The popular take on the Eastern Conference recently has been that it is wide open.
With no LeBron James and a large gap between the top tier and the rest, seeds 5-8 are very much up for debate. Even the ordering of those top teams is up for debate. The East might be “weak,” but eight teams still have to make the trip to the postseason.
When people say anyone could make it in the East, odds are they probably are not thinking about the Orlando Magic. And who can blame them?
The Magic are a young team coming off a 25-win season with their fifth coach in six years.