Markelle Fultz VIII: The Aftermath

[kuclas]

I am rooting for Fultz. Thankfully he got traded to a easy to root for franchise in the Magic. It's actually crazy to think that the magic started their rebuild a year or two before us and they are still basically rebuilding and we're contending for a championship. Just goes to show how detrimental a bad GM could be for your team.

The Magic started rebuilding the year before the Process. What we think of as the Andrew Bynum trade was also the Dwight Howard trade.

The sixers were/are one Joel Embiid injury away from becoming the Orlando magic. Long term tanking/losing (also see sac Kings) doesn’t work for most teams unless they get lucky with 1 player (or 2) The magic have whiffed on many draft picks Since Dwight Howard got traded. Honestly even with victor oladipo being retained instead of traded. They still thread water being barley in playoff contention.

[Sixteen]

I am rooting for Fultz. Thankfully he got traded to a easy to root for franchise in the Magic. It's actually crazy to think that the magic started their rebuild a year or two before us and they are still basically rebuilding and we're contending for a championship. Just goes to show how detrimental a bad GM could be for your team.

The Magic started rebuilding the year before the Process. What we think of as the Andrew Bynum trade was also the Dwight Howard trade.

I sometimes wonder what Ed Stefanski would have done with that slop of the roster following the Bynum travesty. Where would we be right now if Sam wasn't brought in.... Cold thoughts man.

[Ericb5]

I am rooting for Fultz. Thankfully he got traded to a easy to root for franchise in the Magic. It's actually crazy to think that the magic started their rebuild a year or two before us and they are still basically rebuilding and we're contending for a championship. Just goes to show how detrimental a bad GM could be for your team.

Orlando was one of the teams that never really went for it. All teams should tank for a few years, but teams like Orlando, and Atlanta didn’t do it, and so they are perpetually struggling.

The Bucks got Giannis with a mid first round pick which saved them from needing to fully tank, but a pick like that is very rare.


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[Bum Adebayo]

I am rooting for Fultz. Thankfully he got traded to a easy to root for franchise in the Magic. It's actually crazy to think that the magic started their rebuild a year or two before us and they are still basically rebuilding and we're contending for a championship. Just goes to show how detrimental a bad GM could be for your team.

The Magic started rebuilding the year before the Process. What we think of as the Andrew Bynum trade was also the Dwight Howard trade.

The sixers were/are one Joel Embiid injury away from becoming the Orlando magic. Long term tanking/losing (also see sac Kings) doesn’t work for most teams unless they get lucky with 1 player (or 2) The magic have whiffed on many draft picks Since Dwight Howard got traded. Honestly even with victor oladipo being retained instead of traded. They still thread water being barley in playoff contention.

Not really, if Embiid goes down, you have plan B, which is to build around Simmons, you resign Tobias, let Jimmy walk and surround Ben with all shooters with some 3 and D (trading injured Embiid, some team will take a chance on his potencial). Guaranteed chanpionship in 2-3 years.

[Samson]

Anyone yet mention what the heck in the world "EQUALITY" has to do with Markelle Fultz?

EQUALITY is the only thing we DIDN'T get from Markelle Fultz. We didn't get top lottery pick and we didn't get another one we had to trade away also.

Lmfao at this EQUALITY. Now I want to pelt his punk ace with foil-wrapped chicken sandwiches , equality my ace of spades. This freakin guy.

[youngcrev]

Anyone yet mention what the heck in the world "EQUALITY" has to do with Markelle Fultz?

EQUALITY is the only thing we DIDN'T get from Markelle Fultz. We didn't get top lottery pick and we didn't get another one we had to trade away also.

Lmfao at this EQUALITY. Now I want to pelt his punk ace with foil-wrapped chicken sandwiches , equality my ace of spades. This freakin guy.

I was curious. Looks like it has nothing to do with Fultz. They posted the same hashtag under their post about some Ohio State guard.

That's not Fultz Twitter though, so I don't know why that makes you get more annoyed with him.

[fringg]

Wasnt he supposed to be "ready to play" in 8 weeks about 12 weeks ago?

[gdog2004]

Wasnt he supposed to be "ready to play" in 8 weeks about 12 weeks ago?

2023 is going to be Markelle's year that he shows why he was the number one pick !

[Mik317]

Watch on YouTube

[Samson]

I don't know how to post videos or gifs or anything like that, so imagine that I've posted the Ron Burgundy gif from Anchorman where he pretends to work out with dumbbells and says, "it burns.... it's a deep, deep burn.... a deep burn... such a deep burn".

[gdog2004]

I don't know how to post videos or gifs or anything like that, so imagine that I've posted the Ron Burgundy gif from Anchorman where he pretends to work out with dumbbells and says, "it burns.... it's a deep, deep burn.... a deep burn... such a deep burn".

[Samson]

^^^ Yes thank you very much, much obliged sir.

[gdog2004]

^^^ Yes thank you very much, much obliged sir.

Ha, you know that was the exact scene every time the Sixers told Markelle he was cleared to play and asked if he wanted to suit up. If I had more photoshop talent and time I would add his head onto that animated gif.

