Magic fan since the good old Shaq & Penny days! Rooting for the Magic from Germany! 💙
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Franz was broken after Game 7 (watch the documentary), then he plays an All Star season after Paolo gets hurt and is the only reason the Magic are even in the playoffs. And people want to get rid of him right after a solid game 1 away against the champs? Find another team please!
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No, his defense isn't good enough. Thanks for the call Nico... .
REPORT: The Mavericks “approached at least one other team” about trading away Luka Doncic, but that other team declined, per @sam_amick
What on earth is going on 👀
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It feels like when you break up with your girlfriend and her new boyfriend calls her by the same pet name you used. Yes, it was you who broke up with her and it was the right thing to do, but it still hurts and you'll always think about what could have become of the two of you 💔
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Moe Wagner gives interesting insight in his rehabilitation process and his feelings about free agency on the latest episode of his podcast. Here are my main takeaways. 🧵
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Ngl, Paolo and Franz as the 2nd and 5th option for the frontcourt in the All-Star voting for the East is pretty cool!
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Jeff Teague: "They [the Magic] got nobody guarding Trae".
AB: "Hold my beer..."
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The Orlando Magic Are Now Starting To Be Seen As A Real Threat To Win The East
“That’s my favorite team, we better than the Knicks, Hawks, Pistons…Paolo gonna be Top 3 In MVP” - @520Hen
🎥: @club520podcast
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NBA.com’s top 10 players in the East:
1. Giannis Antetokounmpo
2. Jalen Brunson
3. Donovan Mitchell
4. Paolo Banchero
5. Cade Cunningham
6. Joel Embiid
7. Evan Mobley
8. Jaylen Brown
9. Karl-Anthony Towns
10. Trae Young
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If Paolo will be out 6 weeks, this means he will miss 21 games. Bye bye MVP5, bye bye All-NBA Team! 😢
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Franz is being criticized for his performances and I hear the argument that he he's got paid (not yet). This means he's gotta score 25+ points right away? Here are his stats without the two flu games:
21.2* PTS
5.8* REB
4.3* AST
1.7* STL
50*/40*/81 shooting splits
*carrer highs
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Imagine if the Magic had drafted him instead of Franz, as some Magic fans would have liked 🙈.
The Portland Trail Blazers have signed guard James Bouknight to an Exhibit-10 contract, team says. Bouknight was the 11th overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft. He spent three seasons with the Charlotte Hornets and averaged 4.8 points in 79 games played.
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A strategic partnership has now been announced between the Orlando Magic and Deutsche Telekom. This includes the support of 3x3 tournaments, new courts and giveaways like trips to Orlando and meet & greets.
#GerMagic is becoming real! 😍🇩🇪💙🤍
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Sorry, you've given yourself away. This fanbase will never be 100% ecstatic. We could sign prime MJ to a veteran min contract and people would be complaining that he takes the ball to much out of Paolo's hands lol.
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Fun fact: In Germany Lakers vs. Magic will be televised nationally (not as special as in the U.S.) and for free (that's remarkable!) tonight!
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Just in case anyone thought Jett, AB and da Silva only looked good because the Cavaliers have such a bad Summer League team.
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Ever since Dirk came to the NBA, I've dreamed of the Magic signing a German player. Then they signed Moe and drafted Franz, and I thought my dreams had come true. But I never in my wildest dreams expected Franz to develop like this. I'll always be grateful to the basketball gods!
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Decision day is here! Will the Magic accept or decline the team options of Moe Wagner and Caleb Houstan?
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I didn't realize until now that Jalen Suggs has already missed one more game than Franz Wagner. 😳So now we have to talk about the fact that our THREE best players have missed a significant number of games due to serious injuries. Not to mention our best scorer off the bench 😥
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- like in recent years, Moe will prepare for the season privately for 2 months in California
- the pod was recorded on the day of the draft. But he's talking about free agency as if it was clear to him that the team option would be declined
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Moe Wagner will cover the Eurobasket as an expert for the German streaming service Magenta Sport. 👀
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Franz didn't have it last night. KCP and Jalen stepping in was huge! But I'm so overly confident rn that Franz could've turned it up if he needed to.
