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Orlando Magic Analysis
Markele Fultz Can Handle This New Setback
20-21 NBA Season Preview: Southeast Division
While the Heat hope to return to The Finals, the Wizards, Hawks, Hornets and Magic are in the crowded morass of teams from 7-12 hoping for a spot in the play-in tournament. Read more »
Thirty Futures: Orlando Magic
If you were worried Markelle Fultz might be out of the league soon, you could put that fear away. It took him nearly the entirety of his rookie contract, but he has proven that he can hang. Read more »
Ten-Year NBA Net Rating Rankings (Infographics For All 30 Teams)
We look at the trajectory of every team in the NBA in terms of how they rank in the category. Read more »
Thirty Histories: Orlando Magic
Where most stars enjoy four or five distinct phases of their career, T-Mac got about two-and-a-half, and bad luck followed him around like a slasher villain. Read more »
2019 Eastern Conference Offseason Chatter From Summer League
With so much turnover this offseason, and another exciting draft class, teams had lots and lots to say. Read more »
Orlando Magic: 2019 NBA Offseason Preview
This offseason is about being smart about balancing the present versus the future for the Magic with key decisions on Nikola Vucevic and Terrence Ross. Read more »
The Maximum Available 2019 Cap Space for All 30 NBA Teams, Version 2.0
The Knicks, Clippers, Hawks, Kings and Lakers project to have the most cap space this offseason. Read more »
The Magic Are Strange, Busted, Not Half-Bad
You can have a good time watching a Magic game, and you can talk about what they are, rather than what they might be three years down the road. That's a small victory. Read more »
Nikola Vucevic And What Makes A Good Player A Star
Nikola Vucevic does everything well, just a shade less well, and a few shades less engagingly than his peers. Read more »
2018 NBA Offseason Review: Southeast Division
On the offseason moves by the Hawks, Wizards, Magic, Heat and Hornets. Read more »
Thirty Futures: Aaron Gordon
Aaron Gordon is entering his fifth season with the Magic, and like with Victor Oladipo before him, we're not sure what he is, despite having spent quite a bit of time with him. Read more »
The Maximum Available 2019 Cap Space For All 30 NBA Teams
The NBA cap will jump by $7 million while some of the bad contracts of 2016 will come off the books, which means an abundance of cap space again. Read more »
The Magic Want To Brew Something BIG
The Magic are bucking the trend by cementing their foundation with bigs in Jonathan Isaac, Aaron Gordon and Mohamed Bamba. Read more »
The Improbable Yet Predictable Stardom Of Victor Oladipo
Similar to Donovan Mitchell with the Jazz and James Harden leaving the Ginobili role behind in OKC, fit, freedom and usage play a critical part in raising the ceiling of shooting guards like Victor Oladipo. Read more »
2018 Eastern Conference Summer League Notes
Keith Smith emptied his notebook after speaking to players, coaches, front office personnel and agents with all 15 Eastern Conference teams. Read more »
Leroux's 2018 NBA Draft Review
On how all 30 teams fared in the 2018 NBA Draft. Read more »
Dwight Howard's Long, Multi-Stop Journey Into Irrelevance
Dwight Howard's personal peevishness and immaturity aside, the back half of his career has been a long, agonizing decline for someone who was a bona fide star not so long ago. Read more »
Projected 2018 Cap Space For All 30 NBA Teams, Version 2.0
The Lakers, Pacers, Hawks and 76ers enter the offseason with the most project cap space. Read more »
Ten-Year Net Rating Rankings (Infographics For All 30 Teams)
We look at the trajectory of every team in the NBA in terms of how they rank in the category. Read more »
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