Paolo Banchero making his first All-NBA team this season would benefit everyone involved. It would help the Magic, of course, because it means that the team's young star has taken his game to another level. It would help Paolo Banchero, too, because it would earn him a pretty considerable raise when his 5-year extension kicks in next season. If Banchero makes an All-NBA team this year, his $239 million deal suddenly becomes a $287 million supermax deal. That's a pretty big incentive.
It's not like Paolo Banchero wasn't going to play his hardest this season anyway; but when nearly $50 million is on the line, that likely adds a little more juice to a game in mid-January.