Here’s Orlando Magic star Paolo Banchero on the team’s current issues (23-20 record).
(via Orlando Magic):
“I think it’s really similar to the past couple seasons if you really look at it. I mean, last year wasn’t a great season. We had tough times, a lot of bad losses last year. The year before we won 47 games, probably our best year. But I think it’s something that’s occurred over and over again the last few seasons. So, I think we just gotta figure out a way to put an end to it. And if we want to be a contender or whatever you want to call it, a team that’s going to play deep into the playoffs, we gotta go out there and be different.
“We can’t just stay the same. And right now, it feels like we have the same issues as the past. And now, our defense is slipping, which makes it look worse. Our defense covered a lot of that in the past, and now, that’s slipping. And so, those problems start to be magnified when you can’t lean on your defense and I think that’s something we gotta figure out.”
