Orlando is in a state of free-fall right now — which is almost impressive for a franchise that hasn’t won more than 35 games in a season since Dwight Howard left for Los Angeles in 2012.
Five years later, the franchise is still a mess. The venerable Stan Van Gundy is also gone, prying open a revolving door of prospective coaches hoping to take the Magic out of the NBA doldrums and back to its height of success, culminating with Finals appearances in 1995 and 2009. It hasn’t worked thus far.
There’s been four coaches (Jacque Vaughn, James Borrego, Scott Skiles and now Frank Vogel) in five seasons since Van Gundy left the franchise.