Zach Lowe

And in fact, if I were the Magic...

I expect this to be a tough negotiation because if I'm Anthony Black's agent, I'm like, I'm not taking a penny less than Jalen Suggs.

And if I'm the Magic, I'm like, well, the Jalen Suggs contract doesn't look great.

And if that's what you want, we'll take it to restricted free agency.

I would expect them to come to an agreement somewhere.

But I'm just not sure what the guard future of this team is other than Bane, who cost you four first round picks.

um underrated story from the fall that they declined their fourth year team option on jet howard who was a lottery pick that's a disaster jace richardson gave you nothing de silva is hit or miss wendell carter jr is fine as a center jack of all trades master of none um not really a threatening roller on offense not a threatening shooter um not a great sort of power post player and

And I always find it to be sort of an indictment over Orlando's team structure.

Not necessarily its coaching, but its team structure and its coaching both.

How often Wendell Carter Jr.

is in the corner on offense because they just don't know what else to do with him, where else to put him.

They can't use him as a screener because Paolo and Franz are doing that.

And they're like, all right, I guess our center, who's a whatever three-point shooter that no one's going to guard, is in the corner.

All this to say, they probably would have won their first round series had Franz been healthy.

That's fine.

the future of this team around Paolo and Franz, I just wish I would have known a little bit more about it, particularly at the guard spot other than Bain after this series.

And financially, they just can't pay Black and Suggs and Paolo and Bain and Franz what they're going to have to pay them.

I just don't know how they build a functional top 10 offense out of this team, but I don't expect them to do anything crazy, but it will be interesting, and they need an offensive genius coach.

Chicago hired Bryson Graham as their whatever top decision maker, and good luck to you, Bryson Graham.

You have an uphill battle in every possible sense.