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The Orlando Magic have a simple reason for trading the No. 46 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft to the Los Angeles Lakers: they don’t want any more young players. Orlando sent the 46th overall pick to the Lakers on Thursday night in exchange for cash and a future pick. The Purple and Gold then […]

The Los Angeles Lakers had to pay a hefty prize to secure a second-round pick in the 2019 NBA Draft. The Lakers acquired the 46th overall pick from the Orlando Magic for a future pick and cash. According to David McMenamin of ESPN, the Purple and Gold paid $2.2 million to secure the pick from […]

Nikola Vucevic is set to be one of the best free agents on the market this summer, but the Orlando Magic may not let things get that far. Magic president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman says the team is making it a priority to bring back Vucevic, as well as free-agent wing Terrence Ross, this […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have acquired the No. 46 pick in the second round of the 2019 NBA Draft from the Orlando Magic in exchange for future draft compensation and cash consideration, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Sources: The Los Angeles Lakers have acquired the No. 46 overall pick in the NBA draft from […]

The Washington Wizards would like to have former Chicago Bulls power forward Bobby Portis back in our nation’s capital for the 2019-20 and beyond so it seems. However, the Wizards will have some serious competition for Portis’ services as the struggling Eastern Conference franchise attempts to turn things around in a hurry ahead of the […]

Mo Bamba, the No.6 overall pick of the Orlando Magic in the 2018 NBA Draft, had a rather uninspired and injury-shortened rookie season. Bamba was only able to play in 47 games in his rookie year due to a left tibia fracture, and when he did play, he was not overly effective as a pick-and-pop […]

Orlando Magic President of Basketball Operations Jeff Weltman remains high on former Philadelphia 76ers guard Markelle Fultz. Fultz is recovering from thoracic outlet syndrome that has sidelined him for the most part of the 2018-19 season. Weltman said that Fultz, whom they acquired from the Sixers last season, is recovering very well and is making […]

Incoming second-year man Melvin Frazier Jr. of the Orlando Magic just underwent surgery on his right tibia and is on the way to recovery. Per The Magic PR, the 22-year-old Frazier went under the needle to repair a stress fracture in his right tibia. INJURY UPDATE: Melvin Frazier Jr. underwent successful surgery Thursday to repair […]

Orlando Magic swingman Terrence Ross hosted a local youth private screening of Men In Black: International. Per Magic beat writer John Cohen, Ross hosted a private screening of the fourth installment of the science fiction film franchise. The audience were comprised of 50 kids from Parramore’s New Image Youth Center (NIYC). For the 28 year […]

Mo Bamba’s NBA debut was quietly disappointing, but the Orlando Magic don’t have to worry about his desire to come back much-improved next season. Why? Barely more than a month after his team was eliminated from the playoffs, the impossibly long-limbed big man is already back in the lab with workout guru Drew Hanlen. Perhaps […]

With the first three games now behind us and game 4 set to tip off on Friday night, the NBA Finals are nearing an end. Thankfully, there is never a down moment in this beautiful league and the crowning of the 2019 NBA Champions will signal the start to the increasingly hectic 2019 NBA offseason. […]

In an in-depth look at the 2009 Orlando Magic by The Ringer, former Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy says that Dwight Howard was a major reason for the team’s success in 2009. Orlando — while it might not earn credit for it — was one of the first teams to revolutionize the NBA […]

Orlando Magic center Nikola Vucevic is still undecided whether he will play for his home country of Montenegro or not, hoping to resolve his free agency before saying if he will join his country’s national team for the World Cup later this year. “I’m waiting for the situation around the contract to be solved,” the […]

The Orlando Magic will try to re-sign center Khem Birch during the offseason. However, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic, the Philadelphia 76ers and more teams are expected to express their interest in the 26-year-old Canadian center. The Magic will attempt to re-sign Birch and will almost assuredly make him a restricted free agent […]

Former UCF big man Tacko Fall has no idea where he’ll be taken in this year’s draft, but it sounds like he wouldn’t mind playing for the Magic. On Monday, Fall was asked what it would feel like to play for the Magic. He smiled: “I can’t express how happy I would be,” Fall told […]

Orlando Magic big man Nikola Vucevic says he’s very happy in Orlando and wants to make his free agency decision before the Montenegrin national team gathering. Vucevic becomes an unrestricted free agent this summer. The Montenegrin national team gathering is scheduled for July 25. NBA free agency begins on July 1. The Magic made the […]

Orlando Magic big man Mo Bamba had an abbreviated rookie campaign this past season, playing in 47 games before seeing his year end as a result of a stress fracture in his left tibia. When Bamba was on the floor, he averaged 6.2 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.4 blocks over 16.3 minutes per game while […]

Before he ever took the floor at Indiana University, Romeo Langford was projected as a top ten pick in the 2019 NBA Draft. And despite a tremendous freshman season in which Langford was named Second Team All-Big Ten and averaged over 16 points and five rebounds, his stock fell. For all of his scoring prowess […]

The Sacramento Kings, fresh off a surprisingly competitive 2018-19 season, are apparently hoping to make a splash in free agency. According to John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7, the Kings have eyes for Orlando Magic big man Nikola Vucevic this summer, and are prepared to make incumbent starting center Willie Cauley-Stein available via trade if […]

Grant Hill and Tracy McGrady’s partnership in the Orlando Magic had a chance to be special. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out the way they wanted it to be. In his appearance on NBA TV’s Open Court, Hill opened up about his ill-fated stint with the Magic and what was supposed to be the start of […]

