If the Orlando Magic end up getting, say, the sixth pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, just barely missing out on the likes of Cade Cunningham or Jalen Green, names such as Moritz Wagner and Chasson Randle and Ignas Brazdeikis will live in Magic lore.
As in: “Remember when Ignas Brazdeikis helped the Magic get a meaningless win over the Pistons and cost them Cade Cunningham?”
Doing so is a disservice to those three - who combined for 42 points in the Magic’s 119-112 victory in Detroit on Monday - and to the Magic’s core players who performed in a way we can only hope to see on a nightly basis in the near future.