2024-2025 NBA Playoffs Round 1, Game 2: (7) Orlando Magic at (2) Boston Celtics - 7pm ET

[eyriq]

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BK hates Colin Cowherd more than we all hate each other on here.

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Brandon also works for the team…

[eyriq]

Brandon also works for the team…

They hire smart people

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[Ducklett]

Brandon also works for the team…

And he is historically negative about the Magic when he is on his own show. He just thinks that the city has bad fans (another one of his favorite rants).

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Wearing them down baby, wonder which one of our “dirty” players is responsible for Jrue’s hamstring?

[dsg2021]

Plus minus over one games means jack shi*.
Houstan didn't do anything and had second highest on a team.


So you read mind now? Find somebody else to shuehorn into "trade Banchero/Franz" wagon because again, i was never on that train.

Love the nuance. Sure, you never said trade Banchero/Franz this year. You were just a top 2 poster of the year in trashing Paolo posts this year. Note I didn't say you wanted to trade him either, I say you are a major cause for Paolo/Franz division.

Plus minus over one game means nothing?
too? Get over it cupcake, that some people in here want to bite back at you sometimes. The only difference is most of us have real lives instead of living at the PC, Mr. cynical pepe.

oh boy

You were just a top 2 poster of the year in trashing Paolo posts this year.

Calling out player for playing bad? How could I dare to say anything without asking your permission to have different opinion?

Note I didn't say you wanted to trade him either, I say you are a major cause for Paolo/Franz division.

That’s why a few months ago I was trying to get you to reach a conclusion and start asking for one of Paolo or Franz traded.

You thought you played some 4 D chess, in reality you played hide and seek and nobody went out to find you. Spoiler- because nobody cares.

Plus minus over one game means nothing?

I'm very confident that i posted this about 200 times here. Probably like 15 times a season.
Case and point, in 9 points win vs Heat, Garland had plus minus of -2, Merrill had +12. So, Garland now sucks, right?
Plus minus over one game is literally what happend on the floor while you were in a game. It is 5 on 5 sport, Hypothetically if your teammate goes supernova and hits 5 threes in a row, on some epic 20-0 run, it's not only him that will have +20 plus minus but other 4 guys who did next to nothing.

Then why are you in a thread about one game specifically, talking bad about Goga in one game specifically? Why did you gloss over Goga's massive Rebounding/Block rate over WCJ [/quote
Because it's called GAME THREAD.
Where did i "defend" Carter? Matter of fact where did I even "trashed" Goga? Said he was dancing salsa on perimeter ? He did. That's why Mosley isn't playing him more. I said same thing about Luka Doncic after game 1 on GB. Just because you like/dislike some player that doesn't make my opinon any more or less valid.

. KP literally has to go through Concussion Protocol testing now.

I'm cupcake. But this is your take on basketball game.

Get over it cupcake, that some people in here want to bite back at you sometimes. The only difference is most of us have real lives instead of living at the PC, Mr. cynical pepe

Again, i'm a cupcake. We established it.
But you can't handle different opinion about BASKETBALL and take it to personal levels.
Maybe, just maybeee:

Spoiler:

Dancing salsa is literally WCJ on the perimeter. Stop with the single talking point of +/-, I talked about other things Goga did. Here's some more from last game: 23.2 TRB% to 14.6, 14.4 BLK% to 0.0, 105 DRTG to 123.

Fourth play below labeled "Tip Layup Shot" - WCJ gets beat so bad that Paolo has to leave his man to avoid giving up an open layup drill. WCJ has zero presence or athleticism to recover to the offensive rebounder White. Next play you see WCJ a foot on the 3 point line and still can't contest a White 3 like a normal 7 foot center would.
https://www.nba.com/stats/events?CFID=&CFPARAMS=&ContextMeasure=FGM&EndPeriod=0&EndRange=28800&GameID=0042400112&PlayerID=1628401&RangeType=0&Season=2024-25&SeasonType=Playoffs&StartPeriod=0&StartRange=0&TeamID=1610612738&flag=3&sct=plot&section=game
Last play below labeled "Driving Layup Shot" - Nothing more to add. Actually, wait I do. Pritchard is probably 5'11 and the shortest player on both teams.
https://www.nba.com/stats/events?CFID=&CFPARAMS=&ContextMeasure=FGM&EndPeriod=0&EndRange=28800&GameID=0042400112&PlayerID=1630202&RangeType=0&Season=2024-25&SeasonType=Playoffs&StartPeriod=0&StartRange=0&TeamID=1610612738&flag=3&sct=plot&section=game
Goga's presence while he does "dancing salsa". Very easy to get him to cut his fouls if you're practicing and game planning with him as the starter or for 30+ minutes. And utilize him as an offensive rebounder, rolls, and putback clean up for value added in offense -
https://www.nba.com/stats/events?CFID=&CFPARAMS=&ContextMeasure=BLK&EndPeriod=0&EndRange=28800&GameID=0042400112&PlayerID=1629048&RangeType=0&Season=2024-25&SeasonType=Playoffs&StartPeriod=0&StartRange=0&TeamID=1610612753&flag=1&sct=plot&section=game

Read carefully, I never said to control someone else's posts. I'm not attacking you for a different opinion and calling out Paolo's bad games more than anyone else on the board. I'm calling you out for being a cynical POS on various Magic talking points who can't handle some blowback. It's the craziest **** I've ever seen for someone who dumps on Paolo and talks Franz as much better than him as much as you do. And every other little thing you grab on to and never let go until the thread is one week past its game date.

