Official Spec Thread: Regular Season

Post #1761 » by **eyriq** » Sun Nov 5, 2023 4:42 pm

MagicMatic wrote:
eyriq wrote:I'm curious, how good is Goga? He's a big unknown, but all indicators are that he's good. At least rotation good.

He’s good. He was basically buried in Indiana behind Turner and others. Didn’t really get a lot of opportunities in Indiana. He was a smart pick up that Orlando needs to continue looking for in guys that are buried in deep benches that need minutes.

I can dig it. I hope we keep him in the starting lineup, and not alternate between him and Mo. We'll learn a lot about him.

Husky1 · Post #1762 » by **Husky1** » Sun Nov 5, 2023 5:36 pm

It’s wild how a lot of us thought we overpaid for Mo. he’s been awesome and looks as he is still improving each game. Another bargain contract by the looks

jonbob17 · Post #1763 » by **jonbob17** » Sun Nov 5, 2023 6:07 pm

Husky1 wrote:It’s wild how a lot of us thought we overpaid for Mo. he’s been awesome and looks as he is still improving each game. Another bargain contract by the looks

I was just confused that he got back-up-big money, i wasn't sure he was definitely a rotation player. If he's playing 17 minutes a night he's paid just fine, maybe not enough based on recent production.

He' has been pretty good to start the season, I am not sure he's goiing to continue to get 57% of his shots as layups but he hustles, and does a lot of little things. good chemistry with his brother too

I guess I had big ideas of Bitadze, and thought it was more of a coin flip between the two, but Goga was clearly the third string center based on the money he got.

pepe1991 · Post #1764 » by **pepe1991** » Sun Nov 5, 2023 8:18 pm

Husky1 wrote:It’s wild how a lot of us thought we overpaid for Mo. he’s been awesome and looks as he is still improving each game. Another bargain contract by the looks

We resigned right Mo 8-)

Post #1765 » by **SOUL** » Sun Nov 5, 2023 9:52 pm

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DiplomaticMagic · Post #1766 » by **DiplomaticMagic** » Mon Nov 6, 2023 12:51 am

I think Goga could be a damn good backup.

RookieStar · Post #1767 » by **RookieStar** » Mon Nov 6, 2023 1:16 am

Goga was the 18th pick? He was a first rounder? I thought at first he was one of those 2nd rounders Euro Big that teams slowly develop...

jezzerinho · Post #1768 » by **jezzerinho** » Mon Nov 6, 2023 9:30 am

RookieStar wrote:Goga was the 18th pick? He was a first rounder? I thought at first he was one of those 2nd rounders Euro Big that teams slowly develop...

Nono. Goga was a highly rated prospect. He has a lot of natural talent. His issue is between the ears, imo. If you can get him switched on and consistent, there is no reason he couldnt be a starting calibre center.

RookieStar · Post #1769 » by **RookieStar** » Mon Nov 6, 2023 10:02 am

jezzerinho wrote:
RookieStar wrote:Goga was the 18th pick? He was a first rounder? I thought at first he was one of those 2nd rounders Euro Big that teams slowly develop...

Nono. Goga was a highly rated prospect. He has a lot of natural talent. His issue is between the ears, imo. If you can get him switched on and consistent, there is no reason he couldnt be a starting calibre center.

Whats wtong between his ears? Is he Bamba like?

pepe1991 · Post #1770 » by **pepe1991** » Mon Nov 6, 2023 10:30 am

jezzerinho wrote:
RookieStar wrote:Goga was the 18th pick? He was a first rounder? I thought at first he was one of those 2nd rounders Euro Big that teams slowly develop...

Nono. Goga was a highly rated prospect. He has a lot of natural talent. His issue is between the ears, imo. If you can get him switched on and consistent, there is no reason he couldnt be a starting calibre center.

https://www.nbadraft.net/players/goga-bitadze/

enjoyable read

Skybox · Post #1771 » by **Skybox** » Mon Nov 6, 2023 12:09 pm

RookieStar wrote:
jezzerinho wrote:
RookieStar wrote:Goga was the 18th pick? He was a first rounder? I thought at first he was one of those 2nd rounders Euro Big that teams slowly develop...

Nono. Goga was a highly rated prospect. He has a lot of natural talent. His issue is between the ears, imo. If you can get him switched on and consistent, there is no reason he couldnt be a starting calibre center.

Whats wtong between his ears? Is he Bamba like?

