I’m jealous of the Orlando Magic

I’m jealous of the Orlando Magic

In the 2018 2019 season the Detroit Pistons and the Orlando Magic were both playoff teams with 40 plus wins and they both lost in the first round now fast forward to four years later the Orlando Magic are now better than they were 4 years ago and the Detroit Pistons are

One of the worst teams in the NBA this is a video about how jealous I am of the Orlando Magic’s rebuild now the one thing that stands out to me is how fast Detroit fell off the cliff after that play play off series of course we think

Bought out Blake Griffin or whatnot and then we became one of the worst teams in the league versus Orlando Magic I think they ran it back with the same kind of not the same Squad but like the same core whether it was like vich and Aaron Gordon and then ended up trading them

Later on in the 10e now it took a couple of Seasons after that playoff series for the magic to actually clean house it took a couple of Seasons afterwards in which they traded Nicholas bovich to the Bulls and they traded Aaron Gordon to the Denver Nuggets now in that return

For the Bulls trait they got Wendell Carter junor a future first round pick to be named later we’ll get to that in the trade for Aaron Gordon they got RJ Hampton and Gary Harris and a 2025 firstr draft pick the Orlando Magic also traded away Evan fornier but I don’t

Even think that’s worth talking about honestly if you’re new here welcome in and if you know me welcome back thank you guys for liking subscribing and following me on all of my platforms I know that we’re in the midst of Tik Tok potentially being banned and a great way

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Here is that the Detroit Pistons had a head start on tanking and being bad and being able to turn this ship around and have failed to do so and one of the reasons why is just having too many misses drafting wise I’m not even talking about missing on top 10 picks

I’m talking about missing on just like a whole bunch of other prospects whether it’s uh not getting Maxi or Tyrese Halbert in exchange for Killian Hayes you know drafting Killian Hayes at number seven and killing hay at number seven wasn’t a bad pick at the time a

Lot of people were just like yeah I can see that happen but then that just absolutely did not materialize in any way shape or form meanwhile the magic are able to get Cole Anthony in that same draft you see what I’m it’s so hard to talk about draft

Picks and misses and whatnot seeing the Orlando M we don’t talk about Cole Anthony going in that draft cuz it was also like loaded with guards as like lamelo ball and um halberton and Maxi whatnot but yeah the Orlando magic uh drafting Cole Anthony now Cole Anthony

May have not been the star that the Orlando Magic were hoping for but he is a really important piece to what they’re trying to build and what are the magic trying to build well I’ll answer that question now the Orlando Magic were able to get the number one pick and now as

Someone that roots for a team that recently also got a number one pick of Their Own It was really refreshing to see because all that hard work of losing games and watching killing Hayes play basketball and Dwayne in case he trying to do something with the roster that we

Had it was really cool to see that we were going to get someone that was a consensus number one pick now I know that when the magic had the number one pick it was between Paulo Cade and Javari Smith and those three were seen as just the consensus top three and

There was a whole lot of speculation about who would go number one between Chad and Pao and it’s really cool to see how Cad and Pao have developed into really good players really early into their careers and it’s really cool to see a top draft pick just do well come

Into their own and just come out the gate swinging now that was 2022 but we have to go back the year before to when the Orlando Magic had drafted Jaylen Suggs and fron Bogner now we can say this now I think the Orlando Magic won that draft with ease being able to hit

On not one but two top 10 picks in the same draft is incredible and to get the number one pick after that in Paulo banero they just played this draft perfectly now I knew it took a lot of time for Jaylen Suggs to get his like three-pointer to where it is now

Compared to like the earlier Seasons but golly the Orlando Magic just went three for three on these draft picks and the thing I like about this is that these draft picks were drafted with an identity in mind like have the versatility of PA and fron Vagner is a

Great way to build a core a great way to build a team because you know that the versatility at worst they could play with a lot of lineups and at best can accentuate and make a lot of lineups really great now Detroit has had some good draft picks of their own in terms

Of Jaden Ivy K Cunningham and assar Thompson and Jaylen durren but I will say that the Pistons don’t have the same versatility as fron Vagner and poo banero those are two 69 610 Wings this video is sponsored by HomeField apparel the best Collegiate Apparel in the business all right I’m

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Young players they just drafted Anthony black who even though Mark hell folz has gotten injured Anthony black was able to do some starter minutes for them and this Orlando Magic team is deep and it’s crazy cuz they’re deep they most of them can defend really well and even players

Out of the rotation you can put them into the rotation and they’ll do fine which is like a night and day difference from the Detroit Pistons who have lost basically every all bench lineup matchup in every game so far between Paulo banero Jaylen Suggs Wendell Carter Jr uh Joe Engles Cole anthon

