Great news for Magic fans. Besides the fact that they just defeated the Knicks recently in a thrilling game, they get the return of their young star Victor Oladipo, as told to us by the Orlando Magic’s twitter page.
The Magic's @VicOladipo has been cleared by doctors and is questionable for tonight's game against the @Bucks.
— Orlando Magic (@OrlandoMagic) November 14, 2014
Now this is great news, absolutely. What does that mean though for Elfrid Payton and/or Evan Fournier?
While the Magic don’t have the outstanding record, 3-6, to show for it, Fournier and Payton have be solid early on this season.
Fournier is starting at the shooting guard in place of the injured Oladipo averaging 18.2 points per game which is second best on the team. Payton on the other hand is 6.2 points per game, 6 assists per game and a little over 1 steal a game.
The obvious choice here should be to put Oladipo back in the starting lineup when he’s ready to go and bring Evan Fournier off the bench. A back court of Oladipo and Payton to start the game, defensively, can’t get much better.
Now the more interesting thing to do is to put the rookie Payton on the bench and start Victor Oladipo at his position that he played in college at Indiana University under coach Tom Crean, point guard. Now that’s some scoring, between Fournier’s hot start and Oladipo’s ability to create, that could cause some problems for teams. Don’t forget the tandem of Payton and the other rookie, Aaron Gordon, coming off the bench together.
Got some big choices here in Orlando.
