Did Orlando lose its Magic?
Dave DuFour and Zena Keita react to the Hornets latest blowout win, their recent success, and Donovan Mitchell’s big night for the Cavaliers. Then, Josh Robbins joins the show to react to Orlando’s loss to Cleveland, the problems with their offense, and their plans for the trade deadline.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and Josh Robbins
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Alex Oliver
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Timecodes:
00:00 – Intro
01:44 – The secret to Charlotte’s success?
03:07 – Another Most Improved Player contender?
04:48 – Will we see the Hornets in the play-in?
06:38 – The end of a playoff drought?
07:14 – Magic with a loss against Cavs 98-114
08:04 – Are the Cavs back?
09:03 – Is Cleveland resilient or just lucky?
09:52 – Evan Mobley’s offensive evolution
10:58 – Is the Magic’s crisis about to get worse?
13:21 – The cost of missing Franz Wagner
15:00 – The Magic’s fundamental shooting flaw
17:26 – How do you fix the roster construction?
21:42 – How to unlock Paolo Banchero?
25:36 – Will Orlando make a move at the deadline?
10 comments
Has* Orlando lost its magic OR Have Orlando lost their* magic
Yes, proctor is going to look good in green and gold,
The Cavs are the best team in the East. They have been, and they still are.
U can't lose what u never had sooo…..ehhh 😅 but they sure did have a nice little hot streak and made the playoffs the last couple years.
Best analysis of the current state of the Magic, especially the "clunky" offense. This highlights, among other things, the deficiency in coaching.
The magic offense is just so hardwork all the time, there's hardly any 'easy' buckets and it really takes its toll. Too many missed shots and they havent been as good at rebounding this year, much less second chance opportunities, too many one and dones and then trying to get back on transition d. We need a whole new offensive system based much more on player movement, we have good off ball cutters in Franz, Da Silva, AB but the offense is built on PNR and DHO and people stood in the corners not moving
mose needs to go
Keep Goga and Isaac and rid Wendell. He shoots more 3s than he has rebounds and he does zero offensive rebounding. Watch him, its sad and hes always disinterested. Hes dating Angel Reese, they have the same attitude
Nurk to the Magic🙏
Thanks for the Hornets chatter y’all! Team is finally healthy, they have a great team vibe going, pulling for each other. Agree they could be 1 great big trade away. Moose is playing hard, gritty, but he can still be overwhelmed by much larger bigs. Biggest question…would a trade of Miles for a top line PF make the difference? Greek is too expensive. Would Sabonis be an upgrade?