I knew what I was getting myself into when I decided to make these highlights. I watched a good chunk of the second half, so I knew the dark truth when it came to Mario Hezonja’s performance: he stat-padded in garbage time.
To be fair to Hizzoner, most of this game was garbage time for the Magic. Basically all the points scored by all his teammates were in the time of garbage. That doesn’t mean that he didn’t take advantage of the lackadaisy defense of the mid-to-late fourth quarter to accumulate some stats.
I said in the description for my Aaron Gordon vid tonight that it looks like the Magic are trying to build around Gordon. That may be slightly incorrect. They may also be kind of building around Hezonja, under the assumption that he lives up to his draft slot. Again, as I said before, maybe not the wisest idea but hey, I hear the draft this year is supposed to pretty stacked.