The Magic Have Been VERY Disappointing
The Orlando Magic have been playing bad basketball as of late and were supposed to be a dark horse in the NBA but instead are a play in team. Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner haven’t taken a step, Jalen Suggs has been injured, Desmond Bane hasn’t been worth four firsts, and Jamahl Mosley has been under fire. The Eastern Conference is still wide open but things are looking bad for this team.
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0:00 – Intro
0:41 – The Magic are skidding
1:48 – Injuries and bad defense
3:24 – Jamahl Mosley should be fired
4:39 – But Paolo Banchero has to be better
5:43 – They can’t shoot
6:30 – There are some positives
7:30 – But it’s not a team I trust
8:40 – And upgrading is gonna be hard
11:22 – The rest of the NBA
14:21 – Outro
27 Comments
They should get thibbs, also they overplayed for bane they could have got the and another cheaper 3 point shooter and been better
Mosley one of worst coaches in the league. They just play a terrible brand of hoops
Thank you for covering this, it feels like no one is taking about this!
That Bane trade was just foolish. This should be warning to teams like the Pistons. Don't just make a change because you can. It has to make sense…
Raps video please
Magic fan here, it’s just coaching that’s literally it. We have depth, we have went up by 10+ with injuries. Paolo is a dream player for a coach(NO EGO, PLAYING TO THE COACHES PLAN) although fire the coach is a typical excuse, this is the time to move on from Coach Mo.
Plenty of teams move on and grow. Ex: bickerstaff being replaced with Kenny Atkinson on the Cavs( and bickerstaff is now pistons head coach, who is having success) Brad Steven’s-> ime udoka. Also can we stop expecting shooters to be hot when they aren’t getting a ton of shots off to begin with. It’s impractical to expect guys to only get 3-4 shots off a game and be elite shooters
They can't be disappointing when you knew from the beginning they were overrated
Magic have to move Jonathan Isaac because of salary and luxury tax. That’s the only trade. Other that that they do not need to trade for pieces.
So now I can be rusting my buckets and coning at the same time?!
#removeThe3PointLine
#itRuinsBasketball
Cavs have been playing way better as of recently, you should def make a video about them within the next few games
should've kept Mac mcclung
I'm coning my bucket
They need to add shooting before the deadline at least 2
Oblique injuries not calf injuries
I disagree. They’re about as good as one should have reasonably expected them to be. I don’t see how people thought the addition of Des Bane (even without considering who they lost) would propel them into contention. I always thought it’d be a marginal improvement, and it was.
damn rusty cone podcast? that's a dream come true
The Orlando magic aren’t there yet but they need more
Paolo Banch playoff stats
2023-24 27ppg 8.6reb 4ast 45%fg 40%3pt
2024-25 29ppg 8.4 reb 4.2ast 44%fg 41%3pt
Other than Paolo coming back from injury. Paolo is not the problem. They need a new coach to level up & some shooting around him. This is the Pistons/Cade issue all over again.
Magic is not dissapointing, Banchero is…
Love the quick ads just straight to the point wasted no time
Banchero ain't perfect, but he hasn't been given a chance to fit into/lead an actual OFFENSE. Even if the owner sat Moseley down and told him "Get an offensive coordinator or you're fired", Moseley would spend one practice watching his team run around and passing the ball, roll his eyes, and go "I'm not here to play pinball, guys, dribble the ball and then put it in the basket."
He's an oversimplifier. Is simplicity sometimes good (mainly when easing young guys into the league)? Sure. And sometimes you need to complicate things, to adapt to the league and make your team a dynamic winner. Moseley isn't interested in that. He's here to run a bootcamp.
I feel like any time I’ve tuned into a magic game the past few seasons there’s always been at least one of Paulo, Franz or Suggs out. They can never stay on the court as a core group
Its very depressing being a magic fan
The offense is entirely dependent on getting stops/out in transition. In the half court, its drive and kick on repeat, ugly as hell, predictable. WCJ entrenched as the starter when healthy, yet routinely outplayed by Goga when Goga starts in his absence. Praying we make a move for Nurkic, who brings legitimate rebounding presence and whose skillset is great for generating points in the half court, our biggest weakness. Never see offensive sets generating post touches for Paolo, unacceptable when data points to how effective he is at creating points posting up.
Rough times here in Orlando 🙃