Vegas Over/Under: 33.5
Fromal’s Record Projection: 31-51 The Bet: Beneath with marginal confidence During the 2016-17 effort, the Orlando Magic made 32.8 percent of their three-point attempts, which left them ahead of only the Oklahoma City Thunder (32.7 percent). In addition they took just 26.1 treys per contest, once again finishing at the league’s bottom half (No. 16).
These numbers aren’t conducive to success in the NBA, which puts more and more of a focus on shooting beyond the rainbow each year.
So the Magic addressed their flaw by incorporating the following players, many of whom struggled at 2016-17:
Marreese Speights: 37.2 percentage on 3.4 attempts per game for the Los Angeles Clippers
Jonathan Isaac: 34.8 percent on 2.8 attempts per game for your Florida State Seminoles (using a shorter arc)
Shelvin Mack: 30.8 percent on 2.2 attempts per game for your Utah Jazz
Jonathon Simmons: 29.4 percentage on 1.3 attempts per game for the San Antonio Spurs
Adreian Payne: 20.0 percent on 0.8 efforts per game for the Minnesota Timberwolves
Speights’ presence might help, however, the team frontcourt logjam can make it hard for him to make many minutes.
Why are we supposed to think the Magic hit on the over and will acquire more games this year?
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