Things I want to see final 30 games

Optimus_Steel · Post #1 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Fri Feb 19, 2016 3:15 pm

Things I would like to see final stretch of the season:

-Oladipo is shooting almost 35% from 3 after a disastrous start shooting the ball first 2 months of the season. Can he continue shooting it well and end the season around 36-37%. Payton is shooting 36% from 3 in low volume, can he keep it up? I want him to be less hesitant. Would like to see Aaron Gordon get his 3pt percentage to around 33-34%, he is at 30% right now, again like Payton no hesitation just shot it.

-I want Vuc to play angry almost every game. Demand the ball in crunch time.

-Would like to see the 2 new veterans provide good stability to this young team.

-Mario getting consistent crunch time minutes and more set plays.

-Win a few games here and there against top competition that we are not supposed to win.

tooler · Post #2 » by **tooler** » Fri Feb 19, 2016 3:18 pm

Just about perfect, man. I'd also like to see Vooch bring defensive intensity every couple of games rather than every 7 or 8 games. That could have a major impact on our plans for the summer.

Dennis Reynolds · Post #3 » by **Dennis Reynolds** » Fri Feb 19, 2016 3:35 pm

Optimus_Steel wrote:Things I would like to see final stretch of the season:

-Oladipo is shooting almost 35% from 3 after a disastrous start shooting the ball first 2 months of the season. Can he continue shooting it well and end the season around 36-37%. Payton is shooting 36% from 3 in low volume, can he keep it up? I want him to be less hesitant. Would like to see Aaron Gordon get his 3pt percentage to around 33-34%, he is at 30% right now, again like Payton no hesitation just shot it.

-I want Vuc to play angry almost every game. Demand the ball in crunch time.

-Would like to see the 2 new veterans provide good stability to this young team.

-Mario getting consistent crunch time minutes and more set plays.

-Win a few games here and there against top competition that we are not supposed to win.

Totally agree with you. I just hope we will play team basketball we showed we are capable of. No more 2 man games and no more hero ball because that didn't bring us anything good. When we were sharing the ball,we were playing nice basketball and actually winning. Players looked like they were having fun on the court too. I also hope Jennings isn't just a chucker because I will go mad if I have too see another Napier-like player on the court getting significant minutes.

seeingstars · Post #4 » by **seeingstars** » Fri Feb 19, 2016 4:57 pm

Dennis Reynolds wrote:
Optimus_Steel wrote:Things I would like to see final stretch of the season:

-Oladipo is shooting almost 35% from 3 after a disastrous start shooting the ball first 2 months of the season. Can he continue shooting it well and end the season around 36-37%. Payton is shooting 36% from 3 in low volume, can he keep it up? I want him to be less hesitant. Would like to see Aaron Gordon get his 3pt percentage to around 33-34%, he is at 30% right now, again like Payton no hesitation just shot it.

-I want Vuc to play angry almost every game. Demand the ball in crunch time.

-Would like to see the 2 new veterans provide good stability to this young team.

-Mario getting consistent crunch time minutes and more set plays.

-Win a few games here and there against top competition that we are not supposed to win.

Totally agree with you. I just hope we will play team basketball we showed we are capable of. No more 2 man games and no more hero ball because that didn't bring us anything good. When we were sharing the ball,we were playing nice basketball and actually winning. Players looked like they were having fun on the court too. I also hope Jennings isn't just a chucker because I will go mad if I have too see another Napier-like player on the court getting significant minutes.

Jennings can also pass the ball push the tempo and drive the lane though. He brings a lot more than Napier does

Dennis Reynolds · Post #5 » by **Dennis Reynolds** » Fri Feb 19, 2016 6:21 pm

seeingstars wrote:
Dennis Reynolds wrote:
Optimus_Steel wrote:Things I would like to see final stretch of the season:

-Oladipo is shooting almost 35% from 3 after a disastrous start shooting the ball first 2 months of the season. Can he continue shooting it well and end the season around 36-37%. Payton is shooting 36% from 3 in low volume, can he keep it up? I want him to be less hesitant. Would like to see Aaron Gordon get his 3pt percentage to around 33-34%, he is at 30% right now, again like Payton no hesitation just shot it.

-I want Vuc to play angry almost every game. Demand the ball in crunch time.

-Would like to see the 2 new veterans provide good stability to this young team.

-Mario getting consistent crunch time minutes and more set plays.

-Win a few games here and there against top competition that we are not supposed to win.

