2024-2025 Regular Season Game 56: Charlotte Hornets (13-38) at Orlando Magic (26-29) - 7pm

[Knightro]

Lottery team guys. Maybe we’ll get lucky. Paolo may not be fully back until next season.

The east is so bad that I’m afraid we’ll make it by default and then get swept in the first round

There’s a long time between now and late April, but the way they’re currently playing there’s no chance they would win a play in game.

[anothermagicfan]

Didn't see what started it with KCP but someone needs to light a fire under some players asses at some point. It's the perfect game for him to get thrown out and give anyone else a chance to step up. I'd be ok with AB and Jett playing the entire rest of this game.

[basketballRob]

The Lift Boys both take bad shots.

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[SOUL]

If they completely fall apart these last 25 whatever games with Paolo and Franz healthy and miss the play in, how could you legitimately justify keeping the front office or the coaching staff?

Because this isn't 2K. You don't fire a coach everyone respects, including the players and other teams, and give him nothing to work with offensively. Especially if 90% of the complaints are about having no guards or shooting.

Speedrunning the 2010s again with panic firings.

I mean, sure, if you're saying they go like 3-20 to end the season, everything is on the table.

[thelead]

It's has to be frustrating for Franz to see Paolo take so many bad shots when he could've got 25 on the Hornets in the first half.

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Franz would have more shots if he hadn’t turned it over 4 times in the half

[FFBlitzace]

I don't know if "leaders" is the right word, but Suggs and Moe are absolutely a huge part of our identity. Suggs only knows how to play one way, which is all-out. And Moe plays with an edge we don't otherwise have.

So kudos to those two guys for that. And shame on the rest of this group if they can't be bothered to pick up the slack.

[Optimus_Steel]

Lottery team guys. Maybe we’ll get lucky. Paolo may not be fully back until next season.

The east is so bad that I’m afraid we’ll make it by default and then get swept in the first round

This team is not winning play in game

[basketballRob]

It's has to be frustrating for Franz to see Paolo take so many bad shots when he could've got 25 on the Hornets in the first half.

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Franz would have more shots if he hadn’t turned it over 4 times in the half

Paolo has funked up the offense.

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[three3d]

If the post all-star break goes as poorly as the lead up directly to the break has gone, I think it would be justifiable to fire Weltman and Mosley both.

Crazy that I’m even saying that, but this is disgusting.

Silly.

I wouldn’t fire Mosley but I sure as hell would fire Weltman and force Mosley to hire quality assistants like Stotts and Mike Brown.

And bring in Gary Payton to be on the bench coaching also

[CocoaFan]

Mosely seems to have lost the team. I think they told Franz he's scoring too. Needs to pass to KCP and Cole more LOL

[basketballRob]

Half of our shots have been 3s

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[GameOver25]

I sometimes do wonder if Franz breakout and team playing better with him running the show did something to the team and then when Paolo returned they went back to watching him iso and now the team is confused? You have to admit a Paolo led team vs a Franz led team. Franz was better at it, yep I said it.

[SOUL]

These are wide open shots being missed.

[Idiosyncratic]

This is some of the worst basketball I have seen. I have said that a couple of times this year, but it keeps being topped.

[Darth Magic]

Why do I do this to myself?

[FFBlitzace]

We haven't faced true frustration and disappointment like this in a very long time. For the first time in over a decade, we know that we should be pretty good, and we had legitimate expectations this season. First, the endless string of injuries stung because it felt unfair. We waited for guys to come back, and now they finally are, but something was lost during that time and we're not showing any signs of getting it back.

All that is just a very long-winded way of saying that all of us have just about cracked by now. I think Knightro has cracked. I'm trying hard, but I'm about to crack. As a passionate, dedicated fanbase, we are dealing with some pretty extreme frustration and disappointment.

[Optimus_Steel]

Charlotte is not even playing that hard on defense.

[thelead]

This is REALLY bad.

[JF5]

Paolo looks extremely out of shape...

[ORLMagicGirl15]

Can we please buy out Gary Harris during the all star break and have an open roster spot?