Until the Game 6 loss to the Toronto Raptors, the entire world got a good glance at an under-appreciated player that can impact the game in every way possible. This 6’5’’ combo guard was last seen using his size to bully smaller guards on his way to finishing at the rim. When he wasn’t doing […]

The Orlando Magic greatly depended on Evan Fournier to build on a career-best 2017-18 campaign, hoping he’d be the reliable source of 3-point shots he was a season ago. Yet the French shooting guard had a tough time mustering last season’s accuracy, hitting only 34.8% of his wide-open looks beyond the arc, while eight others […]

Charlotte Hornets point guard Kemba Walker will reportedly receive interest from the Orlando Magic, Indiana Pacers, New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers this summer, according to Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders. Walker becomes an unrestricted free agent this offseason. The All-Star guard is eligible to sign a supermax extension with the Hornets after making […]

The Orlando Magic finally took a big step in the right direction in the 2018-19 NBA season after making it to the playoffs. New head coach Steve Clifford immediately turned the team around and the future could not be brighter. Orlando has a lot of young talent and quite a few ways to improve this […]

The New Orleans Pelicans were the biggest winners of the 2019 NBA Draft Lottery when they surprisingly won the first pick despite only having a six percent chance. Pelicans General Manager David Griffin is expected to select Zion Williamson from Duke University to the chagrin of the Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks, and Cleveland Cavaliers. […]

Orlando Magic big man Nikola Vucevic flew under the radar this season while being one of the best big men in the NBA and leading the Magic to the playoffs. Vucevic had a spectacular year, averaging 20.8 points, 12 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.1 blocks and one steal over 31.4 minutes per game while shooting 51.8 […]

Not even two years after they selected him with the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft, the Philadelphia 76ers gave up on Markelle Fultz, trading him to the Orlando Magic for Jonathon Simmons and a second-round pick. For a guy that was expected by many to be the best player in the 2017 […]

It has been more than 18 years since the 2001 first round showdown between Tracy McGrady’s Orlando Magic and Glenn Robinson’s Milwaukee Bucks. That series is infamous for the trash talk McGrady laid down on Robinson when he referred to him as ‘Puppy Dog’ on the court. On Thursday, McGrady joined The Jump on ESPN […]

The Orlando Magic are a team on the rise. Predicted to finish near the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings before the 2018-19 season, they went 42-40 and snuck into the playoffs as the seventh seed. Despite an early playoff exit, the 2018-19 season was certainly a success for Orlando. The Magic had a number […]

The Orlando Magic were arguably the most surprising playoff team in the 2018-19 NBA season, riding a talented wave of youngsters to a 42-40 record and to the team’s first playoff berth since 2012. Although the Magic were handily dispatched by the Toronto Raptors in five games in the first round, the future remains bright […]

Orlando Magic big man Nikola Vucevic is coming off his best season in the NBA. The 28-year-old averaged 20.8 points and 12.0 rebounds and made his first All-Star team. Vucevic led the Magic to the playoffs for the first time since 2012, the final year of the Dwight Howard era. Although the Magic lost to […]

The Orlando Magic have bid farewell to one of its most transcendent figures. Pat Williams announced his retirement from the team Monday, bringing his 30-plus year tenure to an end. Via NBA.com: “We are so grateful to Pat Williams for what he has done for sports in Orlando, Fla.,” said Orlando Magic Chairman Dan DeVos. […]

The Orlando Magic plan to make Nikola Vucevic’s return to the team their top priority during the offseason. The eighth-year center had his best season yet, averaging a studly 20.8 points and 12 rebounds per game this past season: “Bringing Vooch back is a priority,” said president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman, according to Roy […]

In early February, Orlando Magic big man Mo Bamba underwent a procedure to repair a stress fracture in his left tibia, which effectively ended his rookie campaign in the NBA. Though he’s been out of commission, Bamba says his recovery process is going very well. According to a report from Josh Robbins of The Athletic, […]

This season was all about progression for the Orlando Magic. And though they were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, Aaron Gordon says the team “learned how to win.” “I feel like we learned how to win,” Gordon told John Denton of OrlandoMagic.com. “That was one of the things that had been lacking […]

The Orlando Magic’s season didn’t end the way the team wanted it to, but All-Star big man Nikola Vucevic is looking at the positives. The Magic made the playoffs for the first time since 2012. They stole Game 1 in Toronto against the Raptors, but lost four-straight after that. Vucevic, who becomes an unrestricted free […]

The Toronto Raptors booked their place in the second round of this season’s playoffs after securing a Game 5 victory against the Orlando Magic, 115-96. After losing Game 1, the Raptors went on to win the next four games to clinch the series, and as it turns out, this was actually the first time Toronto […]

Toronto Raptors All-Star guard Kyle Lowry has had a tough go of it in his playoff career. Lowry, who has made five straight All-Star teams and is the Raptors’ all-time leader in career win shares (62.9 per Basketball Reference), has often underperformed relative to high expectations in the playoffs. This year, however, the Raps have […]

Orlando Magic head coach Steve Clifford admits his team isn’t at the Toronto Raptors’ level. Not yet, anyway. Clifford shared his thoughts after the Raptors eliminated the Magic in their first-round playoff series, 4-1. .@OrlandoMagic coach Steve Clifford: "I thought we had the kind of team defensively where we could start (hand raised above his […]