jason bellamy

@JoeA_NFL These tiers are terrible.

I tiered QBs based on who I'd want to start a franchise with RIGHT NOW. Contract value, age, & opportunity cost are all factors. E.g., Drake Maye is the most valuable QB. Josh Allen might even be a little better, but Maye is YOUNG & CHEAP. And probably better. Explanations👇

@BGWhitefield You say the pistons were hell-bent on not becoming the magic. I’m saying the magic looked like the better team until arguably their best player got hurt. So what were the pistons trying to avoid?

@jmbellam Probably so, what are you getting at?

The Pistons front office never thought they were good enough to make a run at a title or that this was the year to try. They were hell bent on not becoming the Orlando Magic. And it will pay off.

@MattyyRight @OrlandoTragic_ And while I appreciate Paolo trying to take on a leadership role with his press conference at the end of the season, it falls flat when you don’t take any accountability. You can’t say all that when you were the biggest culprit of not always playing to the best of your ability.

@MattyyRight @OrlandoTragic_ Yes! I’m a magic fan til I die, but I won’t blindly crown Paolo just because. My biggest criticism of him this season has nothing to do with stats, it was effort and leadership. He looked disinterested at times. You can’t have that from your “star” player.

"You build habits. You build an environment where losing isn't acceptable. Losing in the first round isn't acceptable. It's not good enough. It shouldn't be comfortable in the building. It should be everybody on their p's and q's feeling pressure to be great. This result isn't good enough. That's the mindset that needs to be there top to bottom."

@OrlandoTragic_ The problem with your logic is that if franz was healthy we would have won in 5. Paolo had two great scoring games…and we lost them both. So he was not the reason it went to 7. And he was fine (except for game 6) in the playoffs but he was downright lazy at times this season.

@jmbellam You mean the player that is the only reason the series went to 7?

@ScottBarrettDFB You are the king of cherry picking stats haha. Tet had zero target competition on his team. Lamb had to deal with the WR #5. And I’m sure Tet’s yardage wouldn’t keep up past the small sample size of 3 games.

Tetairoa McMillan is already one of the best WRs in football The problem is his QB is awful Bryce Young cleared 207 passing yards only three times all of last year But Tet averaged 105.0 YPG in those games For perspective, Dallas hit that mark in 15 of 17 games last year, with CeeDee Lamb averaging 80.3 YPG in those games

@ZKantzFF @AFootballFriend @pfref Prior to last year I was out on Lawrence. And I’m a jags fan. But you gotta watch the games. BTJ had many costly drops early in the season and looked legitimately scared to go across the field. Then they got meyers and used Washington more because those guys made tough catches.

@AFootballFriend @pfref I get that, it's one game though. I find it difficult to believe that an entire organization suddenly abandons hope for a player because of one game. Perhaps there were instances that led up to it. I don't know.

Brian Thomas Jr. being drafted as the WR8 going into the 2025 season was a mistake because we conflated his season-long 2024 production, which came under two different quarterbacks. BTJ played in nine full games with Trevor Lawrence in 2024. He was the WR21 in PPG while Lawrence was healthy, earning three top-12 finishes while finishing outside the top 24 in the remaining six games. BTJ finished as a WR1 in just 33% of his starts with Lawrence. Enter Mac Jones. With Jones, through eight games, the story was volume. BTJ's targets jumped from an average of six with Lawrence to 10 with Jones, and he was the WR7 over that span, as opposed to the WR21 with Lawrence. Jones was force-feeding BTJ during the final five games of the 2024 season. These five weeks were largely responsible for BTJ's 2025 ADP. When watching Jones, it isn't difficult to discern that he is a more aggressive passer than Lawrence. Jones will attempt to fit throws into tighter zones and release the ball early, even if the DB is draped over his intended target. This isn't to say BTJ wasn't an efficient receiver with T-Law. BTJ averaged 2.39 Y/RR with Lawrence. He just wasn't getting enough volume to be a consistent fantasy contributor. With Jones, that mark was similar at 2.49. THE BOTTOM LINE: BTJ wasn't receiving volume with Lawrence. It was a huge oversight. We should have controlled for it. What we couldn't predict was his drastic role change in 2025. BTJ's ADOT rose from a sweet spot of 11.9 in 2024 to an unsustainable 14.7 in 2025, promptly turning him into Jacksonville's sacrificial X receiver. It's not necessarily that BTJ is bad now; it's that full-time receivers cannot sustain efficiency with that kind of target depth. BTJ needs to be traded to a team that will give him sustained volume and a sustained role to have any relevancy. If he is already considered a bust, it isn't necessarily through any fault of his own.

@RayGQue Ewww. You’re willing to move a guy that far up just based on draft capital?

Jadarian Price should/will be 1.02 by August

@OMagicHQ My immediate thoughts are black is a worse version of Suggs.

Thoughts?

@WeltGawd Why?? Paolo played like ass most of the year. I get Mosley had to go, but Paolo also should get a lot of blame for this season.

Who does Paolo Banchero want as the next Head Coach? That's who the Orlando Magic should want.

@SleeperOrlando @SleeperNuggets @SleeperBucksNBA Ewww absolutely not

Who says no to this 3 team trade proposal? 🤔⬇️

@whynotflorida @JCowleyHoops @BentleyBucs That’s the attitude you want in your star player? Lame.

@jmbellam @JCowleyHoops @BentleyBucs Cause he wanted Mose gone.. I bet he won’t play like that next season

Was told by a very good source that Orlando's locker room was a mess and Mosley had no control. He wasn't going to survive even if Magic got past Detroit. There's a major Banchero problem. Donovan would walk into a very talented but dysfunctional circus.

@whynotflorida @JCowleyHoops @BentleyBucs 🤣🤣 you clearly didn’t watch many games this season. Banchero looked down right lazy at times.

@JCowleyHoops @BentleyBucs A “banchero problem” ? Lmao the problem was the coach being trash not the star player giving his all

@OMagicHQ Thank god. I would have been so pissed if they thought about running this back, so I’m glad they’re being proactive.

That was quick.

@jbchoknows Giving up a late ‘27 first for this haul is easy. You’ll be able to get at least one or two first back just by tiering off of one or two of these guys.

@jbchoknows Well if this is on a competing team then it’s a no-brainer

🚨 MASSIVE TRADE OFFER ON THE TABLE!! 🚨 12-tm PPR Dynasty w/ TEP Which side you got? Bonus points if you tell me why. Let’s hear it! 🤝

@MarioSnchez92 That’s also why the tyus jones experiment failed. They just used him as a spot up shooter.

@jmbellam All even when they are playing at 1am in my country. Just somebody has a different opinion, that's all, no need to be rude

Do not trade Anthony Black under any circunstance. He is the player who can save this project. I am still believe in his potential and the scoring flashes this year were just something nobody expected it, so the ceiling could be even higher

@MarioSnchez92 Damn alright that’s dedication haha. My issue with black is he can’t create his own shot. If this season has taught me anything it’s that this team needs more creators so you can’t focus on Paolo and franz all game