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Re: 2023-2024 Official Around the NBA Discussion Thread 

Post#1321 » by eyriq » Fri Feb 23, 2024 8:35 pm

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MagicFan101 wrote:Any interest at all?

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I miss the days when our board had a dedicated thread to a player recently cut and we demand FO to sign him...
Haha yeah. To give the front office credit, I think our 15th man is better than most team's 15th man. Okeke is the one I have in mind here. We've done a good job of stacking depth.
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Post#1322 » by RookieStar » Fri Feb 23, 2024 8:45 pm

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MagicFan101 wrote:Any interest at all?

Read on Twitter
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I miss the days when our board had a dedicated thread to a player recently cut and we demand FO to sign him...
Haha yeah. To give the front office credit, I think our 15th man is better than most team's 15th man. Okeke is the one I have in mind here. We've done a good job of stacking depth.


Strange, I thought our 15th man is the 6'6 Admiral.
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Re: 2023-2024 Official Around the NBA Discussion Thread 

Post#1323 » by eyriq » Fri Feb 23, 2024 9:08 pm

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I miss the days when our board had a dedicated thread to a player recently cut and we demand FO to sign him...
Haha yeah. To give the front office credit, I think our 15th man is better than most team's 15th man. Okeke is the one I have in mind here. We've done a good job of stacking depth.


Strange, I thought our 15th man is the 6'6 Admiral.
He's on a two way

Edit: For clarity, we have 15 signed players and 3 two-way players, Kevon, Trevelin, and Admiral.
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Post#1324 » by RookieStar » Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:53 pm

Alright guys, time to root for Cavs and Pelicans!!!

Them beating the Sixers and Heat will help us in the standings.

Who should we root for in the Raps vs Hawks though?
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Re: 2023-2024 Official Around the NBA Discussion Thread 

Post#1325 » by Optimus_Steel » Sat Feb 24, 2024 3:50 am

MagicFan101 wrote:Any interest at all?

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Never understood the hype for him; every time I saw him play, except for one decent game against us, he didn’t look like an NBA caliber player.
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Re: 2023-2024 Official Around the NBA Discussion Thread 

Post#1326 » by pepe1991 » Sat Feb 24, 2024 9:39 am

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MagicFan101 wrote:Any interest at all?

Read on Twitter
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Never understood the hype for him; every time I saw him play, except for one decent game against us, he didn’t look like an NBA caliber player.


Skilled. For a size. But if you are built like a straw you have no funcional benefits of being near 7 foot tall nor can play "big", you are just tall, slow wing.
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Re: 2023-2024 Official Around the NBA Discussion Thread 

Post#1327 » by Optimus_Steel » Sat Feb 24, 2024 2:34 pm

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Optimus_Steel wrote:
MagicFan101 wrote:Any interest at all?

Read on Twitter
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Never understood the hype for him; every time I saw him play, except for one decent game against us, he didn’t look like an NBA caliber player.


Skilled. For a size. But if you are built like a straw you have no funcional benefits of being near 7 foot tall nor can play "big", you are just tall, slow wing.




Problem is I haven’t seen much skill from him. Is he once of those guys that’s has skills in an empty gym but useless on a 5 on 5?
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Post#1328 » by eyriq » Sat Feb 24, 2024 3:18 pm

Man, that Miami win in New Orleans was pretty clutch for them.
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Post#1329 » by RookieStar » Sat Feb 24, 2024 10:39 pm

eyriq wrote:Man, that Miami win in New Orleans was pretty clutch for them.


Yeah.. even considering NO wasl already down BI and I think CJ got hurt also.

Pretty bad day for Magic standings last set of games.
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Post#1330 » by Optimus_Steel » Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:18 pm

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eyriq wrote:Man, that Miami win in New Orleans was pretty clutch for them.


Yeah.. even considering NO wasl already down BI and I think CJ got hurt also.

Pretty bad day for Magic standings last set of games.


I think NO was also on a back to back
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Post#1331 » by RookieStar » Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:23 pm

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eyriq wrote:Man, that Miami win in New Orleans was pretty clutch for them.


Yeah.. even considering NO wasl already down BI and I think CJ got hurt also.

Pretty bad day for Magic standings last set of games.


I think NO was also on a back to back


Yup... it was all very setup nicely for a MIA win.
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Re: 2023-2024 Official Around the NBA Discussion Thread 

Post#1332 » by eyriq » Sun Feb 25, 2024 4:41 am

Philly and New York with 23 losses
Orlando, Indiana, Miami with 25 losses

Gonna be a race
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Re: 2023-2024 Official Around the NBA Discussion Thread 

Post#1333 » by magichael » Sun Feb 25, 2024 6:33 am

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eyriq wrote:Haha yeah. To give the front office credit, I think our 15th man is better than most team's 15th man. Okeke is the one I have in mind here. We've done a good job of stacking depth.


Strange, I thought our 15th man is the 6'6 Admiral.
He's on a two way

Edit: For clarity, we have 15 signed players and 3 two-way players, Kevon, Trevelin, and Admiral.


I think he would be better on the end of our bench than Okeke. Someone will pick him up because he is the new archetype (on paper) and has shown flashes. Before he got buried on a deep OKC team. He’s better than Bol Bol and Bol is on a decent Suns team and plays sometimes. I would be surprised if makes it through waivers because he’s also cheap?

He “should” be decent and he’s young and cheap. That’s enough for him to be in the NBA.
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Post#1334 » by HighPack » Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:50 pm

Bol is on fire.
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Post#1335 » by RookieStar » Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:35 am

Alright boys, all of us better be Raps fans right now to beat IND.
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Post#1336 » by thelead » Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:14 am

RookieStar wrote:Alright boys, all of us better be Raps fans right now to beat IND.

I hate rooting for them because they almost always let us down.
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Post#1337 » by RookieStar » Tue Feb 27, 2024 2:07 am

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RookieStar wrote:Alright boys, all of us better be Raps fans right now to beat IND.

I hate rooting for them because they almost always let us down.


Yeah... well its pick your poison for the game then.lol

We just pray that they can squeak it out against IND. Im justw qtching boxscores and they limited Hali to 4pts only???
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Post#1338 » by thelead » Tue Feb 27, 2024 2:13 am

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RookieStar wrote:Alright boys, all of us better be Raps fans right now to beat IND.

I hate rooting for them because they almost always let us down.


Yeah... well its pick your poison for the game then.lol

We just pray that they can squeak it out against IND. Im justw qtching boxscores and they limited Hali to 4pts only???

It's Mathurin's night. And Gradey Dick is showing why we should be playing Jett.
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Post#1339 » by eyriq » Tue Feb 27, 2024 2:31 am

Raptors did us a solid.
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Post#1340 » by SOUL » Tue Feb 27, 2024 2:33 am

Scottie Barnes is the best!!
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