Game Thread #13: Orlando Magic (6-6) vs Sacramento Kings (4-9) 11/21 5PM

[OrlDave]

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AG should be starting, he does so many good things on the defensive end. He started a number of breaks that ended in easy baskets. I used to think he should start in place of Evan, but EF is way too good right now, so it would have to be Victor.

[thelead]

Eh... we're 13 games in. We're almost a fifth of the way in already and losing to a team like Sacramento (at home) is not a good sign. One game? Sure but our only good win came against the Raptors. The other 5 wins came against the likes of the 76ers and Pelicans... hardly impressive or inspiring. I'm not saying that we should press the panic button... I'm saying that Hennigan needs to start putting in some extra hours to figure out what he's going to do if in January we're still sitting at 12th in a 15 team conference.

It would be one thing if we had a developing star but no one is seeing that... The closest thing we've seen is Fourny and I'm not sure I would use the word "star" for him.

They have one of the best centers in the game if not THE best and Rajon Rondo who's having a resurgence right now, and that's not including Rudy Gay who was out..... Did you think we were that much better than them? They're pretty dysfunctional but that's a talented team.

I agree. I half expected the Kings to win. They have too many vets on that team with some solid players. Don't let their record fool you. That team is better than their record and probably at least a .500 team in the East.

I get that but Sacramento is the type of team we need to beat if we want to dream about having a winning record... Which is what Hennigan, Martins and Skiles said was the goal at the beginning of training camp.

[BadMofoPimp]

They have one of the best centers in the game if not THE best and Rajon Rondo who's having a resurgence right now, and that's not including Rudy Gay who was out..... Did you think we were that much better than them? They're pretty dysfunctional but that's a talented team.

I agree. I half expected the Kings to win. They have too many vets on that team with some solid players. Don't let their record fool you. That team is better than their record and probably at least a .500 team in the East.

I get that but Sacramento is the type of team we need to beat if we want to dream about having a winning record... Which is what Hennigan, Martins and Skiles said was the goal at the beginning of training camp.

To me, the season is way to young to talk about teams we should be beating after having the worst record in the last 3-4 seasons. It may take a full year to get to that level of play consistently to get the stink of losing mentality out of here.

This team could still lose to any team in the NBA on any given night. That is a fact.

[OrlDave]

They have one of the best centers in the game if not THE best and Rajon Rondo who's having a resurgence right now, and that's not including Rudy Gay who was out..... Did you think we were that much better than them? They're pretty dysfunctional but that's a talented team.

I agree. I half expected the Kings to win. They have too many vets on that team with some solid players. Don't let their record fool you. That team is better than their record and probably at least a .500 team in the East.

I get that but Sacramento is the type of team we need to beat if we want to dream about having a winning record... Which is what Hennigan, Martins and Skiles said was the goal at the beginning of training camp.

I agree, but OTOH the season is long and no matter how we are playing right now, we won't be playing that way all year. The question is, can we get better?

[thelead]

I agree. I half expected the Kings to win. They have too many vets on that team with some solid players. Don't let their record fool you. That team is better than their record and probably at least a .500 team in the East.

I get that but Sacramento is the type of team we need to beat if we want to dream about having a winning record... Which is what Hennigan, Martins and Skiles said was the goal at the beginning of training camp.

To me, the season is way to young to talk about teams we should be beating after having the worst record in the last 3-4 seasons. It may take a full year to get to that level of play consistently to get the stink of losing mentality out of here.

This team could still lose to any team in the NBA on any given night. That is a fact.

Sure but the GOAL was to be a winning team... Normally that means you beat teams that are under .500... Especially when you're losing to the teams you should lose to (which we are).

[MagicStarwipe]

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AG should be starting, he does so many good things on the defensive end. He started a number of breaks that ended in easy baskets. I used to think he should start in place of Evan, but EF is way too good right now, so it would have to be Victor.

Yet we had people talking about how much AG sucked after watching this game.

[BadMofoPimp]

I agree. I half expected the Kings to win. They have too many vets on that team with some solid players. Don't let their record fool you. That team is better than their record and probably at least a .500 team in the East.

I get that but Sacramento is the type of team we need to beat if we want to dream about having a winning record... Which is what Hennigan, Martins and Skiles said was the goal at the beginning of training camp.

I agree, but OTOH the season is long and no matter how we are playing right now, we won't be playing that way all year. The question is, can we get better?

Yes, and we will!

Years of a losing culture don't disappear in one offseason!

[drsd]

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