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Knightro wrote:eyriq wrote:Knightro wrote:
They literally lost yesterday
Are you in tantrum throwing mode again? They have one of the best net ratings in the league lately.
I'm just tired of the excuses coming after every pathetic performance.
BlueBalls wrote:Optimus_Steel wrote:BlueBalls wrote:
Mosley’s out of his league. That’s become extraordinarily clear. But they can surround him with better assistants and his effect is minimized. Players seem to like him. I’m not sure that matters.
Agree though - fire everyone not named Paolo, Franz & Suggs to the moon. I’d love to keep Isaac but they won’t **** play him more than 10-14 mins a game. And this colossal DIPSHÍT of a GM signed him to a LTC. It defies logic.
Ownership made them offer that deal is the logical reasoning. He is a conservative influencer and that jives extremely well with the ownership extremely conservative ideology. There is no other reason you would sign a guy that is unreliable and limited and missed significant time for 5 years.
I highly doubt that had anything to do with it. In fact, I’m sure it didn’t.
Isaac has been healthy all season. There is no reason he shouldn’t be getting rotational minutes at least. Hell, start him at C over Wendell.
I'll be okay either way. If we don't make the playoffs and we're in the lottery, that's where we should be. If we make the playoffs, it'll be a good experience for the young players. I'd just rather play Boston because it's a bigger stage. If we played the Cavs, it would be the TruTV series.byeganyo wrote:eyriq wrote:Knightro wrote:
They literally lost yesterday
Are you in tantrum throwing mode again? They have one of the best net ratings in the league lately.
so Orlando played a good team and lost, that's your excuse?:) What are the expectaions right now?
eyriq wrote:byeganyo wrote:eyriq wrote:
Are you in tantrum throwing mode again? They have one of the best net ratings in the league lately.
so Orlando played a good team and lost, that's your excuse?:) What are the expectaions right now?
I think we are a slightly above .500 team right now and the proof is in the pudding.
Mosley‘s got the team back to playing hard and playing pretty well. My expectations are that we will compete with good teams and put ourselves in a position to win.
eyriq wrote:Knightro wrote:eyriq wrote:
Are you in tantrum throwing mode again? They have one of the best net ratings in the league lately.
I'm just tired of the excuses coming after every pathetic performance.
As opposed to what? Dooming after every loss?
When Suggs was ABs age it was the summer before his second season. I think AB has time.thelead wrote:AB's consistency is just... sigh... I know he'll be alright eventually but I still don't know what his ceiling is... and that's not a good thing.
basketballRob wrote:When Suggs was ABs age it was the summer before his second season. I think AB has time.thelead wrote:AB's consistency is just... sigh... I know he'll be alright eventually but I still don't know what his ceiling is... and that's not a good thing.
He'll probably earn a 4 yr $60m dollar extension after next season and then blow up right after he signs the extension.
eyriq wrote:byeganyo wrote:eyriq wrote:
Are you in tantrum throwing mode again? They have one of the best net ratings in the league lately.
so Orlando played a good team and lost, that's your excuse?:) What are the expectaions right now?
I think we are a slightly above .500 team right now and the proof is in the pudding.
Mosley‘s got the team back to playing hard and playing pretty well. My expectations are that we will compete with good teams and put ourselves in a position to win.
I'm not suggesting it. I'm just pointing out that he's young, and I do think he'll develop a lot. We've already seen it this seasonKnightro wrote:basketballRob wrote:When Suggs was ABs age it was the summer before his second season. I think AB has time.thelead wrote:AB's consistency is just... sigh... I know he'll be alright eventually but I still don't know what his ceiling is... and that's not a good thing.
He'll probably earn a 4 yr $60m dollar extension after next season and then blow up right after he signs the extension.
Nobody is suggesting Black doesn't have time on his side.
But you are inappropriately assuming Black is going to develop exactly like Suggs did. It doesn't work that way.
Knightro wrote:eyriq wrote:Knightro wrote:
I'm just tired of the excuses coming after every pathetic performance.
As opposed to what? Dooming after every loss?
Better than repeatedly lying to ourselves, no?
Knightro wrote:eyriq wrote:Knightro wrote:
I'm just tired of the excuses coming after every pathetic performance.
As opposed to what? Dooming after every loss?
Better than repeatedly lying to ourselves, no?
thelead wrote:AB's consistency is just... sigh... I know he'll be alright eventually but I still don't know what his ceiling is... and that's not a good thing.
eyriq wrote:Knightro wrote:eyriq wrote:
As opposed to what? Dooming after every loss?
Better than repeatedly lying to ourselves, no?
One of us is lying to ourselves and it ain’t me, brother. You are in the fire Mosley and Weltman camp when our top three highest paid players are JI, KCP, and Cole, and during a season when our three best players have played a total of 6 games together.
This is the cap sheet of a player development team and you are holding them to the standard of a contending team. Pause and appreciate how good our young core and coach must be to have fooled you into thinking they are contenders.
byeganyo wrote:eyriq wrote:byeganyo wrote:
so Orlando played a good team and lost, that's your excuse?:) What are the expectaions right now?
I think we are a slightly above .500 team right now and the proof is in the pudding.
Mosley‘s got the team back to playing hard and playing pretty well. My expectations are that we will compete with good teams and put ourselves in a position to win.
Playing pretty well is a pretty big overstatement, there is an improvement compared to the form of the first 2 months of the year, but that wasnt that hard. I am too lazy to dig it, but your prediction at the start of the season was something like 50+ wins and home court.... the team will probably fail to reach 40 wins - so how about admitting that the wheels have fallen off and this is a disappointing season?
ogmagicfan wrote:Any other team in the NBA losing their top 3 players for 20-50 games wouldnt do so well either. On top of losing their 4th highest scorer as well before the halfway point.
This season is a wash.
eyriq wrote:Knightro wrote:eyriq wrote:
As opposed to what? Dooming after every loss?
Better than repeatedly lying to ourselves, no?
One of us is lying to ourselves and it ain’t me, brother. You are in the fire Mosley and Weltman camp when our top three highest paid players are JI, KCP, and Cole, and during a season when our three best players have played a total of 6 games together.
This is the cap sheet of a player development team and you are holding them to the standard of a contending team. Pause and appreciate how good our young core and coach must be to have fooled you into thinking they are contenders.
