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• Magic, Colin Castleton Agree To Exhibit 10 Deal

The Orlando Magic signed Colin Castleton to an Exhibit 10 deal, sources told Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. The 25-year-old averaged 4.7 points and 4.7 rebounds last season with the Grizzlies, Raptors, and Sixers. Castleton also started four games for the Raptors last year....2025
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• NBA 2025 Offseason Check-In: Orlando Magic

Hoops Rumors is checking in on the 2025 offseason for all 30 NBA teams, recapping the summer’s free agent signings, trades, draft picks, departures, and more. We’ll take a look at each team’s offseason moves and consider what might still be coming before the regular season begins. Today, we’re focusing on the Orlando Magic. Free […]...2025
• Dunc'd On: 2024 Offseason Re-Grades Continued! ORL thru WAS and DAL thru LAL

We continue our 2024 offseason re-grades, looking back at how the big moves from last summer have aged with the benefit of a full season. From extensions in Orlando and Philly to Toronto's direction and Washington's draft, then through a Western run of Dallas, Denver, Golden State, Houston, the Clippers, and the Lakers, we revisit the decisions that shaped the past year and the future outlook for ...2025
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• Spurs hiring ex-NBA forward Rashard Lewis as player development coach

Former NBA forward Rashard Lewis is being hired as a player development coach under Mitch Johnson with the San Antonio Spurs, per Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. Lewis spent time as a player with the Seattle SuperSonics and Orlando Magic, playing a key role on the 2009 Magic team that advanced to the NBA Finals. That […] The post Spurs hiring ex-NBA forward Rashard Lewis as player development c...2025
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• Magic Sign Lester Quinones To Exhibit 10 Contract
The Orlando Magic have agreed to an Exhibit 10 contract with free agent guard Lester Quinones, a league source informed Jason Beede of the Orlando Sentinel on Monday. Lester Quinones Entering Fourth NBA Season Quinones, who turns 25 in November, has appeared in 54 career regular-season games off the bench over three years since going undrafted […] The post Magic Sign Lester Quinones To Exhib...2025
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• Magic reportedly signing Lester Quinones

Guard Lester Quinones has agreed to a deal with the Orlando Magic, where he will compete for a spot on the regular season roster or potentially land a two-way contract, according to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. Quinones, 24, split last season between the New Orleans Pelicans and Philadelphia 76ers, appearing in 13 NBA games. He […] The post Magic reportedly signing Lester Quinones appeared f...2025
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• Orlando’s Franz Wager is an ‘obvious’ choice to be a first-time all-star next season
During the 2024-25 season, the Orlando Magic had several players miss time due to injury. Despite that, the team finished 41-41. They competed in the play-in tournament and earned the seventh seed. Orlando lost in five games to the Celtics. Last season, Franz Wagner missed 22 games for the Magic. He missed 20 consecutive games […] The post Orlando’s Franz Wager is an ‘obvious...2025
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• 9 best NBA rookies at Las Vegas Summer League 2025, ranked

Photo by Logan Riely/NBAE via Getty Images Let’s rank the best rookies at NBA summer league. NBA Summer League doesn’t really matter, but still one of the most fun events on the league calendar. Team personnel and diehard fans converge in Las Vegas every year to get a first-look at rookies, check-in on second-year players, and gossip about the state of the league. Along the way, journeymen...2025
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• 7 NBA players who are too good for Las Vegas Summer League 2025

Photo by Ryan Stetz/NBAE via Getty Images These second-year players have proven they’re too good for Las Vegas Summer League. By now, NBA fans should know to be wary of drawing too many definitive conclusions from Las Vegas Summer League. The sample sizes are small, the practice time is limited, and roster are often missing key pieces (like pass-first point guards) that help lineup constru...2025
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• Paolo Banchero, Magic Agree To Five-Year, $239M Max Extension

Paolo Banchero and the Orlando Magic have agreed to a five-year, $239 million maximum extension. The deal includes triggers to elevate his salary to the Rose rule max if he makes an All-NBA team. The deal also has a player option for Banchero in 2030-31, which hasn't happened on a rookie max since Luka Doncic and Trae Young in 2021. Orlando now has Banchero, Franz Wagner and Jalen Suggs signed for...2025
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• 7 NBA teams that got better this offseason, ranked by how much they improved

