[Highlight] Paolo Banchero continues his magical 1st quarter, as he drives and makes the And-1 despite two Hornets defenders grabbing him (with replays).
The Magic are now up 17.
Paolo heard us talking lmao
Reading through salty Reddit comments > sniffing salts
sniffing salts
Seems to be all the rage rn lol
He will make redditors, who shit on him in the comments, sniff some stuff stronger than salts lol
He saw the Ben Simmons transformation meme
Sucks for magic fans that he can only do this every 3 games and not for a whole season
Don’t care fuck everybody
That’s right Support your team always my King
so happy for yall! play the song ive seen enough
lmao talk yo shit
It’s been a constant “shit on Paolo” for like a month now lol. This game must feel heaven for him and his fans.
I swear he has a great game right after a post about him is on the front page.
He has to feel good right now
The whole world has been dumping on him. If he plays well in the playoffs vs Detroit that will really breathe some life into the Magic organization. Things are really bleak.
Maybe this will be a cleanser for the team overall
This game isn’t over btw magic are notorious for starting super hot, they gotta carry it through a full game against one of the hottest teams in hoops.
An epic collapse would be super entertaining. Charlotte has the horsepower that’s for sure
We’ve just gotta stop these turnovers. They’re gonna be the better team in the paint we’ve gotta play possession ball accordingly
I think it starts on defense, need to chain stops together. Orlando is not a good offense, remind them of it. They get in their own head for long stretches and will miss everything in sight for like a whole quarter. When that happens, their defense looks meek too for what’s normally a stout defensive unit
That too, we’re just letting em have their way in the paint. Might be time to run some big ball here even tho that’s not usually our thing. Gotta be versatile.
Yeah it’s but Kalk and Diabate is iffy. Maybe it could work
Lamelo and horsepower is a dangerous combination!
Orlando is definitely not known for starting hot…
Game was over before it started.
Clearly man the whistle has shown that. I’d like to be able to accept my 25 point beating without the refs getting involved too
Don’t cry about the refs now. That’s weak as fuck lmao
It was over
lol
That said we do still have carry it through 2 more quarters and if you guys get hot who knows what could happen. After that first half though …… lol
Yea man it’s lookin rough. Props to yall I will admit I was one of the doubters. We have 0 answers in the paint. If things don’t change yall better spank the pistons I can’t stand them
Dude I was doubter too, I haven’t seen us play defense like this all season. I was at the game in Charlotte last month when you guys hit 1,000 3s on us and am still afraid it’ll happen again
LOLOLOLOLOL
Hornets not putting a pf on him really helps.
Its really just people on reddit that have been dumping on Paolo, normal people know hes a baller with some young consistency issues to work out
It was not just Reddit man lmao
Brother has been in the league for 4 years lmao. He’s gonna be 24 this year and starts his max extension deal soon
Correct, he’s still young and hasnt hit peak power yet
Sorry this week was my first week on this subreddit I thought Paolo was a bum and should be in the G League??
He got a max contract for a reason. The problem with Paolo is not that he never plays well, it’s that he doesn’t play well consistently and can’t produce like a star for a full year
He’s also not injury prone. You should never give up on potential star just because they’re inconsistent. If they turn out to not have the gifts (he’s definitely physically gifted), or are injury prone (Zion/Ja), sure, give up on them.
Don’t give up on Paolo.
The over reactions on this sub need to be studied
I mean isn’t this the same thing? Overreacting to a good quarter
We’re not overreacting to say he’s not dogshit the worst player in the league
He’s pretty bad for a player that is supposed to be the first option getting the max though. He has good games, but the inconsistency is the problem
Not on a max contract yet!
He is next season, so you better hope he gets better
Nobody’s ever said that. The criticism around Paolo has merit, you don’t need to pretend it’s all baseless slander
People have absolutely 10000% said that I promise you
Strawman
Most of the criticism isn’t calling him the worst player in the league
He’s just Big Dicking them. They can’t stop it.
Love this saying
Somehow this is actually his biggest problem from a team building perspective
He’ll always have a big game/good stretch to reel the fans and org back into believing in him.
So the magic we’ll never cut their losses and be stuck with him
its the lack of consistency in playstyle not stats tbh
He’s the worst volume jump shooter in the league. This is proven over long samples
But he still takes a lot of jumpers so sometimes they’ll go in a lot
Thats fair.
