LAS VEGAS – For a coaching lifer such as Steve Clifford, there really never is an off switch that he can slap and totally shut his brain down from basketball.
So, even though the Orlando’s new head coach was officially off duty from having to strategize Xs and Os and coax the most out of players over the past two weeks as the Magic were competing in the MGM Resorts NBA Summer League, Clifford’s brain never strayed too far away from the sport that he has dedicated much of his life to.
More specifically, Clifford’s fixed focus was on envisioning scenarios of how prized prospects Jonathan Isaac and Mohamed Bamba – two rangy and springy players with nearly 15 feet of combined wingspan – can help out the Magic in the season ahead.