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Lots of negative Nancy's out there after the Mexico City loss.

This is the NBA and it is a marathon not a sprint.

Same injury issues this year, yet the Magic are gonna win a ton more games this year than last (if Paolo and Franz stay healthy).

You get it.

This team is making progress, they are on a great path.

It's nice to be reminded of how far this team have come. I think the negativity comes because the ones we’ve loss were winnable games and we just don't want to see another meltdown for this team.

I think the expectations got higher is why you see negativity after these losses.

We know Orlando should be beating some of these teams coming off a Paolo RoY season and the development of Franz and Suggs. It’s expected.

A lot of expectations this year but still a mostly young team. Will see a lot of frustrating mistakes but also glimpses of a really solid team.

We could win the next couple games also, even though it will be on the road.

We gave away Dallas game and we gave away Hawks game. Just think how good our record Magic could be if we won those two

MasterGMer wrote:We could win the next couple games also, even though it will be on the road.

We gave away Dallas game and we gave away Hawks game. Just think how good our record Magic could be if we won those two

And the Lakers game. This team could have realistically been 8-1. But we had a ton of games like this last season. They could just as easily won 7-10 more games last year just like these 3 they have lost to start this season. Stinks, casue it could come back to bite them in the arse.

Sometimes it's good to get the bumps and bruises out of the system early. Lets not forget after our 1st home game, we quickly shifted to a west coast trip. I ain't mad.

Must give it to this front office I thought this rebuild was going to be long but they have put together a quality team in such a short period of time. They aren’t there yet but they are pretty close.

I can absolutely see this roster winning 51-55% of their games for a 42-to-45 win rate.
A small trade to consolidate the guard depth-chart, this year, the Magic can win 50 games. I am confident of that.

It's a good thing to have a higher bar for being disappointed...believing we have a shot against anyone is nice.

We finished the season a .500 team once healthyish last season. I think those are the expectations this year. I expect us to hover around that this year.

drsd wrote:I can absolutely see this roster winning 51-55% of their games for a 42-to-45 win rate.
A small trade to consolidate the guard depth-chart, this year, the Magic can win 50 games. I am confident of that.

I'm with you. Low to mid 40s in wins is increasingly probable.

Time for a 16 game losing streak because you made this jinx thread.

Magicman125 wrote:Time for a 16 game losing streak because you made this jinx thread.

Came in here to post the same thing.

What were you thinking OP??? Make this thread when we win our 6th game at least

Great start, but i want to see us face a great team. Portland, Houston and Utah wins were against lottery teams. Lakers arent great. Bucks were missing Lillard.

Im looking forward to see what they do against the Nuggets and Celtics.

Residual-Heat wrote:Great start, but i want to see us face a great team. Portland, Houston and Utah wins were against lottery teams. Lakers arent great. Bucks were missing Lillard.

Im looking forward to see what they do against the Nuggets and Celtics.

LOL… Den and Bos are expected losses. Beating the bad teams is the first step in learning how to win. Sprinkle some wins over good/average teams and then you start to have a positive outlook. Houston, BTW, is 5-3 so they are better than you’re giving them credit for. The lakers are ok, and the Bucks are an ok team right now as well. If you’re expecting us to beat Boston and Denver, I’m sorry but you’re going to have a rough year watching this team. We might win a game here or there against the elite but don’t expect it… and losing to them doesn’t mean this team sucks either.

Residual-Heat wrote:Great start, but i want to see us face a great team. Portland, Houston and Utah wins were against lottery teams. Lakers arent great. Bucks were missing Lillard.

Im looking forward to see what they do against the Nuggets and Celtics.

The second Lakers game was a huge win. In fact, it was the biggest game of the year so far. The 2-game series was very close to each other. It was a championship team of much more experienced veteran players and stars, and we took the tape with the scouting, and came back with adjustments for a revenge win. And the Lakers were better rested for the Game 2 than they were for Game 1 even. Incredible.
The Bucks game was also a huge win because Giannis Antetokounmpo is still a top 2 player or so. We haven't beat him in like 2.5 years I think.
The record and the projection it sets speaks for itself.

Residual-Heat wrote:Great start, but i want to see us face a great team. Portland, Houston and Utah wins were against lottery teams. Lakers arent great. Bucks were missing Lillard.

Im looking forward to see what they do against the Nuggets and Celtics.

@Nets will be a good test