Jett Howard assigned to G-League

[basketballRob]

I don't know...and I am not suggesting AB should be out of the rotation...personally I'd be happy with him getting starter minutes even if it was a detriment to our record this sason.

When this team is fully healthy...guard rotation
Fultz, Cole
Suggs, Harris
Are we benching any of those guys?

Will we just put Black out there as a 3rd guard/wing with the 2nd unit. Cole/Black/Harris...at the expense of Ingles or Wagner. Maybe?

I guess I am just basing it off the first 4 games where we were healthy, and we ran a 10 man rotation that did not include Black.

That's what I'm afraid of

AB is great defensively but having him out there is like playing 5 on 4 on offense, he contributes absolutely nothing on that end and hasn't been racking up assists either. I don't know what his minutes will look like once fultz is back but if he's not playing much I'd rather him be in the g league also working on his game

I doubt that'll happen. He contributes too much with his defense. You make it sound like we're getting run out of the gym by playing him, which isn't true

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[SOUL]

That's what the G-League is for. Much more teams should utilize it. If the Raptors can do it with Siakam and FVV being big parts of their championship team then Jett **** Howard definitely should play if he's not getting minutes lol.

[Ducklett]

Pray to god he becomes JJ, but I doubt it.

[cedric76]

Great news

[Max Power]

Obviously Jett needs minutes, and with the team playing well and there’s not much time for him, Houston, or Chuma to get significant time. I think only Houston should even be on the main roster of those 3. Anthony Black’s poise and defense makes him valuable and useful despite his lack of scoring. Jett can’t really say that.

[RookieStar]

Obviously Jett needs minutes, and with the team playing well and there’s not much time for him, Houston, or Chuma to get significant time. I think only Houston should even be on the main roster of those 3. Anthony Black’s poise and defense makes him valuable and useful despite his lack of scoring. Jett can’t really say that.

Agreed. We have the standing as the #1 defensive team in the league right now. Black is contributing to that, Jett not so much.

[fendilim]

Is anyone else concerned about him? Just seems odd to me that a guy who's drafted by a team in the lottery who desperately needs shooting drafts a guy who's supposedly a great shooter and he can't even crack the rotation.

No. There really is no plying time for him and Black to start the season.

Black got his minutes because Fultz went down.

This is kind of expected tbh.

[davey_wavy]

Jett at 11 was us (Magic FO/Ownership) giving back to Michigan. Shouldnt have been the pick, everyone knows it, no one will admit it, and will constantly defend it (can't shoot because he gets no run).

Lively II
Keyonte
Hawkins
Even Gradey & Jaquez Jr

All these guys were better picks at 11. You draft the BPA. Jett CLEARLY wasn't that and you know it. Cant use a lottery pick on "needs". That's what late firsts & 2nd rounders are for.

I wish him luck in Osceola.

[Magic#1]

It's definitely not time to panic on Jett yet, but it definitely looks like others would have been a better pick. Gary is a nice player, but Hawkins would be playing over him. He's already had bigger games than Gary has had in years, and I really like Gary.

[RichCollab]

It's definitely not time to panic on Jett yet, but it definitely looks like others would have been a better pick. Gary is a nice player, but Hawkins would be playing over him. He's already had bigger games than Gary has had in years, and I really like Gary.

No way Jordan Hawkins would be taking Harris’s minutes yet.

[RichCollab]

Jett at 11 was us (Magic FO/Ownership) giving back to Michigan. Shouldnt have been the pick, everyone knows it, no one will admit it, and will constantly defend it (can't shoot because he gets no run).

Lively II
Keyonte
Hawkins
Even Gradey & Jaquez Jr

All these guys were better picks at 11. You draft the BPA. Jett CLEARLY wasn't that and you know it. Cant use a lottery pick on "needs". That's what late firsts & 2nd rounders are for.

I wish him luck in Osceola.

How is this giving back to Michigan? It’s way to early to judge.

[KillMonger]

It's definitely not time to panic on Jett yet, but it definitely looks like others would have been a better pick. Gary is a nice player, but Hawkins would be playing over him. He's already had bigger games than Gary has had in years, and I really like Gary.

