The Orlando Magic have given this roster the chance to play. But the front office needs to begin shaping their long-term vision. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports
The focus of a franchise is always split.
Coach Steve Clifford often tells everyone his job is to get his team prepared to play each night and to have them playing their best basketball at the end of the season. His goal is to have the team improve through the course of the season.
Even now with his Orlando Magic team struggling with injuries and not having anywhere near the season the expected at the start — a season that feels like it is stagnation from what this group has built the last two years — Clifford has continued to preach simple improvement.