2020-2021 Regular Season Game 40: Orlando Magic (13-26) at New York Knicks (20-21)

[EasternMagic]

Does anyone else watch AG play, when healthy, and find themselves trying to remember why they want to trade a 25-year-old, solid defender who has ballhandling and facilitating skills and is about to enter their prime? No? Just me?

K, I'll see myself out.

For Bol Bol or Twolve’s trash.

Shake my head at it.

I get trading AG for a lesser package. But I'm kind of in the same boat... might as well just hold onto him unless we're getting a solid return.

But, please, trade Evan

[89Magicfan]

Does anyone else watch AG play, when healthy, and find themselves trying to remember why they want to trade a 25-year-old, solid defender who has ballhandling and facilitating skills and is about to enter their prime? No? Just me?

K, I'll see myself out.

For Bol Bol or Twolve’s trash.

Shake my head at it.

I get trading AG for a lesser package. But I'm kind of in the same boat... might as well just hold onto him unless we're getting a solid return.

But, please, trade Evan

I don’t get it. We suck so we want worse players?

[Ducklett]

Are either of these teams trying to win the game?

[thelead]

Does anyone else watch AG play, when healthy, and find themselves trying to remember why they want to trade a 25-year-old, solid defender who has ballhandling and facilitating skills and is about to enter their prime? No? Just me?

K, I'll see myself out.

For Bol Bol or Twolve’s trash.

Shake my head at it.

I get trading AG for a lesser package. But I'm kind of in the same boat... might as well just hold onto him unless we're getting a solid return.

But, please, trade Evan

I would imagine it’s about him wanting to leave after next season. The value we can get back now is much higher than when he’s an expiring non-RFA next year.

[MasterGMer]

AG was averaging a triple double before injury. And he is our best defender. I don't want to trade him for Bol or Minn's package

[EasternMagic]

For Bol Bol or Twolve’s trash.

Shake my head at it.

I get trading AG for a lesser package. But I'm kind of in the same boat... might as well just hold onto him unless we're getting a solid return.

But, please, trade Evan

I would imagine it’s about him wanting to leave after next season. The value we can get back now is much higher than when he’s an expiring non-RFA next year.

I totally get that. For sure. I just don't see a lot of these proposed trades that involve guys who you'd think would be core pieces for our future. They could potentially end up being trade pieces for the future, for sure. But I just feel like you gotta get young players or draft picks for AG or what's the difference in losing him in free agency. Plus, a bigger expiring contract always has some kind of value at the deadline.

[Ducklett]

Bamba very active on defense.

[thelead]

I get trading AG for a lesser package. But I'm kind of in the same boat... might as well just hold onto him unless we're getting a solid return.

But, please, trade Evan

I would imagine it’s about him wanting to leave after next season. The value we can get back now is much higher than when he’s an expiring non-RFA next year.

I totally get that. For sure. I just don't see a lot of these proposed trades that involve guys who you'd think would be core pieces for our future. They could potentially end up being trade pieces for the future, for sure. But I just feel like you gotta get young players or draft picks for AG or what's the difference in losing him in free agency. Plus, a bigger expiring contract always has some kind of value at the deadline.

For sure. We should be able to get equal value out of him if we’re going to trade him. I don’t agree about the value of expiring contract. That used to be a thing but not so much anymore. And when it was a thing, the expiring wasn’t the main player that a team wanted.

[EasternMagic]

Bamba very active on defense.

Bamba's defensive RAPTOR rating on 538 is pretty good.

[basketballRob]

Gibson elbowed Mo in the ribs to get that shot off.

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[PrimeThyme]

Okeke's shot release doesn't look right to me

[BCS]

Okeke's shot release doesn't look right to me

It's inconsistent...he is the easiest player to know if it is going in or not based on his release bc when it's right it is a thing of beauty

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[Ducklett]

Gibson elbowed Mo in the ribs to get that shot off.

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He got fouled on the dunk attempt too lol. The whole "young guy doesn't get the calls" officiating is just dogcrap and need to be changed systemically.

[thelead]

Maybe don’t leave the guy who just knocked down a few jumpers in a row wide open if you’re trying to be a good team???

[MaKiaVeLi7]

Are either of these teams trying to win the game?

Sad thing is that both teams are desperate for a win tonight. Knicks are in the playoffs race, we want to snap the losing streak because if we don't win tonight, we might lose 20 in a row by mid-April.

Sad performance by both teams, ugly basketball game.

[thelead]

Gibson elbowed Mo in the ribs to get that shot off.

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He got fouled on the dunk attempt too lol. The whole "young guy doesn't get the calls" officiating is just dogcrap and need to be changed systemically.

He doesn’t complain enough... which I hate that complaining is a prerequisite to getting calls. That’s another thing that needs to stop.

[Ducklett]

These refs are pure trash.

[Skybox]

Clifford salivating at that chance to back up into the playoffs

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Man, for someone who was so NAW-or-die, Chuma has won me over in the biggest way! He just seems so level headed, poised and professional. Even if he doesn't project to be a star, another good, respectable dude to have on the team is a bright spot. I've loved everything I've seen from him this season, ups and downs.

Agree...now let's go get NAW too

[thelead]

Okeke is better than Mo Harkless... but some of you may remember how much I hated Mo being called a great pickup. Forget star, I don’t even see a future starter on a good team.

[PrimeThyme]

Randle just has no feel for the game. He's missed Vuc on that wide-open Pick n' pop 3 at the top of the key atleast 4 times tonight. The kid doesn't belong in the league.