NBA Trades & Free Agency: 5 Offseason moves that shouldn't have happened

#2 Nikola Vucevic to the Orlando Magic (Free Agent)

Vucevic had a great 2018-19 season

The Orlando Magic pulled off one of their best moves (so it feels to them) when they re-signed their All-Star Center Nikola Vucevic to a 4 year, $100 million deal to stay with the Orlando Magic. Even though it seems like on paper, the Magic want to run it back and return to the playoffs again, it might not be the same.

Even though Vucevic was an All-Star last season, he has only had 2 good seasons, his 2014-15 season and the 2018-19 one, where he averaged a superb 20.8 points and 12 rebounds. It also only his first season where he managed to play 80 games in 1 season, showing some question marks over his durability.

The Magic had drafted Mo Bamba last season at #6 as well and he was seen as the successor to Nikola Vucevic. Now with Vucevic agreed to a new deal, it makes matters bleak for Bamba, who would probably request for a trade, in order to join a team to get more playing time.

Though the Magic have re-signed Vucevic and Ross, along with Aminu and Carter-Williams, it does not make them favourites for anything. They might just squeak into the playoffs this season as well and lose in the 1st round. Getting stuck in playoff purgatory is probably the worst thing to happen to a team and the Magic seem to have doomed themselves to it by re-signing Vucevic.