Moritz Wagner

But if you go through a stretch where you don't have Wendell or Goga doesn't have it on certain nights or you're lose Goga to an injury.

You know, we don't have Mo Wagner, so we need someone to fill that void as well.

This is a guy that can make things happen, but he can score.

You know, you desperately need scoring in offense out of that second unit, and he'll bring that.

and I think having him back is huge, and I think he's going to mean much more to this team than what people realize, and already people are thrilled to have him back, but I think it's a huge piece to add to this mix.

Yeah, I definitely think the same.

At the minimum, we're hoping that he's able to fill in the Mo Wagner role, or at least the 2024 Mo Wagner role.

Last year, obviously coming back from injury, it's to be understood that maybe he wasn't to where he had been previously, but at the end of that 2024 calendar year before the injury mo was on such a tear six man of the year conversation all of that so i think uh that vooch is a better rebounder in in a lot of ways as well and and as long as we're able to i guess the sean sweeney if he's able to able to create a defense with the second unit because i think that's going to be an interesting puzzle for them to really be able to hide some of the deficiencies and really accentuate the positives of that group, I think it's going to be a very interesting puzzle for those guys to create.

him in that way.

So there's a world where there's a lot of usefulness to what Nikola Vucevic brings, especially because let's think about a handful of the guys that have played the big man position just over the course of the last year for the Orlando Magic, right? So obviously, Wendell Carter Jr., Moe Wagner, Jonathan Isaac, Goga Bataste, those are the main four, right? And I would say even Noah Penda can be included in this from last season, at least from the way last year went.

Again, Noah Penda looked like an improved shooter during Summer League.

We'll have to see how that translates.

You just straight up added a very talented player on a very reasonable contract who is, even if he's not going to be a starter, I don't care.

He's like the seventh man because i think this year dylan harper is going to be the sixth man sorry keldon that's just one of the things um but there was a pretty cool thing from basketball university that highlights tobias harris's impact is greater than it seems on the surface highest three-year possession value so this takes a three-year value basically and compresses it into one six factor real adjusted plus minus so basically terms of possession values how valuable your team's possessions when he's on the floor and or how does he affect you know the value of your team's possessions it's like are you seeing what i'm seeing here now no not mo wagner near the top which could be a video hey look magic digest maybe take a look at that um but you have guys like a sir thompson or a man thompson i i always get them confused i meant thompson houston Pretty sure that's right.

I don't know why I keep getting that confused.

We play him so much.

Shea Gildress Alexander, championship in there.

Peyton Pritchard, championship in there.

Donovan Mitchell, Mo Wagner.

Sorry, that's Franz Wagner.

If you're getting destroyed on the glass, maybe Sharp needs to be out there with...

Wagner.

If Noah Clowney's having one of those nights where he's protecting the rim and hitting threes, you're close with him at the center.

If Minot's flying around defensively, reward him with minutes.

Then you have to work on the bench, right? Minot, Clowney, Keon Ellis.

And from there, you fill in those last... roster spots, and those can fluctuate.

Danny Wolf, Nolan Traore, Terrence Mann, Drake Powell, Mo Wagner, whoever earns it and whoever fits the matchup.

Tyler Beloto comes up and gets some minutes, fine.

Trey Burke, Xavier Simpson, and Derek Walton Jr. paving the way for most outstanding player Elliot Cadeau for fellow in-state product, as Walton was for Trey McKinney.

The great big men that John Beeline brought in, Mo Wagner, John Teske, and others paving the way for the likes of Moraes Johnson Jr. and Adai Mara.

Coach Beeline always has some fascinating recollections.

He is really good at reflecting and remembering some unique moments during his time at Michigan.

And then you have your two best players, Derek Walton and Karis Levert, both get injured.

And so but at the same time, I did not know at the time.

Well, this is the time for Mo Wagner and Muhammad Ali and these guys to learn and learn the hard way.

And.