$ 247 million over years. This is what the Magic is likely to bet on Paolo Banchero this summer to extend his best player. Eligible to this contract extension, the local winger, who comes out of his best career exercise, seems completely favorable to this outcome.
« I could not be happier to be part of the Orlando Magic. So, I can’t wait to pass, I hope, still many years here “, Displays, during his end -of -season interview, the 22 -year -old whose campaign was partially spoiled by injuries.
If the Paolo Banchero file passes to be a summer formality, the Florida club finds itself faced with another priority to manage: better surround it, him and Franz Wagner, who touched a jackpot at $ 224 million last summer. The Magic intends in particular to draw inspiration from the model mounted by the Celtics, around Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.
Win right away
The two wingers of Orlando stars now having three years of joint basketball, the Magic intends to move up a gear. “” We are ready, in a way, to turn the page on our reconstruction and to enter the next phase of the evolution of our team, by adopting a more focusing vision of winning immediately », Fixes Jeff Weltman, the club president.
A speech that contrasts with the one he had held a year earlier. Upstream of the “Free Agency”, the manager recalled the importance of not losing the DNA of the team and seemed to play the card of prudence. In this logic, Orlando had recruited, and bet big, on Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. But the latter did not meet expectations. Faced with the Celtics in the first round, he only turned 5 points on average with a very low 26% of 3-point success.
“KCP” had been recruited to fill the team’s external address shortcomings. Operation really failed because Orlando ended up in the last position in the classification of the most skimples of the League with barely 32% success, even in front of the first team since the Thunder in 2016/17 to reach the playoffs despite this status.
The latest major transfers go back to four years…
« What we need is a player capable of marking reliably, having proven himself, someone who will fill our weaknesses. It is clear that we must progress in attack, that we must better shoot. These are our objectives, and it is through this prism that things should be analyzed by entering the off -season. Nothing is excluded. What we are looking for is the help of a veteran, a contribution from someone who has proven himself “, Aims today the leader.
Insofar as the franchise already has 15 players under contract for next season, the arrival of such a profile should therefore go through a transfer. A concept that has become almost taboo internally. The last major operations of the genre date back to March 2021 when the franchise had started its reconstruction precisely, separating from Evan Fournier, Aaron Gordon and Nikola Vacevic. Is the magic ready to make a cross on a young talent?
Jeff Weltman does not forget the importance of the ” NBA career trajectory And possible advances internally. “” I think we have two guys in the team that will be All-Star, perhaps All-NBA, who will continue to progress. And we have and a lot of other players with them. These guys will be completely different in a few years. And the beauty of a reconstruction. By obtaining the right guys, it’s a bit like a gift that keeps having effect “, The leader ends.
| Shots | Rebound | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | To | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Paolo Banchero | 46 | 34.4 | 45.2 | 32.0 | 72.7 | 1.1 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 25.9 |
| Franz Wagner | 61 | 33.2 | 46.3 | 29.5 | 87.1 | 0.9 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 23.8 |
| Jalen Suggs | 35 | 28.6 | 41.0 | 31.4 | 88.2 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 16.2 |
| Moe Wagner | 30 | 18.8 | 56.2 | 36.0 | 71.8 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 12.9 |
| Anthony Black | 78 | 24.2 | 42.3 | 31.8 | 76.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 9.4 |
| Cole Anthony | 67 | 18.4 | 42.4 | 35.3 | 82.3 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 9.4 |
| Wendell Carter, Jr. | 68 | 25.9 | 46.0 | 23.4 | 73.7 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 7.2 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 9.1 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-pope | 77 | 29.6 | 43.9 | 34.2 | 86.3 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 8.7 |
| Tristan da Silva | 74 | 22.0 | 41.2 | 33.5 | 87.3 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 7.2 |
| Goga and try | 70 | 20.4 | 61.1 | 10.7 | 63.9 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 6.6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 7.2 |
| Jonathan Isaac | 71 | 15.4 | 41.4 | 25.8 | 68.2 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 5.4 |
| Trevelin Queen | 31 | 13.9 | 38.1 | 28.6 | 85.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 4.9 |
| Jett Howard | 60 | 11.7 | 37.4 | 29.6 | 69.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 4.5 |
| Caleb Houstan | 58 | 13.6 | 42.1 | 40.0 | 88.2 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 4.1 |
| Cory Joseph | 50 | 12.2 | 40.3 | 36.4 | 77.8 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| Gary Harris | 48 | 14.8 | 38.3 | 35.6 | 58.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| Mac Mcclung | 2 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
