Franz Wagner and the Ghost of Game 7: What do the Magic need Franz Wager to be?

It was hard not to draw comparisons to the disappearing act Franz Wagner had in Germany's semifinal loss to France on Thursday to his Game 7 frustrations in Cleveland in May. Rightly or wrongly, Wagner is having to prove himself on the biggest stages and that he can step up in elimination games. Wagner is still figuring out how to make his own kind of stardom and how to give his team what it needs.

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