On Monday evening, the Orlando Magic dropped to 1-3 on the 2025 NBA season with a disappointing road loss against the Philadelphia 76ers. The loss was another puzzlingly bad defensive performance from a Magic team that was supposed to be among the league's elites in that department this year.

Not helping the cause has been Paolo Banchero , who has gotten off to a rough shooting start to the season and recently took a startlingly bad shot attempt late in a close game against the Atlanta Hawks.

Recently, NBA analyst Kirk Goldsberry stopped by The Ringer's Zach Lowe's podcast and made a comparison to a former NBA power forward.

“I’m going to raise the red flag over Paolo Banchero Island. This is such a key moment for him, and I hesitate to admit this — but at times, he reminds me

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