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2024 NBA Playoffs Round 1 Game 7: (5) Orlando Magic at (4) Cleveland Cavaliers - Series Tied 3-3

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Post#1121 » by T-Cat » Sun May 5, 2024 7:55 pm

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thelead wrote:If I'm Weltman, I'm keeping a boxscore sheet of this game when Franz' and Suggs' agents come looking to get overpaid. I love both but the FO can't mismanage cap space.

Not going that far. Just one game. Their first game 7


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Weltman said they can't pay everyone! I'm paying Suggs though to a Cole Anthony type of contract.
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Post#1122 » by bigdogdylan5 » Sun May 5, 2024 7:55 pm

Optimus_Steel wrote:Franz will come back from this with vengeance.

Everyone is going to rip Franz all summer. I am not worried about him at all I think he will figure it out he sucked tonight and shooting all year but his work ethic I just am not worried. I am worried about none of our role players really stepped up. Harris Ingles Anthony Fultz and Isaac were nothings on offense for a lot of this series.
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Post#1123 » by thelead » Sun May 5, 2024 7:56 pm

Great season overall though. Hopefully the core can put in serious work this summer and the FO actually does there jobs.
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Post#1124 » by T-Cat » Sun May 5, 2024 7:56 pm

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thelead wrote:If I'm Weltman, I'm keeping a boxscore sheet of this game when Franz' and Suggs' agents come looking to get overpaid. I love both but the FO can't mismanage cap space.

Not going that far. Just one game. Their first game 7


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Weltman said they can't pay everyone! I'm paying Suggs though to a Cole Anthony type of contract.
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Post#1125 » by PrimeThyme » Sun May 5, 2024 7:56 pm

Read on Twitter

Yet somehow, people will point to our need for a first option as the reason we lost this series. Unbelievable.
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Post#1126 » by axl_c_cool » Sun May 5, 2024 7:56 pm

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KillMonger wrote:Coach bickerstaff did something mose would never do..... Tried to find a spark and I think it helped them turn the tide..... Merril was NOT playing at all this series unless in garbage time.... Cavs were down in that second quarter and bickerstaff said let's try this... And it worked I think Merril hit like 2 3s and just seeing the ball go through the net gave them confidence... Mose doesn't trust anyone other than the guys that got him here.... Maybe if he tried something else, someone else maybe he could've found a spark as well.... Guess we'll never know

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Agreed. He needs to improve as well along with our roster.

Who would you have played?

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Post#1127 » by penny_nz » Sun May 5, 2024 7:56 pm

IllMagic04 wrote:
thelead wrote:If I'm Weltman, I'm keeping a boxscore sheet of this game when Franz' and Suggs' agents come looking to get overpaid. I love both but the FO can't mismanage cap space.

Not going that far. Just one game. Their first game 7


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Its not just game 7 though. He scored under 20 pts 5 times in this series. He shot a total 42/100. That's not #2 material, his game has been too one dimensional all season
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Post#1128 » by ibraheim718 » Sun May 5, 2024 7:56 pm

bigdogdylan5 wrote:
Optimus_Steel wrote:Franz will come back from this with vengeance.

Everyone is going to rip Franz all summer. I am not worried about him at all I think he will figure it out he sucked tonight and shooting all year but his work ethic I just am not worried. I am worried about none of our role players really stepped up. Harris Ingles Anthony Fultz and Isaac were nothings on offense for a lot of this series.


Work on the 3 and the in between game. He should be studying tape of Nowitzki.
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Post#1129 » by SloNick Russia » Sun May 5, 2024 7:57 pm

Franz shooting this season is an anomaly, players just can't go down 8% from three, he will be fine next season. Also Cole has to get his **** togeter, he had a disaster kind of a season.

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Post#1130 » by RichCollab » Sun May 5, 2024 7:57 pm

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PrimeThyme wrote:Franz was never billed as a first or second option coming out of college and i still do not see it.

We need to go find a second option this summer and let Franz fall in to a more defined role as a Swiss army knife for us.


He's looking like a Swiss army knife with all the tools removed.



Franz is amazing. Let’s not be idiots. I get everyone is upset.
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Post#1131 » by ibraheim718 » Sun May 5, 2024 7:57 pm

PrimeThyme wrote:
Read on Twitter

Yet somehow, people will point to our need for a first option as the reason we lost this series. Unbelievable.


Come on man.. this isn't fair at all. He got in foul trouble and it prevented him from getting a feel for the game.
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Post#1133 » by T-Cat » Sun May 5, 2024 7:58 pm

Time to get JJ Redick as coach! Mosley did a fabulous job though
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Post#1134 » by Redwood » Sun May 5, 2024 7:58 pm

We have no true PG, and our starting SG can't score. I've never seen a team whose problems are more obvious. I'd love an old school in the paint rim protector going into next season, but our biggest priority has to be correcting our back court. Way too many assets invested in this area in recent years to be as big a question mark as it still is. This is the offseason it needs to be addressed (correctly) or the FO needs to go, simple as that.
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Post#1135 » by SOUL » Sun May 5, 2024 7:58 pm

axl_c_cool wrote:
ChosenSavior wrote:
KillMonger wrote:Coach bickerstaff did something mose would never do..... Tried to find a spark and I think it helped them turn the tide..... Merril was NOT playing at all this series unless in garbage time.... Cavs were down in that second quarter and bickerstaff said let's try this... And it worked I think Merril hit like 2 3s and just seeing the ball go through the net gave them confidence... Mose doesn't trust anyone other than the guys that got him here.... Maybe if he tried something else, someone else maybe he could've found a spark as well.... Guess we'll never know

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Remember we are built around defence


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Post#1136 » by Rainwater » Sun May 5, 2024 7:58 pm

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Fortune Teller wrote:That’s what we were all saying last season. Welthead has been here 7 years and has yet to add a shooter. He ran back Markelle Fultz and Gary Harris. No guard on this roster averaged more than 12 ppg or more than 3 apg. It’s not rocket science.



lol this is only 3 years into a rebuild, the Magic weren’t even supposed to be here. They have offseason to fix the perimeter especially with the cap space they have and assets. If it is not corrected then I would be upset. But people really need to calm down.

It doesn’t matter what timeline we are on, it shouldn’t take 3 years to find someone who can reliably make a 3 and not be a traffic cone on defense.



My god the rebuild just started 3 years ago you all make it seem like the Magic are a finished product and should be contending. Calm down and enjoy the process for the love of god. So annoying.
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Post#1137 » by PrimeThyme » Sun May 5, 2024 7:58 pm

Our second and third option just went 3/28 in a playoff game. Our second option scored 6 points.

If I read anything about Paolo this summer I might lose my mind.
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Post#1138 » by RichCollab » Sun May 5, 2024 7:58 pm

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IllMagic04 wrote:
thelead wrote:If I'm Weltman, I'm keeping a boxscore sheet of this game when Franz' and Suggs' agents come looking to get overpaid. I love both but the FO can't mismanage cap space.

Not going that far. Just one game. Their first game 7


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Weltman said they can't pay everyone! I'm paying Suggs though to a Cole Anthony type of contract.


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Post#1139 » by mattyBoi » Sun May 5, 2024 7:58 pm

Probably the worst game of Franz life, he's going to take it hard.
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Post#1140 » by ORLMagicGirl15 » Sun May 5, 2024 7:59 pm

I just realize that this will probably be the last time we see Gary, Fultz, Joe, and Chuma on this team.
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