Orlando Magic Daily Roundtable: Way too early impressions

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Evan Fournier, Orlando Magic, Aron Baynes, Detroit Pistons

Oct 28, 2016; Auburn Hills, MI, USA; Orlando Magic guard Evan Fournier (10) drives to the basket as Detroit Pistons forward Aron Baynes (12) and forward Stanley Johnson (7) during the second quarter at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Mandatory Credit: Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports /

The NBA season is a week old and the Orlando Magic have some pretty big questions already. As questions rage already, the OMD staff endeavors to answer.

The Orlando Magic season is off and running.

The team is 1-3 and showing some signs for concern. But they are partially the concern of a team needing some time to come together. Then again, maybe they are not.

Orlando has trailed by 15 points in each of the team’s four games so far this season. The team has looked lifeless on offense at times and a step slow on defense too. The Magic are still figuring a lot of things out.

The statistics do not help matters.

The Magic are 26th in the league in offensive rating (96.3 points per 100 possessions) and 26th in the league in defensive rating (106.9 points allowed per 100 possessions). Those are rankings and numbers of a team that is heading to the Lottery, not the Playoffs.

It is a small sample size, but that is not a good place to start. Doubt is at an all-time high.

Tuesday showed some signs of progress — if only small steps of such. The Magic played their best defensive quarter of the season in holding the Philadelphia 76ers to 14 points and eking out a 103-101 win.

Wins are wins, no matter how a team gets them.

The Magic hope that win builds some momentum for the home stand against the Sacramento Kings and Washington Wizards, two winnable games (at least by record). The Magic have a lot of work to do and a lot of focus to put on themselves.

It is still very early though. Very very early. The Magic have every chance still to come together and put together a great season. The team has every confidence that it can and it will.

The first week though created some major concern for the team. Those Playoff dreams at times this past week seemed like a long shot more than an achievable goal.

After this first week, there are some big questions to ask and try to answer as the season gets under way. The Orlando Magic Daily staff came together to begin answering these early questions as the season continues.

Eds. Note: Many of the answers given were submitted before Tuesday’s win.