Judging by the regular season record this season, the Orlando Magic's 13-43 almost bottom record does not have much to pay attention to. But when we consider the current situation of the Magic team, it seems that their options in many ways are worth discussing.
In terms of team circumstances, the Orlando Magic can be called the worst team in the league, their record is not improving, although through the draft and trade to get a group of young players with enough potential talent, but they always seem to lack a force that really unites them.
Ever since The Magic Beast Howard left here, Magic has never really been able to emerge a dominant boss.
Although they developed star interior lineman Nikola Vucevic in the follow-up, in the end he was also abandoned by the team because his performance in the game could not meet the team's expectations. And because of the chaotic team situation, the Orlando Magic have been held out of the playoff threshold for several consecutive seasons.
Looking back at the 2019 season, under the leadership of head coach Steve Crawford, although they were eliminated by leonard-led Raptors in the first round of the playoffs, the team is still a promising youth army in the East. But unfortunately, these young people did not bloom enough sparks in the end, and soon after, they quickly fell and became the background board for many of the league's top teams.
Judging from the situation in the league, most teams are now actively hiding the situation of injured players in the team, which is a good thing for the team.
We don't want these injured players to be affected by outside rhetoric when they are devastated by injuries, as in the past, which is very unfair to the player or the team.
For the current Orlando Magic, they are going through such a situation. Enough players have been affected by injuries on the rotation list, and for Fultz and Isaac, the most injured, the team has done enough to keep their injuries secret, so that almost no one knows the real time that these two young players will really pay in the future.
For Markle Fultz, who suffered a torn cruciate ligament a year ago, this serious injury is particularly important for the impact of the player, so until now, he has not been able to return to the field and can be understood by the outside world.
Before Christmas, it was revealed that Fultz had begun to complete some rehabilitation work with the team's affiliates, and he began some basic training with the team, but until now, he has not really been able to appear on the pitch.
As for Isaac, who suffered cruciate ligament and meniscus injuries in the 2020 season, although plagued by injuries, there has been no stop to news about him. During the period when the league was disrupted by the epidemic, Isaac has been advocating for players to take the initiative to vaccinate against the epidemic.
In the news revealed by the team a few weeks ago, Isaac has begun some non-collision basic rehabilitation training within the team, but the team has not been able to give a clear number for the date of his return.
Judging from the situation of these two young players who have been given high hopes for the team, the attitude of the team management has proved that we will have to wait a while to get the results. And if this situation is maintained in the future, this will be a worrying thing for the future of the Magic and the subsequent development of these two young players.
In the past few seasons, the Orlando Magic team has been in the haze of injury and failure. From last season, no other player, with the exception of David Bacon, has played more than 48 games for the Orlando Magic.
This season has not improved much, with head coach Jamal Mosley having used the 19th player in the team's rotation. Previously, Jaylen Sagas suffered a broken thumb, Wendell Carter sprained his knee, Cole Anthony suffered consecutive right ankle injuries, and even McCawi, who was originally ignored by us, missed many games under the influence of injuries.
From the above, the impact of injuries on supporting teams is indeed serious enough, but what is worse than the injury situation is that the team has enough potential young players while still failing to establish a stable winning lineup.
We can barely see who the main players they are really developing on the pitch, who should be put in the starting lineup, who should be put on the bench, these are the problems they have with the lineup.
And because of the injury, the three-back lineup of Jaylen Saggers, Cole Anthony and Markle Fultz, which we were looking forward to, has not really shown its threat. The young Wagner and Isaac were originally one of the strongest striker combinations on the defensive end that we expected, but so far this season, the two of them have never been on the pitch at the same time.
Since the team has lacked the backbone of the defensive line in the previous seasons, they have focused on supplementing the defensive line in subsequent trades and drafts. Like Fultz, Cole Anthony, Saggers, Hampton and others, from the perspective of development potential, these players are actually worth cultivating, but the team management must make decisions as soon as possible, they cannot cultivate each of the above players as the core cornerstone of the future, and this trade-off is a problem that the team must solve as soon as possible at the moment.
Although under the influence of the epidemic, every team in the league is more or less disturbed, but compared to the Orlando Magic, whether it is a championship-level team or a rebuilding team, they all have their own strict blueprint plan for the future, and it seems that only the Magic is still in chaos.
Judging from the rotation of the team, as long as they can establish the future direction of the team and make a good choice among the many young players with potential talent at present, when they get through this wave of injuries, the team can naturally change the current bad situation.
But before that, they have to go through enough failures to test each lineup, and after that, the team has to make the most correct choice among the many answers. If they miss any of the value players, they may regret it in the future.