Uncover the Untold Stories Behind Every NBA Franchise’s Greatest Era—Who Truly Dominated?

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Orlando Magic: 2009-10 (8.80)

The success of the Magic, who started as a franchise in 1989-90, has always centered around… well, centers. So were Shaquille O’Neal’s Orlando teams better or were the Dwight Howard-led clubs the best? Both lifted the Magic to the NBA Finals. The Shaq and Penny Hardaway teams are widely more celebrated, but should Howard’s teams get more credit? While Shaq and Penny’s Magic had TRACRs of 4.04 in 1993-94, 5.74 in 1994-95 and 5.94 in 1995-96, Howard’s teams posted a 5.72 in 2007-08, 7.18 in 2008-09 and 8.80 in 2009-10. And Howard won three straight NBA Defensive Player of the Year Awards between 2009-11. The data has spoken, but we’d welcome Shaq to as well.

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