Predict Opening Night Roster

YosemiteSam · Post #1 » by **YosemiteSam** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 1:33 am

With preseason games finished, and four rotation players out injured for the start of the season, I thought it’d be fun to predict who makes the opening night roster, and who goes to the G league, and who gets cut. The Magic can have 15 active players, and 2 two way contracts. With four players injured, that’s 11 active players on the roster on opening night, and probably the two way players as well. My predictions below:

Locks
- Banchero
- F Wagner
- Carter Jr
- Anthony
- Ross
- Okeke
- Hampton
- Bamba
- M Wagner

Injured
- Fultz
- Suggs
- G Harris
- Isaac

Active
- Bol
- Houstan
- Schofield (2 way)
- K Harris ( 2 way)

G League
- Cannady
- Scrubb
- Shittu

I think the main question will be Cannady vs Houstan, in case they want Caleb to get more court time in the G League. But I predict they keep him on the NBA roster to give him exposure and practice with the top players. Schofield, K Harris and Houstan go down to G League as injures players return.

DiplomaticMagic · Post #2 » by **DiplomaticMagic** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 1:38 am

You basically have it already.

No way they will cut Houstan for Cannady.

Post #3 » by **Knightro** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 3:52 am

Houstan's contract is fully guaranteed and Cannady's is fully unguaranteed. Cannady is getting cut.

Post #4 » by **SOUL** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 8:50 am

Read on Twitter

Yeah, Cannady is gone.

Sucks because he seems like a really great guy and I think if he wants to coach in the future he'd be a great coach too. Numbers wise and position wise it would be hard to keep him.

Petre1978 · Post #5 » by **Petre1978** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 12:30 pm

YosemiteSam wrote:With preseason games finished, and four rotation players out injured for the start of the season, I thought it’d be fun to predict who makes the opening night roster, and who goes to the G league, and who gets cut. The Magic can have 15 active players, and 2 two way contracts. With four players injured, that’s 11 active players on the roster on opening night, and probably the two way players as well. My predictions below:

Locks
- Banchero
- F Wagner
- Carter Jr
- Anthony
- Ross
- Okeke
- Hampton
- Bamba
- M Wagner

Injured
- Fultz
- Suggs
- G Harris
- Isaac

Active
- Bol
- Houstan
- Schofield (2 way)
- K Harris ( 2 way)

G League
- Cannady
- Scrubb
- Shittu

I think the main question will be Cannady vs Houstan, in case they want Caleb to get more court time in the G League. But I predict they keep him on the NBA roster to give him exposure and practice with the top players. Schofield, K Harris and Houstan go down to G League as injures players return.

In a perfect world i would keep K. Harris and send Suggs to Lakeland!!!
Suggs is horrible!!

YosemiteSam · Post #6 » by **YosemiteSam** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 3:19 pm

Whelp, that was fast

Read on Twitter

NavalAviator94 · Post #7 » by **NavalAviator94** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 4:59 pm

SOUL wrote:

Read on Twitter

Yeah, Cannady is gone.

Sucks because he seems like a really great guy and I think if he wants to coach in the future he'd be a great coach too. Numbers wise and position wise it would be hard to keep him.

I watched that last night. Clear the coach cares for him

Post #8 » by **Howard Mass** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 6:21 pm

I saw it too.

It was pretty obvious Devin Cannady was being cut simply based on the roster situation.

If he does not get picked up by another team, I hope he is back in Lakeland.

DiplomaticMagic · Post #9 » by **DiplomaticMagic** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 6:59 pm

I mean I like Cannady as a person, but he wasnt really a skilled player. He's a good story but his spot is better used on someone else.

basketballRob · Post #10 » by **basketballRob** » Sat Oct 15, 2022 7:01 pm

Petre1978 wrote:
YosemiteSam wrote:With preseason games finished, and four rotation players out injured for the start of the season, I thought it’d be fun to predict who makes the opening night roster, and who goes to the G league, and who gets cut. The Magic can have 15 active players, and 2 two way contracts. With four players injured, that’s 11 active players on the roster on opening night, and probably the two way players as well. My predictions below:

Locks
- Banchero
- F Wagner
- Carter Jr
- Anthony
- Ross
- Okeke
- Hampton
- Bamba
- M Wagner

Injured
- Fultz
- Suggs
- G Harris
- Isaac

Active
- Bol
- Houstan
- Schofield (2 way)
- K Harris ( 2 way)

G League
- Cannady
- Scrubb
- Shittu

I think the main question will be Cannady vs Houstan, in case they want Caleb to get more court time in the G League. But I predict they keep him on the NBA roster to give him exposure and practice with the top players. Schofield, K Harris and Houstan go down to G League as injures players return.

