Whoah. Slow down. Let’s not go crazy with the hyperbole…

I don’t agree with that because I think Paolo has name value and there are a lot of front office people that will look past any of the negative statistic that indicate his lack of value

I mean even clearing that salary somehow and overpaying an FA might be a better course of action.

What does restructuring his game look like? You think paying 300 million dollars for a worse Aaron Gordon is better?

Paolo is a sinking ship you gotta get off that immediately

I mean it would save the owners about 100’milliom dollars

Plus addition by subtraction it just lets other guys cook

Like the bulls and you are like we will give you Paolo and you give us patrick Williams and a shit ton of seconds and maybe even pick 16 im pretty happy if I’m the Magic and the bulls

The bulls I get a big scoring reclamation project (bulls love reclamation projects) + my lottery pick

The magic I get off the Paolo contract (although I am stuck with the pwill contract) and I get pick 16 which can be used for an impact player (maybe an Allen graves or a Christian Anderson)

Over the last 3 years Franz is 21-11 without Paolo but the Magic are 7-9 without both of them which with Franz could be a lot. But I think they would end up being right around a 45 win team with or without Paolo so you might as well save some money and get an impact player

Wolves will take him. Randle/DDV for Paolo. Wolves need a 2nd option that’s on the same timeline as Ant/Jaden/Naz/Ayo/TJ/Beringer/Bones

Its not even that hard. Give him the ball on the move or in the block instead of letting him dribble for 12 seconds into a grenade or a turnover. Boom instantly a better player

So Franz trade it is then!

Yeah I don’t understand how Bane was worth 4 frp. Inflation is outrageous

I think based on name value you can get some desperate franchise to atleast take on that contract for Paolo and maybe even give you a decent haul to replenish your picks. But you have to do it this summer

Maxing franz was an easy yes. So no bad decision there. Maxing paolo is a little iffy but really given his playoff performances, you couldn’t not max him. The only way would’ve been if you made a huge trade but they love paolo in Orlando.

The bane trade is still up for judgement. I don’t really know if I agreed with what they gave up for bane.

Suggs is also a great player but can’t stay healthy.

Injuries and shooting woes have really taken their toll on Orlando. They should be better than they are.

The GM is a bigger problem than their coach for sure.

Doc Rivers would have been an improvement over Monty.

You know I don’t think it’s a terrible idea, but I assume they’ll gun for Borrego or Jenkins over Thibs

I think Bill Simmons kept bringing this up during the Giannis trade request drama before the deadline.

Bucks probably get better value elsewhere tho

There is no way Orlando would put Paulo in the bucket to get taken in an expansion. He would 100% be placed on the protected list.

Let’s say they did and he doesn’t get selected. The relationship between him and the Magic organization would be too far from repair.

That is true.

Okc , SAS and Detroit are middle or upper middle in the NBA and Orlando is bottom tier.

Yeah, the obvious checkmate to a Paolo team with shooters is to just stay home on the shooters, and happily concede Paolo ISOs.

Shooters don’t solve that Paolo’s drives are inefficient.

To take advantage of shooters, you need a primary option who can bend the defense and make them pay if they just guard him 1:1.

“No thanks, Magic”

He has essentially an 8m deal

Last two years are not guaranteed and next year is only 8m guaranteed, someone will 100% take him if u attach like a couple of 2nd rounders

Also useful for matching salary type contract

Jaden Ivey will

The republicans will ^(eventually)

have yall been down on herro this year? genuinely wondering cuz that seems like a worse trade for the heat

Sick with decay. Losing, and I mean countless years of wretched losing imparts a filth that will take Joseph Smith himself to fix. 

I guess my idea of suck is much worse. Orlando is 45-37 this season, I wouldn’t classify them as sucking. The east is just really competitive this year. Positions 5 to 10 are all separated by 1 or 2 games.

Beating LeBron in the 2009 playoffs to reach the Finals was definitely the peak of being a Magic fan but all the Dwight drama really soured the era in a few short years. The T-mac period was also fun but the disappointment of the lingering Grant Hill injury and the collapse against Detroit while up 3-1 in 2003 were formative lessons to only expect pain and suffering from the team in the end.

Tbh I think fans in the 90s seeing the greedy owners low-ball Shaq might have had the worst heartbreak of all

The one who would be really interesting to me is Suggs, but he also isnt one they want to trade.

If he can play off ball as much as possible while still being an amazing defender I think he would be a good fit at PG.

Poeltl, Scottie, Ingram, Suggs, Quickley would be pretty great. The only problem would be 3-point shooting.

They’re talented, but the roster isn’t built well. Not enough guys can shoot

I agree