Before the season began, sports books set the Orlando Magic’s over/under win totals at 31.5. To say there were few expectations for the team was something of an understatement.
It felt like the team would go through the same motions. Doing its best to stay competitive early in the season before ultimately fading.
That would lead to a relatively easy trade deadline at the end of the day. Nikola Vucevic had run his course and would get traded to restock the team’s roster assets. The same for Terrence Ross. It felt like things were set up for Jeff Weltman and John Hammond finally to flip over the roster and put their imprint on things.