Evan Fournier is not the problem, or the solution, in Orlando

As humans, our natural tendency is to prescribe simple, digestible solutions to the complex problems of the world. In those solutions, we find the illusion of control over things that we wish we could do more to change.

That may sound like the intro to one of the political tirades that have gripped our country over the last few weeks, and not a trivial basketball blog post, but the motivations of those affected are quite the same.

The Orlando Magic are a bad basketball team. They have tried everything short of relocation in the years since Dwight Howard’s departure, and it has resulted in little but a gradual slide out of NBA relevance.