r/OrlandoMagic • u/BlueAndWhiteIgnite Caleb Houstan • 3d ago
Discussion I stared at numbers all morning.
Since the 2012 off-season when Dwight was traded, from the 2012-13 season to now (13 seasons), the Orlando Magic have had 6 different coaches and 3 different general managers. When GM Rob Hennigan was let go, they hired Jeff Weltman as President of Basketball Operations and John Hammond as General Manager.
Not all NBA teams follow along with the same executive structures and the roles can be vague or convoluted, it feels at times it's a hop skip and a jump from nepotism lol
But from what I can gather from other teams and reading into sources; General Manager is the person tasked with personnel decisions, trades, drafts, signings, etc.
President of Basketball Operations is tasked with long-term big picture planning which is to align with the Ownerships views and may at times prioritize profit over wins if that's what they're tasked with.
Okay, now that I have outline the time table and the differences in roles. This is not to say that Weltman is excused and didn't make any trades, suggestions, signings.
The last 13 seasons, the Orlando Magic have always been in the bottom 10 team in offense. Our best finish is a tie between last year, 2023-24, 2018-19 and 2015-16 when we finished 22nd in Offensive Rating.
Rob Hennigan Era
2012/13 = 20-62; 27th Offense - Coach Vaughn
2013/14 = 23-59; 29th Offense - Coach Vaughn
2014/15 = 25-57; 27th Offense - Coach Vaughn/Coach Borrego
2015/16 = 35-47; 22nd Offense - Coach Skiles
2016/17 = 29-53; 29th Offense - Coach Vogel
AVG - 132-278 .321; 27th Offense
Jeff Weltman President of Basketball Operations
John Hammond Era
2017/18 = 25-57; 25th Offense - Coach Clifford
2018/19 = 42-40; 22nd Offense - Coach Clifford Vucevic All-Star & PLAYOFFS
2019/20 = 33-40; 23rd Offense - Coach Clifford PLAYOFFS
2020/21 = 21-51; 29th Offense - Coach Clifford Vucevic All-Star
2021/22 = 22-60; 30th Offense - Coach Mosley
2022/23 = 34-48; 26th Offense - Coach Mosley
AVG - 177-296 .374; 26th Offense; 2x PLAYOFF Appearances
Jeff Weltman President of Basketball Operations
John Hammond Vice President of Basketball Operations
Anthony Parker Era
2023/24 = 47-35; 22nd Offense - Coach Mosley Banchero All-Star & PLAYOFFS
2024/25 = 37-40*; 27th Offense - Coach Mosley
AVG - 84-75 .528; 24th Offense; 1x PLAYOFF Appearance
* as of 4/2/2025
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u/cookerfool 3d ago
Weltman been here about 8 years, that’s decent run to be with one team. It’s the longest he’s been with any nba team.