It’s time for Round Two! Previously we pondered some of the big picture predicaments that emerged for the Magic across the 2020/21 campaign, noting the decline of short term expectations that accompanied the side’s radical long term realignment. Join me first here and then later in the comments as we continue to unpack the season that just was in Orlando.

Loser: Jonathan Isaac’s and Markelle Fultz’s lost seasons

Even amidst all the uninspiring eventualities — the broken playoff streak; the trading of another All-star center; the admission of a failed rebuild — it’s difficult to imagine a blacker mark against Orlando’s season than the injuries to Jonathan Isaac and Markelle Fultz.