Magic Considered Good Landing Spot for Victor Wembanyama?
ORLANDO - If the basketball gods graced the Orlando Magic for the second year in a row by granting the franchise another No. 1 pick, Victor Wembanyama will have to befriend Mickey Mouse.
Adding a talent like Wembanyama would change the franchise and give the Magic one of the most unique-looking rosters in the NBA. The fit would be questionable given Orlando's current roster, but adding a prospect with generational-level potential is too much to pass up.
CBS Sports lists the Magic as the fifth-best landing spot for Wembanyama should the team get the No. 1 pick.
"Normally, Orlando's questionable guard play would be an issue for Wembanyama, but the truth is that there are already so many mouths to feed here that it might be for the best," CBS Sports writes. "However, despite his stellar recent play, Markelle Fultz's may not be viable on a team with Wagner, Banchero and Wembanyama. Any point guard who plays with that trio of big ball-handlers has to be a jump-shooter."
Fultz has improved this season, specifically with his jump-shot. He's having arguably the best season of his career, averaging 13 points per game while shooting nearly 50 percent from the field, both career-highs. Should Wembanyama enter the fray, his efficiency should only increase with the attention going from Fultz to Wemby.
Should Wembanyama arrive, the Magic would likely place him at the small forward position, while pushing the 6-10 Franz Wagner to the shooting guard spot. Fultz, Paolo Banchero and Wendell Carter Jr. would round out the starting lineup.
The Magic would employ one of the tallest starting lineups in NBA and given the fact that the league hasn't seen a team like this ever, it's hard to see how it would succeed without a prior example of sustained success. However, the sky would be the limit for the Magic and the rest of the league would have to watch out.
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