Chuma Okeke is listed as ‘probable’ vs Det

JBSouthpaw · Post #1 » by **JBSouthpaw** » Sat Oct 30, 2021 5:46 pm

WooHoo!

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RookieStar · Post #3 » by **RookieStar** » Sat Oct 30, 2021 7:41 pm

Please Please Please

Let Chuma play.

tooler · Post #4 » by **tooler** » Sat Oct 30, 2021 10:28 pm

Had to bring him back to lock up Cade!

penny_nz · Post #5 » by **penny_nz** » Sat Oct 30, 2021 10:44 pm

So very excited to see Chuma get amongst it! Welcome back

RookieStar · Post #6 » by **RookieStar** » Sat Oct 30, 2021 10:46 pm

Well not to rain on our parade BUT "probable" isn't really the same as " is gonna play" right? Here's hoping though

penny_nz · Post #7 » by **penny_nz** » Sat Oct 30, 2021 10:48 pm

RookieStar wrote:Well not to rain on our parade BUT "probable" isn't really the same as " is gonna play" right? Here's hoping though

Magic FB post said "available to play" which sounded more optimistic

Really excited to see him start to build some chemistry with Franz

RookieStar · Post #8 » by **RookieStar** » Sat Oct 30, 2021 11:00 pm

penny_nz wrote:
RookieStar wrote:Well not to rain on our parade BUT "probable" isn't really the same as " is gonna play" right? Here's hoping though

Magic FB post said "available to play" which sounded more optimistic

Really excited to see him start to build some chemistry with Franz

WOW if so.... please let it be true. Even just 10minutes or whatever minutes we used to give MWag, Iggy and RoLo

penny_nz · Post #9 » by **penny_nz** » Sat Oct 30, 2021 11:01 pm

RookieStar wrote:
penny_nz wrote:
RookieStar wrote:Well not to rain on our parade BUT "probable" isn't really the same as " is gonna play" right? Here's hoping though

Magic FB post said "available to play" which sounded more optimistic

Really excited to see him start to build some chemistry with Franz

WOW if so.... please let it be true. Even just 10minutes or whatever minutes we used to give MWag, Iggy and RoLo

Absolutely, if he can take all of Moe's minutes and start building up

drsd · Post #10 » by **drsd** » Sun Oct 31, 2021 9:11 am

Minus 14 points in 14 minutes played and 3 TOs. About as expected.

drsd · Post #11 » by **drsd** » Sun Oct 31, 2021 9:12 am

penny_nz wrote:Absolutely, if he can take all of Moe's minutes and start building up

Bamba is one of the effective players on this team. He is earning all his minutes.

Skybox · Post #12 » by **Skybox** » Sun Oct 31, 2021 11:56 am

drsd wrote:
penny_nz wrote:Absolutely, if he can take all of Moe's minutes and start building up

Bamba is one of the effective players on this team. He is earning all his minutes.

I think he meant the “other” Moe

Last Guardian · Post #13 » by **Last Guardian** » Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:06 pm

His defense was fantastic as soon as he stepped on the floor. And he was fairly assertive offensively right away. Second half he didn't really get involved at all. He ended up getting trapped a couple times, it surprised him and I'm sure everyone. It was a boring season debut for him but he'll be one of the best players for us this season. He and Franz are exactly what we should be building towards. Its not all about athleticism and length, its about intelligent basketball.

drsd · Post #14 » by **drsd** » Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:40 pm

Skybox wrote:
drsd wrote:
penny_nz wrote:Absolutely, if he can take all of Moe's minutes and start building up

Bamba is one of the effective players on this team. He is earning all his minutes.

I think he meant the “other” Moe

The Magic is going to go through three phases this year (assuming no new injuries; a BIG if).

Starting night:
Anthony/Hampton
Suggs/Brazdeikis
F-Wagner/Ross
Carter/M-Wagner
Bamba/Lopez

Adding Harris and Okeke: that (rightly) eats in to court time for Brazdeikis and M-Wagner.

Adding Isaac and Fultz: that will eat in to court time for Hampton and Lopez.

After Isaac and Fultz return, the Magic could end up with this sort of rotation chart:

Anthony/Hampton
Suggs/Fultz
F-Wagner/Ross
Isaac/Carter
Bamba

With a deep bench of Lopez and M-Wagner.

Where does Harris go in that? He is looking more and more like player-to-be-traded next.