No way Jordan Hawkins would be taking Harris’s minutes yet.

Yeah not a chance

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[davey_wavy]

Jett at 11 was us (Magic FO/Ownership) giving back to Michigan. Shouldnt have been the pick, everyone knows it, no one will admit it, and will constantly defend it (can't shoot because he gets no run).

Lively II
Keyonte
Hawkins
Even Gradey & Jaquez Jr

All these guys were better picks at 11. You draft the BPA. Jett CLEARLY wasn't that and you know it. Cant use a lottery pick on "needs". That's what late firsts & 2nd rounders are for.

I wish him luck in Osceola.

How is this giving back to Michigan? It’s way to early to judge.

A lottery pick just got assigned to Osceola after 13 games. Might be too early to judge his potential but it's not too early to say the Magic passed on the BPA.

I got no proof on the Magic and Michigan, it just seems weird

[thelead]

It's definitely not time to panic on Jett yet, but it definitely looks like others would have been a better pick. Gary is a nice player, but Hawkins would be playing over him. He's already had bigger games than Gary has had in years, and I really like Gary.

Stop it. Gary is a better defender and shooting 52% from 3. Let me repeat that for you, FIFTY-TWO PERCENT FROM DEEP. Hawkins would not be be playing over Gary.

[byeganyo]

Jett may not pan out and he looked like a real deer in headlights yesterday, but still none of the listed players is doing something amazing right now, lively II is a good fit for dallas, but where was he going to get minutes here? Hawkins is 17 months older than Jett and is shooting 38% from the field, so probably wouldnt be playing much here too. There is time to regrets, but its not now.

[basketballRob]

Hawkins probably wouldn't get any playing time because his defense hasn't been good. As far as we know, that's why Jett isn't playing.

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[jonbob17]

That's what I'm afraid of

AB is great defensively but having him out there is like playing 5 on 4 on offense, he contributes absolutely nothing on that end and hasn't been racking up assists either. I don't know what his minutes will look like once fultz is back but if he's not playing much I'd rather him be in the g league also working on his game

I doubt that'll happen. He contributes too much with his defense. You make it sound like we're getting run out of the gym by playing him, which isn't true

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Somebody's going to get kicked from the rotation when Fultz comes back. And another when WCJ gets healthy. The harder one to guess might be between Mo and Goga (WCJ)...both have been really good.

[yoyojw17]

People just out here overreacting on the few minutes that a rookie is getting. Even if this seasonwas poor.... doesn't mean he still can't become more valuable than the other players that people are complaining that they wished they had just cuz they are doing well better at the moment.

Osceola will give him a place tosharpen his tools.

[eyriq]

AB is great defensively but having him out there is like playing 5 on 4 on offense, he contributes absolutely nothing on that end and hasn't been racking up assists either. I don't know what his minutes will look like once fultz is back but if he's not playing much I'd rather him be in the g league also working on his game

I doubt that'll happen. He contributes too much with his defense. You make it sound like we're getting run out of the gym by playing him, which isn't true

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Somebody's going to get kicked from the rotation when Fultz comes back. And another when WCJ gets healthy. The harder one to guess might be between Mo and Goga (WCJ)...both have been really good.

Yeah, that's going to be interesting. I fear Black and Goga will drop back to DNP-CDs

[jonbob17]

I doubt that'll happen. He contributes too much with his defense. You make it sound like we're getting run out of the gym by playing him, which isn't true

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Somebody's going to get kicked from the rotation when Fultz comes back. And another when WCJ gets healthy. The harder one to guess might be between Mo and Goga (WCJ)...both have been really good.

Yeah, that's going to be interesting. I fear Black and Goga will drop back to DNP-CDs

Mo and Goga have been the biggest surprises this year to me. Mo has become a layup machine and Goga looks for real on defense.

EDIT: Actually how bad we have been shooting as a team been has been more surprising, or at least i wouldn't have expected Suggs/Paolo to improve as shooters and our overall 3 point shooting to be worse than last year.. If we figure that out we might be dangerous. Surely Franz will at least figure it out...right...