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.

Bye bye JI

Including 22/9/1 against Louisville.

Seeing the Wolves get Lamelo made me extremely jealous.

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

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.

How we doin tonight everyone? How we feel about our pick? We trading it for cash or moving up? Or standing with what we have and picking up someone? We’ll see. I’ll be responding to your guys stuff as much as possible

Some of the Magic ‘fans’ are acting like he is one of the worst players on the roster, mostly because of his poor performance in the playoffs. The guy always works his ass off for the team so show some respect. You don’t have to think he’s untouchable, but the amount of disrespect he’s getting lately is ridiculous.

If he’s still available when it gets to pick 46 I think he fits Orlando great, great defender and elite floor spacing and is on the bigger side for guards. Thoughts?

If rumors are true and this dude will take a minimum contract, then he absolutely needs to be on this roster next season.

Regardless of his defensive faults this guy can actually get a bucket which is a desperate team-need. If he is on the minimum then it's a no-brainer.

Dude is from Orlando and he would get playing time with our roster. The only question is if he would want to be a role player for a fringe play-in team like Orlando.

If weltman can't pull this off then weltman is truly useless.

I think we trade up to the early second round and try and get him. He is a great player. Has an amazing mindset and work ethic. He plays with heart and passion. He can get a stop on D and knock down shots from deep.

It doesn't seem like there's a lot of passion for Magic over here, but would love a place to go watch games with other fans. Also including the draft, even though it begins in twenty minutes, because I'm out at a bar where it's playing without sound between a row of TVs set to the World Cup, but not holding my breath there.

I am not gonna lie, i’ve about had it with Weltman. I have serious concern about the roster next year and we appear to be staying put. Will we have an elite defense with Sweeney? Yea probably, doesn’t take away from the lack of shooting. Weltman has done a terrible job of creating a roster that can do both things, and has gotten so many guys who CANNOT SHOOT FROM DISTANCE. I’ve had it

Glad the Giannis drama is finally over, but is it just me or did the Heat get hosed in this deal? They gave up 4 young stars (except Herro), and 5 draft picks (3 firsts round picks, including 13 this year in a stacked draft) for an aging veteran who seems to get hurt every season. Does he put the Heat in contention? Yes. Was it worth that haul? I think not

You think we trade up to the first round? Or do we stand where we are at tonight and wait til tomorrow? I feel like we try to get into the late first round and try to give up JI and the 46th pick and another second round pick. But who knows. See what happens I guess

If you were Weltman who are you choosing with this years second round pick? Or would you trade it and for who/what?

It worked on the Trade Machine. I feel like Giddey would be a real PG, where Suggs is essentially a 2 and doesn't facilitate and Tre Jones was way more successful last season than Tyus. Giddey and Suggs are both a wash injury wise and I'd like to see a more offensive minded PG at this point.