In a perfect world i would keep K. Harris and send Suggs to Lakeland!!!
Suggs is horrible!!

Reminds me of the posts about Franz this time last season.

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fendilim · Post #11 » by **fendilim** » Sun Oct 16, 2022 2:04 am

Sad to see him go but it was pretty much clear from the get go he was gone. I sdont understand how we have admiral back tho. There’s a lot of 3-4 on this team. Would have made sense to have kept Devin with the injuries at the guard spot and schofield kinda sucks.

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #12 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Mon Oct 17, 2022 5:10 am

fendilim wrote:Sad to see him go but it was pretty much clear from the get go he was gone. I sdont understand how we have admiral back tho. There’s a lot of 3-4 on this team. Would have made sense to have kept Devin with the injuries at the guard spot and schofield kinda sucks.

Devin had a contract from last season. It could not be turned into a two-way. We had to waive him, clear waiver in order to offer him another two-way contract.

I really liked Devin and wish we could have kept him. His skill was shooting, that’s what we needed. I understand the roster situation and it truly sucks letting him go.

drsd · Post #13 » by **drsd** » Mon Oct 17, 2022 10:50 am

Houstan has played like an NBA-level talent. I am already really impressed with his offensive efficiency.

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drsd · Post #14 » by **drsd** » Mon Oct 17, 2022 10:55 am

Predict Opening Night Roster

Anthony/Suggs
Ross/Hampton
F-Wagner/Okeke/Houstan
Banchero/Bol
Carter/Bamba/M-Wagner

And all 12 can be predicted to get game minutes.

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zaymon · Post #15 » by **zaymon** » Mon Oct 17, 2022 2:35 pm

Its kind of funny, but isnt Harris/Ross/Wagner/Banchero/Carter actually our best lineup ?:P

Optimus_Steel · Post #16 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Mon Oct 17, 2022 3:41 pm

The best balanced lineup would be: Anthony/Ross/Franz/Paolo/WCJ but make Franz the primary initiator.

fendilim · Post #17 » by **fendilim** » Mon Oct 17, 2022 3:47 pm

Optimus_Steel wrote:The best balanced lineup would be: Anthony/Ross/Franz/Paolo/WCJ but make Franz the primary initiator.

If making Franz and probably Paolo the primary initiator, wouldnt suggs make more sense than cole? Then we have cole coming of the bench as 6th man to bring in scoring?

Optimus_Steel · Post #18 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Mon Oct 17, 2022 4:06 pm

fendilim wrote:
Optimus_Steel wrote:The best balanced lineup would be: Anthony/Ross/Franz/Paolo/WCJ but make Franz the primary initiator.

If making Franz and probably Paolo the primary initiator, wouldnt suggs make more sense than cole? Then we have cole coming of the bench as 6th man to bring in scoring?

Suggs cant shoot at all, Cole at least keeps defenses somewhat honest. Franz and Paolo need space to operate, and Cole give them more space than Suggs, in theory.

jonbob17 · Post #19 » by **jonbob17** » Mon Oct 17, 2022 5:07 pm

Optimus_Steel wrote:
fendilim wrote:
Optimus_Steel wrote:The best balanced lineup would be: Anthony/Ross/Franz/Paolo/WCJ but make Franz the primary initiator.

If making Franz and probably Paolo the primary initiator, wouldnt suggs make more sense than cole? Then we have cole coming of the bench as 6th man to bring in scoring?

Suggs cant shoot at all, Cole at least keeps defenses somewhat honest. Franz and Paolo need space to operate, and Cole give them more space than Suggs, in theory.

Sure, but Cole can't keep opposing offenses honest at all, where Suggs can defend multiple positions at a high level. If Cole was efficient at all then this theory might make sense. Having a FG% of 39% while being an open door on defense doesn't really help you win games.

There is enough space out there for Franz and Paolo. It's the NBA. Put Suggs in the corner or above the arc, when Paolo and Franz are doing their thing.

Bergmaniac · Post #20 » by **Bergmaniac** » Mon Oct 17, 2022 5:16 pm

zaymon wrote:Its kind of funny, but isnt Harris/Ross/Wagner/Banchero/Carter actually our best lineup ?:P

If Ross plays like last season, hell no, he shot 29% from 3 and he was still much better on offense than on defense where he was just hilariously bad. He was a legit contender for the worst rotation player in the league according to the impact stats, almost every lineup with him was a train wreck.