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

[ibraheim718]

So now a players age and inexperience is an opinion??? What world are we in?

[SOUL]

Franz clearly needs to find his three again, that much is clear. He just looks weird shooting it now. Like someone is shocking his body and he flings it forward with all arms. It's a weird motion.

However, he clearly also stepped up big in two of these games.. stinker in game 7 sucks but hey.. even Kobe went out shooting 5 air balls versus the Jazz... I mean we see guys just have terrible series year after year, no we're not trading him after this performance.

[Ducklett]

I am not going to be too negative, but I think this is this team's ceiling as is. I don't know what to suggest or how they get better. Paolo will get smarter about turnovers, Suggs will get less streaky with the 3, Franz maybe learns a few new moves. But that still isn't enough to get into the finals or win one. Don't see a player that works outside of maybe Ant Edwards. Will be an interesting off season.

[ChosenSavior]

Everyone needs to take a step back and reflect on the whole season.

This. Life is too short. We played way above expectations and got beat by a team that had an elite scorer on their roster.

Better days are coming for the Orlando Magic with Paolo Banchero on this roster. Franz will get better, Suggs will get better. Now it's up to the FO to shore up the deficiencies so that we are winning rounds instead of hoping to be competitive.

[SOUL]

I am not going to be too negative, but I think this is this team's ceiling as is. I don't know what to suggest or how they get better. Paolo will get smarter about turnovers, Suggs will get less streaky with the 3, Franz maybe learns a few new moves. But that still isn't enough to get into the finals or win one. Don't see a player that works outside of maybe Ant Edwards. Will be an interesting off season.

You don't know how a team with young players and cap space gets better?

[bigdogdylan5]

Franz shot 26% from 3 in the post season and 28% in regular season. Close to the worst in the entire NBA. It's gotta be his main focus.

The guy has great touch from FT and around the basket he will figure it out

[Rainwater]

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.

You don’t have to be finished product to be able to find someone who can shoot a damn ball at a decent clip.

My dude maybe the plan was not to make any knee jerk transactions for the sake of one season when they will have the cap space to better the future. You all need to be patient, my god.

[Knightro]

Easily the most fascinating offseason in a decade ahead of us.

[thelead]

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


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It was all 4 road games though. They were absolutely atrocious offensively on the road.

This flat out ridiculous to put Suggs in this. That guy busted his ass all series he had to guard Mitchell and chase garland around.

LOL. I’m one of his biggest fans I definitely understand his defensive impact but we cannot just give him a ridiculous contract because we love his effort. I would LOVE for him to be worth a max or near max contract but he’s not. We absolutely can’t lose him either. We just need to be smart about his, and Franz’, contracts.

[Furinkazan]

nba memes run fast

[Bensational]

Suggs letting Garland steal the ball from behind on that late inbounds pass was the nail in the coffin. Garland did to Suggs what Suggs would otherwise do to the opposition. 5 TO’s. That’s just sloppy. Then the rough mugged him on a fouled 3pt shot and it was just a spirit crusher (even though he got the call the next trip down).

He’s gotta find a way to channel his emotion into more focused play on offense. 2-10 from 3, and most of them were on good line they just popped out.

[Redwood]

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

Add Cole and WCJ to that list and that's the start of a good offseason.

Carter was pretty good this series. Given what he did I doubt he gets moved.

He's not a terrible player, just not the kind I prefer. A strong rim protector solves so many problems for any team, even more so for a young team.

[eyriq]

Every young core in history has bounced in the first round.

This is part of the process and we aren't skipping steps.

[Ducklett]

I am not going to be too negative, but I think this is this team's ceiling as is. I don't know what to suggest or how they get better. Paolo will get smarter about turnovers, Suggs will get less streaky with the 3, Franz maybe learns a few new moves. But that still isn't enough to get into the finals or win one. Don't see a player that works outside of maybe Ant Edwards. Will be an interesting off season.

You don't know how a team with young players and cap space gets better?

I don't know what exactly these guys need to work on or what to use the cap space on, no. I mean you can nebulously say cap space, draft good, and get better. That is meaningless in practice.

[Rainwater]

I am not going to be too negative, but I think this is this team's ceiling as is. I don't know what to suggest or how they get better. Paolo will get smarter about turnovers, Suggs will get less streaky with the 3, Franz maybe learns a few new moves. But that still isn't enough to get into the finals or win one. Don't see a player that works outside of maybe Ant Edwards. Will be an interesting off season.

You don't know how a team with young players and cap space gets better?

Man I need to leave this forum for a bit with all these takes.

[ogmagicfan]

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

666.

Bad omen right there.

Thats the first thing I noticed

[SloNick Russia]

Well if you ask me Orlando is in much better shape then Cleveland looking forward.

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[OrlandoNed]

Franz had the worst shooting performance in ANY game 7 in history.

That level of ineptitude in a do or die game demands a complete reevaluation of a player.

We have no core, we have Paolo. Everyone else is expendable.

[RichCollab]

Franz with the triple 666

[Furinkazan]

Easily the most fascinating offseason in a decade ahead of us.

gonna belive it when I see it

re signing Fultz isnt so exciting to me