These teams are ready to make a leap next season. There’s still about three months left in the NBA offseason before teams report to training camp for the start of the 2025-26 season, but the championship picture is already starting to take shape. The Oklahoma City Thunder will enter the season as the favorites to repeat, and the Denver Nuggets and Houston Rockets look like their two biggest chall...2025
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• 4 NBA free agency winners and 3 losers after wave of 2025 player movement

Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images Let’s hand out the biggest winners and losers in free agency. NBA free agency remains ongoing, but at this point most of the top players have come off the board. Next season’s NBA championship picture is already taking shape, and there are some clear winners and losers from the offseason. The reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder will head into next ...2025
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• Damian Lillard’s 7 best NBA free agency landing spots, ranked by fit

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Let’s rank the best free agency destinations for Damian Lillard. Damian Lillard never expected to be a free agent this summer. The Milwaukee Bucks had other plans, pulling off a bold scheme to waive-and-stretch Lillard to open up the cap space to sign Myles Turner away from the Indiana Pacers. Lillard will be out for all of the 2025-26 season as he recove...2025
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• NBA’s 10 best free agents still available on 2025 market, ranked

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Let’s rank the best NBA free agents who are still available. The NBA free agency was also destined to be a dud in the summer of 2025. The list of unrestricted free agents was topped by older veteran stars who were never going to leave their incumbent teams, and younger restricted free agents who were going to get squeezed due to the lack of availabl...2025
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• The Sixers might have accidentally stumbled back into championship contention

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images Don’t look now, but the Sixers may have a clear path to Joel Embiid’s first conference finals. The NBA is a serious business. The Philadelphia 76ers are a serious franchise. I am a serious person. So trust me when I say that I am being completely serious in declaring totally, 100% seriously that the 76ers are maybe-sorta-kinda the favorite...2025
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• Bucks’ stunning Damian Lillard decision is all about keeping Giannis happy, and it could backfire

Photo by Logan Riely/NBAE via Getty Images Let’s break down the Bucks’ shocking free agency moves that landed Myles Turner and banished Damian Lillard. Damian Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo seemed like a wonderful pairing on paper. Lillard is the second-greatest pull-up shooter of his generation, while Antetokounmpo is the greatest rim scorer in the league. The Bucks were expecting to c...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Instant projection after Mavs win Cooper Flagg sweepstakes

Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images The 2025 NBA draft lottery is settled. Here’s our instant mock draft. The 2025 NBA Draft lottery was always going to be one of the most meaningful of the 21st century. Teams at the bottom of the standings wrestled for position all season to increase their odds at landing the No. 1 overall pick and the rights to Duke super freshman Cooper Flagg. We now ...2025
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• Zach LaVine trade rumors may be back after comments from new Kings GM resurface

Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images Zach LaVine probably shouldn’t get too comfortable in Sacramento. Zach LaVine feels like he’s been permanently stapled to the trade block during his NBA career. LaVine has already been traded twice in his first 11 seasons in the league: the Minnesota Timberwolves sent him to the Chicago Bulls after his third year as part of the Jimmy Butler deal,...2025
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• NBA Playoffs teams ranked by their 2025 championship chances

Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Ranking every 2025 NBA Playoffs team by their chances to win it all The 2025 NBA Playoffs are here with three big favorites and a pool of contenders ready to play the spoiler. The Boston Celtics are trying to become the league’s first back-to-back champion since the 2017-2018 Golden State Warriors. Boston ran over the league on their way t...2025
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• The NBA’s 11 best young cores, ranked by their future championship potential
Let’s rank the best young cores in the NBA. The future always seems so far away in the NBA until it’s not. It wasn’t long ago that Boston Celtics duo Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, Denver Nuggets tandem Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, and Phoenix Suns trio Devin Booker, Mikal Bridges, and Deandre Ayton made up the league’s best young cores. Only a few years later, all three teams have appeared in t...2023
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• How Nikola Jokic became the best basketball player in the world
Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Nikola Jokic’s hard journey to becoming the best basketball player in the world fully paid off. Putting a label on Nikola Jokic’s game has long been a nearly impossible challenge for evaluators. Jokic himself might be the only person to effectively do it. As he was leaving home in the northern part of Serbia to enter the 2014 NBA Draft, Jo...2023
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• Sean Rooks, 76ers Assistant and Former NBA Player, Dies at Age 46
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• Think You Know What the NBA's Morris Twins Are All About? Think Again
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• 2016 Basketball Hall of Fame Finalists Announced: Latest Comments and Reaction
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• Meet NBA Draft Prospect Mario Hezonja, Europe's Kobe Bryant Wannabe
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• NBA Insider: 3 Years After Linsanity, Jeremy Lin Still in Search of NBA Home
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"Detroit guard Jaden Ivey sustained what appeared to be a severe injury to his left lower leg in the fourth quarter in Detroit's game against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night."

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"After finishing a perfect 3-0 in group play, Giannis rescued the Bucks from an upset bid by the Orlando Magic by finishing with 37 points on 15-of-24 shooting from the field, to go along with seven rebounds and six stocks."

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"Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero was named the 2022-23 NBA Rookie of the Year, the league announced Tuesday."

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"Former Number 1 overall draft pick Markelle Fultz, who hasn't played since suffering a torn left ACL in January 2021, will return to action for the Orlando Magic on Monday, the team announced."

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"The Orlando Magic defeated the Warriors 91 to 89 in a very close match."

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"The Milwaukee Bucks have decided to boycott Game 5 on Wednesday against the Orlando Magic to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday."

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"Below is a running diary of the Lakers’ game against the Orlando Magic, taking you through game day from start to finish."

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"Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon will not participate in the 2018 Verizon Slam Dunk, the team announced today in a tweet from its official public relations account."

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"Below is a running diary of the Lakers’ game against the Orlando Magic, with comments drawn from Mike Trudell’s @LakersReporter Twitter account, as well as others from the Lakers, to ensure you’re covered from start to finish."

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"Peaking with the Orlando Magic, McGrady averaged 32."

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" -The Heat dominate Florida, leaving little respect to the Orlando Magic."

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"Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James got off to a sluggish start on Friday against the Orlando Magic."

• NBA 2025 Offseason Check-In: Orlando Magic
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• Dunc'd On: 2024 Offseason Re-Grades Continued! ORL thru WAS and DAL thru LAL
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• Magic Sign Lester Quinones To Exhibit 10 Contract
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• Magic reportedly signing Lester Quinones
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• Lester Quinones, Magic Agree To Contract
Lester Quinones and the Orlando Magic have agreed to a contract where he will compete for a regular season roster spot or a Two-Way. Quinones is represented by Scott Wong Nichols. In 13 games last season with the New Orleans Pelicans and Philadelphia 76ers, Quinones averaged 6.6 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 14.1 minutes. The Pelicans released Quinones from his Two-Way contract in July. ...2025
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• Heat, Ethan Thompson Sign Exhibit 10 Contract

The Miami Heat have signed guard Ethan Thompson to an Exhibit 10 contract. Thompson will join Miami for the preseason, then will collect a bonus if he spends at least 60 days with the Heat's G League team this season. Thompson spent part of last season with the Orlando Magic on a two-way contract but did not appear in an NBA game. In 47 G League games, the 6-foot-5 shooting guard averaged 17.8 poi...2025
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• Bulls Offered Josh Giddey $80M Deal At Start Of Free Agency
Chicago Bulls restricted free agent Josh Giddey has been seeking a five-year, $150 million deal similar to that of Orlando Magic guard Jalen Suggs. That contract would give the four-year veteran $30 million annually. Josh Giddey Still Seeking An Annual Salary In The $30 Million Range Giddey “wants to get a deal done to stay […] The post Bulls Offered Josh Giddey $80M Deal At Start Of F...2025
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• Cole Anthony Says Leaving Magic 'Bittersweet', Excited To Play For Bucks

