The Orlando Magic's underwhelming start to the regular season has been disappointing considering the team's preseason outlook. With an injury-plagued Eastern Conference, the Magic entered the season as conference champion hopefuls. However, it may be too early to write off this team.

Bleacher Report published an article, determining which of these starts is sustainable. The article claims the Magic are just fine despite their unimpressive start.

"At 6-6 and routinely showing up in the 'What's wrong with these guys?' discussions that crop up at this point of the season, the Orlando Magic haven't looked much like the 50-win, up-and-coming juggernaut they were supposed to be," the article wrote. "While it's fair to worry about Orlando's uninventive, rudimentary offensive tactics, most signs still point to a righting of the ship. For starters, key newcomer Desmond Bane will not continue to make less than 30.0 percent of his open and wide-open threes. He needs to take more long-rangers than his current 4.4 per game (down from last season's 6.1), but career 40.7 percent three-point gunners don't just suddenly lose their strokes in the middle of what should be their prime years."

Bane's addition was made to improve the Magic's perimeter shooting woes, ranging over the last two seasons. Despite this early season slump, there should be positive regression. He has been one of the more efficient shooters in the NBA since his debut in 2020. 

"Beyond that, the Magic appear committed to making up for their shooting issues with brute force," the article added. "Not team gets to the foul line more often than Orlando, and Paolo Banchero leads the way with a career-best 9.3 free-throw attempts per game. His recent groin injury isn't ideal, but the Magic posted a plus-10.2 net rating last season with Banchero off the floor and Franz Wagner on it. They can survive as long as both of their star forwards aren't sidelined. Orlando hammered the New York Knicks on Nov. 12 to secure their fifth win in seven games, a truer representation of their potential than the 1-4 start that triggered so much concern."

The Magic's injury woes date back to last season with Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner, Jalen Suggs and Jonathan Isaac all missing extended periods of time. They were still able to sneak into the playoffs before exiting in the first round. If the stars can stay healthy this year, the Magic could be the team they were originally projected to be.