The gauge of hype was at the max this night and this from the first dish served by the NBA. Orlando Magic vs Detroit Pistons, on the surface a match that doesn’t really feel like the Playoffs but looking a little further than the end of its nose… the opposition between a few potential NBA superstars of the next ten, fifteen, even twenty years. The good news ? Everyone had a good time, so did we, and despite the defeat of the Magic, the first pick of the last draft, Paolo Banchero, showed himself particularly well.
His first message will have been sent quickly. The first two baskets of his team, and the false slow with the headband (worst nickname) which therefore announces the color. Paolo is a name that smells of erotic films from the 90s but it is above all a buffalo doubled as a conductor, at the controls of a group of guys who are barely his age, welcome home kid. And facing the Pistons also led by an overflowing youth (Cade Cunningham of course, Saddiq Bey and Isaiah Stewart then, above all, the duo so 2022 composed of Jaden Ivey and Jalen Duren), Paolo did not disappoint for his big premiere. The first times are sometimes the shortest but that of Papa Ban (worst nickname, bis) will remain as a successful first time, very successfulso much so that a few history books have been taken out of the library once more, because the resumption of the NBA is also the resumption of the statistics fair.
Orlando’s Paolo Banchero (27 points) posts the highest-scoring NBA debut for a No. 1 overall pick since a certain LeBron James (25 points) on October 29, 2003 at Sacramento.
My recent one-on-one with Banchero (@Pp_doesit): https://t.co/tj7uYbr4zq https://t.co/BhI2u1fNpx
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) October 20, 2022
When you’re in the same sentence as LeBron James from your first game in the NBA, you must have something extra, right? Well this extra thing will probably not be victories, at least not this year, but in terms of personal background, the former Duke leader is there. Powerful on his drives and silky on his shots, Paolo will therefore have taken exactly 35 minutes to explain to the world what wood he is made of, and barely less to offer us, in passing, his first poster of the year for the actor. principal and director of the film Jack Mimoun:
FIRST POSTER SIGNED PAOLO BANCHEROpic.twitter.com/pTKL82IUhV
— TrashTalk (@TrashTalk_fr) October 20, 2022
In the end, the line of stats is quite crazy, almost historic for a first Draft pick. 27 points at 11/18 in shooting, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks and 0 smiles, that’s what we ask of a guy who wants to become All-Star and who will win less than 20 games this season. In short, if the title of Magic is rather intended for never 2031, PB’s individual domination has already begun, can’t wait to see what it will look like once morest real adults.
