The Orlando Magic are on the decline, but with their current momentum, they still have hope of making the playoffs this season. The current Magic staff is neat, and the tactical rotation is excellent, and the team is in a thriving state. However, for Isaac on the bench, his status in the Magic is getting lower and lower, and if he can't find the feeling, then Isaac is likely to be reduced to the fringe of the team.
In the 2017 draft, Isaac was selected by the Magic with the sixth pick in the first round. Although Isaac was a little thin at that time, his skills were very comprehensive, and he had both offense and defense, which was very in line with the needs of the small-ball era. The Magic, who are in the rebuilding period, very much want to change to small-ball tactics, so they need to find such a big man, and Isaac is also known as Little Durant because of his style of play, which is enough to see that his future development prospects are very optimistic.
In order to better develop Isaac, the Magic also provided him with enough support in the tactics and gave him a lot of shots on the offensive end. In terms of ability, Isaac's talent is enough to support the Magic's offensive and defensive ends, but due to the need to adapt to the rhythm of the NBA game, Isaac has not been able to play the performance that the Magic expected. But even so, the Magic management is still full of confidence in Isaac and offered him a four-year, $80 million contract extension in 2020.
The Magic offered Isaac a big contract in the hope that he could show his talent and become an important part of the team's rebuild. Naturally, Isaac wanted to live up to his talent, but he was constantly out of action due to injuries. Isaac didn't play a game in the two seasons since he got his big contract, and the season before, Isaac played just 34 games. In Isaac's seven-year career, he played only five seasons and had only 136 games in total, which was almost useless.
Even though Isaac's talent is so high, Isaac's performance continues to decline as injuries continue to accumulate. At the beginning of his career, Isaac was able to play on the court with excellent physical fitness, but after returning from injury, Isaac's breakthrough ability not only declined, but even his shooting percentage became unstable. So far this season, Isaac has shot just 27 percent from three-point range3%, which is one of the reasons why Isaac's playing time is limited these days.
For the Magic, the team's signs of upswing right now are very good. On the premise that Banchero has been established as the tactical core, the Magic also has rotations such as the Wagner brothers and Carter Jr. on the front line, and the team's rotation has been very solid. Even though Isaac has maintained good health so far this season, he has been relegated to the bench by the Magic and has been playing erratically for almost impossible to make the core rotation.
When Isaac entered the Magic, he was once treated at the highest level by the team, but as Isaac was reimbursed again and again, the patience of the Magic management for Isaac was also disappearing little by little. Now that Isaac's contract is about to expire, if he can't show his abilities, then he is likely to be the one the Magic "abandoned".