Why The Orlando Magic Do The Deal
First things first: the Orlando Magic probably don’t do this deal. We know that. Patience is a virtue in the NBA. The Magic have an intriguing young core that they ought to let develop. Still, there are ways to justify this decision for the organization.
Firstly, this Magic team may be in the early stages of a rebuild, but the last iteration of their club hardly got out of one. Teams headlined by Nikola Vucevic and Victor Oladipo made the playoffs here and there, but they were never a major threat.
Realistically, the Magic haven’t been playing for an NBA title since Dwight Howard was MVP. Compare them to the league’s other cellar dwellers. The Rockets and Thunder both wrapped up periods of sustained success recently.
Meanwhile, the Pistons have struggled for some time, but at least they have multiple championships as an organization.
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This Magic team, by contrast, is starved for success. If the organization decided to cut their rebuild off early, we wouldn’t agree with the decision, but we couldn’t judge them either.