zaymon wrote:ibraheim718 wrote:zaymon wrote:Realgm -Paolo is young, not ready to win, not a first option yet.
Also Realgm- why we didnt use assets to win with Paolo this year ?
Answer is simple. Paolo and Franz are not ready to win big this year and thats why Weltman didnt use assets. I think he went too far with this "family" thing, and made it too hard for Banchero and Wagner though. We could have evolved and now we need more of a revolution. Playing without a competent point guard is not the best way to learn the game imo.
You're right they aren't ready to win this year but there are some things those guys need to learn and I don't think outside of Mosley they have the right people there to show them instead of Joe Ingles or Marcella Fultz or even Gary "take the night off" Harris.
Also this will be the last time I say it Wagner and Ranchero need to take the summer off.. they owe it to the organization and the fans and they owe it to their own stamina and endurance. They should dedicate themselves to their craft this summer and rest and recharge.
They shouldn't be struggling like this to get into the playoffs. People will say "ah they're young" which they are but they have a ton of talent on that roster. You've got all-nba defenders and two 20ppg scorers. They get taken advantage of by older teams but they should've caught on a little bit by now.
I also dont think we should surround our core with losers like WCJ or Fultz, or that playing without a competent point guard is great for developing forwards but front office thought accumulating assets is more important and i can understand that. They also didnt extend Fultz and there were rumours about moving WCJ so maybe they thay can still see the reality. We would easly make playoffs if we had anyone instead of Fultz, but we also saw front office likes to stay in the lottery longer.
It’s not that people believe Paolo and Franz should be competing this season.
It’s more about developing better habits and the Magic as an organization
starting to build the framework of a system around their core. They have to do it gradually. So why haven’t they started at all??? The only argument people could possibly make is with Jett and AB, and they haven’t played at all.
Even people that don’t believe Gary, Carter, Fultz, Ingles, and the possibility of Cole, Mo, Isaac etc… are going to be on the roster in 2-3 seasons can tell you that this isn’t efficient basketball. Paolo and Franz look like they’ve regressed over the season.
It shouldn’t take 5 years to find players that can match well with the core’s skill sets. Even if you believe the FO is going to
actually find these players yet to be named, it still takes
more time for them to grow.
This group isn’t even in the BUILD phase yet of landing those complementary players. And no, I don’t believe this FO miraculously had all the correct role players before they drafted their core. That would be the dumbest thing imaginable to believe.