Let's Talk About Mario

PennytoShaq · Post #661 » by **PennytoShaq** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 7:14 pm

Mario gives us a ton of flexibility. He can play next to Evan and instantly double our firepower from deep. His growth and ability to play SF now makes it a much deeper position. If Gordon is struggling, Mario can come in and spike the offense. Additionally we can rest Ibaka, and run a very nice small rotation of Augustine/Evan/Mario/Gordon and Bizmack. That lineup could prove to be highly effective for when we need to cut into a lead and make runs.

Hogified05 · Post #662 » by **Hogified05** » Wed Jul 27, 2016 5:47 am

Man. I hope Mario and AG play alot together. If they grow into all-stars we have a chance to be really good. They seem to have a good connection. That bounce pass dunk last year proves it to me. You don't throw that unless you really trust the guy.

Here is my question though. I love me some Evan but I don't see us riding Evan at 2 to a championship anytime. What if Mario looks really good this year. Do we try and get rid of Evan? I always preferred AG at the 4 which getting Biz, Ibaka and having Vuc sucks to me.

Elf
Evan
Mario
AG
Vuc or Ibaka

That's always been my preference.

MagicStarwipe · Post #663 » by **MagicStarwipe** » Wed Jul 27, 2016 7:41 am

Hogified05 wrote:Man. I hope Mario and AG play alot together. If they grow into all-stars we have a chance to be really good. They seem to have a good connection. That bounce pass dunk last year proves it to me. You don't throw that unless you really trust the guy.

Here is my question though. I love me some Evan but I don't see us riding Evan at 2 to a championship anytime. What if Mario looks really good this year. Do we try and get rid of Evan? I always preferred AG at the 4 which getting Biz, Ibaka and having Vuc sucks to me.

Elf
Evan
Mario
AG
Vuc or Ibaka

That's always been my preference.

Future Championship lineup.

Payton *
Hezonja *
Gordon *
Ibaka
Biyombo

(* denotes All-Star)

8-)

yoyojw17 · Post #664 » by **yoyojw17** » Wed Jul 27, 2016 12:47 pm

MagicStarwipe wrote:
Hogified05 wrote:Man. I hope Mario and AG play alot together. If they grow into all-stars we have a chance to be really good. They seem to have a good connection. That bounce pass dunk last year proves it to me. You don't throw that unless you really trust the guy.

Here is my question though. I love me some Evan but I don't see us riding Evan at 2 to a championship anytime. What if Mario looks really good this year. Do we try and get rid of Evan? I always preferred AG at the 4 which getting Biz, Ibaka and having Vuc sucks to me.

Elf
Evan
Mario
AG
Vuc or Ibaka

That's always been my preference.

Future Championship lineup.

Payton *
Hezonja *
Gordon *
Ibaka
Biyombo

(* denotes All-Star)

For me....

Future Championship lineup.

Payton *
Hezonja *
Gordon *
Ibaka/Biyombo
Vuc/Biyombo

(* denotes All-Star)

I agree with Hogified05... I like Evan a lot... but if Mario bursts on the scene...you can't hold him back because of Evan. MagicStarwipe... I would looooooove your All-Star Prediction to occur. haha I do expect them to take a big step forward this season... and this could become one of the best seasons and most reinvigorating seasons we've had in a while! Gonna make a name for ourselves once again.

T-Cat · Post #665 » by **T-Cat** » Wed Jul 27, 2016 2:51 pm

yoyojw17 wrote:
MagicStarwipe wrote:
Hogified05 wrote:Man. I hope Mario and AG play alot together. If they grow into all-stars we have a chance to be really good. They seem to have a good connection. That bounce pass dunk last year proves it to me. You don't throw that unless you really trust the guy.

Here is my question though. I love me some Evan but I don't see us riding Evan at 2 to a championship anytime. What if Mario looks really good this year. Do we try and get rid of Evan? I always preferred AG at the 4 which getting Biz, Ibaka and having Vuc sucks to me.

Elf
Evan
Mario
AG
Vuc or Ibaka

That's always been my preference.

Future Championship lineup.

Payton *
Hezonja *
Gordon *
Ibaka
Biyombo

(* denotes All-Star)

For me....

Future Championship lineup.

Payton *
Hezonja *
Gordon *
Ibaka/Biyombo
Vuc/Biyombo

(* denotes All-Star)

I agree with Hogified05... I like Evan a lot... but if Mario bursts on the scene...you can't hold him back because of Evan. MagicStarwipe... I would looooooove your All-Star Prediction to occur. haha I do expect them to take a big step forward this season... and this could become one of the best seasons and most reinvigorating seasons we've had in a while! Gonna make a name for ourselves once again.

Anyone consider a lineup of AG as the primary ball handler along with Evan and Mario playing the 1 and 2? (For more spacing on the wing)

Run and gun lineup :nod:

fendilim · Post #666 » by **fendilim** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 2:01 pm

T-Cat wrote:
yoyojw17 wrote:
MagicStarwipe wrote:
Future Championship lineup.

Payton *
Hezonja *
Gordon *
Ibaka
Biyombo

(* denotes All-Star)

For me....

