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2025-2026: Around the League

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Re: 2025-2026: Around the League 

Post#561 » by drsd » Thu Jul 3, 2025 3:07 pm

tiderulz wrote:i disagree that we know the 25-26 winner.


I know that I know!


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Re: 2025-2026: Around the League 

Post#562 » by JBSouthpaw » Fri Jul 4, 2025 12:00 am

This stuff with JV wanting to play in Europe vs. Den is crazy!
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Re: 2025-2026: Around the League 

Post#563 » by anothermagicfan » Fri Jul 4, 2025 12:04 am

Signings have gone silent since the bucks waived lilliard. Is the league on pause again waiting to see if the Greek freak or LeBron is actually available?
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Re: 2025-2026: Around the League 

Post#564 » by RookieStar » Fri Jul 4, 2025 12:09 am

JBSouthpaw wrote:This stuff with JV wanting to play in Europe vs. Den is crazy!
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Yeah... DEN was looking to book another appearance in the WCF with their moves. This really sets them back because they only jave tje corpse of Deandre, Nanji and AG for backup C.

And this is against the giants in the WCF
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Re: 2025-2026: Around the League 

Post#565 » by RookieStar » Fri Jul 4, 2025 12:10 am

anothermagicfan wrote:Signings have gone silent since the bucks waived lilliard. Is the league on pause again waiting to see if the Greek freak or LeBron is actually available?


I think because every FaLa worth havingnis already promised to sign?
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Re: 2025-2026: Around the League 

Post#566 » by Knightro » Fri Jul 4, 2025 12:35 am

anothermagicfan wrote:Signings have gone silent since the bucks waived lilliard. Is the league on pause again waiting to see if the Greek freak or LeBron is actually available?


There’s not that many people left to sign.
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Re: 2025-2026: Around the League 

Post#567 » by basketballRob » Fri Jul 4, 2025 12:49 am

We still have the Jock Landale sweepstakes to look forward to.

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Re: 2025-2026: Around the League 

Post#568 » by RookieStar » Fri Jul 4, 2025 1:10 am

Knightro wrote:
anothermagicfan wrote:Signings have gone silent since the bucks waived lilliard. Is the league on pause again waiting to see if the Greek freak or LeBron is actually available?


There’s not that many people left to sign.


I also thought everyone was waiting for this rumored 7-team mega trade thing.
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Re: 2025-2026: Around the League 

Post#569 » by Knightro » Fri Jul 4, 2025 3:02 am

RookieStar wrote:
Knightro wrote:
anothermagicfan wrote:Signings have gone silent since the bucks waived lilliard. Is the league on pause again waiting to see if the Greek freak or LeBron is actually available?


There’s not that many people left to sign.


I also thought everyone was waiting for this rumored 7-team mega trade thing.


That’s not really anything other than a bunch of already announced trades and signings combined into one big mashed up thing.
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Re: 2025-2026: Around the League 

Post#570 » by DiplomaticMagic » Fri Jul 4, 2025 4:29 am

basketballRob wrote:We still have the Jock Landale sweepstakes to look forward to.

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If we dump Goga to resign Moritz, I wouldnt mind signing Landale to be backup until Mo is healthy.
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Re: 2025-2026: Around the League 

Post#571 » by DiplomaticMagic » Fri Jul 4, 2025 4:33 am

Ayton sucks lol, good luck Lakers
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Re: 2025-2026: Around the League 

Post#572 » by Orlando Dawg » Fri Jul 4, 2025 5:07 am

DiplomaticMagic wrote:Ayton sucks lol, good luck Lakers

He looks older than LeBron
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Re: 2025-2026: Around the League 

Post#573 » by Skybox » Sat Jul 5, 2025 12:12 pm

Horford to GSW (not a done deal) is certainly interesting...if he doesn't hit the physical wall that's looming out there, he's a really intriguing fit. Apparently, LAL in the mix too. I hope he doesn't end up there - I want to watch the Ayton dumpster-fire blow that team up. I could easily imagine Horford taking the bulk of minutes from Ayton by mid-season after Luka gets into a fistfight with Ayton in a huddle.

I actually like Ayton's upside more than most, but this pairing seems doomed to fail...Luka is too brilliant and too impatient. Chris Paul got the best out of Ayton with the same mentality, but Luka is so much better at this stage than Paul was in PHX and carries so much more influence that he'll just blow up when Ayton refuses to roll hard, refuses to defend, refuses to listen to Luka's far from gentle guidance. Ayton could be the missing piece to a championship (if he has some kind of epiphany about his legacy and his opportunities) or, just as easily, he could break up that whole team with Luka and Lebron both becoming UFAs next summer and both very capable of demanding unrealistic miracles from the org.
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Re: 2025-2026: Around the League 

Post#574 » by Optimus_Steel » Sat Jul 5, 2025 11:48 pm

Magic board favorite Cam Whitmore traded to Wash for 2 2nd round picks. Ouch…
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Re: 2025-2026: Around the League 

Post#575 » by eyriq » Sun Jul 6, 2025 12:39 am

Too early Western conference and Eastern conference rankings?

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3. Rockets
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10. Griz
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Re: 2025-2026: Around the League 

Post#576 » by GelbeWand09 » Sun Jul 6, 2025 10:46 am

Whitmore gonna be interesting. He is really talented but Cam Thomas looks like John Stockton compared to him.

Houston now got rid of all the Knuckleheads & Low IQ players they had 2 years a go.
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Re: 2025-2026: Around the League 

Post#577 » by Skybox » Sun Jul 6, 2025 11:16 am

WAS needs an old school coach like Clifford to rein in all of their young wild talent and turn them into winning (habit) players.
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Re: 2025-2026: Around the League 

Post#578 » by basketballRob » Sun Jul 6, 2025 11:35 am

Skybox wrote:WAS needs an old school coach like Clifford to rein in all of their young wild talent and turn them into winning (habit) players.
I think they need to be in the bottom 8 next season to keep their pick.

If they made Clifford the coach, the starting lineup would be Mccollum, Smart, Middleton, Brogdon, and Olynyk.

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Re: 2025-2026: Around the League 

Post#579 » by SloNick Russia » Sun Jul 6, 2025 5:51 pm

I wonder who is Whitmore's agent, the deal looks like a favor just to send him somewhere to showcase his talents. That what happens when there are too many talented young players on a team, not enough playing time to please everybody.

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Re: 2025-2026: Around the League 

Post#580 » by RookieStar » Mon Jul 7, 2025 2:29 am

I dunno where to put this so here it goes.... we have a 27 pick right? Perfect.

Ibwas watching the U19 Fiba... i came for GER reibe something but i stayed for steinbach.

We need to draft that dude. 6'9 barefoot supposedly. Paolos backup. Gonna go to the ncaa this season with Fultz alma mater

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