In reality, there was almost no way that the Magic could be winners this offseason given the circumstances they were put under in the Dwight Howard situation.
That being said, Orlando under new GM Rob Hennigan have been unable to find a suitor for Howard that matches the Magic's needs, and because of that, it has to be considered the biggest losers of the offseason.
After all, Orlando fired its head coach, Stan Van Gundy, and GM Otis Smith at least partially to appease Howard, and now it seems as though it was all for not.?
Howard could have been traded during the season last year, and the rebuilding process could already be under way in Orlando, but instead, Howard changed his mind, like he always does, and signed the one-year tender to stay with the Magic, only to demand a trade once again.
The fact of the matter is, with only one year left on Howard's deal, plus his extremely exclusively list of teams in which he would accept a trade to sign long-term, the Magic have extremely limited options in trading Howard.
No matter what they end up getting for him, it won't be anywhere close to what he provided for the team over the last eight years.
Along with that, Orlando also lost one of its best supporting players, Ryan Anderson, who it shopped to New Orleans??to avoid having to match his $34-36 million offer sheet that the Hornets were prepared to present to him.
All in all, once Howard leaves town, the Magic will be a shell of the team who made the finals just three years ago.
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