If you asked the average Magic fan the last 3-4 years how they’d help fix Orlando ‘s glaring problems on offense, it’s more than likely they would have mentioned acquiring Tyus Jones .

The veteran point guard led the NBA in assists-to-turnover ratio a league-record six consecutive seasons from 2018-24.

In that same span, the Magic as a whole ranked in the bottom ten league-wide in assists-to-turnover ratio in four of the six seasons.

Jones, who signed as a free agent with the franchise over the summer, would tend to agree with those fans that viewed him as an antidote for Orlando, but doesn’t question why it took so long.

“This has been a place where I’ve kind of had my eye on and thought the fit was there the last few years,” he said recently. “It eventually played itself out an

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