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2025-2026 Regular Season Game 5: Orlando Magic (1-3) at Detroit Pistons (2-2) - 7pm ET

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Re: 2025-2026 Regular Season Game 5: Orlando Magic (1-3) at Detroit Pistons (2-2) - 7pm ET 

Post#361 » by Optimus_Steel » Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:02 am

Unfortunately the Magic were playing well but got punked by Detroit’s physicality and they shrunk. This team also has very low bball IQ. They cannot finish simple fast breaks, if they cant do that, then IDK what to tell you…
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Post#362 » by Idiosyncratic » Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:02 am

Signs of life. Penda with a couple of nice defensive plays.
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Post#363 » by Knightro » Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:02 am

BlueBalls wrote:There is no reason - none - to play Penda over Isaac. This is a joke.


Sure there is. One guy has a future here and one does not.

And the difference between them currently doesn't seem like it's all that wide, if there even is a gap.
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Post#364 » by ORLMagicGirl15 » Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:02 am

basketballRob wrote:If we didn't do anything during the offseason, we would've been close to a 50-win team.

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With the way that teams are playing offensively, no we wouldn’t. We’d probably be in the same boat.
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Post#365 » by ogmagicfan » Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:03 am

Firing the coach without firing the GM is nonsense to me

Weltham is the most responsible party. Sitting on his hands, snorting coke on his free time
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Post#366 » by Optimus_Steel » Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:04 am

BlueBalls wrote:There is no reason - none - to play Penda over Isaac. This is a joke.




Issac may be cooked. If he cant play elite defense he is useless.
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Post#367 » by Idiosyncratic » Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:04 am

These foul calls on both sides are weak.
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Post#368 » by thelead » Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:04 am

ogmagicfan wrote:Firing the coach without firing the GM is nonsense to me

Weltham is the most responsible party. Sitting on his hands, snorting coke on his free time

happens all the time unfortunately
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Post#369 » by BlueBalls » Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:04 am

He should be fired for this Penda nonsense alone
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Post#370 » by SloNick Russia » Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:05 am

If JI is cooked why we didn't trade him for Bane? How dumb is that situation

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Post#371 » by ogmagicfan » Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:05 am

SloNick Russia wrote:If JI is cooked why we didn't trade him for Bane? How dumb is that situation

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Post#372 » by Knightro » Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:05 am

I'm comfortable giving Mosley the first 20 games. That's more than enough time for things to stabilize. But if this is still bad then, he's gotta go.
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Post#373 » by Optimus_Steel » Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:06 am

ogmagicfan wrote:At the core, as long as the DeVos family owns the Magic, we wont win anything atp

They are the biggest problem, they are the common derivative

I’ve been saying it for years
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Post#374 » by basketballRob » Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:06 am

Tyus annoys me as soon as he comes in.

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Post#375 » by BlueBalls » Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:06 am

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BlueBalls wrote:There is no reason - none - to play Penda over Isaac. This is a joke.


Sure there is. One guy has a future here and one does not.

And the difference between them currently doesn't seem like it's all that wide, if there even is a gap.


I can guarantee you Isaac would provide much more value than Penda.

And Isaac is being paid 15 mil/year to have no future?
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Post#376 » by thelead » Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:06 am

Franz can't shoot FT's all of a sudden???
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Post#377 » by Last Guardian » Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:07 am

thelead wrote:Franz can't shoot FT's all of a sudden???


Mosely fault
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Post#378 » by SloNick Russia » Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:07 am

We are tanking already, Mosley loves Memphis that much

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Post#379 » by Darth Magic » Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:07 am

I'm starting to believe in curses now. Nothing else makes sense. None of this makes sense.
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Post#380 » by Knightro » Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:08 am

SloNick Russia wrote:If JI is cooked why we didn't trade him for Bane? How dumb is that situation

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Cole's contract was easier for Memphis to get rid of.

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