Paolo Banchero in the win: 23/9/4 on 8⁄15 FG
https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401869193
23 points
9 rebounds
4 assists
1 steal
8⁄15 FG, 2⁄4 3PT, 5⁄7 FT
Props to him for not chucking and letting Franz and Bane cook
Carried the team while they were struggling, and once they finally got comfortable and found their footing, he let them do their thing.
TEAM ball at its best.
I was at the game and I gotta say, the way Banchero plays looks really smooth in person. Wonder if he’s gonna end up being a huge playoff riser
He seems to be one so far in his career. Which is why it’s so baffling that he just sucks for large stretches
It’s been a good formula for us. Paolo cooks and gets the attention of the defense and usually Bane is the one who ices the game. Now that Franz is back, we have options.
Brunson did exactly this yesterday. He razed the Hawks for 19 points in the first quarter & then let everyone else find their rhythm.
He was bringing the ball up too would chill let Franz post up and pass to him
See this is what people wanted just some brain
Our starting 5, like the real has i think less than 30 games played team is way better than record shows
He looked like a young Lebron tbh, controlling the game, reading the defense, I was impressed.
Yeah. I think his potential in more in line with what Scottie barns is honestly. Not a bron Giannis type finisher
Yeah I think he should get more credit for this, when the other guys got going he really deferred. When, at other times, it seemed his mentality was more “okay, it’s my turn next time down the court.”
I thought he was a low IQ chucker
Haters silent per usual. Sad sub.
This sub has the weirdest hate boner for him lol. Makes no sense.
Most uncontroversial player ever and just gets constantly shit on
It’s so weird too. This post won’t be as upvoted as his next bad game. He’s had two good games in a row, but people will attribute it to variance.
lol
I also find the hate he gets is crazy for a 23 year old coming off 2 bad injuries for a basketball player. The lack of nuance is wild
People here routinely celebrate bad performances and it’s weird; I don’t think any other sports subs do this. There was a “stat line” thread (i.e. a hate thread) with 8k upvotes the other day about Zaccharie Risacher even though he only played for 2 minutes! It’s kind of to be expected given how insanely negative NBA discourse is but it’s still unfortunate and annoying to have to interact with
People on here are extremely reactionary, keep changing their mind about things everyday. I don’t really follow Magic basketball but these nba subs made it seem like Paolo was a bust or something lol
Are people not also overreacting to this game too lol
I guess a lot of Italians pissed that he backed out of playing for their national team
They really want us to trade him. That’s gonna be a pass for us hater nation.
He’s a magnet for a specific type of person who only watches stats because he’s both an inefficient high volume shooter and a highly effective and willing passer. The advanced stats don’t know how to reconcile this so he breaks people’s brains.
I mean he really looks like shit sometimes when he’s feeling himself too much.
People always do this with Paolo for some reason. There’s never a middle ground
Lol and you don’t know about Nbatalk, the other day some were saying he was closer to Risaccher than to the other 1st pick of the last years (like Cade, Wemby or Ant)
Because a lot of people don’t actually watch games & only look at numbers so they shit on his inefficiency
There was a moment before the season started where people were saying they’d take him over Wembanyama…he gets hated on because he was insanely overrated.
No he was never overrated.
zero jalen duren posts thus far when i was assured that he was a better player than paolo no less than 10 days ago
This sub is a hater sub 99% of the time.
In the playoffs particularly
I’m silent cus I’m writing my apology form to Paolo
There has been a pretty big shift in the culture these last few years where it’s only fun to hate. Plus these sub has a pretty big west coast bias
First time in my life im hearing the term west coast bias
Watch this guy get his groove back when they change coach or he changes teams lol he probably lost joy this season
Maybe coach. Great chemistry with the players but generally lots of injuries no Rhythm. P is here to stay.
PLAYOFF. RISER. Congrats on your first road playoff win P5.
PB5 is wildly inconsistent in the regular season but has always elevated his game in the postseason the last 2 seasons, and he’s off to another solid start this year.
He’s kind of like Carmelo but opposite
Melo was solid in the playoffs
Happy to see him finally get it.
ITS QUIET AS FUCK IN HERE WHERE THE POALO HATERS AT
But but true shooting percentage
Honestly I think this shows that it is mental with him.
When he is looking confident, moving with purpose and with rhythm he just looks so good.
When he looks hesitant it’s a disaster.
he hates the coach
really?
yeah even prior to the losing streak the magic had in march there were reports that there was friction between paolo and mosely
I hate your owners. Love the squad though hoping they can overcome poor ownership and meh coaching.
He’s not a point forward. The Magic had a ton of injuries and tried to make him one.
