The Official Franz Wagner Thread

basketballRob · Post #901 » by **basketballRob** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 2:30 pm

MagicStarwipe wrote:I'm almost ready to say that his peak is at least a number 2 guy on an elite team.

The last two games against the Bucks, Franz looked as good as Middleton. He's the number 2 guy on a championship team. Middleton had more assists but his teammates make shots.

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ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #902 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 3:46 pm

It just hit me that Franz offensively is what I hoped Mario Hezonja to be. I really wish he would have improved because I would have liked to see him and Franz on the wing shooting 3s.

KillMonger · Post #903 » by **KillMonger** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 4:04 pm

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p0peye · Post #904 » by **p0peye** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 4:23 pm

To me, he seems to be a player in the mold of Toni Kukoč, Dejan Bodiroga, Detlef Schrempf or Danny Granger. Hoping that Granger is his floor.

Optimus_Steel · Post #905 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 6:15 pm

p0peye wrote:We may need to start thinking how we are going to build a team around this guy.

I said back in Nov that we have to stop limiting ourselves as to thinking how good he can be.

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Skybox · Post #906 » by **Skybox** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 7:53 pm

ORLMagicGirl15 wrote:It just hit me that Franz offensively is what I hoped Mario Hezonja to be. I really wish he would have improved because I would have liked to see him and Franz on the wing shooting 3s.

Bring him back...is he seriously not as good a " prospect" as the rest of these clowns coming into the league?

RookieStar · Post #907 » by **RookieStar** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 8:43 pm

p0peye wrote:We may need to start thinking how we are going to build a team around this guy.

Yeah... we might have found ourselves a Franzchise player already... ( ok i will see myself out )

basketballRob · Post #908 » by **basketballRob** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 9:16 pm

Optimus_Steel wrote:
p0peye wrote:We may need to start thinking how we are going to build a team around this guy.
I said back in Nov that we have to stop limiting ourselves as to thinking how good he can be.

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Giannis agrees.

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KillMonger · Post #909 » by **KillMonger** » Sat Jan 1, 2022 2:44 am

Looking back, it seems Franz does have some more to show in his bag

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Haven't seen enough of this in the mid range but it's something he has in his bag....would love to see this aspect of his game more

basketballRob · Post #910 » by **basketballRob** » Sat Jan 1, 2022 2:56 am

KillMonger wrote:Looking back, it seems Franz does have some more to show in his bag

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Haven't seen enough of this in the mid range but it's something he has in his bag....would love to see this aspect of his game more

I heard someone say his floater game reminded them of Tony Parker.

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tooler · Post #911 » by **tooler** » Sat Jan 1, 2022 4:23 am

KillMonger wrote:Looking back, it seems Franz does have some more to show in his bag

Haven't seen enough of this in the mid range but it's something he has in his bag....would love to see this aspect of his game more

I guess if no one wants to stop him he'll just continue on to the rim. 8-)

basketballRob · Post #912 » by **basketballRob** » Sat Jan 1, 2022 1:32 pm

Evan Mobley may win rookie of the month.

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/player/evan-mobley-10337/game-log

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basketballRob · Post #913 » by **basketballRob** » Sat Jan 1, 2022 2:47 pm

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basketballRob · Post #914 » by **basketballRob** » Sat Jan 1, 2022 2:57 pm

Franz compares well with Dirk's second year at 21 years old.

https://stathead.com/basketball/pcm_finder.cgi?request=1&sum=0&player_id1=wagnefr01&p1yrfrom=2022&player_id2=nowitdi01&p2yrfrom=2000

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Audi · Post #915 » by **Audi** » Sat Jan 1, 2022 7:22 pm

tooler wrote:
KillMonger wrote:Looking back, it seems Franz does have some more to show in his bag

Haven't seen enough of this in the mid range but it's something he has in his bag....would love to see this aspect of his game more

I guess if no one wants to stop him he'll just continue on to the rim.

Ironically, while we’ve been able to see a lot of skills in his bag due to our lack of a primary ball handler, it also means we have yet to see things like his cutting abilities on consistent display.

tooler · Post #916 » by **tooler** » Sat Jan 1, 2022 7:41 pm

Audi wrote:Ironically, while we’ve been able to see a lot of skills in his bag due to our lack of a primary ball handler, it also means we have yet to see things like his cutting abilities on consistent display.

I feel like that was one of the first things other teams figured out for the scouting report. Countering that turned out to be the first of many times he had to reach into his bag of tricks to add something new to his game.

Skin · Post #917 » by **Skin** » Sun Jan 2, 2022 6:55 am

This is new territory for us to have a rookie performing so well off the bat. Gotta be thankful for that.

Post #918 » by **Knightro** » Mon Jan 3, 2022 5:34 pm

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thelead · Post #919 » by **thelead** » Mon Jan 3, 2022 5:38 pm

Knightro wrote:

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It's a great stat but I noticed that his role looked reduced just with Ross coming back. I can't imagine what it's going to look like if we ever get fully healthy...

tooler · Post #920 » by **tooler** » Mon Jan 3, 2022 5:39 pm

INSANE STAT: With the return of Magic players from injury and protocols, Franz will now average UNDEFINED seconds per touch since he will never touch the ball again.