Official 2023-2024 Magic General Season Thread

Post #161 » by **eyriq** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 2:44 pm

JBSouthpaw wrote:3 Magicians in the top 20!

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Paolo Franz and Cole, oh my

JoshuaPotter · Post #162 » by **JoshuaPotter** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 5:53 pm

eyriq wrote:
JBSouthpaw wrote:3 Magicians in the top 20!

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Paolo Franz and Cole, oh my

Ah yes....

P+F + anything that resembles an NBA point guard=wins....

It made sense then, it makes sense now.

Optimus_Steel · Post #163 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 6:08 pm

rcklsscognition wrote:The three-headed monster of Paolo-Wagner-Anthony are leading us through these games. It's remarkable. You can see there is a genuine belief that they are better than the other team, that they can score whenever they want to, and that they can shut the other team down.

Quoting Morpheus: They are starting to believe

Optimus_Steel · Post #164 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:06 pm

Oh someone just went there:

https://youtu.be/iJLMT_uq9PM?si=vx9jFRgN6QV2K70y

Post #165 » by **eyriq** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:26 pm

https://youtu.be/pgMQyLWOqxo?si=SNW4Vz8OuvytK6Qs

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #166 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:47 pm

Just minding my business and see that we are #7 on the NBA power ranking.
https://www.nba.com/news/power-rankings-2023-24-week-6

This is for some of you who wants national attention.

Skybox · Post #167 » by **Skybox** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 10:01 pm

JoshuaPotter wrote:
eyriq wrote:
JBSouthpaw wrote:3 Magicians in the top 20!

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Paolo Franz and Cole, oh my

Ah yes....

P+F + anything that resembles an NBA point guard=wins....

It made sense then, it makes sense now.

Imagine a very comparable offensive PG with elite defense starting (Immanuel Quickley)...with Cole still running things off the bench

JoshuaPotter · Post #168 » by **JoshuaPotter** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 10:24 pm

Skybox wrote:
JoshuaPotter wrote:
eyriq wrote:Paolo Franz and Cole, oh my

Ah yes....

P+F + anything that resembles an NBA point guard=wins....

It made sense then, it makes sense now.

Imagine a very comparable offensive PG with elite defense starting (Immanuel Quickley)...with Cole still running things off the bench

I mean its true. I don't really want to change anything just this second. But I have been saying it since we got 1 of 2 Fultz or Cole back after our 5-20 start last year.

My "formula" then was P+F+anything that resembles an NBA PG = wins.

Yes, Fultz is down, but he isn't "that good" in so much that Cole isn't "that good" either. However Cole in his role, can and will dominate. It's such a wonderful thing to see. I knew he (Cole) could do it. We got him for a good deal today, but next deal unless he is injured or traded he is gonna get paid as a 6th man.

basketballRob · Post #169 » by **basketballRob** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 10:35 pm

ORLMagicGirl15 wrote:Just minding my business and see that we are #7 on the NBA power ranking.
https://www.nba.com/news/power-rankings-2023-24-week-6

This is for some of you who wants national attention.

So that means ESPN will have us in the top 20?

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tooler · Post #170 » by **tooler** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 11:34 pm

basketballRob wrote:
ORLMagicGirl15 wrote:Just minding my business and see that we are #7 on the NBA power ranking.
https://www.nba.com/news/power-rankings-2023-24-week-6

This is for some of you who wants national attention.
So that means ESPN will have us in the top 20?

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“…the Magic find themselves stuck in neutral awaiting the return of Markelle Fultz and Wendell Carter, Jr…”

jonbob17 · Post #171 » by **jonbob17** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 12:37 am

just finished watching the Hornets game. Every time Paolo puts up a catch and shoot 3 it looks like it is going in. Don't remember thinking that much last year on any of his 3s.

