It is not the best of seasons for Orlando Magic. Pointed out by many as the team that should take a step forward in the Eastern Conference due to the lack of leadership in it, seeing them in seventh place seems like a very poor result. Well, parallel to this, a report has emerged by Tim MacMahon of ESPN in which he pointed out that the relationship between the two was not going through a good moment. Well, the protagonists deny it, but only halfway.
«We have very fluid communication. Whatever those rumors are, in my opinion, I wouldn’t say they’re true. One thing I know about me and him is that we are both fierce competitors. So, when you lose a lot of games and things don’t go well, people get upset. In any case, we have not had any fights or arguments. “We are pretty much in agreement when we talk to try to resolve things,” the All-Star forward tells Jason Beede of The Orlando Sentinel.
Banchero admits some friction, but these are nothing more than normal given the desire to win and see that the results do not end up coming, exactly the same thing that Mosley claims before the media.
«It is an external opinion, and it is fair that everyone has their opinion on the matter. Paolo and I are very competitive and constantly focused on finding a way to get a win. Nobody is happy with a bad streak. And there shouldn’t even be happiness in a bad streak. So I don’t give too much importance to that compared to what happens in our locker room,” he concludes.
Are the Magic in time to get up?
The answer will always be yes, but the conditions are tough. We have been waiting for years for Orlando to hit the table, but it is usually the nursing that wins the battle. This year, with the signing of Desmond Bane, he seemed like the good guy, but Franz Wagner had a major injury and has not played more than two games before stopping again. It is true that there are three months left until the playoffs, but they cannot (we can) trust them in the slightest.
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