Official Speculation Thread ‘17-18’: XVIII: The Long Wait Continues

RookieStar · Post #1181 » by **RookieStar** » Sun Sep 30, 2018 11:43 pm

Ey guys... we facing the Sixers for our first pre-season game? I thought it was some Euro team or something

PennytoShaq · Post #1182 » by **PennytoShaq** » Sun Sep 30, 2018 11:57 pm

RookieStar wrote:Ey guys... we facing the Sixers for our first pre-season game? I thought it was some Euro team or something

Yeah. Sixers tomorrow on nba tv and then i think we play a brazilian club after that.

RookieStar · Post #1183 » by **RookieStar** » Sun Sep 30, 2018 11:59 pm

ah.. thanks.

Soooooo... GT anyone?

MagicFan101 · Post #1184 » by **MagicFan101** » Mon Oct 1, 2018 12:40 pm

50 pts, 25 reb, 6 blks, 6 3s from BIG today.

... yeah, that would be fun.

PennytoShaq · Post #1185 » by **PennytoShaq** » Mon Oct 1, 2018 1:12 pm

No player is getting more than 24 minutes per Clifford. So I wonder if we see much of the BIG lineup tonight at all.

magicman112 · Post #1186 » by **magicman112** » Mon Oct 1, 2018 1:16 pm

PennytoShaq wrote:No player is getting more than 24 minutes per Clifford. So I wonder if we see much of the BIG lineup tonight at all.

Yeah I think there will be a stretch we see it. By the way the game is on NBA TV I saw that last night during the Lakers/Nuggets game.

MagicFan101 · Post #1187 » by **MagicFan101** » Mon Oct 1, 2018 1:36 pm

magicman112 wrote:
PennytoShaq wrote:No player is getting more than 24 minutes per Clifford. So I wonder if we see much of the BIG lineup tonight at all.

Yeah I think there will be a stretch we see it. By the way the game is on NBA TV I saw that last night during the Lakers/Nuggets game.

League pass quality has been pretty crappy in recent years. So bad I was planning on skipping it this year until I got the auto-renewal receipt the other day. Oh well, one more year I suppose.

NFL streaming on Hulu or Amazon has been fantastic. Why can’t the NBA catch up here?

3ddman23 · Post #1188 » by **3ddman23** » Mon Oct 1, 2018 1:41 pm

Hopefully they dont black out the game in orlando like they did with that pre season game a couple years back lol...

yoyojw17 · Post #1189 » by **yoyojw17** » Mon Oct 1, 2018 1:50 pm

WOKE UP THIS MORNING WISHING IT WAS AFTERNOON ALREADY!

Magic Basketball returns!

Optimus_Steel · Post #1190 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Mon Oct 1, 2018 2:11 pm

That Miles kid from Charlotte is having a great preseason....

Optimus_Steel · Post #1191 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Mon Oct 1, 2018 2:11 pm

Btw Elfrid improving his shooting.....not.

pepe1991 · Post #1192 » by **pepe1991** » Mon Oct 1, 2018 2:24 pm

Optimus_Steel wrote:Btw Elfrid improving his shooting.....not.

PennytoShaq · Post #1193 » by **PennytoShaq** » Mon Oct 1, 2018 3:03 pm

3ddman23 wrote:Hopefully they dont black out the game in orlando like they did with that pre season game a couple years back lol...

Nba tv should have you covered.

PennytoShaq · Post #1194 » by **PennytoShaq** » Mon Oct 1, 2018 3:04 pm

MagicFan101 wrote:
magicman112 wrote:
PennytoShaq wrote:No player is getting more than 24 minutes per Clifford. So I wonder if we see much of the BIG lineup tonight at all.

Yeah I think there will be a stretch we see it. By the way the game is on NBA TV I saw that last night during the Lakers/Nuggets game.

League pass quality has been pretty crappy in recent years. So bad I was planning on skipping it this year until I got the auto-renewal receipt the other day. Oh well, one more year I suppose.

NFL streaming on Hulu or Amazon has been fantastic. Why can’t the NBA catch up here?

