Inside the NBA’s 2025-26 Gamble: Which Teams Will Rise to Glory or Crash and Burn?
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If everything falls apart: Jalen Suggs’ knee is never right and, as a result, neither are the Magic. Banchero, Bane and Wagner all put up good numbers, but without Suggs’ combination of elite point-of-attack defense, secondary playmaking and knockdown spot-up shooting, Mosley can’t quite find the right combinations to be able to field consistently potent two-way lineups without exploitable shortcomings on one end or the other. The offense improves a little, but the defense slips more, and Orlando again finds itself futzing around .500, unable to break through in a conference that once seemed ripe for the taking — and wondering if it’s gone all-in with a hand that ultimately might not be good enough to drag the pot.


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