Things are heating up as the NBA speeds toward Thursday night’s draft—particularly in Memphis, where the Grizzlies are hocking the No. 4 pick to roughly one-quarter of the league. According to ESPN.com’s Jonathan Givony, the Chicago Bulls, Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers, New York Knicks and Orlando Magic are all trying [...]
June 21, 2018
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NBA free agency is a mere three weeks away and while the sports world focuses on where LeBron James will be suiting up next season, there are a number of talented young restricted free agents that are set to hit the market. Two of those players are Aaron Gordon of the Orlando Magic and Zach [...]
June 13, 2018
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Ryan Bawek
It did not take Steve Clifford long to land on his feet after losing his head coaching gig with the Charlotte Hornets. He is now the guiding force for the Orlando Magic. ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski broke the news on Wednesday: Steve Clifford has agreed to a four-year deal to become the head coach of the Orlando [...]
Rodney Hood is drawing no shortage of interest on the trade market. With the Utah Jazz seemingly not-so-thrilled about footing the bill for his next contract, the 25-year-old continues to be one of the most talked-about names on the NBA’s chopping block. Leading into Thursday’s deadline, no fewer than five teams are trying to land [...]
February 6, 2018
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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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For those who don’t remember or are unaware, there was once a time when Tim Duncan was an actual free agent that visited other teams. I know, crazy right? In the summer of 2000, Duncan was one of a trio of highly sought after free agents on the market, the other two being Tracy McGrady [...]
December 22, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
Cleveland Cavaliers general manager David Griffin continues to operate without a contract extension, which is weird. The Cavaliers won a title last season, and he’s responsible for many of the savviest post-LeBron James moves this franchise has made, despite its glaring lack of flexibility. The Orlando Magic, who remain in the hunt for a successor [...]
It is clear that the Detroit Pistons and the Orlando Magic front offices are both frustrated with the current play of their roster and direction of their franchise moving forward (or need to save their job if you’re Rob Hennigan) and rumors are that both have been in the trade market. The Magic have had [...]
February 17, 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. [tweet https://twitter.com/TheVertical/status/831543439686791169] Not to toot my own horn, but I predicted [...]
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