2025-2026 Preseason Game 4: New Orleans Pelicans (2-1) at Orlando Magic (3-0) - 7pm ET

RookieStar · Post #41 » by **RookieStar** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:31 pm

Soooo... JI looks like a keeper again? Interesting WCJ JI PB lineup...

GameOver25 · Post #42 » by **GameOver25** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:31 pm

Darth Magic wrote:
GameOver25 wrote:
Darth Magic wrote:I seriously cannot understand why our SL offense looks so clunky. Why are our 6'10" forwards constantly on the perimeter?

They look fine to me so far.

I'm just not a fan of how the SL offense looks. Maybe they don't want to show too much before the regular season starts but i really see no difference in how we play offense this year versus last.

They are much quicker in their decision making in reference to ball movement. To me it's quite noticeable.

3ddman23 · Post #43 » by **3ddman23** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:31 pm

Paolo & Franz dominating so far. I wanna see more from bane offensively. I gotta see some 3s go in.

bigdogdylan5 · Post #44 » by **bigdogdylan5** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:31 pm

thelead wrote:Interesting that we're not keeping one of Franz/Paolo/Bane on the court

Franz went out early. I feel like actual game he would come in an shorten rotation to 9

Post #45 » by **Knightro** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:32 pm

Isaac is going to be perfectly fine as a backup this year.

Darth Magic · Post #46 » by **Darth Magic** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:32 pm

JI's play looking up

Optimus_Steel · Post #47 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:32 pm

eyriq wrote:Paolo looks drastically improved on defense. Something clicked.

Something tells me his mom got on his case

Post #48 » by **Knightro** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:32 pm

3ddman23 wrote:Paolo & Franz dominating so far. I wanna see more from bane offensively. I gotta see some 3s go in.

Personally, I think he should make every single shot.

Post #49 » by **SOUL** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:34 pm

bigdogdylan5 wrote:
thelead wrote:Interesting that we're not keeping one of Franz/Paolo/Bane on the court

Franz went out early. I feel like actual game he would come in an shorten rotation to 9

I don't see us going 9. If we do, our pace is going to be slower again. And I think we always start playing 10-11 because no team wants to burn themselves out early

Teams like Pacers/Thunder had blistering pace and had rotations up to 11.

So if y'all want ELITE defense + fast pace it's going to require a lot of people going in and out.

Darth Magic · Post #50 » by **Darth Magic** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:34 pm

OK FRANZ!

Last Guardian · Post #51 » by **Last Guardian** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:35 pm

I guess Jett is in the rotation if we are playing this as a normal game so far. He's probably done when Suggs comes back though

3ddman23 · Post #52 » by **3ddman23** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:35 pm

Franz beast mode

tooler · Post #53 » by **tooler** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:35 pm

Offense looked a little rough with Jett running the bench unit.

Rainwater · Post #54 » by **Rainwater** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:37 pm

The game is so much easier when you make 3s lol

Darth Magic · Post #55 » by **Darth Magic** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:38 pm

Last Guardian wrote:I guess Jett is in the rotation if we are playing this as a normal game so far. He's probably done when Suggs comes back though

I was thinking the same thing

Post #56 » by **eyriq** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:38 pm

Wild quarter. We look dominant

basketballRob · Post #57 » by **basketballRob** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:38 pm

It looked like Moe Ritz was wearing a warmup.

Sent from my SM-G781U using RealGM mobile app

Darth Magic · Post #58 » by **Darth Magic** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:38 pm

Is Franz playing PF in this line up?

Post #59 » by **eyriq** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:38 pm

Darth Magic wrote:
Last Guardian wrote:I guess Jett is in the rotation if we are playing this as a normal game so far. He's probably done when Suggs comes back though

I was thinking the same thing

Sucks for Jase

thelead · Post #60 » by **thelead** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:39 pm

Rainwater wrote:The game is so much easier when you make 3s lol

we're shooting ~33% for the preseason so far... but even that is a decent improvement from where we've been... which is crazy.