4 first round picks.. 3 of which SHOULD be in the 20-30 range. They got off of KCP contract and he was abysmal, and they picked up the 3rd best catch and shoot 3pter in the game. Dude plays hard, plays defense, etc.AG@RICE said:
Huge overpay by the Magic. Bane isn't going to win you a title unless he is your 3rd or 4th best player. The Magic are a bit delusional if they think 1) Bane was worth that much and 2) Banchero and Wagner are good enough to be the top two players on a championship team.
All of this points to the Magic GM trying to save his job by mortgaging their future. He came under some pressure this last year because of his lack of desire to trade for reinforcements after a ton of injuries. He knows this might be his last season in that position, so he took a big (stupid) swing. Very similar to the Westbrook deal when Darryl knew he was at the end of his line. They don't care about those draft picks, because they know they aren't going to make them. Stupid move by the owner to allow this. That said, the magic have a history of doing stupid things so their owners are probably not very bright.
For a team that is defensive. They have their creator and guy they want to play thru in Banchero, but he's been hampered bc the rest of that team cant shoot for ***** Seems like the best move the Orlando could have made this offseason.
