Analyzing the Performance and Growth of the Main Players of the Orlando Magic This Season

After a season of huge rise, how are the main players of the Magic performing? In this series, the author will analyze Franz Wagner, Paolo Banchero, Markelle Fultz, Cole Anthony and Jalen Suggs, the performance and growth of the five main players of the Magic this season, and give a summary score. If you are also interested in the summary and analysis of other Magic players this season, please visit the author’s FB fan page to watch:https://www.facebook.com/Simplemagicshow

3. Markelle Fultz
Overall Rating: A+
Average data per game: 29.9MIN / 14.0PTS / 5.7AST / 3.9REB

If I had to pick a team MVP this season, the answer would be Fultz. Since his return, the Magic have won 29 of the 60 games he has played in, including late-season pushbacks. He also has a winning rate close to 50%, and he is also the key figure for the Magic’s record to finally take off. Don’t forget that the Magic started with 5-20. It can be seen that his comeback is very important to the team, and it is finally possible for him. Playing most of the games in good health, this is a season that finally got rid of the trough of the past career.

And the biggest impact he actually brought to the team on the court is to do a good job in the role of the master. Before his comeback, the Magic did not have a good organizer in the backcourt. The heavy responsibility for ball control can only be placed on Franz Wagner, but Franz Wagner There is only one Wagner, which makes the team’s offensive rhythm very messy. The effect basically depends on the hand feeling of the day, which is almost equivalent to no system, because even if Wendell Carter Jr. is fighting at a high position, the peripheral players are unable to cooperate with him.

But after his return, the team finally has a good starting point in the backcourt. His use of pick-and-roll, rhythm control, and passing judgment are not comparable to other guards in the team. The most outstanding thing is He continues to dribble, and uses Hostage Dribble to block the defender, and then continues to wander to find the ability to attack opportunities, not to mention that he has a better personal offensive threat, can directly finish when needed, and that hand is stable and accurate. I believe all fans still have an impression of the distance.

But on top of that, his size at guards allows him to push up defenders and make offense, whether that’s on a cut for a layup, a push-up and a fadeaway, or even a small guard in the low post. , and his ability to operate near the basket is also very good. Turning, fake shaking, and pulling the bar are all his special skills. operating ability.

Speaking of the perimeter, this is obviously the weakness of this pentagonal guard. The 31.0% perimeter shooting percentage per game for the whole season is definitely not good-looking, but you must know that this is already a new high in his career, and it is also the first time to break through 30%. Progress is impossible, so where is the problem?

The author thinks that his fixed-point C&S power movement is still a bit unsmooth. Although he has made it clear that his shoulder is not troubled by any injuries, after going through that series of incidents, although he can do pull-up jumpers very smoothly, but only The force point of C&S is still too low, and it feels like it is being pushed out from the chest, and it is not integrated into the force force mechanism of the lower limbs, and the overall feeling is somewhat incoherent and not smooth.

And this is also shown in the data. Although his outside pull-up shots are only a small sample of 0.3 shots per game, his shooting percentage is a high standard of 38.9%. On the contrary, outside C&S with an average of 1.1 shots per game is only 28.4%. The shooting percentage and the difference in shooting style obviously have a great impact on him. This part can only be done by himself and gradually fine-tune the shooting force mechanism. After all, he also uses this method for free throws that are also catching the ball. Shooting action, hit rate is only 78.3%.

But if you look at the bright side, at least you can see that he is willing to shoot. As the season progresses and several shots have achieved good results, he will no longer avoid the outside line. Although, as he himself said, the outside line It’s still not his preferred shooting method, but it can also be seen from his attitude that he is fed up with others questioning his outside ability, and at the same time he is confident in his ability to hit the outside line, and this attitude is exactly what the fans Want to see, so the author will not be too worried.

Defensively, he has a dominant body, clever experience in circling screens, and quick steals. In addition to having an average of 1.5 steals per game on paper, he is actually an excellent single defender and has many wonderful steals. Intercepting the dunk scene.

But in terms of assisting defense, it is only a small achievement. Although the standard of defense ability for guards is not high, although he definitely has enough basketball IQ to do a good job in assisting defense and rotation, in fact, he misses or misses people from time to time. Miscommunication in the rotation is not very common, but compared to the guards on the team, it is more common. I personally think that young players tend to pay too much attention to the relationship with the ball holder. In addition, the team still needs to adjust the rotation, and The most critical thing is that more playing time will result in more turnovers. Overall, he is still an excellent defender, but he will be more prominent in single defense and facing screens.