Jonathan Isaac's first game in 892 days (Pt II)

ChaseDown · Post #41 » by **ChaseDown** » Sun Jan 15, 2023 3:51 pm

Swish1906 wrote:Still Jonathan Bender 2.0

That was a “good surprise” troll & all but Isaac actually has potential based on stats when healthy. I wouldn’t even sign Bender in China

tooler · Post #42 » by **tooler** » Sun Jan 15, 2023 4:37 pm

jasonxxx102 wrote:
baldur wrote:
jasonxxx102 wrote:
Except that Isaac is actually good at basketball

Good memory.

I’m not sure whether this was sarcastic or not but Bender was not good in the limited time he was healthy.

Just a bizarre comparison of the 2 players

I’m pretty sure it was a joke about how you have a good memory if you remember Isaac playing basketball. I thought it was funny, well played!

jasonxxx102 · Post #43 » by **jasonxxx102** » Sun Jan 15, 2023 4:48 pm

tooler wrote:
jasonxxx102 wrote:
baldur wrote:
Good memory.

I’m not sure whether this was sarcastic or not but Bender was not good in the limited time he was healthy.

Just a bizarre comparison of the 2 players

I’m pretty sure it was a joke about how you have a good memory if you remember Isaac playing basketball. I thought it was funny, well played!

That went right over my head lol.

I’ve seen bender mentioned like at least a few times in comparison to Isaac and I don’t get it

Blame Rasho · Post #44 » by **Blame Rasho** » Sun Jan 15, 2023 8:48 pm

jasonxxx102 wrote:
tooler wrote:
jasonxxx102 wrote:
I’m not sure whether this was sarcastic or not but Bender was not good in the limited time he was healthy.

Just a bizarre comparison of the 2 players

I’m pretty sure it was a joke about how you have a good memory if you remember Isaac playing basketball. I thought it was funny, well played!

That went right over my head lol.

I’ve seen bender mentioned like at least a few times in comparison to Isaac and I don’t get it

If you don’t get it, it means you weren’t around here on realgm in his time. Bender was constantly hyped. You can say that about Anthony Randolph as well.

Isaac has been consistently talked about his potential rather than his production just like them.

Lockdown504090 · Post #45 » by **Lockdown504090** » Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:08 am

How does he even get in the rotation if he gets to the point where he’s all the way back? They got okeke, bamba, bol mo Wagner. Bench forward depth is pretty crazy on this team and nobody in their right mind would trade for Isaac now.

flranger · Post #46 » by **flranger** » Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:19 am

Lockdown504090 wrote:How does he even get in the rotation if he gets to the point where he’s all the way back? They got okeke, bamba, bol mo Wagner. Bench forward depth is pretty crazy on this team and nobody in their right mind would trade for Isaac now.

JAG, JAG, hmmmmm, JAG.

GreatWhiteStiff · Post #47 » by **GreatWhiteStiff** » Mon Jan 16, 2023 7:55 am

basketballRob wrote:So Isaac had 29/14/2 in his 32 minutes of G League play for the two games.

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on 42% fg shooting, and 50 something from the free throw line. Below the mendoza line of efficient scoring. Far from dominant. Though he missed all 6 threes, so if he made some his numbers would look a lot better. It's actually difficult to dominate gleague, people have this misconception that it's easy for any nba player.

The rebounds/blocks are about 15+ and 3+ per 36 though.

basketballRob · Post #48 » by **basketballRob** » Mon Jan 16, 2023 2:26 pm

GreatWhiteStiff wrote:
basketballRob wrote:So Isaac had 29/14/2 in his 32 minutes of G League play for the two games.

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on 42% fg shooting, and 50 something from the free throw line. Below the mendoza line of efficient scoring. Far from dominant. Though he missed all 6 threes, so if he made some his numbers would look a lot better. It's actually difficult to dominate gleague, people have this misconception that it's easy for any nba player.

The rebounds/blocks are about 15+ and 3+ per 36 though.

It wasn't even about shooting percentages it was about how he was moving. The shots weren't falling in the second game but he was moving really well.

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-Luke- · Post #49 » by **-Luke-** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:17 pm

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/270096/Jonathan-Isaac-Set-To-Return-For-Magic-On-Monday

"Now, two-and-a-half years after his initial injury, the Magic expect Isaac to return to the NBA court on Monday vs the Boston Celtics."

