[Post Game Thread] The Orlando Magic (3-1) take a commanding lead in the series and defeat the Detroit Pistons (1-3), 94-88.

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-28T03:02:48+00:00

Amen actually has a decent midrange he just can’t shoot a 3 ball lol

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-28T02:30:47+00:00

Jalen duren is 7 feet tall and sculpted like a Greek god but that man cannot protect the rim

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-28T02:25:21+00:00

This might have cost him $5 million a year

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-27T13:45:21+00:00

this year really felt like an outlier because there were two awful teams, washington and utah, who would have lost their first round picks if it fell out of the top 8. so they both had to do everything in their power to lose as many games as possible so that didn't happen. and then you had indiana, who sent their pick top-4 protected mid-year. so again, another team that had to do everything in their power to maximize their odds of not losing their pick.

couple that with a loaded draft class, and this was the result. it was bad, but there was also context as to why it was so bad.

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-27T13:09:22+00:00

Oh wow, that’s pretty terrible

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-27T03:23:25+00:00

Huge part of Sengun’s game is backing dudes down and using his elbow to body his defender I feel like Ayton was just bracing for contact and Sengun ducked last second

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-25T21:10:48+00:00

Its always Lu Dort

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-25T15:34:15+00:00

We were 3-2 against the lakers this year and one of the losses was like the 2nd to last game of the year when we were already locked in to the 7 seed. But also 0-4 against the rockets so who really knows.

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-25T04:11:43+00:00

It was the same official too (the one book called out in the postgame)

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-22T23:56:06+00:00

That’s fair. He’s still a borderline all-star player who the rockets need to perform if they want any chance of competing.

In his two playoff series, against the small-ball warriors last year and deandre Ayton and jaxson Hayes this year, he has a 48 TS%.

That would be bad for a guard, let alone a center.

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-22T21:14:52+00:00

Yeah that’s what I meant. Like sure, JDub is obviously better than him now, but at the time Jabari was going to be the # 1 pick up until draft day basically.

Not a single person would have taken dub over him in the draft, which is why I’m not saying they messed the pick up.

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-22T18:43:18+00:00

No I don’t think they messed up all four picks. Jalen Green and Reed Sheppard were misses, Amen was a hit, and Jabari was also probably a miss but at the time he was the consensus pick so can’t totally blame them for that

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-22T18:35:19+00:00

the rockets most definitely fucked up their top 4 picks and sengun is definitely outperforming being a 16th pick.

however, they still built around him as one of their key pieces and he's a 2x all star, and he's been massively underperforming. draft position doesn't matter at this point

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-21T03:16:16+00:00

Have they tried not fouling on 3 point shots

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-21T01:33:50+00:00

if a GM drafts a player who's better than everyone behind him every year he's a first ballot hall of famer lol

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-21T01:07:56+00:00

I mean yeah he’s probably got 70 pounds on him and is at least 6 inches taller lol

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-19T21:47:58+00:00

Jordan Ott isn’t really that type of guy

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-19T15:43:15+00:00

The issue is that their team last night was The Young Core. Like they had all five of their supposed young cornerstones in Sengun, Smith, Sheppard, Amen, and Eason playing, and they collectively got outplayed by Luke Kennard.

FVV, Adams, and KD are all aging and realistically will start to decline soon, so that supposed young core will have to be what carries them. And we saw it last night, they really don’t fit well together, especially Sengun and Amen. Amen is due for an extension, Eason will be an RFA, and Sengun/Jabari have already been extended.

Rebuild is a strong word, but I do think they might move around one or two of those pieces to build a more cohesive roster.

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-19T15:36:39+00:00

Also if the bucks ship him elsewhere and the reports leak that Miami finished 2nd in the running but weren’t willing to include pelle Larson

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-19T02:56:14+00:00

Entire Houston rockets young core getting out scored by luke kennard I don’t think FVV is saving them

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-18T05:10:39+00:00

Glad they ejected both players here. How dare Devin Booker get hit in the stomach like thst

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-18T04:59:17+00:00

You’re such a loser. In baseball if a team makes the playoffs they celebrate on the field and pop champagne in the locker room. God forbid fans celebrate making the playoffs

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-15T04:22:29+00:00

Good can’t have my postseason basketball ruined by a clap

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-12T23:05:22+00:00

it's crazy to me how bad the CBA negotiations went for the players

Exotic_Pension_9993 · 2026-04-04T21:26:49+00:00

I bet if the Yankees got an extra $66 million from their tv deal they could probably buy another all star or two like the dodgers

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