[Official] Paolo Banchero as a ORL Magic thread

Offense looks good. His +/- numbers are still weirdly not that great, e.g. compared to Franz Wagner.

 

He is the future of the NBA

 

Paolo was always the REAL unicorn.

 

He takes the tougher shots, sometimes dumb and loses a lot of dribbles, easily stripped .... but he is a well built tank that can bully you like Giannis and Mini Shaq.

Reminds me of what Zion should have been......ironically Bball IQ growing.

 

Paolo looks good man.

 

This is what a modern big man with a shot diet that extends past 10 feet looks like.

 

So far the top 3 of the 22 draft are playing oddly in line with my expectations in terms of strengths and weaknesses.

Banchero is a really polished and excellent offensive player, but doesn't look franchise carry good and his 3 ball has been inconsistent.

Holmgren is easily the most valuable player of the 3...and he's also already missed a full season due to injury.

Jabari's offense is lagging behind the others, but he's showing himself to be a very valuable 3 and d frontcourt player.

 

He was supposed to go to the rockets.

 

Paolo's improvement in 3pt shooting takes him to another level. Everything else is aligned with expectations.

 

He does not have the quickness but I think there are ways to counter that as well.

 

This is what Jabari needs to be doing. Scoring off the dribble. You can't be a franchise player waiting for set shots.

 

East is this weak that they have room for Bam, Banchero and Randle?!

 

Another reason Paolo needs a version of FVV......

 

Franz Wagner elimination game 1-15. CF told me he was the star of the team.

Meanwhile, Paolo dropped 38 points and 16 rebounds.

 

if firestone didn't go on a lunch date with ranchero, magic gm wouldn't have gotten jelly and drafted him at 1.

 

LOL, when did they tell you that? In 2022/23, they were near equal. All this season, Paolo has clearly been better. Wagner must become a dangerous 3-point shooter to be a star. If Paolo does that, he might become a top-5 player.

 

I'm still fine with him going #1. We have the better big in Sengun and Smith is a better fit next to him.