Penny & Pops Podcast - Orlando Magic Basketball

It’s not often the 27-24 Magic win two consecutive games and yet the viewpoint of the team is as abysmal as if they’d lost those. We beat a depleted Nets squad, and a Jazz team heavily tanking in the fourth quarter. The same Orlando problems exist and all we did at the trade deadline was attach two 2nd round picks to Tyus Jones and jettison him to Charlotte so we could get under the luxury tax. This franchise has major flaws. All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

Do something, Jeff Weltman. I’ve got my stick out and I’m poking. I laid out the Magic’s trade landscape last episode. Now it’s up to the Orlando front office to get off their hands. This team is not the title contender they should be currently. Beyond needing to move on from Jamahl Mosley, Jeff also has to make 1, 2, maybe 3 moves by this February 5th trade deadline to shed salary and still improve this team. This ownership group shouldn’t be paying a luxury tax for this mediocre product because there are team building roster penalties for being repeatedly in the luxury tax. Get under that tax, Jeff. That we have to question if these moves will even happen speaks volumes for the lack of confidence in proper decision-making actually occurring. All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

Getting a bit of 2016 Déjà vu where our season fell apart after losing to Toronto in London. There is no parachute for this current 23-21 Magic team. Jamahl Mosley is on the ropes. Jeff Weltman may be gone in a few months. We have no first round draft pick this summer. Whatever players are on the Magic after the February 5th trade deadline are going to have to drag us out of this mess. I’m focusing this episode on the center and guard market, but I have not trust in the front office to take action. It’s going to take multiple drastic changes to turn the season around: Roster moves, actual coaching, and the players being willing to come together and give a damn. All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

For as great as the Magic’s victory and experience in Berlin, Germany was, familiar problems showed up in the United Kingdom and led to a blowout loss in London. Orlando comes back stateside 23-19 with this being the second half of our season and the NBA just two and a half weeks until the trade deadline. How long will the inconsistencies be tolerated? All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

The Magic beat New Orleans on Sunday and are off to Europe to play their Berlin and London games. But Orlando is just 22-18 and still has not won consecutive games since December 1st. It is a challenge playing well without Franz Wagner and Jalen Suggs. Paolo Banchero is receiving heavy criticism like never before. We got Moritz Wagner back after over a year absent, but the team has issues with its roster and from a coaching and focus perspective. It’s January, but are there already signs Jeff Weltman and Jamahl Mosley won’t be here next season? In not extending Weltman’s contract beyond this season, and with fan frustration that Mosley can’t coach a contender and Paolo’s overall regression so far this season, are the DeVos family already planning on a new President of Basketball Operations and Head Coach? All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

We’re in 2026. Happy New Year. The Magic are 20-16 after beating the Pacers on Sunday afternoon. We’re 6th in the East, should be top 3. But Jalen Suggs got hurt again, the Wagner brothers have not returned yet, and we’ve had focus issues. Particularly in 4th quarters of late. Defense and rebounding have been slipping. We’re in the dregs of the schedule, can Orlando put a large amount of victories together in this stretch? All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

It wasn’t pretty, but the now 17-13 Magic survived their 2-2 West trip. The team gets to fly back to Orlando for Christmas. It’s time to get bodies back and start racking up wins. All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

In what was an entertaining NBA Cup semifinal matchup with the Knicks in Las Vegas, injuries ended up being the larger topic as the Magic bow out of the Cup, losing 132-120. Orlando gets four days off to heal, practice, and prepare for their 4-game West road trip that begins in Denver on Thursday. But before that, December 15th is here. That means teams can start transacting players who signed contracts this offseason. Jeff Weltman has obvious opportunities now to improve his 15-11 squad. Will he send out guys like Jonathan Isaac, Jett Howard, and Tyus Jones, or will he sit on his hands again? All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

It looked grim early Tuesday night when you go down 15-0 to open the game, but the Magic recovered and beat the Miami Heat again to advance to the NBA Cup semifinals on Saturday. Desmond Bane loves 37-point performances. Orlando is off to Las Vegas for another meeting with the Knicks, two teams who have never here before. All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

