FanShot

Magic most surprising in 1st week

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What team are you most surprised by? Ryan: The Magic! They’re 3-1 with the sixth-best point differential in the league, and that’s without having played the Suns (I see you, Clippers). (They have played the Nets twice, though,) Aaron Gordon is the Al Pacino of the Small Sample Size, with a 30.8 PER and a newfound long-distance shot, while Evan Fournier is single-handedly putting Elfrid Payton on the trade block. This team went from young and restless to old and competent. The latter probably has a lower ceiling than the former, but in the short term, the Magic look more stable than many of the teams that came into the season with greater expectations.

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2017/10/27/16556462/nba-exit-survey-mvp-giannis-fultz-lebron