Yeah the league pass app is terrible. I am hoping for something better this year. We shall see.

OrlandoMagic · Post #1195 » by **OrlandoMagic** » Mon Oct 1, 2018 3:13 pm

Can we please stop using the reference of BIG. It literally makes me cringe when I see and read it.

PennytoShaq · Post #1196 » by **PennytoShaq** » Mon Oct 1, 2018 3:17 pm

Apparently Grant is killing it in practice on defense and he moves the ball well on offense. Man, if this guy can somehow develop a shot he could be a great find for us.

Things to watch with Grant are how well he holds done the point of attack on D and if he has gotten any better as a shooter. I think something some people were not seeing for a while last year was how elf was not fighting through screens. Essentially our defense was breaking down so fast that it was guys playing catch up as soon as the first pass was made. DJ sucked at it too, but he can pass and shoot so he was a more effective player for us.

Grant should show a huge improvement on defense and should be our best defender at pg that we have seen in years. That type of play can make the team a serious force on defense especially with bamba and isaac in, since they will be able to help less and focus on locking down their man.

Point is that if someone on offense can show improvement in their shooting, this team could be a real pain to score against and grant could be a pleasant surprise.

Thats a big if though. We just have not shown that we can shoot well over the course of the season. JI and AG need to step it up there and i will be praying that Grant does as well, even though its probably a long shot.

PennytoShaq · Post #1197 » by **PennytoShaq** » Mon Oct 1, 2018 3:19 pm

OrlandoMagic wrote:Can we please stop using the reference of BIG. It literally makes me cringe when I see and read it.

It makes me cringe to have to type all 3 names every time. Personally its the only reason i use it, and i imagine that is the case for mostly everyone else as well.

JBSouthpaw · Post #1198 » by **JBSouthpaw** » Mon Oct 1, 2018 3:22 pm

PennytoShaq wrote:Apparently Grant is killing it in practice on defense and he moves the ball well on offense. Man, if this guy can somehow develop a shot he could be a great find for us.

Things to watch with Grant are how well he holds done the point of attack on D and if he has gotten any better as a shooter. I think something some people were not seeing for a while last year was how elf was not fighting through screens. Essentially our defense was breaking down so fast that it was guys playing catch up as soon as the first pass was made. DJ sucked at it too, but he can pass and shoot so he was a more effective player for us.

Grant should show a huge improvement on defense and should be our best defender at pg that we have seen in years. That type of play can make the team a serious force on defense especially with bamba and isaac in, since they will be able to help less and focus on locking down their man.

Point is that if someone on offense can show improvement in their shooting, this team could be a real pain to score against and grant could be a pleasant surprise.

Thats a big if though. We just have not shown that we can shoot well over the course of the season. JI and AG need to step it up there and i will be praying that Grant does as well, even though its probably a long shot.

That would be nice. Glad to hear good things about Grant.
Situations (timing/opportunities) mean a lot in a player's development/breakout.

JBSouthpaw · Post #1199 » by **JBSouthpaw** » Mon Oct 1, 2018 3:23 pm

OrlandoMagic wrote:Can we please stop using the reference of BIG. It literally makes me cringe when I see and read it.

I'm all for the Glorious BIG.

pepe1991 · Post #1200 » by **pepe1991** » Mon Oct 1, 2018 3:30 pm

JBSouthpaw wrote:
OrlandoMagic wrote:Can we please stop using the reference of BIG. It literally makes me cringe when I see and read it.

I'm all for the Glorious BIG.

I just find stupid that everything needs to have gimmick.
From Congo twins, Loladipo, having thread about Isaac's nickname, sound from Super mario whenever he scores, yelling VUUUUUUC , and in general nba "Durantula", "king James" , Black Mamba.
I get why nba uses it, for marketing, but why fans like to use it is still beyond me.
"Glorious BIG" is as cringy as Playoff P - self named nickname by Paul Geroge.

Nothing will ever top " Bad Porn" Maggette tho

Now when i think about it, calling Fat Lever- FAT because his brother was too lazy to call him Layfayette is probably worst