The 14-10 Magic received fantastic news about Franz Wagner’s leg injury. He only has a high left ankle sprain. Predicted timetable is Franz will be out 2-to-4 weeks, but that’s way better than had he suffered serious knee damage. Orlando’s focus quickly shifts to a Tuesday 6 pm NBA Cup quarterfinal matchup with Miami at Kia Center on Prime Video. Winner gets to Las Vegas for Saturday’s semifinals. Can Paolo Banchero get back into elite form and lead the way to victory? All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

After missing ten games with his strained groin injury, Paolo Banchero returned at an ideal time: When Orlando was starting to waiver in its play. P5 is back, he helped us beat the Heat for the second time this season. Orlando is now 14-9 and 4th place in the East with two more big conference games coming up at the Knicks inside Madison Square Garden and then back home for an NBA Cup quarterfinal against Miami. All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

The Magic claimed two huge Thanksgiving week NBA Cup road wins. Two signature performances from Anthony Black and Desmond Bane. Orlando is 12-8 on the season, we won East Group B with a 4-0 record. The path to Las Vegas goes through Kia Center as we’ll be hosting Miami for a December 9th quarterfinal. Until then, just keep finding ways to win while Paolo Banchero is still out. All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

The Magic are 10-8 as we had a great Orlando homestand. And then we ran into a tough second night of a back-to-back in Boston where Jalen Suggs again sits out. You still don’t have Paolo or Moritz. You lose the services of both your centers Wendell and Goga right before tip. You have little paint resistance that the Celtics take advantage of all Sunday night. You’re down big much of the game, only for Jamahl Mosley to not bring back Franz Wagner, Desmond Bane, Tristan da Silva, or Anthony Black when you could’ve completed the comeback midway through the fourth quarter. While you’re encouraged by the performances of Jett, Jase, and Noah, we should’ve won this game in Boston. But our coaching staff punted it. Overall, we’re in a decent spot than where we were a few weeks ago, but you don’t concede winnable games. All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

The Orlando Magic are 7-7 after a heartbreaking loss in Houston without Paolo Banchero and Jalen Suggs. We ran out of gas and couldn’t hit enough free throws and 3s down the stretch of regulation and overtime. We’re 2-0 in Cup play at least. Worrying about groin injuries has replaced worrying about oblique tears. Even though we’re overall playing better, we badly need a truly healthy Paolo back. All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

Orlando loses another home game and falls to Boston 111-107 on Sunday. We’re now 4-6 ten games into the season. We should have 2 losses, instead we’re at six. We’re 11th in the East standings. We’ve got problems. We have a broken home game experience at Kia Center. There is no home court advantage without Paul Porter. Our crowd put up very little fight…again. Because with have a PA Announcer that does not engage the fans. The Magic also are 1-0 in NBA Cup play after Penny and I sat in 110A on Friday night and watched our team beat the Celtics 123-110. Only Detroit is undefeated with us in East Group B. Point differential matters, we’re +13, Pistons are +18 after they beat Brooklyn. Friday night was the start of 7 of 9 games at home. And you give back Friday’s win by handing Boston this Sunday game. There are long ugly stretches in our offensive and defensive game. Yes, you can see our guys navigating and trying to figure it out. We had an effort problem tonight in the fourth. We weren’t even playing the Celtics these two games, we’re playing chess with ourselves. Can we master our style of play or will Jamahl Mosley become a casualty first? All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

This is a dispatch from Washington D.C. as your Orlando Magic take care of business inside Capital One Arena and beat the Wizards 125-94. We needed a blowout victory to build back up our confidence on this road trip. The Magic are now 3-4 after this fourth game of their 5-game road trip. I was in the building, section 100. And want to discuss it. All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