Cole Anthony has never played for another team in the NBA but the Orlando Magic. After he was traded to, and subsequently released by, the Memphis Grizzlies, Anthony signed with the Milwaukee Bucks. That's still taking some getting used to for the veteran guard. "I remember that whole week, it was just crazy," Anthony said about being traded. "I've been here five years, haven't played for another ...2025
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• Cole Anthony Says Leaving Magic Is 'Bittersweet' But Excited To Play For Bucks

Cole Anthony has never played for another team in the NBA but the Orlando Magic. After he was traded to, and subsequently released by, the Memphis Grizzlies, Anthony signed with the Milwaukee Bucks. That's still taking some getting used to for the veteran guard. "I remember that whole week, it was just crazy," Anthony said about being traded. "I've been here five years, haven't played for another ...2025
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• Josh Giddey, Bulls Approximately $10M Per Year Apart On Negotiations

Josh Giddey and the Chicago Bulls remain in a stalemate in his restricted free agency. Giddey could ultimately take the $11 million qualifying offer and then become an unrestricted free agent next offseason when more teams have cap space and he is no longer hindered by match rights. The Bulls are approximately $8 million to $10 million per year apart in negotiations. Giddey entered training camp l...2025
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• Magic, Colin Castleton Agree To Exhibit 10 Deal
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• Lester Quinones, Magic Agree To Contract
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• Heat, Ethan Thompson Sign Exhibit 10 Contract
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• Jeff Dowtin Jr Signs With Maccabi Tel Aviv

Former NBAer Jeff Dowtin Jr. is signing a two-year deal with Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel. Dowtin will join fellow former NBAer Lonnie Walker IV with the Israeli and EuroLeague power next season. Both Dowtin and Walker played for the Philadelphia 76ers last season. The 6-foot-3 point guard appeared in 41 NBA games for the Sixers last season. Dowtin averaged 7.0 points on 49/40/73 shooting splits in ...2025
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• Josh Giddey, Bulls Approximately $10M Per Year Apart On Negotiations
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• Jamal Cain, Magic Sign Two-Way Contract
The Orlando Magic have signed forward Jamal Cain to a Two-Way contract. The 6-foot-6 forward averaged 5.3 points and 2.3 rebounds in 37 games with the New Orleans Pelicans last season. Cain appeared in 13.6 minutes per game for the Pelicans during the 2024-25 campaign. He scored in double figures nine times and recorded 20-plus points twice, including a career-high 25 points against Miami on April...2025
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• Magic Waive Ethan Thompson, Open Up Second Two-Way Contract Slot
The Orlando Magic waived Ethan Thompson from his Two-Way contract on Wednesday. Thompson averaged 18.4 points in 31 games with the Osceola Magic. The Magic, who recently signed Orlando Robinson to a Two-Way deal, now have two open Two-Way contract spots....2025
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• Magic Waive Two-Way Guard Ethan Thompson

The Orlando Magic have waived guard Ethan Thompson from his two-way contract, the team announced via its PR department. Thompson signed with Orlando in February but never saw the floor in an NBA game. The 6-foot-5 guard did log 31 games for the Osceola Magic in the G League, averaging 18.4 points, 4.9 rebounds, 3.2 […] The post Magic Waive Two-Way Guard Ethan Thompson appeared first on Hoops...2025
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• Orlando Robinson, Magic Agree To Two-Way Contract
The Orlando Magic signed Orlando Robinson to a Two-Way contract on Monday. The 25-year-old averaged 6.9 points and 5.0 rebounds in 44 games between the Raptors and Kings last season. The Magic now have Robinson and Ethan Thompson on Two-Way deals....2025
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• 9 best NBA rookies at Las Vegas Summer League 2025, ranked
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• 7 NBA players who are too good for Las Vegas Summer League 2025
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• NBA’s 10 best free agents still available on 2025 market, ranked
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• Bucks’ stunning Damian Lillard decision is all about keeping Giannis happy, and it could backfire
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• 2-Time NBA Dunk Contest Champion Jason Richardson Breaks Silence On His Son, Jase, Joining His Former Orlando Magic
Jason Richardson reflects on a full-circle moment as his son Jase is drafted by the Orlando Magic, the same team he once played for during his NBA career....2025
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• The best NBA Draft hauls in history, now including Thunder’s epic 2022 class

BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK The Thunder drafted Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams in the 2022 lottery. Is it the best NBA Draft team class ever? The idea of the Oklahoma City Thunder winning their first ever NBA championship seemed like an impossible dream as the franchise entered the 2022 NBA Draft. The Thunder were coming off a 24-58 season that followed a 22-60 season. ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for June 16, 2025

Denny Medley-Imagn Images A winless homestand. Anne Rogers writes about the winless homestand. “It wasn’t good,” shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. said. “It was bad. You got to flush it and have an off-day tomorrow, and that’s all you can do right now. Can’t change what happened in those games. But also, you can just learn from it. And we got to learn from it. “Because we just got beat by teams th...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Perfect picks for each team in the first round

Photo by David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Here’s an updated 2025 NBA mock draft projection. Evaluating the 2025 NBA Draft class has been the ultimate rollercoaster. This group entered the year looking like it could potentially be one of the strongest classes in recent memory, but much of that optimism faded by the midway point in the season. We are left with a draft class that ...2025
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• WATCH: Magic Guard Jalen Suggs Flies In To Cheer On Girlfriend Hailey Van-Lith at Sky-Fever Clash
Orlando Magic guard Jalen Suggs was present courtside to support his girlfriend Hailey Van Lith during her game against Indiana Fever....2025
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• Grading the Orlando Magic’s new uniforms and logo rebrand as they go back to their roots

If there’s anything we’ve learned from recent. jersey rebrands, it’s that going back to what worked is actually a good thing Sometimes, the best thing a sports team can do for their jersey rebrand is go back to what worked before. The Utah Jazz have done it with their new jerseys, and now the Orlando Magic have brought back the 90s with their rebrand, a much needed boost for a team that’s on the p...2025
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• Bucks boycotting Game 5 over police shooting
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• NBA Twitter Fan Follower Map Shows Lakers Are Most National Team
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• Kobe Bryant Comments on Michael Jordan, Retirement and More
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• DeMarcus Cousins Trade Rumors: Latest Buzz, Speculation on Kings Star's Future
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• Running Diary: Lakers 96 | Magic 87
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• Kobe Bryant Reveals Rarely Seen Sense of Vulnerability in New Documentary
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• Tracy McGrady Joins ESPN As NBA Analyst
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• Dwight Howard Reportedly Unhappy Playing Alongside James Harden
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• Orlando Magic 2024-2025 fantasy basketball season recap: Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner derailed by injuries
The future looked bright for Orlando entering this season, but injuries to Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner and Jalen Suggs changed things. Where do they go from here?...2025
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• NBA & Fantasy Basketball Loser Lineup: Orlando Magic offer little beyond Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner
The Magic have a dynamic duo, but Dan Titus is skeptical of anyone else helping you in fantasy next season....2025
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• NBA Teams Still Dropping Memes, Introduce 'NBADramas'
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• Orlando Magic 2025-26 preseason game schedule
The Orlando Magic will open the 2025 preseason in San Juan, Puerto Rico to play Miami on Saturday, October 4. After playing at Philadelphia on Friday, October 10, Orlando will host Miami at Kia Center on Sunday, October 12 (6 p.m. start), then finish the preseason schedule at home on Thursday, October 16 vs. New … Continue reading "Orlando Magic 2025-26 preseason game schedule"...2025
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• Miami Heat 2025-26 preseason game schedule
The Miami HEAT 2025-26 preseason schedule includes three games being played at Kaseya Center. The six-game schedule begins in San Juan, Puerto Rico against the Orlando Magic on October 4 (8PM) before returning home to Miami for two home games, first vs. the Milwaukee Bucks on October 6 (7:30PM), followed by a game against the … Continue reading "Miami Heat 2025-26 preseason game schedule"...2025
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• Cole Anthony Says Leaving Magic 'Bittersweet', Excited To Play For Bucks
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• Cole Anthony Says Leaving Magic Is 'Bittersweet' But Excited To Play For Bucks
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• NBA Expected To Announce Full Schedule Next Week