He’s 23. Jfc give the kid some time to develop. When Shai was 23 the thunder lost 50 games and missed the playoffs.
His jumper just isn’t good enough, and imo jump shots in nba are largely genetic/natural talent. Very rare for non shooters to pull a AG and become legit good from downtown. While is a good athlete, I wouldn’t consider him generational athlete in the same vein as MJ, Bron, Shaq, Giannis, Thompson twins, etc.
Also not good defender, could be better on boards, not a good off ball player
Like Zion, every now and then they remind you of their potential so it’s hard to move on after investing so much time
he’s a matchup bully
This hornets team is about as soft as you can get.
Yeah they have a ways to go but this is part of the growing pains process of a young emerging team
Magic have shown up. Had serious doubts after the 76ers game. This Magic team can make someone sweat next round if they can finish this off, but it’s a 4 quarter game.
Suck it haters
But Reddit said Charlotte are a legit good team and Paolo is bad and should be traded
Charlotte are like 29-10 in their last 39 games. They are a legit good team. Every team has bad quarters.
If I’m the Magic ngl I’d be more annoyed that this will fool the front office into sticking with Paolo and Mosley longer
Such a lame take. “I hope our team fails so we don’t keep players” wtf 🤣
>They are a legit good team
don’t look like it to me
paolo has been terrible, that wasn’t a wrong take
if he keeps this up all playoffs he might redeem his name but this rep has been earned
magic might as well run it back next year with the same roster and thibs
Paolo is still bad buddy don’t get it twisted
there’s a difference between “has been bad recently” and “bad player, trade him”. This nuance is beyond yall’s capacity apparently
He’s bad in the sense it will be extremely hard to build a contender around him when he’s earning the supermax. He’s not consistent enough of a player and when he’s not scoring he provides little else
he keeps showing up in the playoffs, he knows he’s not a good shooter and he will stop chuking whenever there are some stakes
He’s been unimpactful his entire career. This isn’t a new trend
unimpactful my ass, he showed up in the playoffs. Nobody else in that court is anywhere as close to good as he is
Has his showing up in the playoffs been impactful to his team?
Yo momma bad
We have years of data of Paolo being had but people always come out of the woodwork after he inevitably has a good game or stretch again
years of data like averaging 28 in the playoffs at 21 and 22?
They said Detroit should be worried lol reality is Detroit shouldn’t be worried about either of these teams
Paolo got wind of the Ben Simmons discourse and decided he wanted to live after all.
Bro just whips Goga after lol
Whenever he realize he weighs as much as he does and is as tall as he is, he’s so social
Like Ben Simmons lol
Bro almost always had a mismatch
Funniest possible outcome
Great, now the narrative can swing the complete other direction until Paolo plays next and we can do this again
“I heard ya’ll was talking shit”
Bro did whatever the fuck he wanted tonight.
Hornets don’t really have a great matchup for him
proof bullying works 😭
Grant Williams moment
That Paolo hate was always forced. No series win yet, but he gets better in April
Paolo Banaprilo
Granted I havent watched him since the Cs series last season but I thought I was going crazy thinking he was good lol
Paolo has finally realized that he is supposed to be the face of the franchise.
PByesJ today
Take a shot each time Gundy mentions physicality. Good luck.
my god how trash are the heat?
Get rid of the play in.
I never understood the hype around the hornets who went barely .500 lmfao
They started deep under .500. IIRC they finish the season 35-15 which was amazing
Thats why theres a full season. They still barely made the play ins, barely went .500, and got smoked
Yeah, I thought they would be this season’s Pacers of last year with Lamelo as Hali
Both started bad, then heats up to the end
Oh how can I be so wrong 🤣😂
Should’ve taken that three pointer though.
not bad for paolo “way worse than aaron gordon” banchero
He heard the haters talking
Paolo Banchero being good this game doesn’t change my mind. As a max guy and former #1 overall pick, with this much potential, you should be farther along. Beating the 9th seed doesn’t change that.
Refs refuse to let paolo go out that sad what are these whistles
Grant Williams hacked the shit out of him. You good?
They’re blind
Wagner just got a free and one, cains been flopping the whole game, kon got hacked no and 1, hornets been getting wild illegal screens all game. I can mention a time or two we got away with something too, refs just been bad overall and it’s disproportionately benefitting Orlando