Suffering three consecutive defeats, the Big Three did not cooperate well, and the dark horse Magic fell! This deal may have suffered a loss

After the start of the new season, many teams in the NBA are a bit confusing. For example, the Spurs, which have been wandering in the lower reaches of the Western Conference in the past few years, suddenly emerged after Popovich officially retired. The four-game winning streak led by Bunyama has tied the team's record. And the Warriors, who were in turmoil during the offseason, finally chose to give Kuminga a new contract worth 46.8 million in two years. When the outside world generally believed that the Warriors would lose their competitiveness in the first three months, Kuminga broke out first, averaging 18 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of 58% + 42%. He can pass, defend, attack with the ball, and has stable shooting. Even the Bay Area media believes that if Kuminga continues to play like this, the Warriors do not need to trade him, and he can succeed Curry in the future.

Similarly, there are also many favorites who had high hopes for the championship, but they got off to a bad start at the beginning. Typical examples are the Rockets and Mavericks. Both teams have too high a lineup, a slow pace, and no one to organize them. The chemical balance between Durant and the team, as well as the positioning of the fourth and fifth positions with thick eyebrows, will become the biggest problems facing these two teams in the new season. But there is another team that has lost consecutive games in the Eastern Conference where competition is not fierce, and that is the Magic. During the offseason, the Magic packaged four first-round picks + a first-round swap right + Pope + Cole Anthony, and acquired the muscular Bane from the Grizzlies. At the same time, Benqueiro was renewed for 5 years with 239 million, Wagner was renewed with 5 million for 1 year, and Tyus Jones was signed with 7 million for 1 year. According to various ranking predictions for the new season, the Magic are in the top ten in the league.

In the East, they are second only to the Cavaliers and Celtics. Indeed, their foundation is there, such as ranking second in the league in defensive efficiency last season, second in the league in opponent field goal percentage, and ranking first in blocks per game. Based on the fact that the main players are seriously injured in turn and can still reach the playoffs, the team's talent cannot be underestimated. Moreover, in the first five seasons of his career, Bain shot 41% from three-pointers. In the last four seasons of Jones, the assist-to-turnover ratio was 6:1, plus a 40% three-point shooting rate. They should have led the Eastern Conference early. But in reality? In the first game of the season, they narrowly defeated the Heat by 4 points. The starting lineup lost points, but Suggs won it back with his substitutes! In the second game against the Eagles, they suffered a huge reversal in the final quarter and continued to lose points in the starting lineup.

Following the back-to-back games against the Bulls, the starters continued to lose points, and were defeated by 12 points in the end. In the fourth game, they played the 76ers, but they still couldn't beat them. The 76ers only had Maxey and Edgcomb with a lot of role players, but the Magic's starters lost an average of 14 points per game! An unexpected three-game losing streak! This is puzzling, because before the season, the US media ranked the Big Three of each team in the new season. The Magic's Benqueiro + Wagner + Bane were seventh in the league, even surpassing the Clippers' Kawhi + Harden + Zubac, and also surpassing the Warriors' Curry + Green + Butler! Last season, when Banqueiro and Wagner faced the entire Celtics in the playoffs, Banqueiro averaged 29.4 points, 8.4 rebounds, and 4.2 assists per game, and Wagner Jr. averaged 25.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 5.6 assists per game, both ranking among the first-tier stars.

But with the addition of Bain this season, everyone is out of luck: Although Banqueiro averaging 22.8 points + Wagner Jr. 22.5 points + Bain 19 points seems to be okay, but Looking at some high-level statistics, the Magic's starting five are Benqueiro's On-Off value -12.3, Wagner Jr. -4.2, Bane -21.3, Wendell Carter -16.1, and Tyers Jones -25.4! Only Suggs is slightly better, because he has to lead the second team, but he has also played in the starting lineup. There are so many players in the NBA, and among the 30 teams in the league, only the Magic have a luxurious lineup of five starting players, and they all lose points! Especially when the three giants Banqueiro + Xiao Wa + Bain are on the court at the same time, the Magic will lose their opponents by 10.1 points per 100 rounds! The top pick Banqueiro can no longer play, Xiao Wa has lost his spirituality, and the key point is that Bain has not been able to integrate.

The three giants have all become decorations. So what's the problem? The data doesn't lie. The Magic average 20.8 assists per game in the new season, ranking 27th in the league, and average 17.5 turnovers per game. Only the Clippers make more turnovers than them, but the Clippers also score more points and assists! The Magic's three-point shooting percentage and attempts are also at the bottom. They are fighting on their own. The key is that Bain and Jones also diluted the ball rights of Wagner Jr. and Suggs. Of course, they only play a few games in the new season, which is a small sample after all, but as the saying goes, a country is easy to change but its nature is hard to change. The Magic's offensive starting point originally relied on the two cornerstone cores of the double forward line. Can the new players change that? Their scoring and shooting averages per game have been among the bottom four in the league in the past four years.

It's embarrassing. The management originally expected that after the two giants, the Celtics and Pacers, fell, the Magic would have a chance to steal the chicken in the new season, but the team's performance was a mess, and its defense dropped to the middle and lower levels of the league. But in order to acquire Bane in the trade, the Magic had already thrown away all the available first-round picks! With only one first-round pick left available in the next seven years, they don't even have the chance to go back on their word. I originally expected that Bane's arrival would help the team change the pattern of the Eastern Conference and compete for the championship, but I didn't expect that there wouldn't even be a honeymoon period. To be honest, Bain is not worth so many chips, and this transaction is indeed a huge loss.