The questions have probably become tiresome for Orlando Magic players.
Everyone seems to want to ask whether they have a run in them like last year. Or whether the conditions for such a run exist. They want to know if the team has some untapped thing to lock into.
More than anything, these questions are hinting at a disappointment for this season. The Magic were not supposed to be scraping by again. They were supposed to compete for something greater and to look like a team that has taken a step forward.
The one thing the Magic were not supposed to be asking at this point of the season was how they ended up in the exact same spot.