Totally agree with you. I just hope we will play team basketball we showed we are capable of. No more 2 man games and no more hero ball because that didn't bring us anything good. When we were sharing the ball,we were playing nice basketball and actually winning. Players looked like they were having fun on the court too. I also hope Jennings isn't just a chucker because I will go mad if I have too see another Napier-like player on the court getting significant minutes.

Jennings can also pass the ball push the tempo and drive the lane though. He brings a lot more than Napier does

He is better than Napier,no doubt. I just don't want to watch another chucker.

drsd · Post #6 » by **drsd** » Fri Feb 19, 2016 7:32 pm

Things I want to see final 30 games

Nyce_1 · Post #7 » by **Nyce_1** » Fri Feb 19, 2016 9:29 pm

I'm curious to see how a Jennings/Dedmon PnR looks with Sova in the strong corner, Mario in strong wing, and Fournier/Watson in the weak corner. That may be a play the bench can kill teams with.

MagicFan101 · Post #8 » by **MagicFan101** » Fri Feb 19, 2016 9:36 pm

The number one thing I want to see is the elimination of let downs. Far too often we have either had a strong lead or be in a tough fight against a strong team and we completely go away for a stretch.

Clearly the raw talent is there to compete with all but perhaps 3 or 4 teams teams in the league but we don't have the experience to maintain that level of play for 48 minutes. I hope these trades can help with that. I'm not sure if they will this season but clearly we plan to spend money this season on experience to address this very issue.

Nyce_1 · Post #9 » by **Nyce_1** » Fri Feb 19, 2016 9:52 pm

Can we see games without the ritual inbound turnover?

ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #10 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Fri Feb 19, 2016 10:13 pm

Wins!!!

MagicFan101 · Post #11 » by **MagicFan101** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 1:52 am

MagicFan101 wrote:The number one thing I want to see is the elimination of let downs. Far too often we have either had a strong lead or be in a tough fight against a strong team and we completely go away for a stretch.

Clearly the raw talent is there to compete with all but perhaps 3 or 4 teams teams in the league but we don't have the experience to maintain that level of play for 48 minutes. I hope these trades can help with that. I'm not sure if they will this season but clearly we plan to spend money this season on experience to address this very issue.

This Dallas game is exactly NOT what I asked for guys!!! :waaa:

drsd · Post #12 » by **drsd** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 7:44 am

MagicFan101 wrote:This Dallas game is exactly NOT what I asked for guys!!!

Change your mind?

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MagicFan101 · Post #13 » by **MagicFan101** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 8:08 am

drsd wrote:
MagicFan101 wrote:This Dallas game is exactly NOT what I asked for guys!!!

Change your mind?

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Why would I? Does winning in overtime mean blowing a big lead never happened?

drsd · Post #14 » by **drsd** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 10:56 am

MagicFan101 wrote:Why would I? Does winning in overtime mean blowing a big lead never happened?

To quote me in the game thread:

drsd wrote:Just win

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zelenooq · Post #15 » by **zelenooq** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 1:20 pm

Tobias time would get fournier and gordon

MagicFan101 · Post #16 » by **MagicFan101** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 5:38 pm

drsd wrote:
MagicFan101 wrote:Why would I? Does winning in overtime mean blowing a big lead never happened?

To quote me in the game thread:
drsd wrote:Just win

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That is all you wanted to see. What I posted interest in seeing went beyond that and this game was a miserable failure in that regard.

tooler · Post #17 » by **tooler** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 5:41 pm

If you don't want your team to blow big leads, you probably need to pick a different sport to follow. The veterans on Dallas blew a pretty big 4th quarter lead against us. It happens.

drsd · Post #18 » by **drsd** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 6:06 pm

MagicFan101 wrote:... and this game was a miserable failure in that regard.

Orlando was down 13 with 15 minutes left and down 9 starting the 4th. Of a glass-half-full, be glad the Magic fought back.

MagicFan101 · Post #19 » by **MagicFan101** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 8:26 pm

drsd wrote:
MagicFan101 wrote:... and this game was a miserable failure in that regard.

Orlando was down 13 with 15 minutes left and down 9 starting the 4th. Of a glass-half-full, be glad the Magic fought back.

You're missing the point.

Everyone here is happy Orlando fought back but this is a thread about the last 30 games, not last night.

drsd · Post #20 » by **drsd** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 10:32 pm

MagicFan101 wrote:Everyone here is happy Orlando fought back but this is a thread about the last 30 games, not last night.

Last night's game was Game-1 of the last 30 games. And if Orlando needed to go 18-12 over those for a non-losing record; it's now 17-12.

Personally I would rather Orlando go 17-12 with most wins close than to blow out 17 teams and lose bad to another 12 games. Why? Because it means the team is growing Heart.

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