Tag: Orlando Magic

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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Wizards get 127-110 win over Orlando Magic

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From Jackson Filyo at washingtonwizards.com FINAL: WIZARDS 127 | MAGIC 110 BOX SCORE | PHOTOS | HIGHLIGHTS The Wizards defeated the Magic 127-110 on Wednesday night at Capital One Arena. Washington was playing in the second game of a back-to-back and has now won three of its last four games. Kristaps Porzingis scored 13 of his game-high 35 points in the fourth quarter and finished the night 11-18 (.611) from the field, 3-6 (.500) from 3-point range and 10-13 (.769) from the free throw line.  Porzingis has now scored 30-plus points twice and led…

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Penny Hardaway remaining at Memphis

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From Joseph Zucker of B/R: Anfernee Hardaway will be remaining at Memphis and will not take the Orlando Magic’s vacant head-coaching position, according to multiple reports. Hardaway would have represented a connection to the Magic’s golden era. Orlando reached the 1995 NBA Finals and appeared to be a budding dynasty until Shaquille O’Neal left for the Los Angeles Lakers ahead of the 1996-97 season. Following a lengthy playing career, the 49-year-old went into coaching and climbed up the ladder to return to his alma mater, Memphis, in 2018. The Tigers have gone…

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Devin Cannady taken off court on stretcher after lower leg injury

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In the first quarter of their game against the Indiana Pacers, Orlando Magic guard Devin Cannady landed awkwardly and appeared to severely injure his lower leg. We will not show video or images of the injury, as we have class and respect for the young brother. The Magic said that Cannady, an undrafted rookie from Princeton, suffered an open fracture of his right ankle and he will undergo surgery. Cannady has had an off-and-on again relationship with the Magic this season; he was signed as a free agent on November…

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