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Twenty-eight Magicians and Dwayne Bacon
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 5:37 pm
by drsd
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Orlando has tied an NBA record with 28 players achieving stat lines whilst wearing Magic blue this season.
The Magic has 32 different starting lineups, setting a team record this year.
In all of that has been Mr. Continuity: Dwayne Bacon. He has played in all 68 games and now leads this team in starts (he could hit 50 starts if he starts-out the season).
Re: Twenty-eight Magicians and Dwayne Bacon
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 6:48 pm
by Knightro
Bacon is infuriating to watch play basketball, but I have a suspicion that if Clifford returns, he will also return.
He’s locked in for peanuts next year (1.8M) if the team wants him. Essentially a team option that must be decided on 3 days after the moratorium ends.
Re: Twenty-eight Magicians and Dwayne Bacon
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 8:24 pm
by MasterGMer
To me, Dwayne can get a much bigger contract. He is the leading scorer for several games this season and most importan, he can make his own shots.
He is my fav player on the team
Re: Twenty-eight Magicians and Dwayne Bacon
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 8:40 pm
by RookieStar
Re: Twenty-eight Magicians and Dwayne Bacon
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 8:42 pm
by MagicFan101
Is there anyone in the league who causes more eye-rolls than Dwayne Bacon? I can’t think of anyone I hate watching more than him.
Yes, there are less talented players but more insufferable? I doubt it.
Re: Twenty-eight Magicians and Dwayne Bacon
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 8:52 pm
by drsd
Bacon has a PER at just above 10. Which for most teams would have him as a solid 3rd-stringer. But to be fair, that's what Orlando signed him to be here.
Re: Twenty-eight Magicians and Dwayne Bacon
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 9:48 pm
by ChosenSavior
MasterGMer wrote:To me, Dwayne can get a much bigger contract. He is the leading scorer for several games this season and most importan, he can make his own shots.
He is my fav player on the team
Re: Twenty-eight Magicians and Dwayne Bacon
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 10:25 pm
by j-ragg
MasterGMer wrote:To me, Dwayne can get a much bigger contract. He is the leading scorer for several games this season and most importan, he can make his own shots.
He is my fav player on the team
There’s no way...
Re: Twenty-eight Magicians and Dwayne Bacon
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 10:34 pm
by thelead
MasterGMer wrote:To me, Dwayne can get a much bigger contract. He is the leading scorer for several games this season and most importan, he can make his own shots.
He is my fav player on the team
Re: Twenty-eight Magicians and Dwayne Bacon
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 10:43 pm
by SOUL
ChosenSavior wrote:MasterGMer wrote:To me, Dwayne can get a much bigger contract. He is the leading scorer for several games this season and most importan, he can make his own shots.
He is my fav player on the team
Re: Twenty-eight Magicians and Dwayne Bacon
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 10:58 pm
by JF5
I've only taken a glimpse of this thread and I already can't stop laughing...
Re: Twenty-eight Magicians and Dwayne Bacon
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 11:05 pm
by basketballRob
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Re: Twenty-eight Magicians and Dwayne Bacon
Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 12:13 am
by RookieStar
Re: Twenty-eight Magicians and Dwayne Bacon
Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 12:18 am
by thelead
RookieStar wrote:Yeah... English please?
google translate isn't that hard to use if you want to know what it says
Re: Twenty-eight Magicians and Dwayne Bacon
Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 12:19 am
by RookieStar
thelead wrote:RookieStar wrote:Yeah... English please?
google translate isn't that hard to use if you want to know what it says
True... but this being an English forum.. well.. ..
Re: Twenty-eight Magicians and Dwayne Bacon
Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 12:36 am
by thelead
RookieStar wrote:thelead wrote:RookieStar wrote:
Yeah... English please?
google translate isn't that hard to use if you want to know what it says
True... but this being an English forum.. well.. ..
if you care, don't be lazy and google it
and basically it says that Luka's expression has given us a great new meme
Re: Twenty-eight Magicians and Dwayne Bacon
Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 1:39 am
by Kent
Bacon has made games entertaining if nothing else.
You know why, too...
He's never seen a shot he didn't like.
I'm always surprised when he passes it.
Re: Twenty-eight Magicians and Dwayne Bacon
Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 5:51 am
by pepe1991
If only Bacon is 22, he would have been compared with Paul George
Re: Twenty-eight Magicians and Dwayne Bacon
Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 9:05 am
by drsd
Kent wrote:Bacon has made games entertaining if nothing else.
You know why, too...
He's never seen a shot he didn't like.
I'm always surprised when he passes it.
In all the other threads "fans" are complaining that Orlando is not trying hard enough to tank. Then here criticism the "important" work Bacon has provided this season. Strange.
Bacon is not an NBA-level talent and yet he will finish this season as the player with the most starts. What more is there for a TANK?
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Re: Twenty-eight Magicians and Dwayne Bacon
Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 2:51 pm
by Knightro
pepe1991 wrote:If only Bacon is 22, he would have been compared with Paul George
You're being snarky, but development does happen even if it's not at the all-star level.
You have this... I'll call it interesting... mindset where if a guy doesn't seem like he's going to become an all-star caliber player, then he doesn't matter.
And like that's fine in the grand scheme of things, but there's also 480 guys in the league at a given time and only 24 make the all-star team each year.
No team in the league has a rotation full of all-stars. Obviously everybody wants as many all-star caliber players as they can get, but teams still need the guys who aren't at that level to still improve and ultimately become the best version of themselves even if they're role players because 90% of the league aren't all-stars anyway.
If Bacon was having the year he's having now as a 20 year old rookie, then there would obviously be a lot more optimism that he'd be able to improve upon his weaknesses over time. Not every player does improve on their weaknesses, but the younger you are the more time and runway you have to do so.
But as a two-year college and now four-year NBA guy, you pretty much know what you have in Bacon and it obviously isn't good enough.
RJ Hampton since joining the Magic has been statistically pretty comparable to Bacon. But Bacon is considered a complete scrub and Hampton is considered someone with upside. Why? Because that six year age gap is quite massive from a developmental perspective.