Future Championship lineup.

Payton *
Hezonja *
Gordon *
Ibaka/Biyombo
Vuc/Biyombo

(* denotes All-Star)

I agree with Hogified05... I like Evan a lot... but if Mario bursts on the scene...you can't hold him back because of Evan. MagicStarwipe... I would looooooove your All-Star Prediction to occur. haha I do expect them to take a big step forward this season... and this could become one of the best seasons and most reinvigorating seasons we've had in a while! Gonna make a name for ourselves once again.

Anyone consider a lineup of AG as the primary ball handler along with Evan and Mario playing the 1 and 2? (For more spacing on the wing)

Run and gun lineup

I actually like this better with Evan and Mario being the primary ballhandler, than EP. Don't get me wrong, its unconventional, but I think its a better fit with the Ibaka Biyombo frontline because of the lack of offense and spacing.

Rick Rolled · Post #667 » by **Rick Rolled** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 12:15 am

Watching the Croatia/Argentina game right now.

Bogdanovic still has the greenest green light I've seen in quite some time.

Rick Rolled · Post #668 » by **Rick Rolled** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 12:23 am

Mario really needs to stop committing these baffling fouls 80 feet from the basket.

He follows it up by chasing down an offensive board and hitting a nice running hook shot.

T-Cat · Post #669 » by **T-Cat** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 12:29 am

Rick Rolled wrote:Mario really needs to stop committing these baffling fouls 80 feet from the basket.

He follows it up by chasing down an offensive board and hitting a nice running hook shot.

Mario with the hook shot! :nod:

Rick Rolled · Post #670 » by **Rick Rolled** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 12:31 am

Mario with a pure looking three, nothing but net. Follows it up with a heat check two that misses short.

5 points so far.

T-Cat · Post #671 » by **T-Cat** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 12:34 am

Rick Rolled wrote:Mario with a pure looking three, nothing but net. Follows it up with a heat check two that misses short.

5 points so far.

Croatia is not really good! How do you find any minutes for Ukic? He's like Chris Duhon...

Rick Rolled · Post #672 » by **Rick Rolled** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 12:36 am

T-Cat wrote:
Rick Rolled wrote:Mario with a pure looking three, nothing but net. Follows it up with a heat check two that misses short.

5 points so far.

Croatia is not really good! How do you find any minutes for Ukic? He's like Chris Duhon...

Their ball movement is terrible without a decent point guard out there.

Their centers are bad too. I think I read that they only made the team due to injury.

The offense is hideous. A lot of chucking and iso play.

I'm shocked that they beat Greece and Italy.

T-Cat · Post #673 » by **T-Cat** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 12:51 am

Rick Rolled wrote:
T-Cat wrote:
Rick Rolled wrote:Mario with a pure looking three, nothing but net. Follows it up with a heat check two that misses short.

5 points so far.

Croatia is not really good! How do you find any minutes for Ukic? He's like Chris Duhon...

Their ball movement is terrible without a decent point guard out there.

Their centers are bad too. I think I read that they only made the team due to injury.

The offense is hideous. A lot of chucking and iso play.

I'm shocked that they beat Greece and Italy.

I'm actually rooting for them to lose, so Mario can hurry up and come to Orlando and workout with his new players!

Rick Rolled · Post #674 » by **Rick Rolled** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 1:37 am

Mario with a thunderous dunk in traffic!

Croatia only trails by 25!

TheTrooper · Post #675 » by **TheTrooper** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 1:43 am

17 points so far...best scorer on this awful Croatian squad
You can see that he is few levels above everyone else on the court athletically

T-Cat · Post #676 » by **T-Cat** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 3:16 am

TheTrooper wrote:17 points so far...best scorer on this awful Croatian squad
You can see that he is few levels above everyone else on the court athletically

Who would win out of Croatian vs 76ers in a 7 game series?

Optimus_Steel · Post #677 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 4:47 am

Rick Rolled wrote:Watching the Croatia/Argentina game right now.

Bogdanovic still has the greenest green light I've seen in quite some time.

Its like their coach picked only one game to watch to make his decision and watched one of the games he went off against us and said wow Euro Kobe need to force feed him lol.

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OrlandO · Post #678 » by **OrlandO** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 4:57 am

Watch on YouTube

Dennis Reynolds · Post #679 » by **Dennis Reynolds** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 8:45 am

TheTrooper wrote:17 points so far...best scorer on this awful Croatian squad
You can see that he is few levels above everyone else on the court athletically

Nice. Hopefully he keeps it up.

TheTrooper · Post #680 » by **TheTrooper** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 9:16 am

T-Cat wrote:
TheTrooper wrote:17 points so far...best scorer on this awful Croatian squad
You can see that he is few levels above everyone else on the court athletically

Who would win out of Croatian vs 76ers in a 7 game series?

76ers. You guys need to know just how strong the NBA

Saric is 1st or 2nd best player of the Croatian NT and he would probably be 7 player in the sixers.
The starting 5 would hold their own, but after that there is a shapr drop in quality.
That doesnt make Croatia weak. The team is just fine for FIBA competitions its the NBA that is too strong.