[Charania] Orlando Magic star Paolo Banchero has sustained a low-grade right high ankle sprain, sources tell ESPN. This injury diagnosis typically carries a timetable of 4-to-6 weeks.
posted by u/themkwjeremy13 · 2026-10-24 16:42 UTC
Orlando Magic star Paolo Banchero has sustained a low-grade right high ankle sprain, sources tell ESPN. This injury diagnosis typically carries a timetable of 4-to-6 weeks.
Source: https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania/5e8b622b7865d
Original link: https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania/5e8b622b7865d
## Top comments
1. u/jonsnowKITN · 2026-10-24 16:42 UTC
The annual early season Magic injury to their star
2. u/LouieM13 · 2026-10-24 16:45 UTC
Just in time for Knicks vs Magic tomorrow
3. u/Aeronova20 · 2026-10-24 16:47 UTC
just in time for our annual “franz wagner pops off against the knicks/lakers” game
4. u/JackCrafty · 2026-10-24 16:51 UTC
You know the haters got their "are the Magic better without Paolo?" posts pretyped up for the first Franz good game + win
5. u/TatumBrownWhite · 2026-10-24 16:54 UTC
JoeBiden2020FTW is already on standby
6. u/xXEliteEater500Xx · 2026-10-24 18:20 UTC
That bozo is the worst
7. u/Aeronova20 · 2026-10-24 16:55 UTC
despite the fact that Paolo has been far and away the best player on the team through two horrible losses 😵💫
8. u/user78804180 · 2026-10-24 17:00 UTC
And then after that upset win you guys lose 8 of the next 10 with the worst offense in the NBA
9. u/Aeronova20 · 2026-10-24 17:03 UTC
as is tradition
10. u/Key_Change_6635 · 2026-10-24 18:05 UTC
Hell yeah. It's the Magic way
11. u/HipnotiK1 · 2026-10-24 16:52 UTC
Yea Franz about to cook us.
12. u/Punjabiveer30 · 2026-10-24 17:02 UTC
Silver put the hit out, can’t have defending champs start 0-3
13. u/Careless-Journalist7 · 2026-10-24 17:05 UTC
Also the annual “Franz Wagner plays like an MVP candidate while Paolo is out of the lineup”
14. u/LuciusCSullaF · 2026-10-24 17:22 UTC
Exactly, and then people trying to think of any way to explain it besides Franz Wagner is a franchise player.
15. u/-Kex · 2026-10-24 18:33 UTC
I have no numbers on this but watching them Franz likes playing fast (as with the national team where they play for transitions) while Paolo always seems to be playing slow ball
16. u/Frosty_Dimension5646 · 2026-10-24 18:37 UTC
Their styles of play just are not conducive to each other. Maybe they need a better roster to play better as a pair, but keeping them together doesn't seem to be the best move for the future. The Magic need to realize that, bite the bullet and choose
17. u/LemonButterRum · 2026-10-24 16:44 UTC
every fiscal quarter smh
18. u/sloBrodanChillosevic · 2026-10-24 17:16 UTC
Their name is ironic. Cuz they aren't magic - they're cursed.
19. u/chris-dempsey · 2026-10-24 19:00 UTC
Magically cursed
20. u/Cactuszach · 2026-10-24 17:55 UTC
Cursed.