Calling me a cupcake. I literally just rebutted you once in the last 3-6 months, and this is where it lead to in 12 hours as quick as can be. Talk about cupcake. Grab my phone in PM and next time you're in Orlando, let's go to a boxing ring with gloves. Win or lose, it's better than this. In the meantime, talk to me about Goga's better VORP, WS, BPM, PER, TS%, AST%, etc. than WCJ's in the last 1-2 seasons if you want. This is the same exact way you talk Franz over Paolo all year long to all of a sudden go quiet on the year-long topic during the Playoffs. A couple months ago or so, I mentioned a metaphor of 1 Playoff game equals to 20 or so Regular Season games for a reason.

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8 YEARS
0 PLAYOFF SERIES WON


Yes, we are underdogs against Boston, but maybe if some kind of replacement was forund for Moe and Suggs we wouldnt end up in the playin spot.

And btw TDS is turning into another wasted pick, if at 24 he is not trusted to play any minutes whatsoever, he probably should have been traded at the deadline, when he looked like player that can contribute something.

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Yes, we are underdogs against Boston, but maybe if some kind of replacement was forund for Moe and Suggs we wouldnt end up in the playin spot.

And btw TDS is turning into another wasted pick, if at 24 he is not trusted to play any minutes whatsoever, he probably should have been traded at the deadline, when he looked like player that can contribute something.

The fans are somewhat delusional about this... The Magic were always going to be a play in team, regardless. There wasn't one quick fix trade that was going to change that. Reason being?

1. The team chemistry didn't really click until March. A time where Paolo was back to his Elite play whilst finding a combination of lineups that worked to pick up victories.

2. Any sort of substantial trade would've had key 2-3 role players involved in any trade. My belief was always Black/Wendell were being floated around for guys like White/Simons/Quickley. And that would've made the depth even worse and compromised the chemistry more that the team didn't really have until later in the season.

There was just too many injuries this season to key guys in order for this team to be competitive enough this year when it matter. I'm just happy they made the playoffs for experience purposes.

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We just need to take out brown and porzingis and we are right back in this thing

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We just need to take out brown and porzingis and we are right back in this thing

LOL

They shaved 3 points off the spread for Tatum. We'll likely get another 3 for homecourt. Jrue might be worth a point. 6 point spread here we go!

Edit: it's actually 4.5. Not bad

[eyriq]

New York sucking brings me joy. Fake contenders, real pretenders.

[djguevara114]

Watching Detroit and just think 1. We would be even better if our guys could just hit shots and 2. I was right about getting Schroeder.

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We just need to take out brown and porzingis and we are right back in this thing

Porzingas has a knot on his head

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[KillMonger]

Went back and watched those KCP 3pt attempts.....diabolical.... Hurt my heart to watch.... Those were open shots you can't miss those

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Duren didn't foul damn refs.

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Wearing them down baby, wonder which one of our “dirty” players is responsible for Jrue’s hamstring?

Pritchard & White need to be on the hit list next. I’m not being serious.

[byeganyo]

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Yes, we are underdogs against Boston, but maybe if some kind of replacement was forund for Moe and Suggs we wouldnt end up in the playin spot.

And btw TDS is turning into another wasted pick, if at 24 he is not trusted to play any minutes whatsoever, he probably should have been traded at the deadline, when he looked like player that can contribute something.

The fans are somewhat delusional about this... The Magic were always going to be a play in team, regardless. There wasn't one quick fix trade that was going to change that. Reason being?

1. The team chemistry didn't really click until March. A time where Paolo was back to his Elite play whilst finding a combination of lineups that worked to pick up victories.

2. Any sort of substantial trade would've had key 2-3 role players involved in any trade. My belief was always Black/Wendell were being floated around for guys like White/Simons/Quickley. And that would've made the depth even worse and compromised the chemistry more that the team didn't really have until later in the season.

There was just too many injuries this season to key guys in order for this team to be competitive enough this year when it matter. I'm just happy they made the playoffs for experience purposes.

1 The team started 2025 with 20-15 record wtf are you talking about?
2 Guys like Bogdan Bogdanovic were traded for 2nd round picks. Players that can fill clear holes in the roster could be had for reasonable price. Dont tell me that 4-5 more wins was some type of dream scenario in order to avoid the play in and boston.