Orlando magic coach Jamahl Mosley divorce his wife Kristina

What is your approach to success?

Jamahl Mosley, the coach of the Orlando Magic, is eager to ask his squad this question at last. For years, the Magic were one of the NBA’s overlooked rebuilding projects, but as of this week, the unexpectedly young club is becoming more and more successful. The Magic are still in the running for the NBA in-season tournament championship and are tied for the third-best record in the league.

We were up early in the first half. It has been our specialty. And teams are coming in the second half,” Mosley said in a Saturday morning phone interview with Andscape. “I used that as a tiny illustration of how, as a superior record team, you handle success on a larger scale.

“The teams without the great records are coming at you. How do you handle that? You’re no longer the guy that is chasing teams. Teams are chasing you. And when you have that, how do you handle that? How does that change your approach to the game? And for me, it’s just been dominating the simple things, finding the details of things. That’s the most important thing. Can you stick with your process?”

The process to rebuild the Magic appeared to be quite daunting when Mosley took over as a first-time NBA coach in 2021. Gone were the Magic’s three best players in All-Star center Nikola Vucevic, two-way superathlete forward Aaron Gordon and sharpshooter- guard Evan Fournier. The Magic haven’t made the postseason in four seasons and haven’t had a winning record since 2019.

But with the addition of Paolo Banchero, the No. 1 pick in the 2022 NBA draft, there was renewed hope. Orlando now has talented young core of Banchero, brothers Franz and Moritz Wagner, guards Jalen Suggs and Cole Anthony, center Wendell Carter Jr., and rookie guard Anthony Black. Mosley believed his group of players were “special” due to their camaraderie, strong support for one another and lack of jealousy.