After returning to the postseason for the first time since 2020, the Magic lost a hard-fought seven-game series to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Unfortunately, the team has started slowly this season with injuries to Paolo Banchero (oblique) and Wendell Carter Jr. (foot).

Orlando should level out, but if the franchise continues to struggle, perhaps the heavy investments into its current makeup (Franz Wagner, Jalen Suggs, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Jonathan Isaac, Carter, etc.) were a bit premature. Banchero is all but certain to get a maximum extension next year, but do the pieces fit together well enough?