In a lot of ways, the San Antonio Spurs and Orlando Magic are similar teams on a similar trajectory. After years of suffering caused (in part) by betrayal from previous franchise players, they both found new ones with the top overall pick in consecutive years and have been building from there. As Victor Wembanyama and Paolo Banchero have grown into All-Stars, both have added veteran point guards who are threats inside and out to help carry the load in De’Aaron Fox and Desmond Bane, respectively, and both teams have built up plenty of depth behind them to move back into the playoff race and, hopefully, title contention sooner than later.

Another similarity this season is they’ve both found ways to keep winning despite losing those aforementioned franchise players to stubborn injuries (Wemb

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