But hey, the Magic are no one man show, no two way punch, but a very good basketball team, which makes it even more exciting!
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- Moe really appreciates the situation in Orlando and the opportunity to play with his brother.
- He values this aspect very high and would be willing to leave some money on the table to stay in Orlando
- but this goes only to a certain extent. The gap shouldn't be too big
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Snubbed!
#NBA2KSummerLeague First Team
GG Jackson II, Grizzlies
Jordan Miller, Clippers
Scotty Pippen Jr., Grizzlies
Reed Sheppard, Rockets
Kel’el Ware, Heat
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4 months younger I believed the Magic would have home court advantage in the first round of the Playoffs.
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- his knee is doing well and his doctor in NY is pretty happy about it
-he's now allowed to start with on court stuff
- from a medical standpoint, his knee should be ready by the start of training camp. It's more about the mental aspect
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I really hope Weltman is busy right now in order to create the conditions to re-sign Moe. Don't waste time or maybe he'll be gone 🙁
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I know people will tell I'm coping but I was pleased with Franz performance in game one. Yeah, I would've wished he hit 2 more threes and had 2 TOs less. But it was his first PO game after game 7 against the champs without help other than Paolo. He handled that pretty well imo.
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All the Franz haters and doubters in the back, I can't hear y'all! You know what? Stay in that side! We over here, we're celebrating!
Franz Wagner in his last six games:
28 pts, 8 reb, 6 ast
27 pts, 5 reb, 6 ast
23 pts, 4 reb, 7 ast
32 pts, 8 reb, 5 ast, 3 stl
29 pts, 3 reb, 6 ast
31 pts, 11 reb, 6 ast
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Franz has not only collected medals with the national team over the years, but also several epic pics! 👀🖤❤️💛 nitter.app/Timgeist13/status/1947…
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One of the greatest pictures in basketball history! Looking forward to the game tonight! #makeitmagic
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I can only imagine how excited and motivated Paolo & Franz, as well as the whole team are this offseason. The Magic have done literally everything to put them in position to succed. They gave them their own look, high quality player upgrades and much needed upgrades in the staff.
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I wish everyone here understood German and would listen to this. I think they would have a completely different impression of Franz. He breathes, thinks and lives basketball. No doubt about his attitude and that he will lead the Magic to success.
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Please @OrlandoMagic, sign a player to one of our 2-way contracts, extend Jalen Suggs' contract or release the City Edition jerseys! Only politics and football on my TL is frustrating...
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I'm not usually political here, and I hope Kevin is okay with me commenting. It's hard to understand why US society is so skeptical of public health insurance. In such a wealthy country, no one should have to rely on donations when they have to undergo serious surgery imo.
🚨IMPORTANT PLEASE RT🚨
Many of you already know, but our brother @kevin_tucker_ is preparing to have major open heart surgery in the next few weeks & will be out of work for a good while. I’d like to ask anyone in our amazing community to help support him & his family if you are able to.
gofund.me/85c94fed
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I honestly haven't read it, but anyone who gets the idea to criticize Franz for his efficiency dropping towards the end of games, should be reminded of this stat. He's working his tail off on both ends of the floor. He could barely speak at the half-time interview the other day.
Best Defensive Rating So Far In The 2024-25 NBA Regular Season (Min. 5 Games Played & 30.0 MPG) :
1. Dillon Brooks — 99.8
2. Franz Wagner — 101.8
2. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander — 101.8
4. Jalen Suggs — 102.7
5. Jalen Williams — 103.2
6. Donovan Mitchell — 104.3
7. Evan Mobley — 105.7
8. Rudy Gobert — 106.2
9. Victor Wembanyama — 107.1
10. Fred VanVleet — 107.2
Does Dillon Brooks Have A Chance At Being On One Of The All-Defensive Teams This Season?
