Can’t finish while being contested and doesn’t get his call, so jogs back down the floor at 2mph hour while complaining, allowing the Jazz to get an easy transition basket.
This is our leader?
You want to pick one play and say that’s “his season” and conveniently ignore the fact that he almost got 2 triple doubles in a row? He’s not perfect but you haters treat him like Ben Simmons.
You can find five of those plays for everyone in the nba.
Is he in a slump? Absolutely. But I’ve seen this guy at his best. He’ll work it out.
Moped quite a lot
Imo he’s still not 100% from the groin. He’ll be fine
23, 9 & 9 (with 2 blocks) in a Win…
Not sure if his issues are physical, psychological, or some combination of the two — but it’s pretty clear at this point that he has regressed from a couple of years ago. He is now basically the third-best player on the team behind Wagner and Bane.
And when I say physical, no, I’m not referring to the groin injury specifically, which may still be affecting his play a little bit. PB’s issues, whatever they are, were apparent even before he sustained the groin injury.
Coach should’ve benched him. He’s our leader and he’s just jagging back and complaining, letting his man get an open bucket. Unacceptable
My middle school basketball coach used to say “yall movin like pond water and pond water don’t move!”
i love paolo but you’re right i’ve seen this for 20 games now. pseudo-attempt at opposing his will on the offensive end, lose the ball, miss a heavily contested layup, doesn’t get a 50/50 foul call. then jog back to the other end. he travelled twice yesterday too. i wonder what other nba players think about him right now. it’s not pretty. his numbers don’t tell the full story. maybe i became too accustomed to how he used to go out and control games single-handedly for us because he just fades into the background of games really often this year and then somehow has a near triple double statline at the end of the game, i guess that’s a good thing? but he’s our alpha #1 superstar. that’s not really what i’m hoping for. i love paolo he’s changed our franchise and could be the best player to ever play for orlando but this year has been hard to explain/watch/enjoy. and it’s not about being a fake fan or whatever this thread takes his critique as. there’s loads of people out there saying he’s outright not good & comparing him to josh smith lol, i’ll never subscribe to that. but he’s not playing as well.
He’ll never reach his potential unfortunately.
this issue is we do not Run Proper PNR with Paolo enough, with him as the roller or the handler to get easy buckets, look at the spacing in this video, wendell should have come and set a screen off rip forcing banes man to have to help paint defense, Mose refuses to run Bane, Paolo, Wendel PnR into the ground and is why we have stalled offensive set’s so much.
Get Paolo in High PnR and give him some running room the def has to collapse every time and some one should be open or cutting not camped at the 3
Y’all never talked this way about Franz after he had horrible efficiency shooting numbers returning from injury last year and was seen constantly complaining to refs when he got hit and didnt get a call from the refs just like Paolo. But then again the only thing that matters is keeping your narrative going so I get it.
He probably wasn’t able to do any lower body work with a groin injury, so it makes sense he’s still getting his legs back under him. That said, I love to see him make plays for others like he has been. And yeah, there were defensive lapses, but he also blocked two shots, so not all bad.
I’ve never understood the mentality of shitting on your favorite teams players. Bro is in a slump but also just got back from an injury and we won lol
Paolo is an elite athlete – but a consistently good basketball player? Not yet. We’ve been watching him for four years, and the problems are the same: forcing drives, making poor reads, complaining after non-calls, jogging back on defense. His fanboys have been using the same excuses for years – yet there’s **no real evidence of improvement**.
Athleticism can carry you only so far. Basketball IQ, off-ball activity, and emotional control **cannot be faked or forced**. This is where Paolo struggles. Stats like near triple-doubles hide the fact that he often fades from the game when things don’t go his way. He adds skills but **doesn’t transform the game consistently**.
Compare that to Franz Wagner. Less physically dominant, but he has already shown time and again how to impact the game on both ends without needing to force his will. Even on off nights, Franz stays engaged, makes smart reads, and leads by example. He proves that leadership and high-level two-way basketball are about **effort, decision-making, and control**, not just talent.
Paolo can still be a very good NBA scorer. But the alpha, game-controlling superstar? **That level seems increasingly unlikely** if he doesn’t fundamentally improve how he approaches the game.
