With a plain eye, Orlando’s 2-8 start indicates a poor opening to their 2022-23 season. But under a microscope, one will see that is not the case.
Already this season the Magic have been without Cole Anthony for six games, Jalen Suggs for five and Markelle Fultz, Gary Harris and Jonathan Isaac for the whole season. Yet even with their injury-plagued roster, five of the team’s eight losses were by single-digits.
And while availability might be the best ability, Orlando’s nucleus, individually-speaking, has been outstanding through their first ten games.
Paolo Banchero: The Isolation King
Through ten games, the 2022 No.