The NBA is expected to release the full schedule for the 2025-26 season at some point next week. International games have already been announced by the league, while Opening Night and Christmas Day schedules have also leaked. The NBA announced that the Detroit Pistons and Dallas Mavericks would play in the Mexico City game on November 1. The Orlando Magic and Memphis Grizzlies will meet in this se...2025
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• Grizzlies, Magic Will Play In Berlin, London As NBA Sets 3-Year Europe Plan

The NBA will play at least six regular-season games in Europe over the next three seasons, starting with a pair of games between the Memphis Grizzlies and Orlando Magic this season. The Grizzlies and Magic will play in Berlin on Jan. 15 then in London on Jan. 18. The NBA will play games in Manchester, England, and Paris in 2026-27 then return to Berlin and Paris in the 2027-28 season. The games wi...2025
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• Josh Giddey, Bulls Approximately $10M Per Year Apart On Negotiations
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• 9 best NBA rookies at Las Vegas Summer League 2025, ranked
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• How would an NBA expansion to 32 teams work?

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Lets add the Sonics and Vegas to the mix. Adam Silver spoke on Tuesday night about the future of the NBA, and much to the chagrin of fans in Seattle, there was no announcement about the future return of the Sonics. A reserved Silver gave a considered answer when asked about the league adding more teams, characterizing expansion as a “curiosity,” rather ...2025
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• 7 NBA players who are too good for Las Vegas Summer League 2025
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• 9 best NBA rookies at Las Vegas Summer League 2025, ranked
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• NBA’s 10 best free agents still available on 2025 market, ranked
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• Bucks’ stunning Damian Lillard decision is all about keeping Giannis happy, and it could backfire
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• 5 best NBA Draft team hauls and 2 teams who didn’t do enough

Photos by Michael Gonzales/NBAE via Getty Images Here’s who helped themselves and who didn’t in the 2025 NBA Draft. The 2025 NBA Draft has been dissected from every angle by now. At this point, all that’s left is to watch how this incoming rookie class performs at Las Vegas Summer League before heading to training camp to start their NBA careers. Teams need to think about the future, not ...2025
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• Desmond Bane trade grades for Magic-Grizzlies on NBA’s first big summer deal

Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images The Magic went all-in for Desmond Bane. Let’s grade the trade between Orlando and the Grizzlies for both sides. The 2025 NBA Finals are in full swing, but trade season is already here. The Memphis Grizzlies and Orlando Magic agreed to the first blockbuster of the summer, with a massive deal that aims to push the Magic into the elite tier of the Eastern Conferenc...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Perfect picks for each team in the first round
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• Should the Warriors, Celtics, Cavs and Nuggets blow it up? Or continue to build?

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images. Graphic by Anton Tabuena Let’s chart the biggest issues and likely next steps for the NBA teams that faced an early exit in the 2025 Playoffs. The last three teams to win NBA championships have all been eliminated early in the 2025 Playoffs. Joining them is a top-seeded title favorite, who despite their improvements and massive spending, only managed one w...2025
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• Flagg, Harper, Bailey, Edgecombe, Fears Go 1-5 In ESPN's First Post-Lottery Mock Draft

The Dallas Mavericks won the 2025 NBA draft lottery Monday, shocking the basketball world by converting their minuscule 1.8% odds to secure the No. 1 pick. The Mavs now have the inside track to select Duke freshman Cooper Flagg, widely regarded as the consensus top player in this draft class. San Antonio jumped from their projected eighth spot to secure the No. 2 pick despite just 6.3% odds, while...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Instant projection after Mavs win Cooper Flagg sweepstakes
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• Moritz Wagner Hoping To Stay With Magic

Orlando Magic backup big man Moritz Wagner missed being on the floor with his team in the second half of the season and the playoffs. Wagner is hoping to be ready for training camp this fall. And he hopes that training camp comes with the Magic. "The turnover in the league is so high that being a part of something that's bigger than your individual career is very rare and something that you have t...2025
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