Expansion teams are not supposed to win.
They get the cast-offs from other franchises and typically they take on rebuilding teams, looking to build themselves up through the draft instead of trying to get really good really quickly. They want to give fans a taste of NBA life, while planting seeds for the future.
The Orlando Magic’s expansion team was no different.
They went out and acquired a player like Reggie Theus to help give the team some recognizable star power. They added a cast of veterans like Sam Vincent (who played on the championship Boston Celtics teams of the 1980s), Dave Corzine (a veteran center with the Chicago Bulls) and Sidney Green (a journeyman through his first six years in the league).