Now he has to keep being a 40% three-point shooter after he puts on the Orlando uniform, lol. Because it's not for lack of trying that the Magic can't shoot. They've brought in good shooters. That's what KCP was supposed to be. I wonder if that physical high-effort defense saps those legs enough to make good shooters underperform.
I think the bigger problem hurting their 3PT shooting is their offense. The lack of high quality playmaking / ball movement.
Too much iso-ball by F Wagner and Banchero. Everything is 25 feet out from the basket with 5 defenders in between the ball and the basket.
Both those guys are bully ball / bulldozers. Neither has great playmaking. Neither has high level tricky ball-handling or high level quickness. They do not get inside the defense and collapse the defense as well as other elite dribble penetrators do. They are easier to defend. And they take a lot of the shot clock to do their work.
This is where Bane won't help them. What they needed most of all wasn't a 3 point shooter but more creative playmaking / quick drivers / ball movement. Bane is not that. He is another guy who is not that good of a one-on-one player.
So Orlando will still have significant offensive issues even with Bane.
Orlando also has limitations in their center position. A lack of high quality passing there. A pair of average passers in W Carter Jr and Mo Wagner. A below average passer in Goga. Which makes it hard for them to get passes inside the defense (inside the three point line). Why they are so reliant on dribble penetration (despite not being great at it). Wendell is an inconsistent outside shot maker. Mo Wager is a good outside shooter. Goga is a dunker.
So it will still be clunky. It will still be easy to defend. It still won't be a high level offense. I would be surprised if it is even an above average offense. I would expect closer to the middle. An average offense.
But an average offense with one of the league's best defenses is still a potent combination. 2004 Pistons won a title with that.
