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Mac led the G-League in scoring at 25.7 PPG.

Pretty cool. I can't imagine he can do much more to earn a NBA spot

McClung as the Magic's 3rd string PG in 2024/45 makes a lot of sense to me.

Why couldn’t Mac be signed to a two way contract at least?


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I’d rather Mac be taking Fultz’s minutes at the moment. Will be interesting to see if he gets a promotion from us to become our 3rd string guard or if he goes to another team.

eyriq wrote:Pretty cool. I can't imagine he can do much more to earn a NBA spot

He might be MVP, but he's no Jett.

Why hasnt someone put Mac in a roster spot already?

Bensational wrote:I’d rather Mac be taking Fultz’s minutes at the moment. Will be interesting to see if he gets a promotion from us to become our 3rd string guard or if he goes to another team.

Him and Cole playing together to get terrible size switches is probably a reason why that wouldnt happen

Really he should have been called up earlier in the year and sent Fultz down to rehab a bit but now we're too deep into the season with the playoffs around the corner. His outside shooting would have been nice.

SOUL wrote:

Bensational wrote:I’d rather Mac be taking Fultz’s minutes at the moment. Will be interesting to see if he gets a promotion from us to become our 3rd string guard or if he goes to another team.

Him and Cole playing together to get terrible size switches is probably a reason why that wouldnt happen

Very true.

I’m still curious to see how much the team leans into internal promotion in the offseason vs external acquisitions. The Celtics did a good job of that and turning those players into bigger upgrades down the line:

Rozier - traded for Kemba (later traded for Horford)
Moses Brown - traded for Josh Richardson
Langford + Richardson - traded for White
Nesmith - traded for Brogdon
Smart + G.Williams - traded for Porzingis
R. Williams + Brogdon - traded for JRue

Hopefully we can do something similar with our stable of young bucks.

RookieStar wrote:Why hasnt someone put Mac in a roster spot already?

previously, it was his defense. maybe he has worked on it

He cant be an worse the Fultz right now, if hes even 90% of coles production on the cheap Id move CA in a package for an upgrade at pg

Dude is legit from 3. I would most definitely give him a shot. Hope they don't let some other team snag him.

I think folks need to appreciate that McClung cannot play defense at an NBA level. Actually being on the Orlando Magic would be good for him to learn this skill.

If I was management, I would sign McClung over keeping the ~21 pick in the draft. That is: McClung will be more useful for the 2024/25 roster than any rookie would be.