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Our top scorers got injured in exactly the same order as their points per game. Unbelievable! 🤯 And watch out, Goga 👀
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Finally! 💪
NBA Players of the Week for Week 4.
West: De'Aaron Fox (@SacramentoKings)
East: Franz Wagner (@OrlandoMagic)
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Tough loss against France today without 3/4 of the German frontcourt and unfortunately without Franz. Wemby is a monster. Fournier is a cunt. Da Silva made all the right plays, as I expect from his brother in the NBA. All players signed autographs, Franz signed my jersey.
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You see the fundamentals 😍 Thank you Ronda! 🙏🏽
Paolo Banchero going off back in 7th grade! Last season with the Magic he averaged 22.6 PPG, 6.9 RPG and 5.4 APG 👀 @Pp_doesit
🎥: @MSHTVOfficial
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At the start of the season, I wanted Franz and Moe to have their first names on the back of their jerseys, just like in the German national team. Today my wife gave me a Franz jersey for my birthday. I love it, and her of course! ❤️🤍💙
@franzboogie @OrlandoMagic #magictogether
I was hoping he and Moe would do the Franz and Moritz thing with the Magic as well. Nevertheless it's a dope jersey! 🔥🔥🔥
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Franz started the night 0-5 from the field and then was like "Rough start... So what? This is what I do!" 😤
Franz Wagner in the win against the Washington Wizards:
31 points
8 assists
7 rebounds
He is the first Magic player with 3 consecutive games of 30 points since 2011.
#MagicTogether
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✅️ #1 draft pick '22
✅️ ROTY '23
✅️ All-Star '24
✅️ 3 x Super Bowl Champion
✅️ 3 x Super Bowl MVP
This man is a phenomenon!
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Franz Wagner
On court: +6.2
Off court: -7.6
Per cleaning the glass, with +13.8 he's got the 3rd best differential of all players mentioned here.
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Others got the Bosnian Beast, we got the Georgian Bun!
No disrespect, Son Goga's gonna kill it at Eurobasket as well as for the Magic next season! 💪🇬🇪💙🤍
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Perhaps the most annoying thing about being an overseas Magic fan is that you're excited all day on game day. You go to bed with the excitement, only to wake up the next day excited, even though the game is actually over. Until you finally find time to watch the game... .
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Not all Magic fans will like it, but obviously I'm very happy about it! 💙🤍🇩🇪
#GerMagic
Breaking news: Franz wants to play Eurobasket this summer! 👀
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Nobody would have put Franz in this conversation before the tournament. He's still underrated, even though he's done it before. Hopefully he carries that aggressiveness over to the next NBA season, then people will finally wake up.
Not gonna lie, we are still thinking of this dunk by Franz Wagner 🥶🇩🇪
Is this the dunk of the tournament? 🤔 #Paris2024
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I'm already looking forward to the montage of this scene and then the best scenes of the Playoffs in which Franz holds up the Larry O'Brien Trophy at the end. 💙🤍
#makeitmagic
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Some good ideas, but please stop the WW2 nonsense! It isn't even funny, just the darkest chapter in the history of both Italy and Germany. So please have some respect for the victims of this cruel time.
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It can't be overstated what those 50 points mean not only for the public perception of Paolo, but the entire Orlando Magic franchise. It was also important that he was the first player to accomplish that this season. Thank God he hit one of those last two free throws.🙏🏽
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As frustrating as the current state of the Magic is, there is also something positive:
- Paolo and Franz are clearly our cornerstones around which we need to build. The supporting cast needs to be adapted. It would be much more difficult the other way around.
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Sometimes I forget that Caleb just turned 22.
🔮Paolo Banchero Last 20 Games:
🪄29.4 ppg
🪄7.4 rpg
🪄4.5 apg
🪄1.0 spg
🪄48.3% from field
🪄35.4% from three
🪄35.3 mpg
🔮Caleb Houstan Last 8 Games:
🪄8.0 ppg
🪄1.5 rpg
🪄1.0 spg
🪄1.0 apg
🪄61.1% from field
🪄62.5% from three
🪄17.3 mpg
🪄+28
🔮2022 Draft Balling RN
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Please stop discrediting Moe Wagner by comparing him to Thanasis. Limiting him to the role of "keeping Franz happy" is not fair. Yes, he has weaknesses defensively, but he had a positive impact in many games and has been a major factor in the 6 game winning streak. Respect Moe!