Even with health he is forced into that role. Bane and Suggs are not primary handlers. Franz can be in spurts. AB is worse than all 4.
The big issue with this team is that we don’t have a natural lead playmaker and it is compounded by Moseley’s total lack of offensive game plan.
Even tonight it was ugly but the shots that needed to fall did. There is not a worse coach and star combo in the league than Mose and Paolo.
Yeah reminds me a bit of AG though obviously PB is a lot better. Still if you watched both our games look at the amount of sets where the C’s ran back screens to get one of The J’s in the post vs a guard against the amount of times the Magic do.
And PB is a lot bigger than either of the J’s idk I don’t get it.
Isn’t that effectively what they did with Aaron Gordon too?
2 games ago, he was PB no J.
Now r/NBA is dickeatin
r/NBA is a goldfish
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Hornets are playing incredibly well and fans are having fun Comment riding the high acting like hornets are contenders ”Haha no the hornets suck and will get blown out in the play-in stop having fun and enjoying your first promising season in 70 years” Gets downvoted Why is this place so toxic?
Hornets are playing incredibly well and fans are having fun
Comment riding the high acting like hornets are contenders
”Haha no the hornets suck and will get blown out in the play-in stop having fun and enjoying your first promising season in 70 years”
Gets downvoted
Why is this place so toxic?
Pretending like he didn’t stand in the corner for the entire 4th quarter
He didnt get the ball and Franz was cooking why force it to him?
The rest of the starting 5 were cooking and Paolo wasn’t involved in any actions Until very late in the 4th
Can’t ever win with you dickheads. He shoots a lot so he’s an inefficient chucker, but when he makes good passing plays to get the ball moving around and letting guys cook he’s just the guy standing in the corner.
Pure, raw, unfiltered small market player hating. Thunder fans understand what you’re going through. I have a certain affinity for teams like you guys and the Grizzlies and I’m always rooting for you guys and your Greek moving company sponsors.
Lmao good passing plays. He went half the last quarter without touching the ball until a last second heave for 3 off a blocked shot
Piston fans were legit asking about matchups in their team sub for the next round lmfaooo
Haters on suicide watch.
His game is perfectly suited for playoff ball.
He raises his game and I feel like he’s only going to get better as the series goes on.
Y’all gonna look dumb as fuck doubting this man
He was fucking wonderful man. This Paolo pops up often enough to think he can work through whatever mental block he has that throttles his regular season decision making
Paolo demise was greatly exaggerated.
I think folks forget the magic starting 5 were rarely healthy together this year. This a tough 8 seed draw for Detroit. Detirot is built on being the more physical team and punking their opponents you not punking a physical orl team that’s their dna
Also we were 1 game off the 5th seed, it someone fake “the 5th seed who missed half their team for a large chunk of the season” we would be taken a lot more seriously
APOLOGIZE
Well well well Who would’ve though Paolo would be in the conversation for most improved playoff player
this game actually brought his career playoff ppg down lol
Talk your shit Paolo!
He played well, solid effort
Mf heard the ben simmons comp and locked back tf in 😭 this the paolo i know 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
r/nba 9⁄11
He is way better than this season shows.
physicality was on display
Never doubted my Duke guy. Paolo gonna shut the haters up
He kept it simple which is when he is at his best was playing more within the flow of the game
apologize the paolo, he’s the real deal!
I’m sorry Playoff P
He’s been switched on since that Charlotte game. Hell of a look after that initial play in game
PB and J
Someone pls make a Franz post
Good for him. He pisses me off with how bad he can be but this is why I struggle to give up on guys like him.
Even during his rough stretch, I was here calling him Baby Chris Webber
If Paolo can just be close to Cade in terms of production, Wagner and Bane are much better scoring options than Detriot has. I think this one is gonna go long.
we locked down this demon
The sub told me he was a fraud though.
He’s like a worse Jimmy Butler lol
Plays great in the playoffs but is so up and down in the regular season that you’ll be a low seed
Jimmy was an all nba level player in the regular season. The only difference between playoff Jimmy and regular season Jimmy is that the volume caught up with what the advanced stats always painted – a top 7~ player
Paolo was playing like an All NBA player last season
He’s 100 times the player Jimmy is. Just a down season for him and the team overall. He’s a G
You’re underrating Jimmy big time here and I don’t like his playstyle at all
Lmao what a horrendous take
The original take was horrendous. Love Jimmy but Paolo cieling is much higher. Doesn’t get his flowers over here but gets dumped on when he has a bad stretch. This team has had the worst injury luck in the last 3 seasons.
Worse? Lol