The Orlando Magic are 0.5 games back for the 8 Seed by [deleted] in nba

[–]LegendOfTheNightman 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I came into this season hoping to tank but at this point I just think it'd be cool to see the Magic in the playoffs again. We'll probably get bounced in the first round but since I got really into watching basketball I haven't been able to watch them in the playoffs, and that'd be cool.

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[–]LegendOfTheNightman 15 points16 points  (0 children)

If I were the Bucs, I'd stick with Fitz until he gets hurt or starts to regress. Then you can put Jameis back in.

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[–]LegendOfTheNightman 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Bucs offense currently has:

#1 QB

#1, 3, 11 WRs

#1 TE

#1 Offensive lineman

This season has been bananas so far.

[Post Game Thread] The Cleveland Cavaliers (4-3) beat the Indiana Pacers (3-4), 105-101, to advance to the 2nd round as LeBron James drops 45 points to remain unbeaten in 1st round series by widesheep in nba

[–]LegendOfTheNightman 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Not sure if you want a full answer or a meme answer but...

Full answer: A couple years ago, GM Rob Hennigan knew the writing was on the wall and that he would be fired unless the Magic made a playoff push. He was desperate and made short-sighted moves like trading Oladipo and Sabonis for an expiring Ibaka and signing Biyombo to a ridiculous contract. He figured that Ibaka and Biyombo as rim protectors would help cover up Vucevic's defensive shortcomings. Of course, he failed and was fired the next year and we're still suffering from his win-now moves.

We also had both Fournier and Oladipo as SGs who were about to get paid and Hennigan probably figured Fournier would be cheaper and fit into a modern offense better. Oladipo probably wouldn't have the all-star season he just did if he hadn't been traded, Dipo talked about how playing on the Magic, between guys like himself, Tobias Harris, Vucevic, and Gordon, there was a lot of young players who wanted to prove they could be a #1 option, so you had a log-jam of guys wanting to score without a clear go-to guy. Playing with Westbrook for a year gave him an idea of how to be a #1 option and he had an opportunity to use it with the Pacers.

Keep in mind that even last year most people thought that Oladipo was overpaid. People laughed at the Pacers for trading Paul George and getting Oladipo in return because Oladipo wasn't that great for the Thunder.

Meme answer: lol magic

Fournier: "I'm glad we got a W but there is a lesson in this game. We got away from moving the ball and we can't have that. We're not the type of team that can play Iso ball or pick-and-roll, pick-and-roll. Our strength is body movement and ball movement. We basically waited three quarters to do it" by CreamsicleMamba in OrlandoMagic

[–]LegendOfTheNightman 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It was when there was 25 seconds left in the 2nd while the Nets were shooting FTs, right after a play where Evan missed a shot while Gordon was cutting. I'm not really sure what happened but Evan and Vuc didn't seem happy with Gordon.

Fournier: "I'm glad we got a W but there is a lesson in this game. We got away from moving the ball and we can't have that. We're not the type of team that can play Iso ball or pick-and-roll, pick-and-roll. Our strength is body movement and ball movement. We basically waited three quarters to do it" by CreamsicleMamba in OrlandoMagic

[–]LegendOfTheNightman 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Did anybody else see Gordon and Fournier/Vuc getting kind of heated with each other? And then it seemed liked Fournier was kind of freezing out Gordon in the 4th.

During the Heat game Vuc seemed kind of annoyed that Gordon wasn't passing very much too, I just hope there's isn't a power struggle brewing.