When it comes to early-season plus-minus data, take conclusions with a shaker of salt. A player or lineup that looks good today may be bad tomorrow. A lineup that failed against four or five teams might actually be pretty good against the others.
The goal, then, shouldn’t necessarily be to assess who the Magic should be playing going forward. Instead, it may be better to to ask, “Are these players performing as well as I think they are?” We’ll look at several groups, but for example, consider the “buddy-ball” combo of Evan Fournier and Nikola Vucevic, decried among fans for hijacking the offense and siphoning touches from the likes of Aaron Gordon.