bucks or fight it out with the TOR and ATL.. you never know

The-Stallion70 · Post #612 » by **The-Stallion70** » Mon Jan 8, 2024 4:41 am

Schedule continues to look tough but the stretch from 2/24 until March 19th looks to be about the easiest stretch of the season

Post #613 » by **eyriq** » Mon Jan 8, 2024 4:49 am

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Post #614 » by **eyriq** » Mon Jan 8, 2024 5:07 am

Gotta believe in the 2023 draft as well

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AaronB · Post #615 » by **AaronB** » Mon Jan 8, 2024 5:21 am

For all the complaining about the shooting, the Magic are currently starting 2 guards who are shooting 40% from 3.

Post #616 » by **eyriq** » Mon Jan 8, 2024 5:26 am

AaronB wrote:For all the complaining about the shooting, the Magic are currently starting 2 guards who are shooting 40% from 3.

This is wild. And true.

BadMofoPimp · Post #617 » by **BadMofoPimp** » Mon Jan 8, 2024 7:37 am

Residual-Heat wrote:
BadMofoPimp wrote:
Residual-Heat wrote:I dont get how people are labeling Jett a bust already, we havent seen **** yet. To me he is just a question mark. Walker isnt getting minutes, neither are Taylor Hendricks and Gradey Dick. Simons who everyone loves right now wasnt getting any playing time as a rookie.

I get that him not getting playing is not a good look, but we will have to just wait and see.

Houston got 15.9mpg as a rookie. Howard is getting 4mpg. Coaches have reasons why they do not play players. Maybe send him down to the G-League and see how he pans out there.

We werent trying to make the play offs last season. Jett is with the g-league team and has been for a while.

There must be something he isn't doing right.

pepe1991 · Post #618 » by **pepe1991** » Mon Jan 8, 2024 8:11 am

BadMofoPimp wrote:
Residual-Heat wrote:
BadMofoPimp wrote:
Houston got 15.9mpg as a rookie. Howard is getting 4mpg. Coaches have reasons why they do not play players. Maybe send him down to the G-League and see how he pans out there.

We werent trying to make the play offs last season. Jett is with the g-league team and has been for a while.

There must be something he isn't doing right.

Maybe, for time being, Houstan is simply better than him?

jezzerinho · Post #619 » by **jezzerinho** » Mon Jan 8, 2024 9:00 am

pepe1991 wrote:
BadMofoPimp wrote:
Residual-Heat wrote:We werent trying to make the play offs last season. Jett is with the g-league team and has been for a while.

There must be something he isn't doing right.

Maybe, for time being, Houstan is simply better than him?

Jett's upside is higher, but upside is smoke and mirrors until its turned into production.

Houstan is a solid bench piece. Decent team defender, has his head on a swivel, avoids boneheaded plays, works hard, stays composed. Lightning release on the jumper.

But he's not a good poa defender, hes not a playmaker by any definition of the word, hes not a movement shooter, he doesn't have (that Ive seen) a stepback or jabstep or dribble-shake set of moves to create space. He has no midrange game, he can cut but doesn't have a drive game.

Hes strictly (for now) a SF sized, relatively unathletic, feet-set C&S sniper with decent defence.

Thats a) not uncommon in the NBA and
b) not hard to defend if teams actually put effort into stopping it.

But, hes giving us a shooting threat, which we need, with more consistency than Harris and not hirting us on the defensive end. Great attitude and composure. Has scope for growth, but not likely to ever be more than a wing gunner.

Jett is also stiff-hipped and relatively unathletic, but he has a much higher chance of scoring to some degree at all three levels in the top league. He's also got a chance to be not great at anything in particular and therefore fairly replaceable. GLeague form has been shown not to be a great guide of NBA success. We'll see.

fendilim · Post #620 » by **fendilim** » Mon Jan 8, 2024 1:33 pm

jezzerinho wrote:
pepe1991 wrote:
BadMofoPimp wrote:
There must be something he isn't doing right.

Maybe, for time being, Houstan is simply better than him?

Jett's upside is higher, but upside is smoke and mirrors until its turned into production.

Houstan is a solid bench piece. Decent team defender, has his head on a swivel, avoids boneheaded plays, works hard, stays composed. Lightning release on the jumper.

But he's not a good poa defender, hes not a playmaker by any definition of the word, hes not a movement shooter, he doesn't have (that Ive seen) a stepback or jabstep or dribble-shake set of moves to create space. He has no midrange game, he can cut but doesn't have a drive game.

Hes strictly (for now) a SF sized, relatively unathletic, feet-set C&S sniper with decent defence.

Thats a) not uncommon in the NBA and
b) not hard to defend if teams actually put effort into stopping it.

But, hes giving us a shooting threat, which we need, with more consistency than Harris and not hirting us on the defensive end. Great attitude and composure. Has scope for growth, but not likely to ever be more than a wing gunner.

Jett is also stiff-hipped and relatively unathletic, but he has a much higher chance of scoring to some degree at all three levels in the top league. He's also got a chance to be not great at anything in particular and therefore fairly replaceable. GLeague form has been shown not to be a great guide of NBA success. We'll see.

caleb is more good 3 and D guy.

Good standstill shooter and solid team defender.

I think Jett will ultimately be a better player when he gains more experience. I just think it would be sooner if he gets meaningful nba minutes rhan in the gleague