Orlando Magic
Orlando Magic star Paolo Banchero is set to make his return from an oblique injury as soon as the team’s next game, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports. The likely return date is projected as Jan. 10 against the Milwaukee Bucks. Banchero has been out of action since Oct. 30, just five games into the season. It […]
Jared McCain’s injury clouds the first rookie ladder of 2025 (here’s our last of 2024, as a refresher). Despite his strong production and part-time offensive engine work, McCain’s time missed exempts him. No other rookie has come close to his output, but quite a few have some cases as the highest impact first-year pro. As […]
The Orlando Magic can’t catch a break as Jalen Suggs left the game against the Toronto Raptors on a wheelchair, apparently injuring his back. With under four minutes remaining in the second quarter, Suggs was defending Ochai Agbaji when he looked to intercept a pass by Immanuel Quickley. Suddenly, he fell to the court without […]
The Orlando Magic have been staying afloat with their star player out. Paolo Banchero has missed the last 25 games after suffering a torn oblique before Halloween, but his team has been able to stay in the top-5 in the Eastern Conference. They’ll have to keep up their shorthanded success for at least another handful […]
Extreme misfortune could have derailed the Orlando Magic’s season. Paolo Banchero went down with an oblique injury early on. Franz Wagner, somehow, left the court with the same injury two weeks ago. For many teams, significant injuries to star players would send them spiraling. Instead, it’s mid-December and the Magic sit at 17-11 with a […]
It’s never too early to lose sleep over NBA awards. We’re about a third of the way through the season, a perfect time for our preliminary fake awards ballot. I don’t have a vote, but this is how I would choose each award winner if I had one. Most Valuable Player: Nikola Jokic Nikola Jokic […]
As the NBA trade rumors start to warm up, Sunday, Dec. 15 represents a big day in the league. Eighty-five players who signed new contracts/extensions during the summer become eligible for trade. With teams now facing a more difficult path to trades as a result of the new CBA changes and the introduction of severe […]
Regular season excitement cranks up a notch this week as the Emirates NBA Cup quarterfinals go down Tuesday and Wednesday night before the semifinals on Saturday. After some enthralling Group Play action that ended with plenty of drama courtesy of point differential as a tiebreaker, the stage is set for some great elimination basketball this […]
With over a month of NBA hoops passed by, it’s time to take another look at the league’s most improved players. We have a much more solid idea of which players are making substantial leaps and which are victims to small sample luck. As we did previously, let’s discuss the top-five players we’re tracking for […]
The final day of Emirates NBA Cup Group Play games has arrived. Last week’s slate knocked off just one of the then-seven remaining undefeated teams, so we enter Tuesday’s schedule with six 3-0 teams. NBA Cup Standings Out West, the 3-0 Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets have each clinched a berth in the quarterfinal […]
