2024-2025 Regular Season Game 42: Orlando Magic (23-18) at Milwaukee Bucks (21-17) 8:00PM

Skybox · Post #121 » by **Skybox** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:47 am

Wow...not good if the game thread is turning into Trades, Draft thread

Post #122 » by **Bensational** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:48 am

I’m guessing Cole stopped talking nice to Mrs Wilson

Blue_and_Whte · Post #123 » by **Blue_and_Whte** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:48 am

Nice accidental 3 by WCJ

Post #124 » by **SOUL** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:48 am

Blue_and_Whte wrote:
SOUL wrote:I mean, we are injured. Now people are acting like we're not lol.

Doesnt mean we dont need shooting/scoring from a trade. Just most of our future is out right now.

We’re a horrible scoring /3PT shooting team when healthy.

4-5 of these guys playing weren't even in our rotation healthy. Nothing from this game means much in terms of roster evaluation.

We had 3 games of fully healthy Paolo/Franz/Suggs (Franz was sick in two of them), impossible to even know how good it is or not. They scored 110 or more in each of those games. Pretty average. Don't think the offense will ever be elite with the current roster, just whatever this is, is obviously not the team that they are going to over/under react to, no matter which side of the coin you fall on.

CalOrl11 · Post #125 » by **CalOrl11** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:50 am

ORLMagicGirl15 wrote:
CalOrl11 wrote:It's fair to complain about some of our shot selection, but there's a reason we're are taking a lot of 3's, we are open and the Bucks are betting we won't make them

That is not an excuse. Teams been playing us like this for 2 years now, but we refuse to do something completely different.

I wouldn't say it's an excuse but it's the reality of the NBA today. If you refuse to take open threes, you most likely end up with contested twos. I get we are still not fully healthy but the front office still needs to add shooting to this team

BlueBalls · Post #126 » by **BlueBalls** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:50 am

This is lunacy. We’re horrible three point shooters, and it is ALL we do. Literally. I can’t watch this nonsense.

thelead · Post #127 » by **thelead** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:51 am

the 'but we're injured' excuse is so lame. Yeah, because Mose isn't going to play 10 man lineups when we're healthy? Is WCJ not going to play when we're healthy? Is JI not going to play when we're healthy? Is Cole not going to play when we're healthy? Is KCP not going to play when we're healthy? Is TDS not going to play when we're healthy? Is AB not going to play when we're healthy?

The best 3pt shooter out of that group is KCP at 31.9% right now....

basketballRob · Post #128 » by **basketballRob** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:52 am

If we could somehow turn Caleb into Cam Johnson.

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Post #129 » by **SOUL** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:52 am

thelead wrote:the 'but we're injured' excuse is so lame. Yeah, because Mose isn't going to play 10 man lineups when we're healthy? Is WCJ not going to play when we're healthy? Is JI not going to play when we're healthy? Is Cole not going to play when we're healthy? Is KCP not going to play when we're healthy? Is TDS not going to play when we're healthy? Is AB not going to play when we're healthy?

The best 3pt shooter out of that group is KCP at 31.9% right now....

You should be talking to the overreaction crowd. They flip flop from good games and bad games in terms of who should stay or go based on the game that just finished.

*shrug*

VFX · Post #130 » by **VFX** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:53 am

thelead wrote:the 'but we're injured' excuse is so lame. Yeah, because Mose isn't going to play 10 man lineups when we're healthy? Is WCJ not going to play when we're healthy? Is JI not going to play when we're healthy? Is Cole not going to play when we're healthy? Is KCP not going to play when we're healthy? Is TDS not going to play when we're healthy? Is AB not going to play when we're healthy?

The best 3pt shooter out of that group is KCP at 31.9% right now....

Nobody on the court right now should be starting for this team.

Thats my takeaway from this game that means nothing in the grand scheme of things.

Post #131 » by **eyriq** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:54 am

Come back time

MagicTownBaller · Post #132 » by **MagicTownBaller** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:55 am

Who said Paolo is on a minutes restriction until March??

RookieStar · Post #133 » by **RookieStar** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:56 am

Guys... when we have 3 starters out, another just recently returned and another having minutes resteiction... not to mwntion the fact that our 2nd highest in the league in bench points is out of the seqson, qhat do you expect against a PO team?

We are playing guys that wouldnt normally see time if we are fully healthy.

GameOver25 · Post #134 » by **GameOver25** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:56 am

3-20 from threes :lol:

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #135 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:57 am

CalOrl11 wrote:
ORLMagicGirl15 wrote:
CalOrl11 wrote:It's fair to complain about some of our shot selection, but there's a reason we're are taking a lot of 3's, we are open and the Bucks are betting we won't make them

That is not an excuse. Teams been playing us like this for 2 years now, but we refuse to do something completely different.

I wouldn't say it's an excuse but it's the reality of the NBA today. If you refuse to take open threes, you most likely end up with contested twos. I get we are still not fully healthy but the front office still needs to add shooting to this team

We fans have been begging to get more shooters. But honestly, this team also could do with a point guard, a vet, who can organize this group.

Blue_and_Whte · Post #136 » by **Blue_and_Whte** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:57 am

SOUL wrote:
Blue_and_Whte wrote:
SOUL wrote:I mean, we are injured. Now people are acting like we're not lol.

Doesnt mean we dont need shooting/scoring from a trade. Just most of our future is out right now.

We’re a horrible scoring /3PT shooting team when healthy.

4-5 of these guys playing weren't even in our rotation healthy. Nothing from this game means much in terms of roster evaluation.

We had 3 games of fully healthy Paolo/Franz/Suggs (Franz was sick in two of them), impossible to even know how good it is or not. They scored 110 or more in each of those games. Pretty average. Don't think the offense will ever be elite with the current roster, just whatever this is, is obviously not the team that they are going to over/under react to, no matter which side of the coin you fall on.

I watched it last season so it’s not impossible to know. The offense won’t be elite but it likely won’t be average either. There’s nothing wrong with moving a few guys for upgrades. That’s not an overreaction.

OrlandoNed · Post #137 » by **OrlandoNed** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:57 am

We are BY A MILE the worst 3 point shooting team in the league. 30.8%. The 2nd worst is the Wizards at 33.3%

CalOrl11 · Post #138 » by **CalOrl11** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:58 am

If we're going to shoot this bad we might as well have kept Fultz :lol:

Post #139 » by **SOUL** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:59 am

The response is always like "trade Cole/GH/whatever" for someone as if that is going to turn a team around. It's not. The level of complaining and overreaction is just fan frustration, I get it, but you are essentially looking at massive moves if you want to be an elite offensive team - you simply don't want to be a defensive team.

The rest is literally waiting for Franz/Paolo/Suggs to get healthy and mature as offensive options.

GameOver25 · Post #140 » by **GameOver25** » Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:59 am

OrlandoNed wrote:We are BY A MILE the worst 3 point shooting team in the league. 30.8%. The 2nd worst is the Wizards at 33.3%

By the looks of tonight we'll be in the 20% range after the game.