The losing streak ends at four games as the Magic desperately win a game in Charlotte. There were some positive signs from that performance, but most of the early part of this season has been full of undisciplined and downright listless stretches that have cost us games. We went 2-4 in October when it should’ve been 5-1. And Charlotte is not a good team. We gave away the Hawks game because we couldn’t defend in crunch time. That was Game #2 of the season. There’s an extra microscopic view on Jamahl Mosley, who is still in the 2003 Doc Rivers danger zone. Tonight brings a temporary relief. Jeff Weltman is not firing himself for our roster flaws, so it’s Jamahl on the hot seat. Doc got fired eleven games into the 2003-2004 season when we were 1-10. That was also a jersey rebrand season. This is season #5 of Jamahl and he still doesn’t know how to call momentum timeouts consistently. Jamahl still refuses to get thrown out of games when refs are royally screwing his roster over. Pace and offense are not the problems right now, our defense is horrendous. Giving up 107 in Charlotte is a step in the correct direction. Way too much bad body language at times. Mosley is 6 games from surpassing Doc Rivers for the 3rd-most Magic games coached in franchise history. It’s still not a given Jamahl is going make it to that milestone. Orlando picked up the team contract options for Anthony Black and Tristan da Silva, but declined Jett Howard’s. Jett will now be a free agent in the summer. The Magic will see 10 of their games broadcast over the air locally in Orlando and Tampa. That’s very exciting as far as potentially breaking away from regional sports networks goes. All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

Honestly, our franchise deserves this. We treat our legendary PA Announcer Paul Porter like shit and give him the boot when he didn’t want to stop. Did the same thing during COVID with our legendary radio man Dennis Neumann. And now Orlando Magic home games at Kia Center are immensely worse and zombie atmospheres without Paul bringing his badly needed energy. And now we have a Paul Porter curse. Jarryd Tribble, you are not prepared for this job. Bad tone usage. A huge lack of fan engagement. The game ops support staff is failing the fans. The Magic are 1-2. 0-2 when the FanDuel Sports Network starting lineup graphic is correct. The was the first time in franchise history we began a season with 3 straight home games in Orlando, and we squandered the chance. Now we hit the road for a season-long 5-game road trip. Got to gel fast. I don’t want to hear any firing or trade talks right now. Work and time. That’s what it’ll take at this moment. Work and time. That and the NBA has a gambling scandal. All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

191. Thirty-Seven Magic Season Preview Questions - Part Two by Penny & Pops Podcast - Orlando Magic Basketball

This is our official Orlando Magic 2025-2026 season preview. We’re doing this in a 37-question format since this is the franchise’s 37th season. Splitting it into two episodes. This is part one, part two will come out 24-48 hours later. 1. How long will the roster remain at 14 NBA contracts? 2. Will we sign a 3rd two-way soon or wait until the back end of the season like last season? 3. Will the Magic finally break ground on the entertainment complex across from Kia Center by December 31st? 4. Which Magic jersey will you end up liking more? 5. What team in the East concerns or scares you the most? Be it regular season or postseason related? 6. Which NBA media broadcaster will be our favorite to watch this season? 7. The Magic will finish the season top-12 in PACE? 8. The Magic will finish top-20 in 3PT% and 3s made? 9. Excluding the Berlin game, will the Magic go at least 32-8 at Kia Center? 10. Assuming everyone is healthy, what’s your preferred starting lineup? 11. Over/Under 5.5 Magic player triple-doubles this season? 12. Do you even care about the NBA Cup, and will the Magic make it to Las Vegas in December? 13. Will Adam Silver officially announce the NBA’s new European league venture with FIBA in London/Berlin during the Magic’s Grizzlies two-game series? 14. Will there be Magic home game backlash from fans without Paul Porter as PA Announcer? 15. Over/Under 53.5 points in a game for Paolo Banchero this season? 16. Over/Under 1.5 Rising Stars participants at All-Star Weekend? 17. Over or Under 2.5 NBA All-Star Game invites? 18. Will Jonathan Isaac, Wendell Carter Jr., and/or Goga Bitadze get traded before the deadline? All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language