Passing the season’s mid-point sees the Magic almost perfectly balanced between two outcomes, the juiciest of lottery odds only a couple of games behind them in the standings while the lure of the Play-In Tournament sits only a couple of games ahead.
While the team’s final destination remains unknown for now, the halfway marker represents a chance for us to draw on what we’ve seen to this point to facilitate predictions about how things will ultimately play out for the Magic.
At the quarter-mark we doled out the NBA’s traditional silverware to our pinstriped pals, figuring out who exactly would claim each of the various trophies if they were awarded exclusively to players in Orlando.