<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Orlando has declined the fourth-year option on Mario Hezonja, fifth overall pick in 2015 Draft, league sources told ESPN.</p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="">October 31, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> I've always liked the guy. He can really shoot it and can be aggressive attacking the hoop. What do y'all think about trying to sign him?
It wouldn’t hurt to take a flyer on him. How would he get minutes tho? Him cracking Mike’s 8-9 man rotation would be a miracle. He would provide some athleticism which we lack, and shooting is suppossed to be his best attribute although he’s been out here building houses with all his bricks. He should be developed into a microwave scorer off the bench.
just saying...everyone looks good on highlights. In reality he is very inconsistent on offense and he is a huge liability on the defensive end. Sorry for being mean but he has proven himself a bust.
The consensus amongst Magic fans is that he's not an NBA level bench player. I'll pass. I'd rather have Kostas Papanikolaou.
Someone is going to trade a First Round pick for him, just like Morey did for The Kraken, aka T-Will.
If we don't have a system that runs plays and develop young players ( like Adelman) did with Landry, Brooks, Lowery...., then chances are he won't pan out on here either. Teams like Spurs can probably turn him around if he is coachable.
I can't believe Fournier turned into a very good starter when he was basically the same as Hezonja when he came into the league. Then you think of others like Marco Belinelli and other guys who are just specialists at one thing but Hezonja is a bust? I 100% believe due to his European mind set, he never wanted to be in Orlando and hasn't been happy. Put him in a big city that's contending and watch him play motivated and excited. It's basically what he's been used to. You go live and play in a beautiful city like Barcelona while contending year in and year out and then go to a city like Orlando and lose every game while sitting on the bench. Dude has balls. I like balls. I'd take him in a heartbeat in a MDA offense. Nothing wrong with getting a young SF either with Ariza slowing down more and more every season and Tucker and Luc not far behind in age. He's 22 years old.
Hezonja and Fornier were not even remotely similar in terms of play style, so I can see why the draft results would seem shocking if you thought they were similar players from the onset.
