Orlando Magic: 5 biggest disappointments from 2017-18 NBA season
By Luke Duffy
The Orlando Magic had a real season to forget in 2017-18. Here are the five most disappointing aspects of a terrible year.
Is it a stretch to say that this season was the worst in the Orlando Magic‘s six-year rebuild? For many reasons, the answer has to be no. Really this is because there was one key ingredient added to this campaign that we had not seen before: modest expectations.
We know now that the Magic were essentially a train wreck from mid-November onwards, en route to a 25-57 record. That is the exact same number of games the team won in 2013-14, and less than the the two years in between. This shows an alarming lack of progress as the team goes round in circles.
Already the organization has made offseason moves, however, with head coach Frank Vogel getting canned less than 24 hours after their season ended. Simply switching coaches once again won’t be enough to turn things around for the Magic though, and this season only highlighted how many areas need improving.
There were many, many dark days throughout the regular season slog, but here are the five most disappointing things that happened to the team throughout the year.