Backcourt 2000
In 1999 an Orlando Magic squad led by Penny Hardaway and coached by Chuck Daly tied with two other teams for the best record in the East but still lost to Philadelphia in the first round of the playoffs. Daly quit almost immediately after and Magic braintrust, eyeing Orlando’s aging roster, underwent one of the first modern rebuilding processes, firing …
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