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The Orlando Magic are a crew on the rise proper now.
They bought off to a gradual begin of the season in Paolo Banchero’s rookie 12 months, however they completed the 12 months sturdy.
Then, they picked up issues the place they left off final season and even made it to the playoffs.
Now, Jamahl Mosley’s crew will look to take issues even additional subsequent 12 months, which is why they introduced in a confirmed veteran with loads of postseason and championship expertise.
When requested about his new crew, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope claimed that this was the primary time in his profession that he’s been on a crew the place everyone desires to defend.
“This is the first team that I’ve been on where everybody likes to defend.”
– Kentavious Caldwell-Pope on the Orlando Magic
The Magic wanted one other floor-spacer and defender, so that they went and bought an excellent 3-and-D participant who’s been there and finished that already.
They’re a prolonged crew with a number of stoppers at nearly each place.
Jalen Suggs, Caldwell-Pope, Franz Wagner, Banchero, and Wendell Carter Jr. spherical out a jumbo lineup, with Jonathan Isaac and Gary Harris coming off the bench to verify their protection doesn’t skip a beat.
Clearly, they’re nonetheless a 12 months or two away from NBA championship rivalry, however they appear to have a transparent plan and are sticking to it.
If Banchero and Wagner proceed to develop and play the best way they’ve performed since they entered the league, they won’t even want any extra items to get again to the NBA Finals for the primary time because the Dwight Howard days.
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