SIDEWAYS: Orlando Magic Trade Deadline Standoff—Jeff Weltman REFLECTS on Team’s Future
The Orlando Magic silenced their critics for one night, crushing the Brooklyn Nets behind Jalen Suggs’ first career triple-double. It was a much-needed performance and victory for a team trying to find its way.
Despite all the frustration this season, the Magic opted to stand mostly pat at the trade deadline, making no substantial moves to add to the rotation.
President of basketball operations Jeff Weltman shared his frustration is similar to the fans. But ultimately he decided the team needed to see itself healthy before being willing to make major changes. The kind of changes that would get the team out of this malaise.
Orlando still has a lot of work to do to finish its season strong and get back on track.
00:00 Magic’s Quiet Trade Deadline Frustration
07:32 Magic Hesitant to Restructure Core
12:36 Magic Finds Hope Amid Struggles
17:23 Magic Strive for Basics Reset
22:07 Magic Defense Crowds Brooklyn Shooters
28:18 Magic’s Next 12 Games Forecast
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23 Comments
Weltman and Co think they play at a grandmaster level but in reality they’re sub 700 elo. Weltman repeats the same excuses ad-nauseam, injury excuses, and possibly the dumbest explanation I’ve heard on how our offense suffers when our defense is poor. He overpaid for Desmond, and now we are capped with middling team and a coach who doesn’t understand basic fundamentals and tactics. This franchise is just a disappointment in every facet.
Apathy is kicking in for many fans, because this GM and Coach are incapable of building and running a modern team. We’ve been bottom of the league in offense since 2012, it’s sickening 😊
2nd unit scored 33 points, 14 came from Moritz (in 12 minutes). Moe is doing fine.
The rest of the bench was not so great, again. At this point Isaac is just cosplaying as an NBA player.
Problems not the core Phil it’s the supporting cast. Even against the crappy nets most of our bench couldn’t do 💩. Shows how bad Jeff is in negotiations to think we need to trade our core players to get a good role player. Mind you the picks we had to give up to get off contracts that he gave in free agency lol. Trades will continue to be a disaster as long as Jeffrey is picking up the phone. I liked the Bane trade but gave up too much.
FIRE WELTMAN
FIRE MOSLEY
Keep doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result, insanity
Upgrade Wendell with a Defense scoring center changes this whole team..
everyone in these comments are the same people that were begging to snag tyus jones 2 years ago 😂 yall stock shelves at cvs and think you know more about the nba than everyone that works in the nba shits wild
I'm happy with the trade deadline being nothing more than losing Tyus Jones for salary cap. You don't do anything drastic due to injuries. We don't know this team yet while healthy.
Nobody should be happy about this win
Weltman could have gotten something for Tyus instead of having to give something up for a team to take him. Bad look that the hornets gm flipped tyus easily.
I did appreciate Weltmans perspective and improved openness in the presser. I'll stop calling for his head but things need to change up and down this organization.
This organization dont have wisdom at all!! And if you are frustrated with the direction of the team the Gm has the responsibility to corrected and to change it and to make trades for the benefit of the organization and fans, and he did not do anything and got paid by doing nothing, no wonder Orlando will never win a Chip, with people like him in the front office.
Lost season. Trade Wendell fire Mosley and hopefully Paolo gets his conditioning and burst back. Suggs only player consistently makes extra pass
There was nothing to do at the deadline besides shed money goga and Isaac. Bottom line is Wendell ain’t it
The HeartBeat Kid 4 Life
Hey Phil, Could you please explain how you can get someone from the buyout market and stay under the tax line with only 1.4 space? I dont get it… thnx
To b honest I don't think it's the players injuries and coaching wts killing us…. but the defense down cause kcp and Gary Harris gone we wanted offense so if course the defense wasn't going to b the same the problem is the coach knows nothing about offense
Feels like Tyus trade freed up Richardson to play with personally
Im just happy we didnt trade Isaac he has helped our energy a ton these past 4 games except the okc game
Weltman sticking his fingers in his ears again is ridiculous 😑
Goga didn’t look to happy on the bench
Im sorry but a blowout win vs the lousy nets does nothing for me a team that declares championship aspirations should be handling teams like this
Weltman isn’t responsible for our offensive woes. He has drafted well outside of Jett and the Desmond pick up is literally saving our season. Coach Mose has to go. People gunning for Weltman is misguided. I understand he is the axe man to fire coach but that’s more of less his only big misstep. Injuries are a legit problem. No GM has contingency plan for the multi year streak of injuries we have suffered.