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5 questions for the Orlando Magic’s 2023 Offseason

By Harrison Brown

The Orlando Magic found themselves facing overtime again against a hot Miami Heat team. This time they pulled through for a win. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
The Orlando Magic found themselves facing overtime again against a hot Miami Heat team. This time they pulled through for a win. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images) /
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5 questions for the Orlando Magic’s offseason

1. What is Orlando’s biggest need for their roster?

The Orlando Magic have a pivotal offseason to further cement themselves as future contenders with the clear intention of making the playoffs next year.

The team should have its entire core returning, plenty of cap space to add to that group and potentially two lottery selections in the NBA Draft. There are going to be plenty of avenues to add to this team.

The biggest area Orlando can look to improve this offseason is long-distance shooting.

Internal development will help the Magic shoot the ball better, and this young team will continue to emphasize shot improvement through the summer. From the 2022 season to this season, the top six returning players in minutes all improved their three-point percentage.

That is a great statistic to show that the roster is growing together and cohesive confidence is building.

This is also a testament to what Paolo Banchero has done as a rookie providing more open looks for his teammates and the defensive tendencies opposing teams apply to force Banchero to pass the ball. Banchero’s growth as a shot maker and distributor will be well anticipated.

The Magic were 24th in the NBA in three-point percentage standing well below the league average of 36.1 percent. On top of this, the team takes the fourth-fewest amount of threes per game. Orlando does not take threes, and when they do, they are not capitalizing.

As the game continues to modernize toward the three-pointer, the team needs to continue to add shooting internally but also on the market and draft this offseason. The three-pointer is an offensive creator as it opens the middle of the paint for drives from Markelle Fultz, Cole Anthony and Jalen Suggs.

Orlando needs a player who can create some gravity, sucking the defense in to open shooters on the perimeter or keeping help defenders glued to their man from deep to open driving lanes to the basket.

If the top six Magic players improve their three-point shooting next season, it will drastically improve a stagnant offense. Orlando’s offensive rating ranked 26th based largely on the team’s lack of shooting.

We will see what Orlando does this summer, but shooting is the priority need for this roster looking to create serious noise next season.