[Ben Simmons]

I am rooting for Fultz. Thankfully he got traded to a easy to root for franchise in the Magic. It's actually crazy to think that the magic started their rebuild a year or two before us and they are still basically rebuilding and we're contending for a championship. Just goes to show how detrimental a bad GM could be for your team.

The Magic started rebuilding the year before the Process. What we think of as the Andrew Bynum trade was also the Dwight Howard trade.

The sixers were/are one Joel Embiid injury away from becoming the Orlando magic. Long term tanking/losing (also see sac Kings) doesn’t work for most teams unless they get lucky with 1 player (or 2) The magic have whiffed on many draft picks Since Dwight Howard got traded. Honestly even with victor oladipo being retained instead of traded. They still thread water being barley in playoff contention.

without Embiid we are one of the best teams in the East, we won 9 in a row at the end of last season without Embiid (last 8 regular season games and first playoff game), and now we've got Butler/Harris/Marjanovic so we'll be even better

[gdog2004]

The Magic started rebuilding the year before the Process. What we think of as the Andrew Bynum trade was also the Dwight Howard trade.

The sixers were/are one Joel Embiid injury away from becoming the Orlando magic. Long term tanking/losing (also see sac Kings) doesn’t work for most teams unless they get lucky with 1 player (or 2) The magic have whiffed on many draft picks Since Dwight Howard got traded. Honestly even with victor oladipo being retained instead of traded. They still thread water being barley in playoff contention.

without Embiid we are one of the best teams in the East, we won 9 in a row at the end of last season without Embiid (last 8 regular season games and first playoff game), and now we've got Butler/Harris/Marjanovic so we'll be even better

Whats sad is even if Embiid were on the Magic, they would still be mediocre. They have no clue how to construct a winning team.

[Ben Simmons]

The sixers were/are one Joel Embiid injury away from becoming the Orlando magic. Long term tanking/losing (also see sac Kings) doesn’t work for most teams unless they get lucky with 1 player (or 2) The magic have whiffed on many draft picks Since Dwight Howard got traded. Honestly even with victor oladipo being retained instead of traded. They still thread water being barley in playoff contention.

without Embiid we are one of the best teams in the East, we won 9 in a row at the end of last season without Embiid (last 8 regular season games and first playoff game), and now we've got Butler/Harris/Marjanovic so we'll be even better

Whats sad is even if Embiid were on the Magic, they would still be mediocre. They have no clue how to construct a winning team.

yep i just checked their win totals for the last 7 seasons: 25, 29, 35, 25, 23, 20, 37 and they weren't doing 'the process'

[Mik317]

they got **** by that Ibaka trade.

It was a all in move too soon and for the wrong guy. It was the type of move the Howard Eskins and Marcus Hayes of the world was calling for us to make. That and missing out/passing on any guard talent set them back. That being said I think their collection of dudes is one star away from being a pretty dang good team tho. Thats a lot of size and athleticism..thats something you;'d like to surround your star w/....so I get what they are doing...they just might be doing so backwards a bit and like the Iggy sixers, probably force a second bannana type into having to be THE guy.

[Dave Meltzer]

they got **** by that Ibaka trade.

It was a all in move too soon and for the wrong guy. It was the type of move the Howard Eskins and Marcus Hayes of the world was calling for us to make. That and missing out/passing on any guard talent set them back. That being said I think their collection of dudes is one star away from being a pretty dang good team tho. Thats a lot of size and athleticism..thats something you;'d like to surround your star w/....so I get what they are doing...they just might be doing so backwards a bit and like the Iggy sixers, probably force a second bannana type into having to be THE guy.

I'd like to see Kyrie Irving on that Orlando team but I doubt he would consider going there.

[MVP1992]

The Magic started rebuilding the year before the Process. What we think of as the Andrew Bynum trade was also the Dwight Howard trade.

The sixers were/are one Joel Embiid injury away from becoming the Orlando magic. Long term tanking/losing (also see sac Kings) doesn’t work for most teams unless they get lucky with 1 player (or 2) The magic have whiffed on many draft picks Since Dwight Howard got traded. Honestly even with victor oladipo being retained instead of traded. They still thread water being barley in playoff contention.

without Embiid we are one of the best teams in the East, we won 9 in a row at the end of last season without Embiid (last 8 regular season games and first playoff game), and now we've got Butler/Harris/Marjanovic so we'll be even better

You aren't even joking are you?

[Ben Simmons]

The sixers were/are one Joel Embiid injury away from becoming the Orlando magic. Long term tanking/losing (also see sac Kings) doesn’t work for most teams unless they get lucky with 1 player (or 2) The magic have whiffed on many draft picks Since Dwight Howard got traded. Honestly even with victor oladipo being retained instead of traded. They still thread water being barley in playoff contention.

without Embiid we are one of the best teams in the East, we won 9 in a row at the end of last season without Embiid (last 8 regular season games and first playoff game), and now we've got Butler/Harris/Marjanovic so we'll be even better

You aren't even joking are you?

just going by the facts, we won 9 in a row without Embiid - and by an average margin of 16ppg - and now we have added a couple more all-star level players and a decent center too