This one wasn’t even close. No player comes close to Howard’s impact or resonance with the Magic. It seems like every decade or so, a generational talent arrives in Orlando. First Shaquille O’Neal, Howard and now Paolo Banchero. Howard took the torch from O’Neal as the best big man in the game. Like O’Neal, Howard embodied the Superman persona and took the team to the Finals. And, like O’Neal, he was unable to win one in Orlando. He also wore out his welcome with the Magic, with his immature, goofball personality ostracizing him not only in Orlando, but every other stop in his career. Nevertheless, he is the most recognizable Magic player of the last two decades.
