Just going through box scores and such it seems that they have been playing much less than usual. The magic have 2 top 11 picks who aren’t even getting rotation minutes to start the season and across the league there is a lot of similar situations
Its been 2 games
It was a pretty poorly kept secret that if the Magic came into the season healthy, there wouldn’t be any immediate playing time for the rookies.
They drafted players that play the same position as previous seasons lottery picks. Their going to have issues with playing time, it’s a given.
Mark Williams barely played during the first half of last year and now look at him. Sometimes it takes a little while.
Rookies struggling? Unheard of!
Most rookies do besides it’s been 2 games
I think way too many teams are still very much focused on results at this point. With the playins, even getting a top 10 spot is good enough. And, especially in the west, the teams are stacked. There will be a really solid team ending up worse than 10th in the west.
I would imagine by January things might shift.
Of course our rookies arent getting playing time. Anthony Black is supremely raw talent and Jett Howard will likely be a rotational player next year unless we figure out Jingles just isn’t good anymore.