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Skybox · Post #15 » by **Skybox** » Sun Oct 31, 2021 3:39 pm

drsd wrote:
Skybox wrote:
drsd wrote:
Bamba is one of the effective players on this team. He is earning all his minutes.

I think he meant the “other” Moe

The Magic is going to go through three phases this year (assuming no new injuries; a BIG if).

Starting night:
Anthony/Hampton
Suggs/Brazdeikis
F-Wagner/Ross
Carter/M-Wagner
Bamba/Lopez

Adding Harris and Okeke: that (rightly) eats in to court time for Brazdeikis and M-Wagner.

Adding Isaac and Fultz: that will eat in to court time for Hampton and Lopez.

After Isaac and Fultz return, the Magic could end up with this sort of rotation chart:

Anthony/Hampton
Suggs/Fultz
F-Wagner/Ross
Isaac/Carter
Bamba

With a deep bench of Lopez and M-Wagner.

Where does Harris go in that? He is looking more and more like player-to-be-traded next.

..

You left Okeke off your final version...there really is a lot of depth and possible combos as quite a few guys are somewhat multi-positional...I'm having a hard time squeezing in Harris, Hampton, and (the way he's playing lately) TRoss. Moe Wagner and RoLo will certainly experience their share of DNP's (as they likely expected), but a young guy like Hampton, who is one of the "cool kids" on the team, might be facing some reality checks in his near future if his play doesn't improve. I also have to consider Mulder as a threat to the other guards if he shoots lights out...any coach will recognize the value that has for the other 4 on the floor and we have ZERO legit floor spreaders...I've spent a lot of time defending TRoss' trade value on trade boards, but he's making it really tough for WeHam right now...I was expecting him to seize the opportunity and show he can play more efficiently than his role as designated gunner under Cliff...maybe not. :noway:

Right now, he's arguably a negative value.

drsd · Post #16 » by **drsd** » Sun Oct 31, 2021 8:59 pm

Skybox wrote:You left Okeke off your final version....

Anthony/Hampton
Suggs/Fultz
F-Wagner/Ross
Isaac/Okeke
Bamba/Carter

Harris has no clear role in the above. Right now he looks to be Mr. To-Be-Traded.

penny_nz · Post #17 » by **penny_nz** » Mon Nov 1, 2021 6:38 pm

Skybox wrote:
drsd wrote:
penny_nz wrote:Absolutely, if he can take all of Moe's minutes and start building up

Bamba is one of the effective players on this team. He is earning all his minutes.

I think he meant the “other” Moe

Yes absolutley, better Mo is doing great!

penny_nz · Post #18 » by **penny_nz** » Mon Nov 1, 2021 6:44 pm

drsd wrote:
Skybox wrote:You left Okeke off your final version....

Anthony/Hampton
Suggs/Fultz
F-Wagner/Ross
Isaac/Okeke
Bamba/Carter

Harris has no clear role in the above. Right now he looks to be Mr. To-Be-Traded.

My only change, obviously once full game fitness, would be switching Fuktz and Cole around, still think Cole is going to be best as that 6th man, bench gunning PG. If he wants to be a starting PG in this league his vision needs to keep improving, but his defense needs a huge step up.

Fultz / Cole
Suggs / RJ
F Wagner / Ross
Isaac / Okeke
Bamba / WCJ

I am still most intrigued by a Franz / Okeke combo. If everyone remains injury free and keeps developing, I can see us having a very interesting issue down the line with Franz / Okeke / Isaac about who we continue to invest in

orlando_joe · Post #19 » by **orlando_joe** » Mon Nov 1, 2021 6:51 pm

penny_nz wrote:
drsd wrote:
Skybox wrote:You left Okeke off your final version....

Anthony/Hampton
Suggs/Fultz
F-Wagner/Ross
Isaac/Okeke
Bamba/Carter

Harris has no clear role in the above. Right now he looks to be Mr. To-Be-Traded.

My only change, obviously once full game fitness, would be switching Fuktz and Cole around, still think Cole is going to be best as that 6th man, bench gunning PG. If he wants to be a starting PG in this league his vision needs to keep improving, but his defense needs a huge step up.

Fultz / Cole
Suggs / RJ
F Wagner / Ross
Isaac / Okeke
Bamba / WCJ

I am still most intrigued by a Franz / Okeke combo. If everyone remains injury free and keeps developing, I can see us having a very interesting issue down the line with Franz / Okeke / Isaac about who we continue to invest in

i see isaac and franz as starting wcj backing up bamba and back up isaac when bigger pf in..and okeke back up franz and isaac when faster smaller pf in