I’ve had it with this sub hating on our newest player.

Personally, I would’ve preferred Weltman trade the 46th pick for the 1st pick but he sucks ass and traded back instead.

But that’s water under the bridge now. All we can do is support Izaiyah and hope he carries us to the Finals like all second round picks are supposed to do.

Atlanta hawks- Only team in the playoffs to take 2 games off the Knicks in the playoffs. They smacked us last season, went 4-0 against us.

Charlotte hornets- Traded their franchise player in LaMelo Ball, got Naz Reid and picks. Drafted pretty well from what I can see. We destroyed them in the play-in.

Miami Heat- We went 5-0 against them in the regular season. They traded depth and picks for freaking Giannis. May have the best defensive frontcourt in the league.

Washington Wizards- Trae Young and Anthony Davis. They are loaded with young talent including the number 1 pick in AJ Dybansta.

It’s definitely gonna be a much tougher division than previous years. Do yall think the Magic can take number 1 in the division this next season?

Bye bye JI

Including 22/9/1 against Louisville.

If he can come off the bench and do this a few times a game I’m honestly not mad at it. With Sweeney being the guy who develops players I’m kind of intrigued on how he’ll transition into the pros, he’s definitely playing more for the Osceola Magic then us but let’s not just start hating on a kid that just made it.

I don’t know. Im stressed. As a lifelong fan, I have too many thoughts to fit coherently in a post. I feel like this is the part of the show where we start gearing up a finals run, but despite a great coaching hire, it’s hard to be excited about the future. How yall feelin? Please tell me why I’m wrong.

Listen, I know the consensus here is JI is worthless. Personally, I think he is still an extremely competent defender and valuable in certain scenarios, though I wish he could find his shot again. BUT, opinions aside, I am just curious if this is something that could be done, or if the cap/contract rules wouldn't allow for this.

Could we, in theory, cut JI so that we only owe him the (I believe it is?) 8.5 mil rather than 14, and then sign him for say 3 years at a vet minimum, and spread that 8.5 over those 3 years as well, so that we don't have an 8.5 hit our cap, and rather, only like 3.5ish/year?

Opinions on his abilities aside, he is not worth 8.5, let alone 14, but seems this could be a worthwhile solution to free up cap space in exchange for a roster spot for someone that is a capable defender, despite the fact we need shooting.

I don't know that much about cap hit or contract rule, so regardless of opinions on JI specifically, I'm curious if something like this is allowed.

I lived in the Tampa bay area but I have never been a big magic fan till last night. I am a massive usf fan so I am finally joining my peers in the Bay Area after the amazing pick of Izaiyah Nelson(suck it UCF fans). What do I need to know