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Orlando Magic need a Bismack Biyombo reset

Contracts bring pressure. There is no doubt about that.

Adding a few more zeros to the ledger next to a player’s name creates pressures of performance, leadership and expectation. And when Bismack Biyombo became the product of the vast amount of cap space the Orlando Magic created this summer, Biyombo felt the pressure.

The four-year, $70-million contract Biyombo signed last summer made him the highest paid player on the team at $17 million per year. There was pressure on Biyombo to perform at a higher level.

Biyombo, of course, is the player he is going to be.