On December 7, Beijing time, the Magic officially announced that the team's center Jonathan Isaac will be transferred to the subordinate Development League team Lake Magic. He will follow the team to train and continue to recover from injuries.
Reporter Khobi Price revealed that Isaac followed the team to play 5V5. This is his first time participating in the 5V5 confrontation training after being injured. He said that he played about one quarter of the game. After training, Isaac talked about his current situation: "I ran around the field. I felt very good about my physical condition. Although the whole process was a little tired, I still persisted."
From Isaac's interview, he had been out of the field for a long time and felt a little unfamiliar with the training and confrontation. Isaac was injured in the 20-year rematch park. He suffered a knee cruciate ligament injury in a regular season game, and then he has been missing. Isaac has been in the recovery stage and has been seasonal reimbursement in the past two seasons. He has not appeared on the court for more than 850 days.
After Isaac was injured, the Magic still chose to renew his contract early for 4 years and $70 million, and the new contract began to be executed last season. The reason why the Magic made such a decision was Isaac's performance before he was injured. He averaged 11.9 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 1.6 steals and 2.3 blocks per game in the 19-20 season, showing great potential on the defensive end. Now it seems that the decision of Magic may not be very wise. Netizens jokingly call him a player who only lives in the game.
At the beginning of last month, Isaac revealed to reporters that he was close to returning to the arena, and every day became better than yesterday. However, until now, he has not had a clear timetable for his return and the situation is not optimistic. Judging from the current situation, although Isaac feels good about himself, his comeback is still far away. The Magic have only achieved 5 wins and 20 losses this season, ranking last in the league.
