I don't get why I keep seeing everyone as having the magic being worse this year than last year. I think they will be bad again but they are young and while they don't have a roster that seems like it is well put together, it is essentially the same roster that won 9 More games than the nets last year and should improve slightly off young players making improvements.
I don't see how that many teams could have gotten worse than the nets, 8 game differential between the nets and the next worse team in the east last year, the nets have little improving young talent and lost their best player. If they are any better than 14th in the east I would be surprised.