Dunce Cap of Defeat No. 2 - Bulls 109, Magic 98

Post #1 » by **Knightro** » Sun Oct 26, 2025 1:46 am

The worst player (or coach) for the game gets the Dunce Cap.

The second worst gets the Facepalm of Frustration.

The third worst gets a Poopy Flavored Lollypop.

Dunce Caps
Paolo Banchero - 1 (v. ATL)

Facepalms
Jamahl Mosley - 1 (v. ATL)

Poop Lollys
Tyus Jones - 1 (v. ATL)

Idiosyncratic · Post #2 » by **Idiosyncratic** » Sun Oct 26, 2025 1:51 am

Bane
Tyus
Franz

IDK pick anyone for the 3rd. Something about Bane's stupid turnovers and poorly timed help defense really rubbed me the wrong way.

DiplomaticMagic · Post #3 » by **DiplomaticMagic** » Sun Oct 26, 2025 2:02 am

Mosley
Bane
New PA guy

RichCollab · Post #4 » by **RichCollab** » Sun Oct 26, 2025 2:05 am

Put the senior most 3 coaches.

Mosely
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GameOver25 · Post #5 » by **GameOver25** » Sun Oct 26, 2025 2:16 am

Paolo, dunce by default until he adjusts. He's at the top of the food chain, player wise.

JF5 · Post #6 » by **JF5** » Sun Oct 26, 2025 2:20 am

Everybody... team is tired, lacking in chemistry and not in synch at all right now.

Hopefully they can play their way into better conditioning at the end of this upcoming roadtrip.

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #7 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Sun Oct 26, 2025 2:23 am

This was a bad overall game from everyone. No one really showed up today.

Darth Magic · Post #8 » by **Darth Magic** » Sun Oct 26, 2025 2:30 am

Mosley

thelead · Post #9 » by **thelead** » Sun Oct 26, 2025 2:32 am

It was so bad that I'm not sure who my top 3 are... I kinda want to go with Weltman. Let's take a step back from these 3 games and look back to even last year. That WCJ extension looks terrible. The JI extension looks terrible. The 2023 draft looks terrible with two shaky lotto picks, then mortgaging the future for Bane and this core. That all said, I gotta be patient and hold off on that for at least a month or so.

I'll say Paolo #1 because he's supposed to be the leader. Mosley #2 because the offense looks no better with an 'upgraded' roster. And Tyus #3 for not looking like an NBA player anymore. Other deserve a lot of blame but I'll go with those 3.

RichCollab · Post #10 » by **RichCollab** » Sun Oct 26, 2025 2:39 am

Only player to do after game presser is AB?

Never mind. Paolo also had one. I’m not sure what to make of it.

Post #11 » by **eyriq** » Sun Oct 26, 2025 3:12 am

Tyus
Mosley
TDS

BadMofoPimp · Post #12 » by **BadMofoPimp** » Sun Oct 26, 2025 5:23 am

And, on the same night, Cole had 23pts, 7asts, 1TO 2stl 4reb in 27 min. Woulda rather kept Cole, gonna provem all wrong, at lesser salary.

Message Boar · Post #13 » by **Message Boar** » Sun Oct 26, 2025 6:45 am

Don't really know who to give it to as it was a bad, sloppy game (in their defense a b2b early in the season) with horrid shooting.

drsd · Post #14 » by **drsd** » Sun Oct 26, 2025 7:16 am

JF5 wrote:Everybody... team is tired, lacking in chemistry and not in synch at all right now.

Hopefully they can play their way into better conditioning at the end of this upcoming roadtrip.

And-1

Coach Mosley has criticized this teas conditioning A LOT. And now we see that playing out.

Not voting here as these are two problems caused by the solution: the Magic is running a lot more.

My problem with the current offense is that, as the Magic runs all these fast breaks, they are "forgetting" how to run normal half-court sets.
Agreed that the road trip will build the core cohesion teams need. It used to be that the 8-game pre-season did that; ahead of: simpler times.

If after two weeks we do not see more PnRs with all the fast-breaks, I will start blaming coaching. The failed three-ball is fatigue. So, for now, I can live with that.

zaymon · Post #15 » by **zaymon** » Sun Oct 26, 2025 9:07 am

Best players and coach.
There is also one more thing which is maybe the most scary. For years we have been delusional of players. I thought its by design to keep high picks and chemistry up until the right moment. Now i am starting to have some doubts.

Blue_and_Whte · Post #16 » by **Blue_and_Whte** » Sun Oct 26, 2025 10:31 am

Can missed shots be an option? I can’t narrow it down to one person. Everyone missed threes, and layups. The fast pace may have been their undoing in a back to back. The only bright spots were Aggressive AB making an appearance and the little we saw of Jase.

OrlandoDream · Post #17 » by **OrlandoDream** » Sun Oct 26, 2025 2:40 pm

Despite the rough last two games. Those games were actually winable if A) Make free throws and B). Shoot league % 3Pt. Paolos play and effort is still poor but Tyus has been borderline unplayable.

drsd · Post #18 » by **drsd** » Sun Oct 26, 2025 3:04 pm

OrlandoDream wrote:Despite the rough last two games. Those games were actually winable if A) Make free throws and B). Shoot league % 3Pt. Paolos play and effort is still poor but Tyus has been borderline unplayable.

So, the Magic is currently dead last in 3pt%.
Sad how much things stay the same.

Post #19 » by **Knightro** » Sun Oct 26, 2025 3:12 pm

He’s not going to catch a ton of flack, but I thought Goga was low key horrible despite his rebound totals.

Idiosyncratic · Post #20 » by **Idiosyncratic** » Sun Oct 26, 2025 4:01 pm

Knightro wrote:He’s not going to catch a ton of flack, but I thought Goga was low key horrible despite his rebound totals.

The +/- caught my eye, but I don't even remember his defense standing out as terrible, though I could have missed it. Neither of our centers are skilled offensively, but I am having a hard time giving them too much flak for their offensive performance based on how the ball is moving around. It's either put back or nothing right now.

Dunce Cap No. 2