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I often read here that Dennis Schröder is a lockerroom cancer or that he's belittled as journey man. But when you hear how Franz talks about him here and Moe in his last podcast, in which Dennis was a guest (recommandation), the opposite is the case. Put some respect on his name!
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Franz Wagner: "I would love to be that leader that Dennis is" - FIBA EuroBasket 2025 | FIBA Basketball share.google/KKJNPhwo3m9SvaK…
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Tip-off tonight is past midnight in Germany, so it's my birthday. Please @OrlandoMagic, win this game. I wish for nothing else! 🙏🏽💙🤍
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Prime Eddie House wouldn't be in the starting five of our garbage team and only get a few minutes in the rotation. So who cares?
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I would have loved to see a better scoring output by Franz and Paolo. But the confidence boost for the supporting cast after last night's win could be even more impactful. F & P5 will get theirs, even against the Cs, but if the role players stand up things could get interesting.
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I almost forgot that the Magic were already wearing the jerseys with the stars at the end of Penny's time in Orlando.
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I've been wondering for a few days now when the first people will get the idea that Franz is no longer needed either. Don't get me wrong, Paolo is playing fantastically and I'm happy about that, but people are obsessed with individual stats. In the long term we need both!
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One maybe weird thing I like about AB and Franz is that both got stable and strong legs. Not from an aesthetic stand point, but that kind of skinny legs like Mo Bamba's or JI's make me scared of injuries.
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Dear Magic fans in attendance tonight. Some complained about the comments during the play-in game, that it got quiet in the 3rd. I heard people say that the Magic didn't play well in that period. Please be the loudest right then, because that's when the players need you the most.
Playoffs basketball is back in Orlando!
Crucial game 3 tonight at the KIA Center as the Magic try to get back into the series with a win tonight at home.
We need all Magic fans to show up and make it a hostile environment tonight!!!#EverybodyIn
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Happy birthday @franzboogie! I hope you give yourself a present today with a convincing opening win in the Eurobasket against Montenegro. 💪🇩🇪🏀
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People can tell me all about the things that play into on/off numbers. But no one will convince me that he's not the most impactful player on our roster. And no, it's not about Franz vs. Paolo. It's just about appreciation for what he brings every night on both ends of the floor.
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When you hear Paolo talk like that at his age, it becomes clear why
Zoom calls were enough for Weltman to select him with the number one pick.
I think this a cool glance into the mind of Paolo Banchero after his experience at the FIBA World Cup last summer, speaking on his perspective, external pressures & how he handles it.
"I was pretty upset – not with anyone else, but myself. We couldn't get the job done." #Magic
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Little reminder: our FO signed Caleb as a 2nd round pick for 4 years! This means we'll have him under contract for 2 more season for $2mil per year! Genius! 🤯
Caleb Houstan poured in a career-high 25 points tonight in the win over the Hawks. #MagicTogether
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Well deserved @franzboogie!
All-Second Team of #Paris2024 Men's #Basketball
🔸 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Canada 🇨🇦
🔸 Bogdan Bogdanovic, Serbia 🇷🇸
🔸 Franz Wagner, Germany 🇩🇪
🔸 Guerschon Yabusele, France 🇫🇷
🔸 Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greece 🇬🇷
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Always discussions with Rockets fans and that they have the better young core. But when you bring up the record, the argument is that the West is better. And as a reminder, they invested in experienced players and a successful coach in the offseason. The Magic signed Joe Ingles.
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We all know the pics of opposing fans in their teams jersey surrounded by home fans. Can't believe @DBane0625 did that in game 7 of the Finals with merch of his new team that didn't even play 🤭 Fan favorite already! 💙🤍
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