2023-2024 Regular Season Game 16/In-Season Tournament Game 4: Boston Celtics (12-3) at Orlando Magic (10-5) - 2:30pm

Message Boar · Post #801 » by **Message Boar** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 12:23 am

Audi wrote:

Read on Twitter

This is mad disrespect to Mo Swag, he's not the thinnest but he looks like a normal nba big man. For Jingles it's accurate, though. But that's what makes him great :lol:

edit: Only just got to Cole's comments at the end I'm crying from laughter :lol:

Jaxfann · Post #802 » by **Jaxfann** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 12:28 am

Used to post a long time ago and still follow this site - come from far away so don't know basketball but do know sports in general!

We have a special team here which I sure you know!

All those posters that have been slagging Mo V over the past 2 years need to at least admit that this guy is incredibly important to a bench that Joe E rightly says could be the best in the NBA!

He/they made a huge difference tonight!

Post #803 » by **SOUL** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 12:32 am

Mo Wagner has definitely made me eat crow. He's still a liability on defense at times but he is trying way harder this year and feasting inside instead of shooting threes as much. Absolute bucket in the paint.

fendilim · Post #804 » by **fendilim** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 12:41 am

Missed the game, will watch later. Why 6 mins for ab?

mattyBoi · Post #805 » by **mattyBoi** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 12:52 am

SOUL wrote:Mo Wagner has definitely made me eat crow. He's still a liability on defense at times but he is trying way harder this year and feasting inside instead of shooting threes as much. Absolute bucket in the paint.

His minutes can’t be reduced at all, he’s playing too well.

mattyBoi · Post #806 » by **mattyBoi** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 12:52 am

fendilim wrote:Missed the game, will watch later. Why 6 mins for ab?

Mistakes on offense and defense, got pulled and never came back.

KillMonger · Post #807 » by **KillMonger** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 1:00 am

tooler wrote:
SOUL wrote:

Read on Twitter

Front office realizing they have an excuse not to make a trade now:

hope not....there can still be improvements

Optimus_Steel · Post #808 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 1:08 am

Jaxfann wrote:Used to post a long time ago and still follow this site - come from far away so don't know basketball but do know sports in general!

We have a special team here which I sure you know!

All those posters that have been slagging Mo V over the past 2 years need to at least admit that this guy is incredibly important to a bench that Joe E rightly says could be the best in the NBA!

He/they made a huge difference tonight!

I remember you. Welcome back.

I realize that I’ve been on this board for 20 years now wow. Started right before the disastrous final Tmac year. There was so much hype that year lol.

Rainwater · Post #809 » by **Rainwater** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 1:12 am

fendilim wrote:Missed the game, will watch later. Why 6 mins for ab?

Poor play, benched after the first qt.

Post #810 » by **Def Swami** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 1:40 am

Team is full of super likable dudes. :lol:

Watch on YouTube

mattyBoi · Post #811 » by **mattyBoi** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 1:49 am

How is Terrence Ross not on an NBA roster?

AaronB · Post #812 » by **AaronB** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:09 am

Did Black get hurt?

Post #813 » by **ChosenSavior** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:11 am

AaronB wrote:Did Black get hurt?

No. He just didn't play well.

Jaxfann · Post #814 » by **Jaxfann** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:14 am

Optimus_Steel wrote:
Jaxfann wrote:Used to post a long time ago and still follow this site - come from far away so don't know basketball but do know sports in general!

We have a special team here which I sure you know!

All those posters that have been slagging Mo V over the past 2 years need to at least admit that this guy is incredibly important to a bench that Joe E rightly says could be the best in the NBA!

He/they made a huge difference tonight!

I remember you. Welcome back.

I realize that I’ve been on this board for 20 years now wow. Started right before the disastrous final Tmac year. There was so much hype that year lol.

Only 15 years for me but I remember you also.
It's been a long time coming but I do think we are on the right track!

AdamTH21 · Post #815 » by **AdamTH21** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:21 am

Completely forgot about the early tip-off time and woke up to see we’re 2nd in the East!

Go Magic!

shadrock · Post #816 » by **shadrock** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:35 am

Rainwater wrote:
KillMonger wrote:
Rainwater wrote:Absolutely amazing win but that PG position has to be addressed.

The likely case lol

Why does it need to be addressed? Because theres not much pg scoring? The evidence (11-5) tells us that it doesnt matter if we get no scoring from PG as long as the D is solid, which lines up with my logic too given we have two high usage wings who need to be touching the ball most possessions. We need to just keep doing what were doing.

zaymon · Post #817 » by **zaymon** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 8:06 am

shadrock wrote:
Rainwater wrote:
KillMonger wrote:

The likely case lol

Why does it need to be addressed? Because theres not much pg scoring? The evidence (11-5) tells us that it doesnt matter if we get no scoring from PG as long as the D is solid, which lines up with my logic too given we have two high usage wings who need to be touching the ball most possessions. We need to just keep doing what were doing.

I agree. Having two ball handling forwards enables us to trade some of the playmaking at the 1-2 positions for size. Not many teams could score with Black/Suggs in the halfcourt.

JBSouthpaw · Post #818 » by **JBSouthpaw** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 1:02 pm

So Mo out scored BOS bench by himself. .. but our bench WITHOUT Mo out scored their bench

Bergmaniac · Post #819 » by **Bergmaniac** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 1:49 pm

Another fantastic win, we are on an amazing streak. I love that this team is not phased when it gets behind and almost always stages some sort of a comeback. The defence continues to dominate. And it's clear that team chemistry is great right now, you can see it in the body language of the players.

My heart skipped a beat when Isaac went down, I was so relieved it turned out he was OK. He continues to absolutely dominate on the defensive end. The defensive rating when he is on the court remains absurdly low and maybe even more remarkable, he's only had 2 games all season where his defensive rating was over 110, which is the defensive rating of a Top 10 defense. In half of his games his defensive rating was less than 100, which in an offense dominated league where the average defensive rating is about 114 is downright incredible.

Mo Wagner has improved on D quite a bit and he's better on offense than a lot of starting centres in the league, his contract looks like quite the bargain now even without the "keeping Franz happy" factor.

Post #820 » by **eyriq** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 1:58 pm

Caleb Houstan appreciation post. He came in for a critical stint and PLAYED PERFECT. Not going to lie, I was out on him before this but I'm totally buying back in. He's still a longshot to ever earn that swingman type role in our rotation, but man he really injected life into his resume there.