2026-2027 Orlando Magic Regular Season Thread

[Bensational]

We’ll see how the season plays out, but so far AB is outperforming Bane in almost every statistical category in fewer minutes.

Bane is averaging 18ppg on 14.8 attempts
AB is averaging 17.8ppg on 12.3 attempts

Bane is shooting 39% from 3 on 10 attempts
AB is shooting 43.6% from 3 on 4.9 attempts

AB averages more FTAs, rebounds, assists and steals than Bane, and only 0.5 more TOs.

Without Paolo and Suggs, it shouldn’t be so neck and neck between a guy on a near-max deal and AB when the team is desperate for an interim #2 option.

[SOUL]

We’ll see how the season plays out, but so far AB is outperforming Bane in almost every statistical category in fewer minutes.

Bane is averaging 18ppg on 14.8 attempts
AB is averaging 17.8ppg on 12.3 attempts

Bane is shooting 39% from 3 on 10 attempts
AB is shooting 43.6% from 3 on 4.9 attempts

AB averages more FTAs, rebounds, assists and steals than Bane, and only 0.5 more TOs.

Without Paolo and Suggs, it shouldn’t be so neck and neck between a guy on a near-max deal and AB when the team is desperate for an interim #2 option.

There's a lot of funky data that can be extrapolated out of 10 games. Bane had a horrid first month like KCP level here and then was en fuego last year. But if Bane can have more games like last games while AB is a Swiss-army knife, that is more in line with how the role should be when everyone is healthy, or as close to healthy as we can be.

[basketballRob]

Question for the forum. Is AB a PG?

AB is a "PG" against the worst teams with zero defense.

AB is a wing against teams that play defense.

AB is a "PG" against the worst teams with zero defense.

AB is a wing against teams that play defense.

Kinda like the Magic play well vs teams under .500 and look like a lottery team vs teams above .500.

Show me consistency and that you can do it vs the good teams.

Fair enough

I do agree that AB can't handle pressure when he's running the point. He isn't as good concealing the ball as Franz.

AB needs to get more physical when he's handling the ball.

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[RookieStar]

Goga seems to have to be closely managed and put in on only certain situations. Vuc plays because Goga easily falls apart outside of certain targeted situations.

I don't believe this at all. With consistent minutes he's always good and the variance in performance is the same you'd expect to see for any player.

Lets be real eyriq, Goga falls apart mentally/psychologically without reason at all. We saw it at worlds, fiba and even nba games. Im not talking about bball production but the distraction he causes when he erupts.

[RookieStar]

I have Khem Birch flashback on him.

Effort and good vibes in the minsm he gets on the court during garbage time.

A long physical freak who knows his career is over the day he doesn’t leave it all on the court. Understands the opportunity and what his job is and will run through walls…Bo Outlaw, Ben Wallace, Moussa Diabate, etc

I’m much more excited about him returning to the court than JI! That’s for sure.

Im curious to see what he can do as well.

[basketballRob]

Suggs has been upgraded to questionable.

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[Knightro]

We’ll see how the season plays out, but so far AB is outperforming Bane in almost every statistical category in fewer minutes.

Bane is shooting 39% from 3 on 10 attempts
AB is shooting 43.6% from 3 on 4.9 attempts

This is actually a *massive* win in Bane’s favor because of the volume.

[KillMonger]

Mose tried to get at Mo last night?

Overstated...he had words for Moe, not like they were doing the old "Hold Me Back" BS

OK thought as much.... On social media they running with it though.... Suggesting there was some bad blood there.... Apparently some German insider said the wagners were "out" on mose last season.... But with all these things, they come with a grain of salt

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[fateis007]

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Mose wearing out his welcome already

[ORLMagicGirl15]

I remember when a few Magic fans wanted Murray on this team. I was adamant about asking Paolo because of beef they had. Can you imagine the type of drama that would have happened here with him, Paolo, and Mose?

Also, I don’t care how much you dislike your boss or coach, you are getting played almost $30 million to play basketball, let that drama be between you and them.

[Bensational]

We’ll see how the season plays out, but so far AB is outperforming Bane in almost every statistical category in fewer minutes.

Bane is shooting 39% from 3 on 10 attempts
AB is shooting 43.6% from 3 on 4.9 attempts

This is actually a *massive* win in Bane’s favor because of the volume.

I’m not saying Bane sucks, I’m saying the monetary discrepancy between them, or even between what AB could be projected to get on his next contract, isn’t justified.

[SOUL]

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Mose wearing out his welcome already

Only losers would side with Murray here tbh. And he was complaining last year too about stuff according to Pelicans fans. They want his ass off the team especially cause they're 4-0 without him playing.

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This is him basically **** talking the city/team WHILE rehabbing last year

[thelead]

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Mose wearing out his welcome already

Starting from the 3pt line instead of the elbow... sounds very familiar...

[SOUL]

Dejounte Murray is a headcase. Can't believe people want to trade Suggs for him.

[thelead]

Dejounte Murray is a headcase. Can't believe people want to trade Suggs for him.

He is a headcase. He's playing, and talking, himself out of the league... but that has nothing to do with Mosley and his coaching abilities. Between this and Moe W getting into it with him publicly (and the 51 & 34 point consecutive losses), it has been a tough few days for Mose.

[SOUL]

Dejounte Murray is a headcase. Can't believe people want to trade Suggs for him.

He is a headcase. He's playing, and talking, himself out of the league... but that has nothing to do with Mosley and his coaching abilities. Between this and Moe W getting into it with him publicly (and the 51 & 34 point consecutive losses), it has been a tough few days for Mose.

For sure, but I don't think anything Dejounte says has any bearing on anything though. The dude has had problems with NO since he got there. Just look at how fans talk about him.. they've been done with his ass lol.

Mose did fine here, not worthy at half of the vitriol he gets from fans for having the best streak of years since SVG. Couldn't get them over the hump though. I could really care less what players think about coaches when half of these coaches get fired and replaced every year anyway. It's not easy to deal with a bunch of egos in general.

[ogmagicfan]

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Mose wearing out his welcome already

to be fair, Murray has a reputation for doing this at every team he's at

[MassimoPayne]

Mose still haunting our dreams in November 2026

[GelbeWand09]

We’ll see how the season plays out, but so far AB is outperforming Bane in almost every statistical category in fewer minutes.

Bane is shooting 39% from 3 on 10 attempts
AB is shooting 43.6% from 3 on 4.9 attempts

This is actually a *massive* win in Bane’s favor because of the volume.

ABs C&S 3point shot improvement is definitely one of the few positive skill evolutions on our roster over the last years but he is still not respected as a 3pointshooter which is a spacing problem. I have the feeling since drafted ABs 3s are mostly so wide open that the nearest defender is the parking boy
Defenses just leave him open alot because they still gamble that his% is not sustainable and the volume doesnt hurt them enough unlike his driving game.
He needs to up his volume, sustain the %, start hitti g more difficult and guarded 3s, and just go off on a team here and there from 3 to get a reputation as a 3 point shooter.
Because reputation is maybe the most important "soft skill" for a shooter. It guarantees you offer elite spacing even whem you have bad shooting games or even bad shooting weeks.
Nobody gonna help off Bane despite his slow shooting start but they still let AB open alot despite his %.
3.8 of ABs 4.9 threes per game are wide open 3s.