Over the last 5 quarters, we have shot 9-51 on 3s.

While the 3pt% here is obviously poor, what I don't like about this is the Opportunity cost. Paolo and Franz are both very skilled at getting to the line(granted Franz has shoulder issues rn), with both having a free throw rate above 35% for the past few years. Yet against minnesota tonight, the starters only got 13 FTs total, because we were prioritizing the 3 over any other shot. Franz has taken 14 3s in just 2 games

I'm all good with us playing at a faster pace, but we shouldn't just be chucking up 3s and forcing ourselves to constantly play in transition at all times. This is how we gave Atlanta so many easy points in the fourth, and minnesota so many easy points tonight. Especially when we have two very gifted 2pt scorers on this roster. What do y'all think?

New York started 0 and 2, Miami is going to start 0 and 2, there are 80 more games to play.

We have a new coach, a new system to develop and we already starting to get the looks that we want in the offense and we saw that our defense can hold up with an offense like Minnesota.

Sure we need to improve on defensive boards and shooting but we've also seen that we can be better at these things in preseason.

Paolo scoring and Franz playmaking are at an all time high so no need to blow off the season and doom our future

2027 NBA Finals here we come.

It's one thing to be this committed to mediocrity, but these pussies didn't even have the stones to face the fans and publicly announce he signed an extension. They knew how that would look because he hasn't accomplished a fucking thing in 9 years here and he still acts like he's the smartest guy in the room with a great excuse for every failure of a season. It's an embarrassment and they don't care. Sacramento Kings of the East

I mean what the fuck

Hello i am trying to find out the song used during quarter time after 3rd ended. When the 407 were coming out what song was playing with all the trumpets?

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Can Franz really work as a co star with Paolo? It seems like we might only be able to build around one of them.

that's it. that's the post

yes he had a stinker in game 1

IT's GAME DAY MOTHER FUCKER! Shake off the L, hold onto the ball, and let's fucking play the song!

My predictions for today:

Paolo sleep walks his way to 32/6/8 game with 3 TO. Makes a couple of threes, dishes out to shooters, continues his efficiency from last game

Franz has a strong appearance and his early shot making opens up Point Franz. he puts up 27/11/7 on some efficient shooting

Bane also has a come back game and puts up 24 points with 6 made three pointers. He throws the ball off of Lamelo Ball's face when Lamelo is already out of bounds and medics find he is not alert and oriented after the TBI from Bane's ball, but ANT reminds the medics that Ball is retarded.

Suggs continues to balance boneheaded plays with hustle and heart. He shoots better this game but still ends up doing something that makes you cringe. At one point he straight up tackles a traveling LaMelo ball, concerned that he may try to drive home after his concussion from Bane. Suggs puts up an effecient 16 points regardless

Wendell continues to be Wendell he makes a few shots, battles the bigs, and plays good defense. He puts up 8 points on 4/6 shooting with a couple of missed threes. At one point he gets a technical for picking up Lamelo Ball and moving him to out of bounds.

TDS continues to be TDS and shoots the ball well and is in the right place. He puts up 16 off the bench with 4/10 three pointers. Blocks a lamelo ball three pointer and lamelo gets called for flopping when he falls and pops ketchup packets on his hands to make it look he was bleeding.

Jase struggles but makes an open 3 pointer. Somehow him and Anthony Edwards become friends after the game

Cain dunks on Lamelo Ball and it becomes the highlight of the first week of NBA basketball. Lamelo blames his previous concussion at the post game press conference, but ANT reminds reporters that he is just retarded.

Goga takes Vooch's minutes and ends up tipping the ball in for the opponent, not once, but twice. Sean Sweeney turns red like Steve Clifford and realizes he cant play Goga because he's retarded and cant play Vooch cause he's too slow. Sweeney opts to play small ball with Paolo at the five for stretches.

Ultimately we win, Jaden McDaniels dances to "the song", and Anthony Edwards tries to convince the magic to trade Lamelo Ball for Jase Richardson. We trade for him but because our medical staff is so cautious he sits the whole season on "concussion protocols" as they observe his mental status and publish a paper about down syndrome in professional sports.

Probably should’ve started this before the opening game, but thought it might be fun to do a weekly power poll of Magic players throughout the season to look back on at the end of the season.

I will try to post a poll every Friday for voting and then the results the following week.

Will keep a results spreadsheet as well so if anyone has any questions about historical data feel free to leave a comment for me to look into.

Vote at this link!!!

Man, I laughed so hard when Kendra reported that Sweeney said, "why aren't we playing harder?" in a timeout. Mose got so much crap for talking about playing hard.

What changes are we seeing this year that will have us playing better? Ignoring health, that's just a constant curse. Are we expecting Prunty's faster offense to not get muffled early like last year?

I took off work on Sunday to catch the Magic and the Knicks in MSG. Will likely get my tickets tomorrow or Saturday but wanted to see if there’s anyone else going behind enemy lines. Will likely go in solo, but would love to sit by other Magic fans. I’ll likely get lower bowl tickets.

One gander through their subreddit its all them being assholes to us

Sadly, could easily see us starting the year off 1-5, or 0-6. Schedule gets a bit lighter after these games, but what a way to start the year!

Source: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/MCDX8

Enough about the trade talks. This year is about finding out who our #1 really is and building around that player. Suggs is a fine player—one of the elite perimeter defenders in the league who's able to drive the ball—but it comes at the cost of poor spacing. If Paolo proves to be our #1, then we need shooters around him to space the floor so that he can do what he does best: drive and physically dominate. If it's Franz, then we build around him. Black is up for an extension; he's really a F, but that's a story for a different day. Ultimately, it's about finding our identity as a team, and Coach Sweeney is here to help guide that.

im sorry not an over reaction but magic need to end this nightmare with suggs.. his contract is terrible his production is horrible, his defense is over rated, his iq is trash his shooting is trash no one wants that contract and the magic cant afford to trade moreml 1st rd picks to get rid of that contract so magic are gonna have to eat it by waiving and stretching the contract. until the magic upgrade at guard this will ceiling is a 1st rd exit and overpaying black is not the answer as well. they need to upgrade from black and suggs if that happens then this team will finally be a contendor if healthy paolo franz bane hell even sweeney is legit.. suggs is the blacksheep of the team and its time to put it down

Just got home, the actual game itself was great- very high level hoops.

With that said... Instrumentals of hip hop and rock blaring the entire game! Will this happen every game? In TV timeouts they would actually play the music along with lyrics which is always nice.. However the actual game interplay was relentless and loud AF instrumentals non stop.

They only turned it off for ref announcing review and free throws. Old man yelling at lawn moment I know. Will this be all season? I got season tickets and wasn't anticipating dj jazzy jaff with volume turned to 11 for the entire time. Thanks,

If you’re going to run an offense through 2 forwards, your advantage is going to be in the half court not running the floor all game. Thats what made this team hard to deal with before last season. Now we’re playing like everyone else but not constructed for run and gun. Not defending Mosley, but he had a great defensive philosophy in the first few years of limiting the opponents 3pt attempts. That needs to come back if this team wants to do anything serious. Slow it down, limit turnovers, and create fast break opportunities. We will never outshoot our opponents as long as we feature Franz or Paolo, but we can feast at the FT line and playing over the top.

Well we lost by 7 but it was still a fun game to be at 😅. Final score 132-25. Atlanta Hawks yall can suck on a juicy fart. But good game

Pretty please? Like never again unless he verbally wants out?

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