I fully admit that when I decided to go through with this Orlando Magic Madness tournament to pass the time during the season hiatus that the results felt fairly academic. I have written this several times in our recaps of each round that it seemed we would inevitably get to this point — at least with three of the players.
I did indeed rig the brackets so we would not see the final four involving the four best players in Magic history — Shaquille O’Neal, Dwight Howard, Tracy McGrady and Anfernee Hardaway.