Orlando Magic

Vegas Over/Under: 33.5

Fromal’s Record Projection: 31-51 The Bet: Under with confidence that is marginal During the 2016-17 effort, the Orlando Magic created 32.8 percent of their three-point efforts, which left them ahead of only the Oklahoma City Thunder (32.7 percent). In addition they took only 26.1 treys per contest, once again finishing in the league’s bottom half (No. 16).
These amounts are not conducive to success in the NBA, which places more and more of a focus on shooting beyond the rainbow each year.
So the Magic dealt with their most glaring flaw by adding the following players, most of whom fought in 2016-17 from downtown:
Marreese Speights: 37.2 percentage on 3.4 attempts per game for the Los Angeles Clippers
Jonathan Isaac: 34.8 percent on 2.8 efforts per game for the Florida State Seminoles (using a shorter arc)
Shelvin Mack: 30.8 percent on 2.2 attempts per game for your Utah Jazz
Jonathon Simmons: 29.4 percent on 1.3 attempts per game for the San Antonio Spurs
Adreian Payne: 20.0 percent on 0.8 efforts per game for the Minnesota Timberwolves
Speights’ presence might help, but the enduring logjam of the team could make it hard for him to earn too many moments.
Why are we supposed to think the Magic will win more games this year and hit on the over?

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