Around the League: 2024-25 Season

[SOUL]

Magic fans thinking Cole, Harris, and CoJo are better options that AB, Jett, and TDS lol

I mean Jett might not even get a 2nd contract lol.

AB>Cole>CoJo>TDS>Harris>Jett for this year

That's fair, Jett is pretty bad. TDS is actually good and better than all three of Harris, CoJo, and Cole though. Soul is just carrying water for Mosley as usual.

Why the pot shots? This is why I stopped posting in the first place.

This has nothing to do with Mose lol. You're capping for a guy that can't finish inside to save his life and isn't strong enough on defense yet. TDS is ranked #31 on the "value added" rank for ROOKIES alone. We're really arguing if TDS or (insert **** veteran) deserves more minutes when neither should be playing? Yeah, no wonder debates on these forums are cooked. "Who is the best player out of guys ranked in the 350s in effectiveness in the NBA?" "Who should play more, our lottery shooter Jett who can't shoot or play defense, or a 3rd string point guard that somehow helped our team win?"

It's just not serious debate. Especially against the Celtics lol.

[eyriq]

I mean Jett might not even get a 2nd contract lol.

AB>Cole>CoJo>TDS>Harris>Jett for this year

That's fair, Jett is pretty bad. TDS is actually good and better than all three of Harris, CoJo, and Cole though. Soul is just carrying water for Mosley as usual.

Why the pot shots? This is why I stopped posting in the first place.

This has nothing to do with Mose lol. You're capping for a guy that can't finish inside to save his life and isn't strong enough on defense yet. TDS is ranked #31 on the "value added" rank for ROOKIES alone. We're really arguing if TDS or (insert **** veteran) deserves more minutes when neither should be playing? Yeah, no wonder debates on these forums are cooked. "Who is the best player out of guys ranked in the 350s in effectiveness in the NBA?" "Who should play more, our lottery shooter Jett who can't shoot or play defense, or a 3rd string point guard that somehow helped our team win?"

It's just not serious debate. Especially against the Celtics lol.

Apologies! Glad you are posting again

[eyriq]

The Nuggets Clippers series might be the most high level first round series in a long time if not ever. True?

[Bensational]

That's fair, Jett is pretty bad. TDS is actually good and better than all three of Harris, CoJo, and Cole though. Soul is just carrying water for Mosley as usual.

Why the pot shots? This is why I stopped posting in the first place.

This has nothing to do with Mose lol. You're capping for a guy that can't finish inside to save his life and isn't strong enough on defense yet. TDS is ranked #31 on the "value added" rank for ROOKIES alone. We're really arguing if TDS or (insert **** veteran) deserves more minutes when neither should be playing? Yeah, no wonder debates on these forums are cooked. "Who is the best player out of guys ranked in the 350s in effectiveness in the NBA?" "Who should play more, our lottery shooter Jett who can't shoot or play defense, or a 3rd string point guard that somehow helped our team win?"

It's just not serious debate. Especially against the Celtics lol.

Apologies! Glad you are posting again

Don’t you scare off SOUL! Or I’ll be forced to become an AB hater on principle alone.

[Bensational]

AG! Might’ve just cost Denver the game after blowing an open dunk!

[eyriq]

AG! Might’ve just cost Denver the game after blowing an open dunk!

Wild sequence here

[ogmagicfan]

Kawhi is amazing, I can say confidently he would be top 10 all time if he stayed healthy. There would be endless debates about whose better between Curry, Kawhi & Durant

[pepe1991]

Clippers- Nuggets is instant classic.
Kawhi Leonard giving his "you forgot who is two-times- finals MVP " performance.

To me, it felt like Clippers should have won game 1 as well, they were up by like 2-3 with ball and 40 sec or something like that before OT, as Kawhi lost one ball.

I have to catch up with Knicks- Pistons, have no clue how game was played, i thought Knicks will sweep them.

[drsd]

The Nuggets Clippers series might be the most high level first round series in a long time if not ever. True?

4-5's are often fun. But here we have two teams with former Final's MVPs as Champions - both teams have TWO former league MVPs - leading to both teams have FOUR collective first-ballot MVPs

The west was wild this year: the difference between the 2-seed and the 8-seed was only 4 games.

[drsd]

Kawhi Leonard giving his "you forgot who is two-times- finals MVP " performance.

He and Paul George are my favorite emotionless robots in the league. That kind of focus is unteachable. Jimmy Butler would be a journeyman if he wasn't also a robot; but he's not quite at Leonard's level. Still it takes him to all-star, likely HOF level.

[pepe1991]

Kawhi Leonard giving his "you forgot who is two-times- finals MVP " performance.

He and Paul George are my favorite emotionless robots in the league. That kind of focus is unteachable. Jimmy Butler would be a journeyman if he wasn't also a robot; but he's not quite at Leonard's level. Still it takes him to all-star, likely HOF level.

PG is emotional cupcake tho


Butler is flame emotionally, but has ability to compose himself.

I just wrote my opinions on a series on GB.

