Orlando are about to let another good player go through bad management

the magic are tanking and raking in as many first round picks for the coveted 2025 draft class.

smart move.

 

He's been a low IQ and low effort guy for his entire career, with remarkable inconsistency. I don't know if a 16 game stretch is enough to wipe all that away.

 

That's true but he's still 22, never had a chance to play big minutes...the enviroment in Orlando is also trash, put him in a better team and he would do probably better just because of that.

 

Very hypocritical to now start blaming the new Orlando managment.

Where were you OP when Mario was fighting with his coach? When he didn't even try a little bit in defence? When he coudn't even run a fast break?

He has been a big BUST and it's his 3rd year.
It wasn't any FO or coach that made him lazy, stubborn and low IQ player.

 

hope he signs with the rockets for vet minimum next year...but morey wont give him that player option

 

Get paid young foreign get paid

 

what chances wasn't he given?
Flourishing? Countless role players and marginal players have had periods where they were hot.

If he can STAY in the league for 2 more years that would be good for him. If he can carve up a carreer as a role player that's great.
HOWEVER blaming Orlando for not giving him chances that's quite hypocritical.
You can blame them for drafting him that high but they did give him playing time, they gave him chances and it was he himself who wasted them.

He has been paid millions and taking chances that arent available for others with nothing to show for it for his team and to have also the gall to blame them on top of that.

As for calling someone a bust, some things like work ethic, bball iq , personality are quite clear from the very first year.

 

I like this guy.......


cause he fouled Harden on a 3 pointer and got him exactly to 60 points

 

Magic are the saddest franchise in the league. Even the Nets have rebuild plan. Orlando just trading away everyone since their Dwightmare ended.

 

1) He might be good someday but hasn't been anywhere near good so far.

2) He does have some talent but not enough to offset his poor decisions and poor effort.

3) It is true that the Magic org sucks, but given the first 2 points above I can't put all the blame on them.

 

I agree with you on some points here, but tbf it's also true that the Magic right now are super trash, their best player on the court might be Simmons, putting up decent/good numbers in such an enviroment isn't necessarily something amazing.

 

I don't expect him to be a superstar. If he is a roleplayer with a 10+ carreer as you predict that will be major success.
But you cannot blame Orlando for opting out of his contract as you keep repeating.

He was given plenty of opportunities. He has been a major dissapointment. It was not just underperforming. His attitude, creating problems with his coaches, his work ethic..
He would get paid 5 million next year and already has been paid 11 million. And only NOW that he realised that he will be out of the league started showing some signs.

So if you want to put the blame on anyone for this situation focus it on Mario instead of Magic's FO.