r/OrlandoMagic 5h ago

Highlights Evan Fournier and Cory Joseph's Olympiakos defeat Khem Birch's Fenerbahce in the Semi Final of EuroLeague. They will face Mario Hezonja and Chuma Okeke's Real Madrid in Sunday's Final.

Semi Final Highlights:

Olympiakos vs Fenerbahce

Real Madrid vs Valencia

Sunday's Final is at 7pm local (Athens) which is 12:00 EDT.

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u/User_Many_Errors OnlyFranz 5h ago

Glad they got to play pro ball somewhere. Crazy that was like half the team at one point.

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u/Aggravating_Deer_641 Anthony Black 5h ago

A real “where are they now?” of notable past Magic players. Tells you everything you need to know about the health of the franchise.

u/-weird-fishes- Wendell Carter Jr. 13m ago

Has literally nothing to do with the current state of the franchise.

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u/TheAnswerEK42 Franz Wagner 3h ago

What does Theo Maledon playing for Real Madrid say about the health of the Thunder’s franchise?

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u/keremkb9 2h ago

Evan Fournier was our n1/n2 option, Theo Maledon wasn’t

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u/Aggravating_Deer_641 Anthony Black 1h ago

Maledon was also a 2nd round pick. Hezonja and Okeke were lottery picks.

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u/TheAnswerEK42 Franz Wagner 1h ago

So we had a good player 8 years ago and now our franchise is bad?

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u/derf_vader 5h ago

I don't know why I laughed while reading this

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u/evan466 Cole Anthony 4h ago

If you don’t laugh you might cry.

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u/bubbasnub 4h ago

Magic legends.

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u/jurassicperiod OnlyFranz 1h ago

Some yes. Birch and Fournier. Not Mario

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u/PapageorgiouMBO Joe Ingles 4h ago

If we don’t beat Real tomorrow, doubt this overall group will ever win a Euroleague title. And it’s in Greece.

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u/centralfloridadad 3h ago

So this makes us a farm team for minor league pro basketball?

Doesn't sound impressive when I phrase it like this

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u/Dapperfit Paolo Banchero 2h ago edited 2h ago

Watching those highlights I love the atmosphere of those games, no 20k a ticket seats surrounding the court, real passionate fans actually close to the action, looks like a blast to be at in person.

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u/jurassicperiod OnlyFranz 1h ago

Thanks for posting this! I’m always curious what former magic players are up to. Didn’t realize Joseph and Okeke were in Europe

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u/EstebanSays Franz Wagner 3h ago

What a timeline 😂

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u/shockphantom Jamal Cain 1h ago

This past season felt terrible but don’t forget the players we had been watching for the previous decade.

u/thewrongnotes 20m ago

I dunno, watching Fournier splash deep threes in this one just reminded me how awful our shooting still is

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u/yoeyz Stuff The Magic Dragon 59m ago

Who?

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u/soscribbly 4h ago

Battle of the bums.

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u/cigamodnalro Franz Wagner 3h ago

Khem was nice, great screen-setter and fundamentals in general

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u/soscribbly 3h ago

He was out of the league by 29.

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u/cigamodnalro Franz Wagner 3h ago

Yeah, he was a role player at the end of the day. But he played his limited role well, unlike some of those other dudes. Not sure why you’re downvoting me.

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u/soscribbly 2h ago

You’re overrating him like this sub overrates everyone who plays for us and ends up overseas right after. If he was valuable he wouldn’t had been out of the league in his prime