The Competition: Orlando Magic

Our season preview continues on the east side. This is competition #4 in the Eastern Conference.Things have never been the same for the Orlando Magic after making it to the Finals in 2009. A lot of that should be blamed on the front office for not having enough faith in their own team to get back to the big dance the following year.Instead, they shook the core up and exchange it for 2 has-been of so-called stars and a number of players that showed that they have no business being in the playoffs.After 2 consecutive deep runs in the playoffs the previous years, the Magic lost in the first round to the Atlanta Hawks, the team they swept in 2010, in 6 games. The Hawks simply had too much weapons for Orlando to deal with. With impatience and frustrations of coming short of returning to the Finals starting to settle between the fans and the team, rumors and speculations of Dwight Howard thinking that he may have a better chance of getting his first ring somewhere else (n...