No more training camp.

No more preseason.

No more speculation.

Just basketball.

Welcome to opening week of the NBA ‘s 80th season and the 37th year of the Magic , who start the 2025-26 campaign against the Miami Heat at Kia Center on Wednesday night.

Expectations for Orlando haven’t been higher in more than a decade following an offseason filled with changes, ranging from major player acquisitions to a complete rebrand and much more in between.

For Jamahl Mosley’s squad, they wouldn’t have it any other way.

“We’re super prepared,” Magic center Wendell Carter Jr. said Monday. “If you’re not prepared, you’re out of luck. From my perspective, we look good. … I’m just super excited to finally getting it going.”

Added second-year forward Tristan da Silva : “We feel really

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