I just don't get Nuggets. I don't get ownership, i don't get decision to fire GM and a coach 5 games before playoffs. I don't get how can team by so dysfunctional where GM signs players coach refuses to play to prove a point, when this is first time in your history where you have best player on your hands AFTER winning a title.

If you are Jokić you should probably walk with your manager to owner with list:
- this is our new coach
- this is list of players to get
- this is my public trade request if my list is ignored by mid May

[ogmagicfan]

Kawhi Leonard giving his "you forgot who is two-times- finals MVP " performance.

He and Paul George are my favorite emotionless robots in the league. That kind of focus is unteachable. Jimmy Butler would be a journeyman if he wasn't also a robot; but he's not quite at Leonard's level. Still it takes him to all-star, likely HOF level.

PG is emotional cupcake tho


Butler is flame emotionally, but has ability to compose himself.

I just wrote my opinions on a series on GB.

I just don't get Nuggets. I don't get ownership, i don't get decision to fire GM and a coach 5 games before playoffs. I don't get how can team by so dysfunctional where GM signs players coach refuses to play to prove a point, when this is first time in your history where you have best player on your hands AFTER winning a title.

If you are Jokić you should probably walk with your manager to owner with list:
- this is our new coach
- this is list of players to get
- this is my public trade request if my list is ignored by mid May

Butler knows how to use his emotions to fuel him, contrary to PG who lets his emotions consume him

Theyre gonna be screwed as the series progresses, and I'm leaning towards Clippers in 6 instead of a 7 game series because of a newbie Coach in Adelman having to go against Lue whose great at adjustments

[basketballRob]

It would be like the Magic having three Jett Howard's in their rotation and replacing them with three KCP's.

Magic fans think playing TDS/Jett/Black/Goga would = wins lol

Let's play 5 guards in the rotation and have AB defend Tatum instead of a guard. Is that a better option?

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[pepe1991]

Magic fans thinking Cole, Harris, and CoJo are better options that AB, Jett, and TDS lol

I mean Jett might not even get a 2nd contract lol.

AB>Cole>CoJo>TDS>Harris>Jett for this year

That's fair, Jett is pretty bad. TDS is actually good and better than all three of Harris, CoJo, and Cole though. Soul is just carrying water for Mosley as usual.

Scrubs compared to actual second round of playoffs rotation players? Yes.

Compared to AB, Jett and TDS? Nah.


Just to paint picture.

This year 523 players played in NBA.

Among 523 do you know where Jett Howard ranks by EPM ( actual, not expected value) ?
15th worst.

Tristan 398#

Black 249#



Your hot fix to beat defending champions can't be playing players that even in regular season need to make massive strides to become average.

Fans forget how many useless players find min in regular season. Clippers used to play Bamba for 13 mpg for 1/3rd of a season. All the way until dust about Kawhi settled and they figured they can do more than just win 35 games (that was their original prediction by ESPN & betting houses) and they replaced him with Ebuanks, who played 37 games for Utah.
Once they figured they are very close to be contender, they added Simmons and removed Eubanks to 3rd string


Once you are in playoffs, players like Black, TDS and Jett are irrelevant. You need player to fit specific role and do it well. By default, G. Harris, with experience is less probable to air ball driving hook that he never could make, because he won't take such shot, than inexperienced players.

[basketballRob]

Our coaches got their arse handed to them in game 1. They went small to try and defend the perimeter more, and Boston shot over them.

Replace Cole with Goga and Cory with Harris. Simple. Jett and Da Silva aren't good.

Goga - Kornet
Wendell - Porzingas
Isaac. - Horford
Paolo - Brown
Franz. - Tatum
Black - White
KCP - Jrue
Harris or Joseph - Pritchard
Houstan - Hauser

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[pepe1991]

Oh boy.


To me, on this forum this situation looks like this:

you enter war in Ukraine without weapons to defend first line, and now people argue what weapon Magic should pick from catalog ( bench):

and "weapons" are:
spoon
blanket
dull knife that is sharper at handle than edge
empty bottle of water
suicide instructions written by survivor


Plot twist: there isn't anybody on Magic bench that can help you look better vs Celtics because it's battle between golden retriever puppy vs male Tiger in his prime.

[ORLMagicGirl15]

Watching Kawhi play wondering if Paolo and/or Franz will ever have that in them to win a game like that in the playoffs. For a portion of the 1st half, Kawhi was the only one scoring and even though he didn’t shoot 90% like he did in the first half, he still kept it up and got a win for his team.

[drsd]

- this is my public trade request if my list is ignored by mid May

"Great Center ends up in LA" is the major them of the NBA since the 1960s.

Is there little doubt that this is the NBA's future?

[pepe1991]

- this is my public trade request if my list is ignored by mid May

"Great Center ends up in LA" is the major them of the NBA since the 1960s.

Is there little doubt that this is the NBA's future?

the offer:
used socks
Hayes
no picks
signed Jokić warn underwear

[Skybox]

- this is my public trade request if my list is ignored by mid May

"Great Center ends up in LA" is the major them of the NBA since the 1960s.

Is there little doubt that this is the NBA's future?

Offer built around…Rui and Knecht?

Stranger things have happened