Optimistic (ish) me coming through after that rough loss
Schedule starts to open up. Injuries will get better. And it’s before the trade deadline so we will likely still have Bojan / Monte. Longest road trip until Feb is only 4 games (with a few winnable ones)
That’s my new barometer for about ~25 games (right before the next big west coast feb road trip).
I am expecting .500 ball from mid-Dec to early/mid Feb. It may not sustain the rest of the season the way it did for the Magic last season (in part bc we will by god better have traded Bojan and Monte for assets), but that will be my sign that things are going to be just fine, and still likely puts us on track for >28 wins this season.
With the season off to a pretty bad start (injuries , rotation decisions, bad losses), what are others looking / hoping to see from a team or individual standpoint ?