NBA comeback coming soon!

Jadoogar · Post #50 » by **Jadoogar** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 4:46 pm

Let's say he gets completely healthy and looks like his old self (very small chances honestly).
Magic have Franz, Paolo, WCJr, Bamba, and Bol Bol at the big man spots. I'm assuming Bamba draws the short straw and is cut from the rotation but it's still a significant logjam at these spots to accommodate everyone.

tooler · Post #51 » by **tooler** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 5:13 pm

Jadoogar wrote:Let's say he gets completely healthy and looks like his old self (very small chances honestly).

Completely healed. Completely healed. Didn’t you watch the clip? 8-)

Magic have Franz, Paolo, WCJr, Bamba, and Bol Bol at the big man spots. I'm assuming Bamba draws the short straw and is cut from the rotation but it's still a significant logjam at these spots to accommodate everyone.

They could try another jumbo lineup with Isaac instead of Bol, but the 3PT shooting would be rough. Maybe they could get away with it if they had a better shooter at point guard.

I think Bol and Isaac off the bench works fine for now. Bamba needs to be traded. The real problem is they need a tough backup center that can grab rebounds, so now you’re back to a logjam.

DusterBuster · Post #52 » by **DusterBuster** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 5:45 pm

Swish1906 wrote:Still Jonathan Bender 2.0

That's a (accurate) deep cut for long-term NBA fans on RealGM.

Blame Rasho · Post #53 » by **Blame Rasho** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 6:48 pm

DusterBuster wrote:
Swish1906 wrote:Still Jonathan Bender 2.0

That's a (accurate) deep cut for long-term NBA fans on RealGM.

Yeah people don’t umm “get it” hehehe

Post #54 » by **Clyde Frazier** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 7:14 pm

DusterBuster wrote:
Swish1906 wrote:Still Jonathan Bender 2.0

That's a (accurate) deep cut for long-term NBA fans on RealGM.

Watch on YouTube

Even though it's just an all star game, you could see what all the hype was about. Who knows how good he would've been but sad to see a guy's career fall apart due to injuries.

Mauro Pedrosa · Post #55 » by **Mauro Pedrosa** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 10:16 pm

Lockdown504090 wrote:How does he even get in the rotation if he gets to the point where he’s all the way back? They got okeke, bamba, bol mo Wagner. Bench forward depth is pretty crazy on this team and nobody in their right mind would trade for Isaac now.

Isaac is a better defender than all those guys combined

Lockdown504090 · Post #56 » by **Lockdown504090** » Mon Jan 23, 2023 10:32 pm

Mauro Pedrosa wrote:
Lockdown504090 wrote:How does he even get in the rotation if he gets to the point where he’s all the way back? They got okeke, bamba, bol mo Wagner. Bench forward depth is pretty crazy on this team and nobody in their right mind would trade for Isaac now.

Isaac is a better defender than all those guys combined

ur right. its kinda wild they have good players who just arent going to play even though they arent good.

Mauro Pedrosa · Post #57 » by **Mauro Pedrosa** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 12:00 am

Lockdown504090 wrote:
Mauro Pedrosa wrote:
Lockdown504090 wrote:How does he even get in the rotation if he gets to the point where he’s all the way back? They got okeke, bamba, bol mo Wagner. Bench forward depth is pretty crazy on this team and nobody in their right mind would trade for Isaac now.

Isaac is a better defender than all those guys combined

ur right. its kinda wild they have good players who just arent going to play even though they arent good.

Orlando is in a perfect position to trade for a star. Even Fultz, Anthony and Suggs have similar value

Post #58 » by **og15** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 1:39 am

Good for him looking good in his first game back

thelead · Post #59 » by **thelead** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 2:05 am

og15 wrote:Good for him looking good in his first game back

10pts/3reb/1ast/2st in 10 minutes is not bad at all

payton2kemp · Post #60 » by **payton2kemp** » Tue Jan 24, 2023 2:23 am

thelead wrote:
og15 wrote:Good for him looking good in his first game back

10pts/3reb/1ast/2st in 10 minutes is not bad at all

Magic got a lot of young talent. Their bench should be solid, gona be tough finding playing time for all these guys is gona be the issue, between Bol, Suggs, Bamba, Isaac of the bench. Anothony and the other Wagner gona want some time to. That's 6 good bench players plus two picks incoming this year.