With Aaron Gordon out, the Orlando Magic don’t really have a true “first option” on offense. The opportunity is waiting, just yearning for some enterprising young player to grab it. You know what I’m thinking, yeah? Heck yes. We are on the same page, my man. Let’s do this.
Marreese Speights as the first option! Woo! This is gonna be so sweet, he already likes to chuck shots, but now he’s gonna be chucking shots with the full support and backing of the coaching staff, and the fans, and his teammates. Antoine Walker 2.0, the newest, greatest attraction at Disney World. Can he get a 50-point game before the season is over? Doesn’t matter, because he’ll also have some PLAYOFF GAMES to score EVEN MORE POINTS! That’s right: Speights is leading the Magic back to where they haven’t been since Dwight left.
Mario “Crobe” Hezonja proved tonight that he can be the second banana to Speightsanity. He’s got a new run of solid games going, and he capped it off with 20 points tonight, including some deep threes and a really sick assist to Biyombo. Those are the kind of passes he’s gonna need to be making to Speights, I’m thinking this is gonna be like Shaq and Kobe except on the other side of the country, and with more three-pointers.