Official Speculation Thread '20-'21 VI: "I like this team"

Darth Magic · Post #441 » by **Darth Magic** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 1:02 am

PrimeThyme wrote:
MagicMatic wrote:Roster doesn’t make sense.

No, it doesn't. In fairness though, it hasn't made sense at any point during the 3 years he's been here either. I've just accepted the reality that it's probably never going to with him at the helm.

Its been so long since I've seen a Magic team on the floor that made sense. :noway:

D12VCMagic · Post #442 » by **D12VCMagic** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 1:18 am

Darth Magic wrote:
PrimeThyme wrote:
MagicMatic wrote:Roster doesn’t make sense.

No, it doesn't. In fairness though, it hasn't made sense at any point during the 3 years he's been here either. I've just accepted the reality that it's probably never going to with him at the helm.

Its been so long since I've seen a Magic team on the floor that made sense.

I don’t think we have had a roster that made sense since Dwight was here.

Dub_Sax · Post #443 » by **Dub_Sax** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 1:20 am

Now that Favors and Okafor had signed elsewhere, pelicans only have hayes at center. Wonder if they would take vooch for some of their 1st rd picks..

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Darth Magic · Post #444 » by **Darth Magic** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 1:27 am

D12VCMagic wrote:
Darth Magic wrote:
PrimeThyme wrote:No, it doesn't. In fairness though, it hasn't made sense at any point during the 3 years he's been here either. I've just accepted the reality that it's probably never going to with him at the helm.

Its been so long since I've seen a Magic team on the floor that made sense.

I don’t think we have had a roster that made sense since Dwight was here.

Same

basketballRob · Post #445 » by **basketballRob** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 1:27 am

Dub_Sax wrote:Now that Favors and Okafor had signed elsewhere, pelicans only have hayes at center. Wonder if they would take vooch for some of their 1st rd picks..

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I wouldn't mind Fournier for JJ and George Hill

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SOUL · Post #446 » by **SOUL** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 1:30 am

Hawks getting way better.. pepe can't talk **** about them not being a playoff team in a year with a bunch of 20 year olds now

basketballRob · Post #447 » by **basketballRob** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 1:33 am

Andrew Nicholson is like the Anthony Davis of China.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/andrew-nicholson-1.html

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Post #448 » by **Def Swami** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 1:36 am

Def Swami wrote:Just give the Hawks out playoff spot.

Read on Twitter

lol if the Magic run it back

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Optimus_Steel · Post #449 » by **Optimus_Steel** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 1:42 am

So they are not signing Bogdanovic?

Nyce_1 · Post #450 » by **Nyce_1** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 1:47 am

Optimus_Steel wrote:So they are not signing Bogdanovic?

The still have ~$25M

The Real Dalic · Post #451 » by **The Real Dalic** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 1:49 am

If the Hawks get good enough to take us out of the 8 seed, hopefully it inspires the FO to make some changes for once. It seems like they're kind of trying to find a trade for AG and maybe Fournier. But we haven't seen anything yet.

thelead · Post #452 » by **thelead** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 1:49 am

Def Swami wrote:
Def Swami wrote:Just give the Hawks out playoff spot.

Read on Twitter

lol if the Magic run it back

Read on Twitter

If someone didn’t see this coming, they were being ignorant. This should be a tank year for us unfortunately and look to compete once we get Isaac back to go along with a top pick and some free agents.

VFX · Post #453 » by **VFX** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 1:59 am

This is a tank year. Weltman will never do it and make excuses.

D12VCMagic · Post #454 » by **D12VCMagic** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 2:03 am

The Real Dalic wrote:If the Hawks get good enough to take us out of the 8 seed, hopefully it inspires the FO to make some changes for once. It seems like they're kind of trying to find a trade for AG and maybe Fournier. But we haven't seen anything yet.

I guarantee you they just blame it on Isaac’s injury and convince our ownership that running it back with a healthy Isaac is the way to go. I’ve never seen a more complacent group in the NBA.

Post #455 » by **Knightro** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 2:08 am

MagicMatic wrote:This is a tank year. Weltman will never do it and make excuses.

They might end up with a top 10 pick regardless ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The Effect · Post #456 » by **The Effect** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 2:16 am

MagicMatic wrote:This is a tank year. Weltman will never do it and make excuses.

Unless fultz UW fultz, Cole lives up to his HS hype, chuma shows out as a guy who could of gone top 5 if not for an ACL injury and AG improves.... We won't have to tank, we can't compete with the top 10 teams in the east

We are looking at a top 10 pick next year unless something crazy happens

thelead · Post #457 » by **thelead** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 2:21 am

The Effect wrote:
MagicMatic wrote:This is a tank year. Weltman will never do it and make excuses.

Unless fultz UW fultz, Cole lives up to his HS hype, chuma shows out as a guy who could of gone top 5 if not for an ACL injury and AG improves.... We won't have to tank, we can't compete with the top 10 teams in the east

We are looking at a top 10 pick next year unless something crazy happens

Right, so let’s trade players that will help us win meaningless games for future assets. I don’t want to relive having to take AG instead Embiid, Mario instead of Porzingis, or Bamba instead of Trae again. I want to finally get off this treadmill.

VFX · Post #458 » by **VFX** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 2:23 am

thelead wrote:
The Effect wrote:
MagicMatic wrote:This is a tank year. Weltman will never do it and make excuses.

Unless fultz UW fultz, Cole lives up to his HS hype, chuma shows out as a guy who could of gone top 5 if not for an ACL injury and AG improves.... We won't have to tank, we can't compete with the top 10 teams in the east

We are looking at a top 10 pick next year unless something crazy happens

Right, so let’s trade players that will help us win meaningless games for future assets. I don’t want to relive having to take AG instead Embiid, Mario instead of Porzingis, or Bamba instead of Trae again. I want to finally get off this treadmill.

Exactly. It’ll be classic if we keep AG all season during a tank year only to trade him next season after missing the playoffs regardless.

Darth Magic · Post #459 » by **Darth Magic** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 2:31 am

The Real Dalic wrote:If the Hawks get good enough to take us out of the 8 seed, hopefully it inspires the FO to make some changes for once. It seems like they're kind of trying to find a trade for AG and maybe Fournier. But we haven't seen anything yet.

Not even being fired can inspire this listless front office. They are beyond redemption.

Think of the most uninspiring, lackluster, marginal, irrelevant, boring, unimaginative, soul-sucking, and life-draining move a team can make and this front office will do exactly that. I've been watching Magic Basketball for over 25 years. I've seen good GMs and I've seen bad GMs. But I've never seen a front office like this and I pray to God I never see the like again.

thelead · Post #460 » by **thelead** » Sat Nov 21, 2020 2:36 am

MagicMatic wrote:
thelead wrote:
The Effect wrote:Unless fultz UW fultz, Cole lives up to his HS hype, chuma shows out as a guy who could of gone top 5 if not for an ACL injury and AG improves.... We won't have to tank, we can't compete with the top 10 teams in the east

We are looking at a top 10 pick next year unless something crazy happens

Right, so let’s trade players that will help us win meaningless games for future assets. I don’t want to relive having to take AG instead Embiid, Mario instead of Porzingis, or Bamba instead of Trae again. I want to finally get off this treadmill.

Exactly. It’ll be classic if we keep AG all season during a tank year only to trade him next season after missing the playoffs regardless.

Agreed. I’m actually a big fan of AG and would love to keep him moving forward but he only has two more years on his contract and I would imagine that he can’t wait to jump ship. I feel like we have to trade him soon to maximize our return unfortunately.