NBA: 10 Biggest Disappointments So Far In 2016-17

5. Serge Ibaka

Take a look at Serge Ibaka‘s game log and you’ll notice a disturbing trend: Aside from a revenge game against his former team, the 27-year-old power forward’s output has continued its steady decline.

After the Orlando Magic sacrificed a considerable amount of youth by trading Victor Oladipo, rookie Domantas Sabonis and Ersan Ilyasova to the Oklahoma City Thunder this summer, expectations were high for Ibaka.

So far though, he’s averaging just 13.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game on 46.5 percent shooting from the field. He’s shooting 41.9 percent from three-point range, sure, but aside from that 31-point, nine-rebound, one-gamewinner explosion against OKC, Ibaka has failed to show much on a 5-7 team.

Ibaka no longer has Russell Westbrook to set him up, but he’s also not playing in his or Kevin Durant‘s shadow anymore. His steady, statistical decline has been a recurring trend since 2013-14, and though his numbers are slightly better than they were last year, what was supposed to be an expanded role has been shackled by Orlando’s frontcourt logjam.

With Ibaka set to hit free agency this upcoming summer and the Magic showing very little signs of being a playoff team in 2016-17, the Oladipo trade could quickly come back to haunt Orlando if an Ibaka extension can’t be reached.