The Orlando Magic have checked the most important box by finding two rising stars who are under 25 in Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner. Unfortunately, they've struggled to identify and develop other young players to create a truly promising core rather than a two-man show.
By virtue of a clean bill of health and internal development, however, the tide is finally turning as Anthony Black, Tristan da Silva, and Jalen Suggs make respective leaps.
Suggs, 24, missed 47 games and the 2025 NBA Playoffs after enduring back spasms and an arthroscopic surgery on his left knee.