I was there tonight. Paolo looks insanely good. Vucevic is top class re-addition. WTF Penda, Jase & Franz injured in a pre-season. Bane still awesomely Bane. Da Silva stepping up. Cain is on the verge of what we need.
Paolo's weight loss is really going help him. He looks so much quicker and looks like he has a lot more energy. Last year it was kind jarring how heavy he looked in his uniform. As long as he stays healthy I think he is in for a big year.
Took a deep 3, looked visibly in discomfort right after and started holding his shoulder. JT also mentioned he took a hit on the same shoulder on the prior defensive possession
The injury happened the posession before when he swiped down hard and jarred the ball loose. Immediately grabbed his shoulder/triceps area. Took a three the next posession but was in obvious discomfort
Davison looks way bigger than 195 to me. Carter is listed at 190 and only an inch shorter. Davison looks like Paolo compared to him. Either way we need to sign him.
Penda's hamstring is likely the most serious and it looked really mild as Hammys go.
Jase had soreness in his lower back, and that should heal up long before his hangover this weekend recovers.
Franz should be fine.
I’m loving this squad a lot. Especially with how aggressive Paolo has been on offense. Franz being a facilitator. Bane sparkin 3’s. Da Silva being a major lift off the bench. And man SHOUTOUT VUCCI MANE!!! being aggressive the whole time. GO MAGIC LFG!!!!
So after this game can they let us into the Kia Center this weekend to sage the arena and locker room to get all the injury juju from the last 2 seasons out?
Missed the last couple of the 2nd until 5 left in the 3rd but I am happy with how Paolo has played these last two games. I still think he slows the offense down a little too much but tonight he's generated good looks for his teammates even though they weren't converting them in the 1st quarter
bashing him (and Suggs more recently) are just popular peanut gallery bandwagon topics. you'll get the oddball weirdo that, for some reason, brings up about the "mistake" that was the Desmond Bane trade. Lot of people just want to stir the pot and hunt for likes.
Its nice to see people finally understanding that 3PAG is such an important stat. I used to say this is why Gary Harris is not a needle moving SG, and constantly took heat. I don't care if someone shoots 40% from 3 if they only take 5 or less a game.
Last year we forced DB3 into too much on ball role. We need to be getting him in actions to generate threes. That is why we traded so much for him. Mose couldn’t do that, Sweeney has shown that as a priority. Going to be an exciting year
Yes when Weltman traded for him and said he could play some
PG I got concerned because he wasn’t being used in his optimal role. Last night was the perfect role for him. It’s just smart coaching.
loved that last touch pass from WCJ to Paolo. WCJ has more than solid chemistry with Franz, Paolo and Suggs at this point and has a keen eye with hitting them with solid passes to score.
He will do great vs certain teams. Miami is one of them since they have the worst guards in the league. Elite pgs will make him pay on switches every time.
Yea agree, I'm not a fan of wcj but he does do well against bully type players. Guys like giannis/duren etc, wcj has a great combination of speed and strength to make life difficult against them. Same with bully type guards like Brunson.
I do wonder if the pro's outweigh the cons though. With the structure of our team, he really kills us on offense. Either takes up space in the lane doing nothing of note, or shoots sub 30% on very wide open threes. Selfishly speaking the lack of shotblocking makes us a bit less exciting too watch too.
Paolo changed his release he moved his guide hand it looks like. He’s missing free throws and jumpers, hopefully it starts working when the games count
It is funny because the doomers are in FULL effect during a preseason game. 1st quarter of a game and shots aren’t falling on good looks, but offense looks fluid most of the time. Definitely an improvement
It's the same team as last year with all the same problems. I was thrilled when the Magic got a new head coach, because it at least gave us the opportunity to see what was on the coach and what was on the players. We can now see that distinction very clearly.
To all the Einsteins downvoting this comment, I've screen captured it and will be starting a thread midway through the season with this as the featured image. We'll see how well it holds up, and how well the downvotes hold up 😂
It's clear one thing hasn't changed from the past few seasons: the Magic can't shoot 3s. Not sure how a team can contend for anything if they can't drain the 3 consistently.
Do preseason games have less defense to avoid injury? Looked like there was a lot of scoring in the preseason games. I haven't watched the NBA preseason before.
AB not playing after he’s been a full go in practice for a week now makes me think this negotiation is still ongoing. National media clowns have no sources in our org.
Really looking forward to tonight, I still have questions. I was disappointed with the game in Cleveland and all I saw was flaws. Tuesday night in Orlando was nothing but positives and I can see this team in the top 4 in the East. I think we are on to something and I want to believe, just not convinced yet.
The game in Cleveland was ugly as hell but I chalk it up to having none of our guards. It really unlocks Paolo especially to have ballhandlers who can get him the ball going downhill vs starting from a dead stop on the perimeter.
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u/meladas1 12h ago
Any news about Franz’s injury?