Orlando Magic forecast
Why the Orlando Magic are where they are, and a rotation you can play with: move minutes, sit a player, see what changes. Updated every night.
Why Orlando is at 32% to make the playoffs
- 2-7 so far, heading for about 35 wins (27 to 43 in most of the seasons we played out).
- Plays like a team 0.3 points a game worse than average, the 10th worst rating in the league.
- 73 games left, and one of the easier schedules: the 3rd easiest of 30.
- The rating leans most on Franz Wagner, Wendell Carter Jr. and Goga Bitadze. Sit one of them in the rotation below to see how much he matters.
Our forecast
- Projected wins
- 35
- Playoffs
- 32%
- Title
- <1%
With Bane, Banchero and Suggs back
Replaying the season…
Play with the rotation
Every player starts at the minutes he's been playing and the rating we give him. Change either one, or sit someone, and we replay the rest of the season 2,000 times.
| Player | Overall | Min/game | Out? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franz Wagner Star creator | Overall+1.9 | 37 min | |
| Wendell Carter Jr. Low-usage role player | Overall+0.7 | 34 min | |
| Tristan da Silva Spot-up shooter | Overall−0.6 | 31 min | |
| Anthony Black Scoring wing | Overall+0.3 | 30 min | |
| Jase Richardson Scoring wing | Overall−1.6 | 23 min | |
| Jamal Cain Low-usage role player | Overall−1.2 | 20 min | |
| Jevon Carter Spot-up shooter | Overall−0.8 | 14 min | |
| Alex Morales New this season | Overall+0.5 | 9 min | |
| Goga Bitadze Rim-running big | Overall+1.5 | 9 min | |
| Nikola Vučević Low-usage role player | Overall+1.1 | 9 min | |
| End of the bench | 24 min |
Hurt right now
The forecast at the top of the page counts these players out for the rest of the season. Here they come back on the date shown, at the minutes they were playing before. Change a date to see what it does.
- Desmond Bane illness · 1 game missed · usually back between Nov 10 and Nov 11
- Paolo Banchero ankle sprain · 7 games missed · usually back between Nov 11 and Dec 16
- Jalen Suggs knee contusion · 6 games missed · usually back between Nov 13 and Dec 2
Around them in the standings
The teams just above and below them in the East, by projected wins.
The roster by type of player
Share of the team's minutes, by the player type each played like last season, next to the league average.
- Star creator
- Playmaking guard
- Scoring wing
- Spot-up shooter
- Low-usage role player
- Rim-running big
- Interior big
- New this season
Pick the rest of the games yourself in the playoff predictor
How the forecast works, and how often it's right
Sitting a player hands his minutes to the rest of the rotation; moving minutes yourself takes them from, or gives them to, the end of the bench. The team's rating follows who plays the minutes. Ratings and player types are ours, built from play-by-play data. Not affiliated with the NBA.