2024-2025 Regular Season Game 81: Orlando Magic (40-40) at Indiana Pacers (49-31) - 7pm

[KillMonger]

on what supposed to be a easy night, cole makes things so hard with his play.....how do you have a -22 on a night like tonight? Someone got fooled last game into thinking cole can actually contribute to anything......THIS IS COLE ANTHONY.....good game one night and then plays like absolute basura the next

He wins you one and loses you 3

- ev

I would've thought that by now in his 5th year he would find SOME consistency.... I mean he's somewhat of a vet now, then again he's BEEN streaky since college

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[drsd]

Only watching the game now: first quarter.

I was wrong: Houstan is an NBA level basketball player.

[fendilim]

I understand if he plays a number of games his 2-way has to be converted to a regular deal?

My assumption about TQ is that coaching staff see him as Suggs backup when Jalen went down. And they are reserving him for the playoffs because if continues to play from his last game to today, his contract has to be converted to a regular contract.


So, is TQ available for the playoffs?

[fendilim]

Only watching the game now: first quarter.

I was wrong: Houstan is an NBA level basketball player.

I agree, I was wrong about him too..

But to be honest, early in the season, he wasn't being used properly, he was coming off screens as a shooter, he is clearly not a movement shooter, there were numbers since his college days proving this. Also, I remember he did add additional weight to start the season this year. So that might have affected his mobility too.

[ORLMagicGirl15]

I understand if he plays a number of games his 2-way has to be converted to a regular deal?

My assumption about TQ is that coaching staff see him as Suggs backup when Jalen went down. And they are reserving him for the playoffs because if continues to play from his last game to today, his contract has to be converted to a regular contract.


So, is TQ available for the playoffs?

No, two-ways are not eligible for the playoffs.

[drsd]

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Working my way through the game still and this:





WOW





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[thelead]

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Working my way through the game still and this:





WOW





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Look at my boy Tyus up there...

[drsd]

Still watching: the Magic's PnR shows why this is THE play to run.

A couple of couple triangle plays have also gone well.

[RookieStar]

CoJo probably regretting the low contract he signed with us. He probably thought he would get only 5-10mins and maybe 30 games in the season.

If he knew we would work him like a horse and be respnsible for a winning record headed to the POs he probably asks for more
Lol

[drsd]

Only lightly watching—Orlando is up by 30 in the third and I know the box score of the fourth, so my thoughts:

i) If Queen shoots like this from distance routinely, the Magic has its future backup SG.
ii) Harris might actually be useful in the playoffs.
iii) I thought the Magic's B-team did well against the Pacers' C-team.

I was expecting scrub-o-vision and was happy to see actual basketball being played.

Didn't watch the 4th because, frankly, the Magic's C-team is not relevant to the playoffs.

[I Rasharted]

Jett Howard is probably worst lottery pick we ever had. With Bamba you could at least see wasted potential or physical atributes you can't learn, with Hezonja you could see flashes of talent but too hot headed . With Payton passing was always solid, with Fultz his first step was elite.

Jett has nothing. He is slowfooted shooter who isn't good at shooting.

Guy gets 30 min in game without any stakes, high pace, no defense. Guy ends up game with 0 rebounds, 1 assist, 6 fouls, 3 TO.

Just help him and send him to Nets so he can have one season to save his career. Get i don't know, top 58 protected pick.

Mm. I've never posted a single thing about Howard because he's not worth mentioning. He just doesn't do anything.

[basketballRob]

Jett Howard is probably worst lottery pick we ever had. With Bamba you could at least see wasted potential or physical atributes you can't learn, with Hezonja you could see flashes of talent but too hot headed . With Payton passing was always solid, with Fultz his first step was elite.

Jett has nothing. He is slowfooted shooter who isn't good at shooting.

Guy gets 30 min in game without any stakes, high pace, no defense. Guy ends up game with 0 rebounds, 1 assist, 6 fouls, 3 TO.

Just help him and send him to Nets so he can have one season to save his career. Get i don't know, top 58 protected pick.

He was like a statue on defense. That was his worst defensive game that I saw from him. It'll be a wasted $5.5m if we pick up his option. Plus, we could sign a player like Beasley, who only made around $2m this year.

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[drsd]

Jett Howard is probably worst lottery pick we ever had. With Bamba you could at least see wasted potential or physical atributes you can't learn, with Hezonja you could see flashes of talent but too hot headed . With Payton passing was always solid, with Fultz his first step was elite.

Jett has nothing. He is slowfooted shooter who isn't good at shooting.

Guy gets 30 min in game without any stakes, high pace, no defense. Guy ends up game with 0 rebounds, 1 assist, 6 fouls, 3 TO.

Just help him and send him to Nets so he can have one season to save his career. Get i don't know, top 58 protected pick.

