At halftime of Orlando’s preseason opener against the Miami Heat last weekend in Puerto Rico, Magic rookie Jase Richardson wasn’t happy with himself.

The No. 25 pick out of Michigan State had missed all four of his first half shots and was held scoreless in almost 11 minutes of action coming off the bench in his NBA preseason debut.

Richardson’s new teammates, including All-Star forward Paolo Banchero , had advice for the rookie guard that changed his evening for the better.

“We just told him, ‘You’re getting everywhere you want to go, so don’t trip on missing the shot, just keeping being aggressive,’ and he went out there and knocked three 3s down all within the flow of the offense,” Banchero said. “He’s a really good player, and you can just tell he has an ‘it’ factor about

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