2024-2025 Regular Season Game 29: Oklahoma City Thunder (20-5) at Orlando Magic (17-11) - 7pm

[Bensational]

Cant shoot

Paolo and Franz doesn't fix that.

Weltman has work to do.

Yeah they do. In the team’s first 5 games before Paolo went down they were shooting 34% from 3.

That’s a 4% improvement that would have them ranked around 20th. Small sample size and still not great, but not this bad.

[SOUL]

10 man rotation with Paolo and Franz out is malpractice. Jett and Cole both in the rotation is malpractice. Just a joke

Stop it man lol.. yeah lets run our other guys into the ground, great thinking eyriq!!!

With the way we play defense, we have to run a deeper rotation than most

OKC does the same

Yep.

GSW plays like a 12 man rotation too, just need guys to play better. They're hitting wide open shots and we aren't. We're making dumb turnovers.

[ORLMagicGirl15]

My goodness with the 22% in 3s. How are we so bad at these?

[ogmagicfan]

that sequence hahaha, yep im out

[Last Guardian]

This is bad lol

[thelead]

Cant shoot

Paolo and Franz doesn't fix that.

Weltman has work to do.

Yeah they do. In the team’s first 5 games before Paolo went down they were shooting 34% from 3.

That’s a 4% improvement that would have them ranked around 20th. Small sample size and still not great, but not this bad.

well sure, the looks will be a bit better but they're still sh** shooters.

Meanwhile, Sexton is 3-3 from deep after the 1st quarter...

[RookieStar]

We are feeling what OKC was feeling against MIL with all the vricks

[SOUL]

Pistons gave up 48 to the Jazz in the 1st

could be worse i guess lol

[GameOver25]

OKC coach don't play in calling momentum killing timeouts.

[Bensational]

How has Cole become so bad without an injury?

Like i said in the Cole thread, for Cole to succeed he needs to be given full creative licence and the greenest of green lights to shoot, which we cant give him.

It’s worse than that. Even in the touches he gets where he has/takes creative license he can’t hold on to the ball, can’t beat his man, shorts his floaters, can’t hit a 3.

There must be something psychological behind it, like him feeling the pressure of legit competition and not being able to rise to the occasion, which compounds his insecurities.

[penny_nz]

OKC coach don't play in calling momentum killing timeouts.

Hahahaha, 1 bucket, yeah we can't be having that, reset

[VFX]

This is due to “continuity” with roster decisions.

[GameOver25]

Sure the players needs to make 3s, but I think the biggest issue with our 3s not falling (and being worst in the league) is our offensive structure. Just always feels like we have no rhythm or concept on offense, even when we were healthy.

[basketballRob]

Even TNT calling out Cole

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[SOUL]

This is due to “continuity” with roster decisions.

I would say it's due to injury mostly tbh. 2-3 of these guys were not in the lineup before them (although Goga obviously should and will be going forward).

But yeah, it's obvious that Cole/Jett/even TDS/AB are not going to be the best options right now if we want to compete/contend THIS season. Don't have to trade them all but I'm sure we will look to upgrade in the future.

[RookieStar]

Ah cmon.. we just had a time out

[basketballRob]

Hartenstein had a hand on Goga's back


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[eyriq]

This is due to “continuity” with roster decisions.

I would say it's due to injury mostly tbh. 2-3 of these guys were not in the lineup before them (although Goga obviously should and will be going forward).

But yeah, it's obvious that Cole/Jett/even TDS/AB are not going to be the best options right now if we want to compete/contend THIS season. Don't have to trade them all but I'm sure we will look to upgrade in the future.

AB is fine

[RookieStar]

Cole needs to take a year off or something.. what is he showing in practice that had our staff fooled into giving him PT?

[thelead]

Daigneault is such a damn good coach