drsd wrote:If the Magic plays 50% ball the rest of the season, this team finishes with a 44-38 record. If the Magic continues to play at their current rate, then the team finishes 50-32.
It has got to be every fans expectation that the 44 wins to 50 wins is the window the Magic land within. Correct?
That has Orlando from the 4-seed to the 7-seed. Meaning the direct-playoffs are more likely than the play-ins.
50 is still possible. I was one of the earliest to call it and I am ride or die. (But I am not going to die if they dont lol)
MagicFan101 wrote:drsd wrote:If the Magic plays 50% ball the rest of the season, this team finishes with a 44-38 record. If the Magic continues to play at their current rate, then the team finishes 50-32.
It has got to be every fans expectation that the 44 wins to 50 wins is the window the Magic land within. Correct?
That has Orlando from the 4-seed to the 7-seed. Meaning the direct-playoffs are more likely than the play-ins.
The X-Factor is whether or not Orlando makes a play for another guard with reliable shooting / scoring (Tyus Jones, Anfernee Simons, so on) by trading away Fultz, Picks and others. A deal like that throws all of this analysis out the window.
I like this idea as much as the next guy. I also 100% do not see it happening now. If anything we are trading expiring for assets or simply letting them walk. This idea, or even notion that we are window shopping has just never really been our forte as a team.
At the start of the year, the expectation was play-ins I would assume. Now we are talking playoffs. Some of us. Myself included are talking a 50 win team. I do not see the Magic trading for a player with who will take away significant playing time from a player that has thus far put us on pace to win 46 and doing it relatively young.
In conclusion. All this is fantasy NBA trade simulator. It ain't happening. IMHO.