He was like a statue on defense. That was his worst defensive game that I saw from him. It'll be a wasted $5.5m if we pick up his option. Plus, we could sign a player like Beasley, who only made around $2m this year.

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1) Howard is not an NBA level player.

2) Houstan might be.



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[Skybox]

Jett Howard is probably worst lottery pick we ever had. With Bamba you could at least see wasted potential or physical atributes you can't learn, with Hezonja you could see flashes of talent but too hot headed . With Payton passing was always solid, with Fultz his first step was elite.

Jett has nothing. He is slowfooted shooter who isn't good at shooting.

Guy gets 30 min in game without any stakes, high pace, no defense. Guy ends up game with 0 rebounds, 1 assist, 6 fouls, 3 TO.

Just help him and send him to Nets so he can have one season to save his career. Get i don't know, top 58 protected pick.

He was like a statue on defense. That was his worst defensive game that I saw from him. It'll be a wasted $5.5m if we pick up his option. Plus, we could sign a player like Beasley, who only made around $2m this year.

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Jett has one more guaranteed year. I’d LOVE to add his $5m into a bigger deal as “filler with upside” …Beasley will NOT be making $2m next year. DET has the cap space to keep him and if you go into DET trade talks, fans consider him Cunningham’s BFF who is going nowhere. It’s like wandering into IND threads where Nembhard is their Michael Jordan…sometimes these underpaid vets have a cap on what their current team can offer…coincidentally, I just started a thread in TnT boards asking what players might be facing those scenarios (like SAC with Monk last summer and, I think, Coby White this summer )

[cedric76]

Jett Howard is probably worst lottery pick we ever had. With Bamba you could at least see wasted potential or physical atributes you can't learn, with Hezonja you could see flashes of talent but too hot headed . With Payton passing was always solid, with Fultz his first step was elite.

Jett has nothing. He is slowfooted shooter who isn't good at shooting.

Guy gets 30 min in game without any stakes, high pace, no defense. Guy ends up game with 0 rebounds, 1 assist, 6 fouls, 3 TO.

Just help him and send him to Nets so he can have one season to save his career. Get i don't know, top 58 protected pick.

He was like a statue on defense. That was his worst defensive game that I saw from him. It'll be a wasted $5.5m if we pick up his option. Plus, we could sign a player like Beasley, who only made around $2m this year.

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1) Howard is not an NBA level player.

2) Houstan might be.



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How can you say this after this game?

They are young talented players, they r not finished projects, still a lot of room to grow

[drsd]

How can you say this after this game?

They are young talented players, they r not finished projects, still a lot of room to grow

I am sorry: are you defending that Howard should be in the NBA?

Come on.

[Knightro]

Osceola lost Game 2 of the G-League finals, so no McClung in the regular season finale on Sunday afternoon.

[Optimus_Steel]

So this was Indys fan appreciation night? Yikes….

i thought ours was bad

It was the Cle game right? Yea it was. Guess we repaid the favor.

[Optimus_Steel]

Jett Howard is probably worst lottery pick we ever had. With Bamba you could at least see wasted potential or physical atributes you can't learn, with Hezonja you could see flashes of talent but too hot headed . With Payton passing was always solid, with Fultz his first step was elite.

Jett has nothing. He is slowfooted shooter who isn't good at shooting.

Guy gets 30 min in game without any stakes, high pace, no defense. Guy ends up game with 0 rebounds, 1 assist, 6 fouls, 3 TO.

Just help him and send him to Nets so he can have one season to save his career. Get i don't know, top 58 protected pick.

He was pretty good last night. He was aggressive driving, scoring and he was a shot creator. I do think he is an NBA caliber player, is he a rotation caliber player? That is not certain because he doesn’t seem to understand how to be a role player, will he develop that? This is probably not the best team for him.


Fran Vazquez is the worst pick ever by the way. Disappointed we share a last name.

[richi_v25]

Jett Howard is probably worst lottery pick we ever had. With Bamba you could at least see wasted potential or physical atributes you can't learn, with Hezonja you could see flashes of talent but too hot headed . With Payton passing was always solid, with Fultz his first step was elite.

Jett has nothing. He is slowfooted shooter who isn't good at shooting.

Guy gets 30 min in game without any stakes, high pace, no defense. Guy ends up game with 0 rebounds, 1 assist, 6 fouls, 3 TO.

Just help him and send him to Nets so he can have one season to save his career. Get i don't know, top 58 protected pick.

He was pretty good last night. He was aggressive driving, scoring and he was a shot creator. I do think he is an NBA caliber player, is he a rotation caliber player? That is not certain because he doesn’t seem to understand how to be a role player, will he develop that? This is probably not the best team for him.


Fran Vazquez is the worst pick ever by the way. Disappointed we share a last name.

I agree Frans V's girlfriend was the worst draft pick ever.Com PERIOD. Facts since I started watching in 98.