The Magic have been one of my teams for a couple of years now. I love Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner, and their collection of young defenders is exciting to watch. Unfortunately, their Achilles heel has been their inability to score, and they have been ousted from the playoffs in consecutive years due to an inability to make jump shots consistently. Out of their 12 playoff games since 2024, they have scored 100 or fewer points eight times. That will not cut it.

Luckily, it seems like management had a grasp on their shortcomings and went out and got Desmond Bane to help with their shooting. Bane is a career 41 percent shooter from distance, nearly 10 percentage points higher than the Magic’s putrid 31.8 percent mark from three last season. With the same defensive core and a retooled offen

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