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Knightro wrote:The Effect wrote:With cliff as coach, no, expect to see alot more Clark at PF and birch at C
Clark is going to start at PF.
Until Okeke is back, which seems like it may be relatively soon, it seems like it will be Birch at backup PF and Bamba at backup C.
Jordan Bone almost assuredly is going to be back in the rotation since Clifford can't use Gordon as his defacto backup PG anymore either.
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yoyojw17 wrote:Magicfanatic82 wrote:Knightro wrote:
Awesome news, we should give him all the playing time he can handle.
Hope that cole and okeke maximize their opportunities!
Magicfanatic82 wrote:AG and Evan should get moved first. Birch could maybe get paired with a 2nd to get someone like Shamet or another young wing.
There us value to Vuc and Ross being on the roster. If we get a high pick, they take scoring pressure off of the young players and provide spacing for Isaac and Fultz. They also by all accounts are solid in the locker room. Same with Aminu, his value is so low he is fine as depth and a vet for us.
JBSouthpaw wrote:yoyojw17 wrote:Magicfanatic82 wrote:Awesome news, we should give him all the playing time he can handle.
Hope that cole and okeke maximize their opportunities!
I figured someone was going to be activated, I assume AG is down a couple games.
Get ready for some Gary Clark in your starting lineup!
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The Orlando Magic will have opportunity to get off to the fast start they need to make a playoff run. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
The Orlando Magic will have opportunity to get off to the fast start they need to make a playoff run. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
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The Orlando Magic released the first half of their 2021 schedule. It shows the team will need a fast start to make a playoff push or face a daunting future.
The Orlando Magic will open their 2021 season Dec. 23 against the Miami Heat at the Amway Center as the league announced the first half of the league’s schedule.
The path to the Magic’s third straight postseason is only halfway laid out. But undoubtedly, it will be a tough one. As it will be tough for everyone.
For a Magic team fighting to keep its playoff spot amid offseason changes from teams around them, the early part of the season is going to be vital. The Magic might well know whether they can make the postseason or not by the time they hit the All-Star Break in March.
And with the trade deadline occurring shortly after the second half of the season begins, the team will be able to make decisions then.
Orlando’s first-half schedule looks comparatively easier than its second half.
The Orlando Magic will not play either of their games against the Los Angeles Lakers, two games against the Milwaukee Bucks, three games against the Miami Heat and both games against the Denver Nuggets in the first half of the season. That leaves a lot of games against clear title contenders for the second half of the season.
Meanwhile, the Orlando Magic play both of its home games against both the Charlotte Hornets and Chicago Bulls in the first half of the season. The team also plays both of its home games against the Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons in the first half of the season.
MagicStarwipe wrote:The teams culture won't change until Vuc is gone. With him being here so long as the centrepiece, we've taken on his personality. No matter what other players we bring in, this is Vuc's team. Time for him to go to a team where he isn't the best player and time for us to begin a new era.
fklt wrote:MagicStarwipe wrote:The teams culture won't change until Vuc is gone. With him being here so long as the centrepiece, we've taken on his personality. No matter what other players we bring in, this is Vuc's team. Time for him to go to a team where he isn't the best player and time for us to begin a new era.
this has always been one of your most out there takes for years. somehow vuc is the amazingly influential player to shape the team in his image, and that's why we're bad. like, vuc is the best performing of them by far, but the reason the rest of the team sucks is that they're just too much like vuc. c'mon man, how many mental hoops you have to jump through to believe that.
Howard Mass wrote:With all the injuries, the rest of this season is mostly going to be about what happens from now until The Trading Deadline and the development of Cole Anthony, Mo Bamba and Chuma Okeke.
I do expect some Trades particularly of Evan Fournier and possibly Aaron Gordon.
It will all be about setting up for next season when Jonathan Issac will be back and Markelle Fultz will be close to returning.
yoyojw17 wrote:Magicfanatic82 wrote:Knightro wrote:
Awesome news, we should give him all the playing time he can handle.
Hope that cole and okeke maximize their opportunities!
Blue_and_Whte wrote:Howard Mass wrote:With all the injuries, the rest of this season is mostly going to be about what happens from now until The Trading Deadline and the development of Cole Anthony, Mo Bamba and Chuma Okeke.
I do expect some Trades particularly of Evan Fournier and possibly Aaron Gordon.
It will all be about setting up for next season when Jonathan Issac will be back and Markelle Fultz will be close to returning.
The most logical thing that needs to happen. Will it though?
yoyojw17 wrote:Magicfanatic82 wrote:Knightro wrote:
Awesome news, we should give him all the playing time he can handle.
Hope that cole and okeke maximize their opportunities!
basketballRob wrote:Chuma will probably eventually start over Clark, if he can stay healthy.
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RookieStar wrote:Well... before he was injured, Chuma already bumped Clark out of the rotation no?
MagicStarwipe wrote:Magicfanatic82 wrote:AG and Evan should get moved first. Birch could maybe get paired with a 2nd to get someone like Shamet or another young wing.
There us value to Vuc and Ross being on the roster. If we get a high pick, they take scoring pressure off of the young players and provide spacing for Isaac and Fultz. They also by all accounts are solid in the locker room. Same with Aminu, his value is so low he is fine as depth and a vet for us.
The teams culture won't change until Vuc is gone. With him being here so long as the centrepiece, we've taken on his personality. No matter what other players we bring in, this is Vuc's team. Time for him to go to a team where he isn't the best player and time for us to begin a new era.
pepe1991 wrote:MagicStarwipe wrote:Magicfanatic82 wrote:AG and Evan should get moved first. Birch could maybe get paired with a 2nd to get someone like Shamet or another young wing.
There us value to Vuc and Ross being on the roster. If we get a high pick, they take scoring pressure off of the young players and provide spacing for Isaac and Fultz. They also by all accounts are solid in the locker room. Same with Aminu, his value is so low he is fine as depth and a vet for us.
The teams culture won't change until Vuc is gone. With him being here so long as the centrepiece, we've taken on his personality. No matter what other players we bring in, this is Vuc's team. Time for him to go to a team where he isn't the best player and time for us to begin a new era.
Where i don't care whether or not Vuc would be traded, i find this thought process very idiotic one.
NBA is talent driven league. In past 9 years ,since Vuc has been part of organisation, not a single nba player he played with was actually better basketball player than him.
And guess what, it's not like he was man in charge of free agency, trades and failed draft decisons. He always was safe net for terrible coaches, terrible GMs and terrible presidents of basketball operations. Him being good player on it's own, despite incopetence all around him made their jobs more secured than they should be.
Your opinion would have some validity if Vuc was some hot head bully like Whiteside or Cousins that is literally bulling his path toward usage, panderin offense to him and scares coaches into defering to him. Vuc is most lay low, supportive player Magic got. Every single young player raved how much Vuc helped him, on other side, Vuc was first to defend Isaac not kneeling for national anthem and was supportive about Fultz taking over 4th quaters. For crying out loud guy celebrated Cole's buzzerbeater more than Cole lol
So in general this is very missleading comment. Magic didn't took his personality, Magic are just as good as their best player is. And that's good enough to make playoffs if they are healthy, and not good enough to win playoff series. That's what Vuc is, supporting,complimentary star. But it's not his fault "complimentary star" is closest thing to good player team got since Dwight left. It's literally fault of everybody around him, but him, including players, especially lottery picks, who flat out did not work hard enough to get there ( Gordon, Payton, Hezonja, Oladipo pre trade, Isaac, Bamba... you name it ).