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Can’t finish while being contested and doesn’t get his call, so jogs back down the floor at 2mph hour while complaining, allowing the Jazz to get an easy transition basket.
This is our leader?
You want to pick one play and say that’s “his season” and conveniently ignore the fact that he almost got 2 triple doubles in a row? He’s not perfect but you haters treat him like Ben Simmons.
You can find five of those plays for everyone in the nba.
Is he in a slump? Absolutely. But I’ve seen this guy at his best. He’ll work it out.
Moped quite a lot
Imo he’s still not 100% from the groin. He’ll be fine
23, 9 & 9 (with 2 blocks) in a Win…
Not sure if his issues are physical, psychological, or some combination of the two — but it’s pretty clear at this point that he has regressed from a couple of years ago. He is now basically the third-best player on the team behind Wagner and Bane.
And when I say physical, no, I’m not referring to the groin injury specifically, which may still be affecting his play a little bit. PB’s issues, whatever they are, were apparent even before he sustained the groin injury.
Coach should’ve benched him. He’s our leader and he’s just jagging back and complaining, letting his man get an open bucket. Unacceptable
My middle school basketball coach used to say “yall movin like pond water and pond water don’t move!”
i love paolo but you’re right i’ve seen this for 20 games now. pseudo-attempt at opposing his will on the offensive end, lose the ball, miss a heavily contested layup, doesn’t get a 50/50 foul call. then jog back to the other end. he travelled twice yesterday too. i wonder what other nba players think about him right now. it’s not pretty. his numbers don’t tell the full story. maybe i became too accustomed to how he used to go out and control games single-handedly for us because he just fades into the background of games really often this year and then somehow has a near triple double statline at the end of the game, i guess that’s a good thing? but he’s our alpha #1 superstar. that’s not really what i’m hoping for. i love paolo he’s changed our franchise and could be the best player to ever play for orlando but this year has been hard to explain/watch/enjoy. and it’s not about being a fake fan or whatever this thread takes his critique as. there’s loads of people out there saying he’s outright not good & comparing him to josh smith lol, i’ll never subscribe to that. but he’s not playing as well.
He’ll never reach his potential unfortunately.
this issue is we do not Run Proper PNR with Paolo enough, with him as the roller or the handler to get easy buckets, look at the spacing in this video, wendell should have come and set a screen off rip forcing banes man to have to help paint defense, Mose refuses to run Bane, Paolo, Wendel PnR into the ground and is why we have stalled offensive set’s so much.
Get Paolo in High PnR and give him some running room the def has to collapse every time and some one should be open or cutting not camped at the 3
Y’all never talked this way about Franz after he had horrible efficiency shooting numbers returning from injury last year and was seen constantly complaining to refs when he got hit and didnt get a call from the refs just like Paolo. But then again the only thing that matters is keeping your narrative going so I get it.
He probably wasn’t able to do any lower body work with a groin injury, so it makes sense he’s still getting his legs back under him. That said, I love to see him make plays for others like he has been. And yeah, there were defensive lapses, but he also blocked two shots, so not all bad.
I’ve never understood the mentality of shitting on your favorite teams players. Bro is in a slump but also just got back from an injury and we won lol
Paolo is an elite athlete – but a consistently good basketball player? Not yet. We’ve been watching him for four years, and the problems are the same: forcing drives, making poor reads, complaining after non-calls, jogging back on defense. His fanboys have been using the same excuses for years – yet there’s **no real evidence of improvement**.
Athleticism can carry you only so far. Basketball IQ, off-ball activity, and emotional control **cannot be faked or forced**. This is where Paolo struggles. Stats like near triple-doubles hide the fact that he often fades from the game when things don’t go his way. He adds skills but **doesn’t transform the game consistently**.
Compare that to Franz Wagner. Less physically dominant, but he has already shown time and again how to impact the game on both ends without needing to force his will. Even on off nights, Franz stays engaged, makes smart reads, and leads by example. He proves that leadership and high-level two-way basketball are about **effort, decision-making, and control**, not just talent.
Paolo can still be a very good NBA scorer. But the alpha, game-controlling superstar? **That level seems increasingly unlikely** if he doesn’t fundamentally improve how he approaches the game.