Orlando center Dwight Howard showed with his postgame comments Tuesday why the Magic won’t win a championship. Too much friction exists between the star player and the coach; that’s never a good thing.
Howard questioned coach Stan Van Gundy‘s fourth-quarter strategy in trying to explain how the Magic blew a 14-point lead to Boston on Tuesday.
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“Our coach has to recognize when he has a certain group out there and they are getting the job done and we have to leave those guys on the floor,” Howard told reporters after the game.
Think Kobe Bryant or Paul Pierce or LeBron James would say that about their coach?
Last month, one NBA source thought the Magic were in trouble because, he said, “all the stuff coming out about the coach and how he panics and the players hate him.”
It’s no surprise that Orlando is 2-4 in postseason games decided by five points or less.
Orlando has been an interesting team to watch this season. Things could get more interesting in the offseason.