30 pts, 9 ast, 6 reb, 2 blk vs Sydney today. Also, his teammate on Melbourne United is "Uncle" Jingles

Prayers up for Suggs

Do I need to turn myself into the Magic fan police for thinking that Franz doesn't get 13 4th quarter shots tonight with Paolo on the floor?

It is considered a hate crime against Paolo for thinking Franz isn't being used optimally when they're sharing the floor?

I need to know so I can alert my lawyer. Thanks.

Hey guys!

I feel like we should try to get an organic watch party going between now and maybe the new year at some time. Nothing spectacular.

We all chat, pick a game, pick a spot, and show up. No sponsors, no big deal just one day with plenty of advance to get enough people to jump on board.

I’m a lifelong ORL resident and am fine with anywhere. Downtown is kinda bogus and the city really killed the scene down there.

I haven’t been to Tom’s, I usually just go to an alehouse, which honestly would t be a bad idea because we could just invade their high top section and it’s easy to stay standing and roam around to talk and hang out

I live in Debary now and the Seminole Towne Center one is perfect, I’m also open to Altamonte Mall or even the ones down by the attractions.

It doesn’t even have to be at an alehouse, just an idea.

I’d LOVE to get a bunch of people to hop on board and make this a super casual, good time to just shoot the shit and watch the Magic to get out there and forget about our jobs for a few hours, haha.

Yes, no? Ideas? Thoughts? Go F*ck myself? All are valid options.

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First of the season!

Wooooo, great win.

Pulling for you Jalen, looked bad but hope for the best.

Frazier couldn’t resist praising Carter’s taste in women.

So we all saw the non contact injury that happened to Suggs. My assumption is, it won’t be an ACL tear. But I believe that it most likely will be a hyperextended knee. My only thing is that it could be a mild or grade 2 hyperextension. Mild is 2-4 weeks. Grade 2 is a partial tear which would mean 4-8 weeks. My hope is that it will only be mild. But this is a huge blow to our defense. Rough Start but got the W tonight vs NY!!!! PLAY THE SONG!!!!!!

To me I believe he could be starting a breakout year and could finish the year averaging around 18-19PPG and could have a career shooting year too. I’ve never seen him start a season this phenomenally. I don’t know we’ll see how he plays tonight but I genuinely think this version of Dell is lethal.

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“Are the Orlando Magic slower than league average in getting their players back from injury?” ~ Dr. Brian Sutterer MD

Plus minus isn’t every thing but damn man -22 in 17 minutes when everyone else was positive

Jase Richardson has struggled so far

KPJ, Cam Thomas, Gabe Vincent, DLo, Cam Payne, Vince Williams, John Konchar, Bruce Brown Jr and Ochai Agbaji are some players available for Orlando to sign with 15th spot.

I would make AB the starter and sign KPJ to run the 2nd unit even though his character issues ngl.

UCF just beat #2 BYU its time for a little Magic against the Knicks

In all seriousness I like this team. A whole lot of doom and gloom and the Magic certainly haven’t earned much else but. I like this team.

Paolo wasn’t the problem and I’m sad to see him sit out for 4-6 weeks (allegedly) but Bane and Franz need a wake up call and this might be it.

Bane going 1-9 and Franz being -17 is unacceptable and fortunately out of character for both.

Hoping AB is back he’ll spark some offense but will also be rusty so chill on him for at least a game or two.

I do see the vision under Sween and the Pelicans just dropped a 21 point lead against the nuggets under Mosley (ha)

Faster offense into passing to get open looks. Very simple concept meeting a tough reality. But it’s there the team just need to get used to it. Some dam good looks the last two games.

I think TDS starts tmr which might generate some early offense but definitely be a negative on defense. TDS is the better version of Jett (Bum)

And at the end of the day if Paolo comes back to a .400 team in late November we can push for a nice top 6 finish. The pacers started 0-5 and went to the finals, different everything but to hate before we even got going is just nonsense.

Sucks Paolo will miss another All Star chance. He’ll definitely earn it this year even if he doesn’t qualify.

Penda also comes back around mid - late Nov. I think early December is when we really get the ball rolling. This is a a really tough start to a season under a new coach and system. November is much kinder to us. I want to see at least a 2-4 (Celtics included) going into Nov.

