Orlando Magic 30 for 30 This Magic Moment

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The Orlando Magic have existed for 27 years, but really four seasons of its existence have come to be its lasting legacy. Talk about the franchise and images of one of the most exciting young teams in NBA history comes fresh to mind. The questions of what could have been and the promise of youth come to mind. The highlights, commercials, animatronic dolls and silky smooth movements of athletes in their prime come to mind. Around the nation and the NBA nation, no one thinks much about the bitter exit that has come to envelope the franchise left in its wake  and still to some extent does. All they think about is the greatness and the excitement and the fun.

The Orlando Magic of the mid-1990s have gained that sort of cult fascination. Shaquille O’Neal‘s Shaqnosis shoes he wore while in Orlando, Lil’ Penny dolls and those wonderful pinstriped uniforms still pop up and certainly fill memories when talking about the Magic around the nation. Digging into that nostalgia and exploring why this rapidly expanding balloon suddenly burst is what the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary This Magic Moment will explore when it debuts on ESPN at 9 p.m. on April 14. “I think what made it fit for 30 for 30 so well was that it was a team that was memorable even though it didn’t win a championship,” ESPN Films Vice President and Executive Director John Dahl said. “You can certainly think about what might have been. But beyond the basketball story, they transcended sports. They made their way to pop culture. They were able to break through to the more casual fan. That for us is what 30 for 30 is all about, transcending the sports story and touching larger themes.”  The story as it is told in This Magic Moment  begins with how Orlando got a franchise to begin with and began growing as a city and a major-league city. The focus though is on how his new franchise all of a sudden found itself the recipients of two superstar talents and quickly became a nationally relevant team seemingly overnight. And the fun and promise that brings with it.

It is truly a love story of sorts. A tragic love story, but a love story about how a city grows up, experiences success and figures out how to maintain it. At such a young age  both the players were young and the franchise  no one was quite sure how to maintain and handle this initial success.