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

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

Post#241 » by BadMofoPimp » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:35 am

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BadMofoPimp wrote:Jett got minutes tonight and proved nobody wrong. I had thought he was drafted to be a scorer.


Jett gonna prove y'all wrong!!


He has done worse in his first two seasons than Mo Bamba. He would make nice trade bait though or add on to a trade during the off season. Magic don't need supposed one sided player scorers who shoot poorly.
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 56: Charlotte Hornets (13-38) at Orlando Magic (26-29) - 7pm 

Post#242 » by SOUL » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:37 am

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

Post#243 » by thelead » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:39 am

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New Hornets center Jusuf Nurkic on the #Magic:

"I think they are a really good young team and they are doing a really good job. They have a really good coaching staff, but I think they are missing one player. I can't name it, but that's my little fella from Portland, but I love my Portland people ... but think they are waiting and missing one player to be a really good team."


:lol: :o


Everyone in the world knows that the Magic needs Simons except the Magic.

Unreal. I bet Simons wants to come home too with Scoot and Sharpe being viewed as the future guards over there.
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 56: Charlotte Hornets (13-38) at Orlando Magic (26-29) - 7pm 

Post#244 » by thelead » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:39 am

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

Post#245 » by Darth Magic » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:39 am

Is this real life :lol:


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Post#246 » by Rainwater » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:48 am

Darth Magic wrote:Is this real life :lol:


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He is pretty much saying the Magic can't shoot, lol. And could this be some insight from Nurkic that Simons wants to be in Orlando?!?!?!
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 56: Charlotte Hornets (13-38) at Orlando Magic (26-29) - 7pm 

Post#247 » by Ducklett » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:49 am

Well when they buy him out he can come right over.
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Post#248 » by Idiosyncratic » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:50 am

Maybe it's an open secret that Simons wants to be here and Weltman will wait to sign and not have to use a pick or pay him 28 mil. Genius Weltman man /s

More likely is if they did want him it is really hard to stay under the tax and get him without moving Wendell or Caldwell-Pope so it makes more sense as an offseason thing.

Or Nurkic just consumes a bunch of podcasts and basketball social media.
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 56: Charlotte Hornets (13-38) at Orlando Magic (26-29) - 7pm 

Post#249 » by FFBlitzace » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:55 am

Jett was only 2/8, sure, but honestly that's some of the best basketball he's played, maybe the actual best.
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 56: Charlotte Hornets (13-38) at Orlando Magic (26-29) - 7pm 

Post#250 » by eyriq » Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:58 am

FFBlitzace wrote:Jett was only 2/8, sure, but honestly that's some of the best basketball he's played, maybe the actual best.
Agreed, he looked good out there
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 56: Charlotte Hornets (13-38) at Orlando Magic (26-29) - 7pm 

Post#251 » by Darth Magic » Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:01 am

Idiosyncratic wrote:Maybe it's an open secret that Simons wants to be here and Weltman will wait to sign and not have to use a pick or pay him 28 mil. Genius Weltman man /s

More likely is if they did want him it is really hard to stay under the tax and get him without moving Wendell or Caldwell-Pope so it makes more sense as an offseason thing.

Or Nurkic just consumes a bunch of podcasts and basketball social media.


It seems that it is an open secret that he wants to play for us. Maybe we want him too and Portland is playing hardball
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Post#252 » by fendilim » Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:01 am

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fendilim wrote:If i were Mosley, I’d start Queen alongside KCP, while Suggs is out.

Queen doesnt do anything good, but provides some motor. That is what is lacking since Suggs went down.


I was actually wondering if bringing KCP off the bench isn't a good idea. He might just need a change and ...he can't throw a ball in the ocean.

I guess we don't have anything better waiting...maybe Suggs/Jett experiment? Even if KCP got more minutes than Jett...maybe a 1st qtr heat-check?

I don't know what Jett's all-around ceiling is at this point...but i don't doubt he's the most likely guy on the roster to hit 8 3's in a game.


I'm down but I'd rather have Ab/Suggs so Suggs can go back to being a sg.

Yeah, cause Gary Harris played pg last year.
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Post#253 » by Darth Magic » Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:02 am

Idiosyncratic wrote:Maybe it's an open secret that Simons wants to be here and Weltman will wait to sign and not have to use a pick or pay him 28 mil. Genius Weltman man /s

More likely is if they did want him it is really hard to stay under the tax and get him without moving Wendell or Caldwell-Pope so it makes more sense as an offseason thing.

Or Nurkic just consumes a bunch of podcasts and basketball social media.


It seems that it is an open secret that he wants to play for us. Maybe we want him too and Portland is playing hardball
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Post#254 » by RookieStar » Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:04 am

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Post#255 » by RookieStar » Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:06 am

Even NBA players are pushing Simons to ORL?

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

Post#256 » by thelead » Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:14 am

I’d gladly take Simons over Cole but he isn’t a savior. We need someone like him, sure, but we also need to address the starting 5 spot (long-term), and probably more importantly, Paolo and Franz need to become better 3pt shooters themselves.
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Post#257 » by 3ddman23 » Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:18 am

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Post#258 » by RichCollab » Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:21 am

thelead wrote:I’d gladly take Simons over Cole but he isn’t a savior. We need someone like him, sure, but we also need to address the starting 5 spot (long-term), and probably more importantly, Paolo and Franz need to become better 3pt shooters themselves.


I’m hoping we take a shot for a big in this year’s draft.
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Post#259 » by RookieStar » Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:23 am

thelead wrote:I’d gladly take Simons over Cole but he isn’t a savior. We need someone like him, sure, but we also need to address the starting 5 spot (long-term), and probably more importantly, Paolo and Franz need to become better 3pt shooters themselves.


We can outbid the Lakers offer for Kessler i think.
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Re: 2024-2025 Regular Season Game 56: Charlotte Hornets (13-38) at Orlando Magic (26-29) - 7pm 

Post#260 » by Idiosyncratic » Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:30 am

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thelead wrote:I’d gladly take Simons over Cole but he isn’t a savior. We need someone like him, sure, but we also need to address the starting 5 spot (long-term), and probably more importantly, Paolo and Franz need to become better 3pt shooters themselves.


I’m hoping we take a shot for a big in this year’s draft.


Me too. Would love to see a big in the draft to back up Goga and Mo and take over when Goga expires. Broome, Sorber, Wolf (warming up on him) , Raynaud. One of those guys will be available at our pick.

Try to move Wendell, change Caldwell-Pope out for a Simons type.

Would love to see them move multiple 2nds to move up in the 2nd round as well, especially if they trade the Denver pick for a guard. I am excited for the offseason, I am sure I will be let down :lol:

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