Jamal Murray is close

He’s perfect for Orlando I’ve never seen such a polarizing player and team game to game offensively.

Edit: Sometimes in the same fucking game lmao, Paolo carries, the team flounders

Paolo took those PB no J comments personally

What a fascinating player given all the criticism that he’s faced this year. His ceiling is the type that keeps on forcing you to believe in him. I really hope he finds a consistent jumper.

jamal murray had a 52 point game on 96% ts this season, and just shot 36% from the field against the wolves

Orlando is fun to watch because they’ll either lose by 30 or look like a finals contender and you never know which one you’ll get.

Could be Bam, don’t know if you are getting 10 points or 83

Embiid. Floor is injured ceiling is eliminates boston.

He’s simply a young player with all the tools give him 2-3 years and he will be such a beast

Russ maybe

Bam has to be up there.

Ceiling: scoring the most points since Wilt.

Then there are games where he scores 9 pts in 35 minutes and is basically invisible.

He’s so gifted but just doesn’t put it together consistently. Dude probably has the most ideal body for any sport, scoring talent, and is a solid rebounder or pass. His playstyle and inconsistency is just painful to watch but he’s definitely Orlando’s best player

Needs a point guard and a stretch big and he’d massively improve

Lamelo imo

Benn Mathurin. (Love and miss him)

Jalen Green.

Great scorers when they’re on. Top tier bucket talent. When it’s not falling though it gets gross.

That’s what happens when your shot diet is tough jumpers

He almost needs to have more shooting around him. I think that’s when he reaches his ceiling.

Orlando’s current roster put him closer to his floor.

Hypothetically, I really like him and I really like Franz. But I feel like Orlando’s ceiling involves one of those guys being moved for a player of similar value who can knock down three-pointers.

Embiid could either dominate game 7 and come back from 3-1, or never play ever again.

37 points 9 rebounds 6 ast 4-7 from 3 in 42 minutes like what more does r/nba want from Paolo his teammates consistently go missing I. The playoffs

He’s actually usually in between and much closer to the low end which is the problem.

I hope so, he’s very tall

Banchero has been carrying the Magic right now. To say his worst games can lose you, true, but a team with more reliable teammates can alleviate the pressure when its not his day.

I mean he’s been playing without a PG his entire career. His best PG’s has been Fultz and Cole Anthony.

Can’t believe nobody said Haliburton. Guy disappears for months, then goes on streaks where he looks like he’s top 5 in the league.

Gary Trent Jr

He definitely showed up as lebron today cause wtf

Ain’t no way you watched enough Orlando Magic games to think he’s at a Cam Thomas level.

To be fair, Paolo showed up when his teammates didn’t in Game 7.

Yah he’s so elite at being inconsistent. He probably does have the biggest gap. I personally wouldn’t build around a guy like him but the Magic are too deep into ts lmao.

What is going on

AD.

I wouldn’t say there’s no in between he has a lot of regular good games too that they lose but yea there’s a lot of variance with paolo he reminds me of the suns back court in regards to variance imo

He’s only like 6’10” ?¿?

He didn’t show it in our series, but Jalen Green. He’s a borderline all-star in his good games, but a huge liability when he’s not on.

If being injury prone counts Embiid

Probably current Curry, being mostly a perimeter shooter makes variance much higher. One game he can have 10 points, the next a 50 piece. It’s why guys like Giannis are so underrated, lower ceiling but higher floor, he’s going to give you 20+ every night because it’s hard to miss dunks

Yup. Too much variance in his game and not skilled or athletic enough to capitalize on his strengths.

I think Harden, Embiid, Jamal Murray, and LaMelo Ball are even better examples.

Not current but Lakers Russ might be the peak of this

Tall room merchant

honestly cam thomas on the magic might be something special

Michael Beasley walked so Paolo Banchero could run

Do you mean good games vs bad games? Inconsistency?

I need to see him with an actual competent coach though

Jalen Green is up there

Binary LeBron

The Variance Maximizer

Jalen Green is up there. Some nights he’s the guy you build a franchise around and then he goes 4-5 games being just a dude.

Jalen Green comes to mind

The thing with Paolo is he becomes exactly who you want him to be once the playoffs come around. But during the regular season there’s just too much variance game to game. There has to be a middle ground in there somewhere.

Ayton?

Paolo is Chris Webber Mk II.

It’s Jamal Murray

Couple of others that come to mind. Ja Morant, Jamal Murray, even Curry at this point in his career.

Mobley is in the same convo I’d say. Prone to just totally disappearing. Can also be DPOY and a solid three point shooter with an absolute post bag and a decent handle.

Giving him grace for the 1 or 2 games where his scoring doesn’t look horrendous is just a losing strategy, Segun had similar bad scoring limits but still had 1 good game but if you think that us ground for coping about their ceiling I would suggest you look elsewhere.

he absolutely needs a post up game, there’s clearly talent there but when he’s constantly 30 feet from the basket having to bull rush his way in every time it’s just so unnecessarily difficult

there’s a reason why every great forward had a solid post game, from giannis to dirk to tim duncan

Hero ball Paolo. Amazing game plan by pistons to let his age and ego dictate this game.

Jalen Green

To me Banchero is more suited to play an Aaron Gordon type role. Third option offensively. But huge contributor with athleticism in a role.

The correct answer is Paul George!

I’m not convinced his good games are indicative of his ceiling. He has no consistency and a lot of it is due to his spotty touch. Some games it’s magnet ball but most of the time it’s ugly.

I’d feel different if he had any semblance of consistency but rn he is just a chucker who can get hot occasionally.

I think Cunningham is capable of more. Banchero seems to be depressed often and maybe even defeatist, but other than those moments I think he’s putting out more than past optimistic estimates of his talent would have assumed 

Technically Lebron is - either 27/8/7 or 8 points on 30%.

I’d hope it would be Wemby. I’m only 6’ tall, but I’ve felt super claustrophobic when I’ve been in some basement apartments. At 7 ¹⁄₂ feet I feel like he could feel cramped in a lot of normal height ceiling spaces.

Paolo has zero bag always doing too much he should just line drive to the rim every time

Worst #1 option in the league

Jordan Poole?

PB ceiling is pretty low

watching rn, bro is ruining my bet