Magic 112-106 Knicks
Magic 89-116 Raptors
Magic 115 -109 Raptors
Magic 122- 120 Celtics

Listen, guys, I’m one of those guys too. I can be THAT BAD. But we gotta chill.

Sure, we have massively underperformed to start the year after riding in on a season after a horrible collapse in the first round.

YES, we lost the trust and expectation of the talking heads last season and are now tumbling through the void where ESPN and the big sportscasters are saying “Magic who?”

I know that the body language looks bad and P5 got hurt immediately. I know Franz seems checked out, we lost Penda in the eve of a breakout year, we still have no reliable PG or C anymore.

It’s. Going. To. Be. Okay.

I think when 20 games comes and goes the magic will be hovering around 10-10. Maybe a few north of that maybe a couple south of that. Yes, we have higher expectations and of course we want to break out.

But a new head coach and a new system is supposed to take a while to click, especially when the team came from a coach who didn’t seem to build anything in terms of sets or schemes to begin with.

Breathe. We’re gonna catch a groove. Have faith, because we’re Magic fans we have no choice but to be patient.

We’re all here because we love this team. I know we’re sick of patience.

But LFG. If this was 2016-2017 every one of you would kill to fast forward to this moment.

GO MAGIC.

Kevin,

O-Town Beat

Foreword:

Players must have participated in at least 50% of that week’s games to be included in future polls.

Rankings will be based on the eye test and gut feel, with an objective statistic included for comparison.

I initially wanted to use PER, but realised it would take more effort than I was willing to put in, so I’ve opted for PIE (Player Impact Estimate) from NBA.com instead.

What is PIE?

PIE is a single number calculated from a player’s positive and negative box-score stats, including points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, missed shots and turnovers.

I think it’s a good contrast to the eye test. It gives us an objective point of comparison, while also highlighting the limitations of box-score stats — if a player impacts the game in ways that don’t show up statistically, PIE won’t capture that.

PIE interpretation

Below 5: Low statistical contribution
5–9.9: Below average
10–12.9: Average to good
13–14.9: Very good
15–17.9: Great
18–20: Outstanding
20+: Elite, MVP-level statistical production

These are rough guidelines rather than official NBA classifications.

The Results:

Fan Voted Power Poll Rankings + PIE

🥇 Paolo Banchero — 2.2 avg | 18.2 PIE
🥈 Franz Wagner — 2.7 avg | 9.1 PIE
🥉 Wendell Carter Jr. — 4.4 avg | 18.8 PIE
4. Desmond Bane — 4.8 avg | -0.4 PIE
5. Tristan Da Silva — 4.9 avg | 3.8 PIE
6. Goga Bitadze — 6.8 avg | 12.8 PIE
7. Jalen Suggs — 7.8 avg | 7.4 PIE
8. Jase Richardson — 8.1 avg | 8.7 PIE
9. Jamal Cain — 9.1 avg | -10.9 PIE
10. Nikola Vucevic — 9.2 avg | 2.9 PIE
11. Anthony Black — 9.3 avg | 0 PIE
12. Jevon Carter — 10.7 avg | 3.4 PIE
13. Noah Penda — 11.3 avg | 0 PIE
14. Izaiyah Nelson — 13.3 avg | 0 PIE
15. Jonathan Isaac — 13.4 avg | 0 PIE

Key Takeaways

1. Desmond Bane ranked fourth despite a negative PIE. An interesting contrast between how fans view his contributions and what his box-score production suggests.

2. Franz Wagner ranked second by voters, but his PIE is only around the average benchmark.

3. Paolo Banchero ranked first by voters and second in PIE, making this one of the strongest agreements between the eye test and the numbers.

4. Wendell Carter Jr. ranked fourth by voters but has the highest PIE on the team. Are we underrating his overall impact?

5. Jalen Suggs finished below the 10% average benchmark, lining up with his mid-to-low ranking. The question is whether his defensive impact is being captured.

6. Tristan Da Silva ranked fifth by voters despite a low PIE. An interesting case where voters may be rewarding contributions that don't translate into strong box-score production.

7. Jase Richardson finished with PIE slightly below average, but has been a solid contributor in his first few sophomore year games.

Did Sweeney go nuts? Did something happen? Are the magic not posting it on purpose?? Have I had too much coffee this morning?... probably.

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