Tag: Orlando Magic

Cam Reddish Joins Orlando Magic Summer League Roster in Bid for NBA Return

Brandon King

For Cam Reddish, the road back to the NBA starts in Las Vegas. According to Brett Siegel, the former No. 10 overall pick will suit up for the Orlando Magic during NBA Summer League as he attempts to earn another opportunity at the NBA level. Selected 10th overall in the 2019 NBA Draft, Reddish entered the league with enormous expectations after a standout season at Duke. His combination of size, length, athleticism, and perimeter skill made him one of the most coveted wing prospects in his draft class. Throughout stops…

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Nikola Vučević Returns to Orlando Magic on One-Year, $3.9M Deal After Turning Down Bigger Offers

Brandon King

Veteran center Nikola Vučević is officially heading back to where it all started. According to league sources, Vučević has agreed to a one-year, $3.9 million deal to return to the Orlando Magic, turning down more lucrative offers elsewhere in order to reunite with the organization that drafted him and developed him into an All-Star. Vučević began his NBA journey in Orlando as a sophomore and went on to spend nearly a decade with the franchise, becoming one of the most consistent double-double big men in the league during his tenure.…

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Orlando Magic waive Jonathan Isaac, veteran forward heads to free agency

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Image via The Orlando Sentinel The Orlando Magic have waived veteran forward Jonathan Isaac, according to NBA insider Jake Fischer, ending an eight-year run with the franchise that selected him with the sixth overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft.   Isaac, 28, flashed elite defensive potential throughout his career, but repeated injuries prevented him from becoming a consistent contributor. A torn ACL suffered in the 2020 NBA Bubble sidelined him for more than two seasons, and additional lower-body injuries limited his availability after his return.   Despite the health…

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Orlando Magic Expected to Waive Jonathan Isaac as Paolo Banchero Extension Reshapes Payroll

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The Orlando Magic’s youth movement may soon come at the expense of one of the franchise’s longest-tenured players. According to reports, league expectation is that Orlando will waive veteran forward Jonathan Isaac and stretch the remaining money on his contract rather than use him as a trade asset. The move would provide the Magic with additional financial flexibility as Paolo Banchero’s lucrative contract extension begins to impact the team’s salary structure.   Isaac, once viewed as a cornerstone defensive piece for the franchise, has struggled to maintain consistent availability throughout…

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Magic Bet on Rising Assistant: Orlando Finalizing Sean Sweeney as New Head Coach

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The Orlando Magic have found their next leader, and they’re looking to the bench of one of the NBA’s hottest teams to do it. According to reports from Shams Charania, the Magic are finalizing a deal to hire Sean Sweeney as the franchise’s new head coach. Sweeney, currently serving as associate head coach for the San Antonio Spurs, will remain with the Spurs through the conclusion of their postseason run before officially taking over in Orlando. A New Era in Orlando The move marks a significant step for an Orlando…

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Bethune-Cookman Basketball holds practice at Orlando Magic’s facility

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Courtesy of Bethune Cookman Athletics ORLANDO, Fla. – Being at the Orlando Magic’s practice facility gave Bethune-Cookman Head Coach Reggie Theusmore than a sense of coming full circle. Taking his Wildcats for a practice in a facility adjacent to the National Basketball team’s main floor in the Amway Center was a show of how things have progressed for him and the league since he played for Orlando in the team’s 1988-89 expansion season. Theus and that team practiced in a recreational center blocks away from the also now demolished Amway Arena. “It…

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Jalen Suggs leaves game with leg injury

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Magic guard Jalen Suggs has suffered what appears to be a leg injury in their preseason game against the Mavericks . In the first quarter Suggs went to set a screen on Dorian Finney Smith when he collided with Finney-Smith’s leg and appeared to hyperextend his left leg. Suggs had to be helped back to the locker room. This is the latest health mishap to befall Suggs , who was taken fifth overall in the 2021 NBA Draft. He missed 20 games in his rookie campaign with a thumb injury…

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EuroBasket 2022 News: Moritz Wagner out of EuroBasket with ankle injury

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The German basketball federation announced that Moritz Wagner will miss the World Cup Qualifiers and EuroBasket 2022. Wagner himself issued the following release: “I’ll tell you how it is. It hurts. I’ve been looking forward to this tournament and this opportunity for years: to play in Germany, in Cologne and my city of Berlin, with my brother, at a European Championship, was something I had dreamed of for a long time. Unfortunately, I can’t take part in any of the upcoming international matches this summer. I know how much the…

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Paolo Banchero to sign with Jordan Brand

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At Duke, he balled in Nikes, in some post college workouts, he was rocking Adidas, but when he takes an NBA According to for the first time in regular season action, Paolo Banchero will do so with Air Jordans on his feet. According to reporting from The Athletic and Stadium’s Shams Charania, the former Blue Devil and no.1 overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft is finalizing a deal with Jordan Brand. Banchero is the latest edition to the young stable of Jordan Brand athletes that includes Jayson Tatum, Bam…

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EuroHoops News: Ignas Brazdeikis signs with Zalgiris Kaunas

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Ignas Brazdeikis signed a 1+1 deal with Zalgiris Kaunas of the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga. The club released the following statement regarding Brazdeikis’ signing: Zalgiris Kaunas bolsters its roster with the signing of Ignas Brazdeikis. The most titled club in Lithuania struck a deal on a 1+1 contract with the Kaunas-born player, who left the country for Canada at a young age. The 23-year-old 198 cm tall swingman regained his Lithuanian citizenship last year and put on the Lithuanian men’s national team jersey for the first time. Brazdeikis made his debut in…

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