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PG: BENCH MOB COMES UP HUGE!!!

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Re: PG: BENCH MOB COMES UP HUGE!!! 

Post#81 » by niQ » Tue Dec 30, 2025 3:13 am

JCP11 wrote:
MiamiSPX wrote:Shead arguably saved our season on consecutive nights.

He's the new Lowry


Steady Sheady.
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Post#82 » by TheRaptor! » Tue Dec 30, 2025 3:14 am

They score 12 points in the 4th q

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Re: PG: BENCH MOB COMES UP HUGE!!! 

Post#83 » by mtcan » Tue Dec 30, 2025 3:14 am

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Los_29 wrote:If you just read this message board you’d think we were at the bottom of the standings. But we are 20-14, on pace for nearly 50 wins and have so far, exceeded expectations.

Great win tonight.

It's wild man. We're playing fun basketball and winning games at a rate nobody expected, but there's still so much doom & gloom

But but but...IQ...but but but...Jakob...but but but...RJ...but but but...Gradey.......

Have I named all the usual scapegoats???

Thankfully this is a team game and we just saw a nice team win.
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Post#84 » by Duffman100 » Tue Dec 30, 2025 3:14 am

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Tripod wrote:Say what you want, but Gradey's pts helped keep us in the game in 1st half


Then he was inexplicably benched in the 2nd half.


He also didnt play Iq or Mamu. Darko decided to go all defense and it worked.


True that's a good point.

The battle sub was still confusing.
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Post#85 » by mathgeek » Tue Dec 30, 2025 3:14 am

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canz55 wrote:Bitchass Banchero think he KD??

Sit you're ass down mf


Banchero is such an overrated player. Always been an inefficient chucker that is an average defender at best.

I mean he had 23-15-10. Everyone knows he's not exactly a shooter he's a strong post player with a great handle. The only real knock on him besides the 3pt shooting is that he has the potential to be an amazing defender a la Scottie Barnes but maybe its conditioning he just cant seem to put it together.
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Post#86 » by PushDaRock » Tue Dec 30, 2025 3:15 am

I can only imagine how this board would have reacted if Darko did what Mosely did on that final possession.
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Post#87 » by Dennis 37 » Tue Dec 30, 2025 3:15 am

Los_29 wrote:If you just read this message board you’d think we were at the bottom of the standings. But we are 20-14, on pace for nearly 50 wins and have so far, exceeded expectations.

Great win tonight.


It's because a healthy RJ and Poeltl make us a 25-9 team at least.

Those pre-RJ return games were awful.
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Post#88 » by MEDIC » Tue Dec 30, 2025 3:15 am

Shead, CMB & Walter all looking like keepers. Keep investing minutes in these guys.
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Post#89 » by TheRaptor! » Tue Dec 30, 2025 3:15 am

LoveMyRaps wrote:
canz55 wrote:Bitchass Banchero think he KD??

Sit you're ass down mf


Banchero is such an overrated player. Always been an inefficient chucker that is an average defender at best.


He's a poor man's ingram to me.
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Post#90 » by Mr.Raptorsingh » Tue Dec 30, 2025 3:16 am

Looks like Jokic won't play on Wed
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Post#91 » by DG88 » Tue Dec 30, 2025 3:16 am

Duffman100 wrote:Really happy IQ didn't see the floor down the stretch.

Man if CMB was so impactful, despite missing easy shots.

I was chatting with my boy about IQ and we both prefer Shead running the show compared to IQ. He just does not have that PG savvy that you want in your lead guard. On top of that he's not a walking paint touch like Shead.
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Post#92 » by nestea » Tue Dec 30, 2025 3:16 am

Thaddy wrote:IQ is a garbage player. He isn't a starter on a contender. He's too damn inconsistent.

1/18

Thats what our starters shot from 3pt range today.

I'd move him in a heartbeat
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Post#93 » by ___Rand___ » Tue Dec 30, 2025 3:16 am

JCP11 wrote:
MiamiSPX wrote:Shead arguably saved our season on consecutive nights.

He's the new Lowry


He needs to learn to shoot the 3 and keep growing as a distributor, yes.
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Post#94 » by PushDaRock » Tue Dec 30, 2025 3:17 am

Mr.Raptorsingh wrote:Looks like Jokic won't play on Wed


disappointing, wanted all the smoke
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Post#95 » by And1+2 » Tue Dec 30, 2025 3:17 am

That was a fun game, glad I got to tune into it.
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Post#96 » by MEDIC » Tue Dec 30, 2025 3:17 am

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Duffman100 wrote:Really happy IQ didn't see the floor down the stretch.

Man if CMB was so impactful, despite missing easy shots.

I was chatting with my boy about IQ and we both prefer Shead running the show compared to IQ. He just does not have that PG savvy that you want in your lead guard. On top of that he's not a walking paint touch like Shead.


Been saying this since last season.
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Post#97 » by HiJiNX » Tue Dec 30, 2025 3:17 am

Tonight was such a massive win.
not strong, only aggresive cuz the power ain't directed/ that's why, we are subjected to the will of the oppressive
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Post#98 » by LoveMyRaps » Tue Dec 30, 2025 3:17 am

Consecutive double digit games:

Mamu: 4
Walter: 3
Ochai: 2


CMB with consecutive double digit rebound games.

Our role players are coming alive! Huge development. Gradey and Shead also had their best games of the season tonight.
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Post#99 » by YoungG » Tue Dec 30, 2025 3:18 am

mathgeek wrote:
YoungG wrote:The Bamba era is too sweet! I just want to add that I'm surprised that Darko didn't play IQ in the clutch. One of the things I dislike about Darko is that he tries to see the best in players too much, and he doesn't recognize when prioritizing the win is more important than a player's ego. Credit to the coach, as he put in the better defenders in Shead and Walter, and the Raps brought the W home!

So you wanted IQ to end the game for who exactly? Shed was our best player tonight easily. If you had a 2 guard line up what happens on defense when Magic goal is to get Scottie switched off Banquero for a smaller guard. It doesn't work defensively. Darko absolutely made the right choice at the end of the game. Not to mention IQ was ice cold.


Maybe, I didn't communicate what I wanted to properly, but you and I are thinking the same way. I'm GLAD that IQ didn't end the game. Darko usually doesn't make that adjustment, and that's my issue with the coach. Tonight, he did it!
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Post#100 » by HiJiNX » Tue Dec 30, 2025 3:18 am

nestea wrote:
Thaddy wrote:IQ is a garbage player. He isn't a starter on a contender. He's too damn inconsistent.

1/18

Thats what our starters shot from 3pt range today.

I'd move him in a heartbeat

Can we get Davion back?
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