There was always something missing from Nikola Vucevic‘s Orlando Magic resume. It was the most obvious thing missing after six years of putting up solid numbers and still facing these doubts.
He had not won.
Nikola Vucevic understood this as well as anyone else. He was a near-All-Star in 2016 and a constant double-double producer, but team success eluded him. And that is ultimately what mattered to him, as it would any player.
He faced criticism that his numbers were empty. That it was his defense, admittedly not his best trait, holding the entire team back.