If Paolo is a truly a 3 point shooter 38%+, and we are not just in the middle of a hot streak, i don't know how teams are going to stop him. If they close out hard or guard him out to the line, he's going to punish the big guys that guard him to the hoop.

Orlando is currently 3rd in the league in assitsted 3 point shots at 91.4%...hardly any 3s off the dribble. Franz is really the only one taking many 3s off dribble.

basketballRob · Post #172 » by **basketballRob** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 2:23 am

Washington is playing well against Detroit.

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D J C · Post #173 » by **D J C** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 4:16 am

jonbob17 wrote:just finished watching the Hornets game. Every time Paolo puts up a catch and shoot 3 it looks like it is going in. Don't remember thinking that much last year on any of his 3s.

If Paolo is a truly a 3 point shooter 38%+, and we are not just in the middle of a hot streak, i don't know how teams are going to stop him. If they close out hard or guard him out to the line, he's going to punish the big guys that guard him to the hoop.

Orlando is currently 3rd in the league in assitsted 3 point shots at 91.4%...hardly any 3s off the dribble. Franz is really the only one taking many 3s off dribble.

I was saying the same thing. Even his misses look better this year. He’s had a couple air balls, but really a good portion have been on target.

But yeah it’s opening up his game already. I think we’re going to be seeing more 7 and 8 assist games from him because of it too.

fendilim · Post #174 » by **fendilim** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 4:34 am

basketballRob wrote:Washington is playing well against Detroit.

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The Pistons got the Jordan Poole Experience haha

KillMonger · Post #175 » by **KillMonger** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 12:20 pm

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D J C · Post #176 » by **D J C** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 3:44 pm

KillMonger wrote:

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Lol where are they getting 5'11 from? Isnt he a solid 6'2"+?

But yeah his jump in drawing fouls this year has been huge. He's gone from 5.3 FTA per 100 possesions all the way to 9.1 FTA/100. Thats a big deal when he's shooting 85%+ from the line.

Hopefully Franz makes that jump/starts getting more foul calls too. He drives so much and lives in the paint, its crazy he's stuck at ~4 FTA/G.

jonbob17 · Post #177 » by **jonbob17** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 4:12 pm

D J C wrote:Lol where are they getting 5'11 from? Isnt he a solid 6'2"+?

But yeah his jump in drawing fouls this year has been huge. He's gone from 5.3 FTA per 100 possesions all the way to 9.1 FTA/100. Thats a big deal when he's shooting 85%+ from the line.

Hopefully Franz makes that jump/starts getting more foul calls too. He drives so much and lives in the paint, its crazy he's stuck at ~4 FTA/G.

I can't wrap my head around the reason why Franz doesn't get more calls.

Seems like Cole has gotten better at initiating some of the contact, maybe that something Franz has to do to...but seriously he looks like Franz gets fouled a lot....Paolo too, he gets more calls, but it seems like there are a lot of fouls left uncalled, he's so big its hard not to.

tooler · Post #178 » by **tooler** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 4:21 pm

Foul calls are a black art. No guarantee the refs ever reward players.

tooler · Post #179 » by **tooler** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 4:49 pm

CBS has us #1.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-power-rankings-magic-suns-streak-to-the-top-knicks-make-move-clippers-slip-again/

They’ve always liked our team and their writers are good. Worth a follow if you miss the old ESPN NBA analysis before the put the useful content behind a paywall.

D J C · Post #180 » by **D J C** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 4:57 pm

tooler wrote:CBS has us #1.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-power-rankings-magic-suns-streak-to-the-top-knicks-make-move-clippers-slip-again/

They’ve always liked our team and their writers are good. Worth a follow if you miss the old ESPN NBA analysis before the put the useful content behind a paywall.

Looks like those are weekly rankings (not for the season) but still nice to see us getting some flowers. If we keep this up for another month we're going to start hearing the media bolster Molsey for COTY, Suggs for DPOY, Cole for 6MOTY, and Paolo for an All NBA team

What a time