I forgot the particulars, but I believe he got bounced from IND after really getting into it with the coaching staff...assuming it was Rick Carlisle at the time...he don't take no s**t from players (especially mediocre young guys)

drsd · Post #1772 » by **drsd** » Mon Nov 6, 2023 12:33 pm

RookieStar wrote:Goga was the 18th pick? He was a first rounder? I thought at first he was one of those 2nd rounders Euro Big that teams slowly develop...

Okeke was 16 and Alexander-Walker was 17. That Orlando got Bitadze simply by filling out a waiver form totally redeems management for the Okeke pick. (that said, I wanted Alexander-Walker, also a bad choice in retrospect).

Bitadze's PER has "dropped" to 32. This does mean that the computers now like Nikola Jokić and Donovan Mitchell over Bitadze. But Goga is over Curry, Booker, and Embiid!

basketballRob · Post #1773 » by **basketballRob** » Mon Nov 6, 2023 12:51 pm

We didn't win our 4th game until our 13th game last season.

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D J C · Post #1774 » by **D J C** » Mon Nov 6, 2023 4:22 pm

These next two games will be huge in showing how good our defense really is..

We're playing two of the top 5 offenses in the league, with legit star backcourts (Luka/Kyrie, Trae/Murray) off to hot starts. Neither team has scored under 110 points yet this season.

ogmagicfan · Post #1775 » by **ogmagicfan** » Mon Nov 6, 2023 8:58 pm

NBA.com only moved us from 19 to 17 after our past week of play.

I know we went 2-2, but we should atleast be 15 or better

Post #1776 » by **eyriq** » Mon Nov 6, 2023 9:01 pm

ogmagicfan wrote:NBA.com only moved us from 19 to 17 after our past week of play.

I know we went 2-2, but we should atleast be 15 or better

7th in the East. I'm not angry with it, feels about right.

RookieStar · Post #1777 » by **RookieStar** » Mon Nov 6, 2023 9:11 pm

pepe1991 wrote:
jezzerinho wrote:
RookieStar wrote:Goga was the 18th pick? He was a first rounder? I thought at first he was one of those 2nd rounders Euro Big that teams slowly develop...

Nono. Goga was a highly rated prospect. He has a lot of natural talent. His issue is between the ears, imo. If you can get him switched on and consistent, there is no reason he couldnt be a starting calibre center.

https://www.nbadraft.net/players/goga-bitadze/

enjoyable read

wow would you look at that...a scouting report that was pretty much spot-on

RookieStar · Post #1778 » by **RookieStar** » Mon Nov 6, 2023 9:13 pm

drsd wrote:
RookieStar wrote:Goga was the 18th pick? He was a first rounder? I thought at first he was one of those 2nd rounders Euro Big that teams slowly develop...

Okeke was 16 and Alexander-Walker was 17. That Orlando got Bitadze simply by filling out a waiver form totally redeems management for the Okeke pick. (that said, I wanted Alexander-Walker, also a bad choice in retrospect).

Bitadze's PER has "dropped" to 32. This does mean that the computers now like Nikola Jokić and Donovan Mitchell over Bitadze. But Goga is over Curry, Booker, and Embiid!

I wanted NAW as well.... yet he kind of faded already. Is he still in the league?

Skybox · Post #1779 » by **Skybox** » Mon Nov 6, 2023 10:09 pm

RookieStar wrote:
drsd wrote:
RookieStar wrote:Goga was the 18th pick? He was a first rounder? I thought at first he was one of those 2nd rounders Euro Big that teams slowly develop...

Okeke was 16 and Alexander-Walker was 17. That Orlando got Bitadze simply by filling out a waiver form totally redeems management for the Okeke pick. (that said, I wanted Alexander-Walker, also a bad choice in retrospect).

Bitadze's PER has "dropped" to 32. This does mean that the computers now like Nikola Jokić and Donovan Mitchell over Bitadze. But Goga is over Curry, Booker, and Embiid!

I wanted NAW as well.... yet he kind of faded already. Is he still in the league?

NAW has been starting for MIN...he's become something of a defensive specialist. Not what I projected him to be...I had him in a lot of trade proposals a few years ago.

Weird...I'm usually spot on with my analysis :wink:

Post #1780 » by **eyriq** » Tue Nov 7, 2023 1:49 pm

Potential warning sign, our top three in minutes played have PERs of

13.4
15.8
12.3