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Orlando Magic did not waste Mohamed Bamba’s rookie season

Mohamed Bamba is a presence over everything the Orlando Magic does.

The sixth overall pick of the 2018 NBA Draft immediately installed himself as one of the key players or the Magic’s future.

A physical outlier with a NBA Draft Combine record 7-foot-10 wingspan, he was meant to be the catalyst to the team’s defense. A brick wall that no one could get by and deter shots at the rim in the way Magic fans became used to when Dwight Howard was roaming the paint.

The skinny 20-year-old center would need time to develop and grow.