Hongbit

I’m not saying there’s no chance but it’s very, very slim they win on Friday. The reason is that despite Orlando being a tough matchup, JB refuses to make any changes or adjustments in order to maximize their chances to win. He’s taken the foolish approach of playing their game and focusing just on themselves thinking that’s good enough to win. There’s very little adjustment for their opponent. The same rotations, the same sets, same defensive assignments. There are buttons he can press to counter what the Magic is doing but he’s such a bad coach in game that he’s incapable of doing anything different.

Our perimeter defense has become Swiss cheese in crunch time. All of their shots are uncontested.

I hate this team and coaching staff so much. So frustrating

How many times is Ausar going to make an amazing defensive play and immediately turn it right back over with a careless pass.

Daniss misses ridiculous uncontested threes

Someone else is going to have to step up and make a few shots in the 2nd. They are going to start doubling him every time down. Daniss needs to be more like Toby and stop taking 3’s entirely.

Dunc is going to hit his shots tonight so Huerter wasn’t going to be needed anyway.

The easiest solution is for Cade to play like a 1st team all-nba guy. Pistons would probably be going for the clinch tonight had that happened more this series.

How about something crazier… Why not fire Todd and bring in Sergei to be the coach. Use his pull to become a potential landing spot for Russian players. Michkov would probably thrive under him. Also use Sergei’s contacts to bring a few players straight from the KHL and use in a similar roster building fashion as a higher tier college free agent. Fans would be on board. It would be a big shakeup that Stevie needs without having to carve up the entire roster.

I was talking about the EV piece. The rest of the world has stayed on that path as a future technology. We have moved almost completely off it for 100% political reasons.

Those countries don’t have a corrupt government that has been bought off by the Oil & Gas Industry.

Im sorry but it’s impossible to separate politics from the investing thread anymore since that’s cause for all economic movement at the moment.

The Phillies just fired Rob Thomson. Donnie “Baseball except when it’s the World Series” Mattingly has been promoted as interim manager. John Middleton definitely has the money to convince Hinch to leave the Tigers.

JB’s career playoff record as a higher seed is now 6-10.

You don’t need to read an article to see how much Ayo Dosunmu could’ve helped this team. Turn on the Wolves/Nuggets series. They got him for a bunch of seconds and roster fodder. He was easily available to the Pistons had they wanted.

I hope that he was gambling on his team last year so that he could share with the many of us that lost money on his ****ty play at Cincinnati.

I also have to give a shout out to @Deleterious and @Betrayer. For the last year, they have both repeatedly talked about this exact scenario of the Duren offensive model not working in the playoffs. Here we are and it’s come to fruition almost exactly as they predicted. Amazing that Trajan and any of 35 VP’s that are employed by the club couldn’t figure out.

The Magic FO deserves credit. They made a trade that was universally panned. 4 unprotected firsts for Desmond Bane. They got exactly what they wanted and needed from him. He wasn’t the 2nd option down the stretch. He was the guy. Making huge shots and also providing a little attitude that they needed in this series. Their roster only played 19 games together and we are seeing first had what they are capable of at full strength. One GM rolled the dice with a huge move and the other did nothing for fear of “upsetting the culture of the room”. The results are showing.

The only guy that didn’t miss a wide open 3 was Javonte. He never saw the floor again.

Right now the biggest problem with this team is everything.

Many of them wide open

The fit is ideal. The cost is not.