How Franz Wagner And The Orlando Magic Are Breaking The NBA!

[@moorehoops3490]

Are the Orlando Magic legit contenders?

[@ryenburns7054]

Yes, especially when Paulo returns. Franz is a rising star 🏀⭐️

[@glawtonmoore]

I started taking them seriously last season in the playoffs

[@tykemorris]

Yes. They will have home court advantage in the first round.

[@nono-qe2yq]

almost. They're so young. Paolo, Franz and Suggs will probably play together for the next 6 years

[@robthames5065]

They’re not there yet. I think they need a shot blocker. I hate the term “rim protector” because the guys I see described as such are never great shot blockers, just tall guys who get in the way, but I digress. The addition of a shot blocker who works the boards on both ends would take The Magic to the next level.

[@Goxilla]

It will be interesting to see if coach Mosley can implement Banchero again without Franz falling off. I'm also glad that the Magic didn't re-sign with the lethargic Fultz and the old guy J.Ingles

[@wildanmalik1819]

Nahh, we actually need some guys like kcp but unluckily he shot under his normal percent fultz and ingles are not really impacting but i wanna see guys like 7 years career type of player signed

[@wrenn3676]

i was always hopeful for fultz, pretty sure he hurt his shoulder again and has medically retired, just hasn't made it public. no reason for not a single nba team, g league, or overseas team to not try and sign him, just doesnt make any sense, his name has been out of any basketball related news since he last played last season

[@Goxilla]

@@wrenn3676 idk about his shoulder but what bothered me about him was his lethargic way of "walking" up and down the court. He never ran full speed and it appeared that he wasn't giving 100% at any time. I think he wasn't too bad but not what Orlando needed.

[@MatthewWilliams-tv6cy]

As a magic fan I feel like I'm watching a special team just continue to grow and hopefully they can keep them all together

[@RubyLahna-f6h]

Scary thing is AB has not come close to his potential..he has massive growth in his game ahead. And then Tristan da silva

[@nsusaint]

Kenny just had a baby, I think that might be an effect to his game, but his defense still has been elite. As a magic fan, I'm okay with that, he will get his offense right. Suggs has been amazing this year, I guess you are only looking at the box scores. He's amped up his game and it has lead to less %, but his defense is still amazing and he makes his shots when it really matters. Thank you for the content though

[@Blandalorian]

Absolutely perfect assessment, you know ball my friend.

[@nsusaint]

one point, as a magic diehard, can paolo and franz up their game even more together when paolo comes back? It took a couple of years for tatum and brown to figure out how to maximize their potential together. It worries me that franz takes a little bit of a backseat when paolo comes back.

[@halftime814]

Yeah when paolo and franz was on the court together before franz got sick he was putting up 24 a game with paolo there games compliment each other especially when one of them getting double team it's just pretty much pick your poison

[@ojasdesai9942]

They just need to talk it out. Paolo is a beast, the 1A but they can be a 1A and 1B together on the court no doubt as Anthony Parker intended to be. Magic are a sleeper team for the title next year 100%

[@CKay1987]

i know what you mean, well i am not a magic diehard, but supported their playoff-appeareance with vucevic and how much they fought that time. So i started with picking Franz to follow. However... i think there will be more injurys needed to help them stepping up and put their talents together. Furthermore Franz should be the primary ballhandler/playmaker as he is more intended to have an eye for his teammates(exspecially his brother). In that case Franz would be a bigger part of the game and not on the backseat.

[@CKay1987]

imho that team has so many nice and interesting players, which makes it tough to pick a favourite. Banchero was stepping up before injury. Suggs has insane defense and i dont care about his 3pt%, because his rising TS% over the last seasons is a better source than that current small samplesize. Besides those circumstances i really like those orlando germans, Franz and Moritz are the best brother combination in nba history with an allstar and a 6th man(and national team world champs ofc). Furthermore they got Tristan da Silva who seems to become a pretty nice backup for the stars, with Size, Defense, IQ and shooting. AB is an uprising special sort of a player with an asymmetrical style. Isaac has some injury problems, but his defensive energy makes me remember Big Ben (the Fro helps obviously). KCP is also a very nice piece and is doing everything needed. Also there are interesting shooters with Jett Howard, Cole Anthony and Gary Harris, who complete that tasty cake with its pretty pieces. Edit: And dont forget that pretty centers who make me feel really comfortable about rim protection.

[@kaospat4173]

That right leg right arm running Hook as well as Dunking it that way are already Franz specials.....I don't know any other player who does that in that frequency

[@Adizzle321]

Orlando has a talented, long, team that plays LOCKDOWN Defense. Gotta be a contender the way they play defense

[@taoforte8988]

The only thing breaking the NBA is their ratings