44 games into the season, the Orlando Magic have the exact same record they’ve had at this point in their season for the past 3 years: 23-21
You read that right. By Game 44, the Orlando has had the following record the same time for the past 3 years.
2025⁄26: 23W-21L
2024⁄25: 23W-21L
2023⁄24: 23W-21L
This is in spite of them trading significant draft capital to acquire Desmond Bane/to dump the KCP signing in their most recent offseason.
Obviously health has been an issue with Paolo/Wagner/Suggs missing significant time and there’s questions to be had about the coach’s use of their top talent but it seems increasingly obvious that Paolo and Franz cannot play well together at the same time.