Orlando Magic

One way or another, Nikola Vucevic and the Orlando Magic are nearing the end of their time together. This parting of the ways, so to speak, could happen organically. Vucevic is entering the last year of deal and will almost certainly leave as a free agent if he remains in Orlando for the entire season. [...]

The past six years have been rough for the Orlando Magic. They haven’t come close to a playoff appearance and have experienced a ton of change across the organization. Fans likely yearn for the golden era of the mid-90s when Shaquille O’Neal and Penny Hardaway were lighting up the O Arena every night and making [...]

Aaron Gordon doesn’t expect to be wearing a different jersey next season. Though the 22-year-old will be the most sought-after restricted free agent of the summer, opening the door for over-the-top offer sheets, he believes he’ll be a member of the Orlando Magic to start 2018-19, per Magic.com’s John Denton: With Aaron Gordon headed toward the uncertainty [...]

Frank Vogel is officially out as head coach in Orlando. [tweet https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/984411125029785600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] This was something that was highly rumored and seen as a strong possibility over the last few weeks as the Magic slogged their way through another season in the top half of the lottery with a 25-57 record. The Magic went 54-110 in [...]

Every once in a while, NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal laments what could have been had he never left the Orlando Magic, or had he stayed with Kobe Bryant on the Los Angeles Lakers. And during a recent conversation with CBS Sports’ Reid Forgrave, it was Orlando’s turn on his carousel of nostalgia. Apparently, [...]

Things went from bad to worse for the Orlando Magic. After being the surprise team in the NBA the first few weeks of the season, the Magic are now 11-23. They will also now be without one of their two best players in Nikola Vucevic. Vucevic was diagnosed with a fractured first metacarpal on his [...]

Just in case you needed a reminder that injuries are, and will forever remain, the absolute worst, the Orlando Magic have now lost Terrence Ross indefinitely to a sprained right MCL. Here’s the details about his forthcoming recovery, per the Magic’s press release:  After further evaluation, including an MRI, Orlando Magic guard/forward Terrence Ross has [...]

The Orlando Magic are trying to burden someone else with the decision of whether to exercise Mario Hezonja’s team option for next season. According to Basketball Insiders’ Michael Scotto, the team is testing his trade market: [tweet https://twitter.com/MikeAScotto/status/925385907888381953] The Magic are beyond unlikely to strike a deal before the decision’s deadline, which means they’re almost [...]

The deadline for NBA teams to broker extensions with players nearing the end of their rookie-scale contracts is bearing down upon us. But while some like Norman Powell, Josh Richardson, Joel Embiid, Gary Harris and Andrew Wiggins have reached agreements, others won’t be so luck. This includes Aaron Gordon and Elfrid Payton. From the Orlando Sentinel‘s [...]

The Orlando Magic have one of the longer postseason droughts in the NBA, they haven’t made the playoffs since trading Dwight Howard in 2012 and starting their rebuild. After making the (bizarre) decision to completely blow up their young core that had been progressing together by trading Tobias Harris and Victor Oladipo, the one young [...]