Markel fol goo baz there are so many players that they can play and I haven’t even gotten to Jonathan Isaac who like his injuries coming back from those injuries has been like a great Redemption story but we also like that man can lock up anyone on defense and

Having someone like that that can come off of your bench is absolutely terrifying and will give Eastern Conference teams nightmares for years to come and there’s also a ton of good stories on this team like the re the Resurgence of marel folz being able to

Find a role in the NBA and find a team and find a home and find an environment that’s really cool for him and really good for him after all the stuff that he’s gone through in the league is nuts like going from the number one pick overall to the weirdest shoulder injury

That I’ve ever seen to being a really good role player for this team is such a great story and you got to give props to their coach Jamal Mosley who took over for Steve Clifford and just has done such a great job coaching and props to the front office of Orlando for being

Really patient and trusting uh the process this is a process in terms of every rebuild is a process and shout out to the Orlando Magic front office for doing a great job drafting players and then having players that fit around those players like that’s really so important like the core

That you draft can only do so much versus all the players around it you and you see that in Detroit where earlier in this season K Cunningham is playing next to Killian Hayes and Kevin Knox and Isaiah livers and then our backup bigs were Marvin baggley and James wisman as

You can see that there was no coherent team to start the season and the team suffered because of it the team performance suffered greatly because of it when you have the length and versatility of apulo and fron Vagner and a bunch of defensive Bulldogs in jayen sugs and J and Isaac

And W Carter Jr when you have those kind of players you’re able to make an identity and not force an identity which is really important because Detroit is trying to become this defensive team or whatnot but they don’t have the Defenders that Orlando has to make it

Happen and as a result the Orlando Magic rebuild has resulted in a team that has a top five NBA defense and one of the youngest teams in the NBA and they’re just going to get better and better I am excited to see how they do in the

Playoffs and I know that they’re the antithesis to Adam Silver basketball because while they have a top five defense they’re also they also shoot like the least amount of Threes in the league like this is straight up it’s not 2000s basketball but they don’t take as

Many threes as a lot of other teams but in Li with that this Orlando Magic team does a lot of things is great they turn the opponent over at such a high rate and I think that another thing that I want to talk about which will be important come playoff time this team

Gets to the line a lot this team averages the second most free throw attempts per game and I’m curious to see if that translates to the playoffs I know that the playoffs are always about more physical more defensive basketball but I’m also curious about which referees will swallow the whistle you

Know that there are certain play styles that don’t translate to the playoffs because they’re like this foul is a regular season foul it’s not a postseason foul I’m curious to see how that changes and affects Orlando especially with whoever they face this team is in the top half of the league in

Steals and blocks which is so important to building a great defense Beyond just positioning and whatever turning the ball over also another thing I like about the Orlando Magic organization is that they’ve not been afraid to cut ties with stuff that isn’t working trading away Mo bombo who is a pick that didn’t

Really work out and then also them waving b b was a clear sign that like I feel like that’s a clear sign of them just being like we’re not going to entertain something just because it has potential if you’re not rocking with our identity we’re going to get you out of

Here and I like the Orlando Magic way of thinking versus the Detroit Pistons like multiple just like hey maybe they need just more playing time or whatever Orlando was like Hey this isn’t the this this player’s not going to fit let’s get him out of here I respect that so much

More another cool thing about the Orlando Magic is that their most expensive player right now is Jonathan Isaac at like $17 million this team is Young and this team is not going to have any financial problems in the near future which means that their window is long and it’s

Really cool to see an organization that knows what they’re doing versus the Detroit Pistons who are just like acquiring veterans and then and waving them to like build up all this cap space to eventually sign nobody like Detroit Pistons fans have absolutely no faith in what’s going on and it’s wild to just

Look over at the Orlando Magic and be like wow this is what a rebuild is supposed to look like there’s a there’s a there’s an actual plan here whereas the Detroit Pistons we can’t tell what the plan is I’m being completely honest we have no idea what’s going on also I

Just want to say that the Orlando Magic Wind Song is one of the coolest Trends in the NBA if you’re not familiar the Orlando Magic play a song on Tik Tok or all their social media whenever they win and it’s become such a meme and so

Catchy that fans of other teams are like I’m a I’m a Detroit Pistons fan but the Orlando Magic song is so great and that’s such a cool thing to have I feel like it’s the music version of the Kings light the beam which is a really cool Trend around an upand cominging team

That you can’t help but to root for so for the team of the coolest jersey in the league I will say that I’m wishing you best in the playoffs and I’m wishing you the best with Paulo with fron with Jaylen Suggs with anyone else involved in your rebuild and involved in the team

Going forward because you guys did it the right way and you guys deserve to be rewarded congratulations all right guys thanks again for watching to the end of the video thank you for liking subscribing commenting feel free to comment on something that I should talk about I know the playoffs are coming up

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