Expect that Orlando Magic to be busy bees ahead of the NBA’s trade deadline. At least, that’s what certain league executives are assuming from them. According to The New York Times‘ Marc Stein, many around the Association believe the Magic will spend the next few weeks actively trying to find new homes for Mario Hezonja, Elfrid [...]
January 15, 2018
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The NBA’s extension deadline came and went on Monday without players like Rodney Hood, Marcus Smart, Aaron Gordon, Elfrid Payton and Jabari Parker, among others, receiving new deals. But LaMarcus Aldridge got his. Wait, what? Yes, the San Antonio Spurs reached a three-year extension with their at-times unhappy power forward, according to ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski: [...]
October 17, 2017
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We have arrived at mid-July in the 2017 NBA off-season and with all of the big names off of the free agency board and only one real star caliber player on the trade market (or not apparently? Who knows), it is a good time to analyze the state of affairs of all 30 NBA teams [...]
July 17, 2017
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After firing general manager Rob Hennigan at the end of the regular season, the Orlando Magic have a gaping hole in their front office — causing a problem with the draft and free agency on the horizon. Matt Lloyd has taken the reins in the interim, but the team has reportedly started kicking around a bunch [...]
April 19, 2017
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The Orlando Magic are currently sitting in 14th place in the eastern conference at 25-45 and will miss the postseason for the fifth straight season. Not exactly what the organization or fan base was hoping for when you consider the fact that the Magic went all in to make the postseason this year, by trading [...]
March 21, 2017
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News came down early Tuesday afternoon that the Orlando Magic have agreed to send free agent to be Serge Ibaka to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for scoring wing Terrance Ross and the Raptors 2017 first round pick, as first reported by The Vertical. Not to toot my own horn, but I predicted and called [...]
February 14, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
According to an article from Basketball Insiders Reporter Steve Kyler, there have been some exploratory trade discussions between the Raptors and Magic about big man Serge Ibaka. Kyler says that the Magic, who are easily the most active team on the trade market at the moment, discussing deals for players such as Ibaka, Nikola Vucevic, [...]
February 8, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
Remember how we all thought Nikola Vucevic was the only Orlando Magic big truly on the chopping block? Yeah, that’s not true. Serge Ibaka is right there with him, according to the Sporting News’ Sean Deveney: It has not taken long for buyers’ remorse to kick in. League sources told Sporting News that the Magic [...]
January 31, 2017
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The Orlando Magic seemed to have a patient and well-defined rebuilding plan after finally deciding to trade an unhappy Dwight Howard in the summer of 2012. Using draft picks and their currents assets, they drafted or acquired Nikola Vucevic (in the Howard trade), Tobias Harris, Evan Fournier, Aaron Gordon, Victor Oladipo and Elfrid Payton to [...]
January 24, 2017
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At 18-28, with the NBA’s second-worst offense, more than 4 games off the Eastern Conference’s final playoff spot, the Orlando Magic’s 2016-17 campaign is not going according to plan. And general manager Rob Hennigan sounds like someone who’s prepared to try doing something about it ahead of the Feb. 23 trade deadline. As he told [...]
January 24, 2017
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