Orlando Magic Front Office
Bill Pope was most recently working as a scout with the Kings.
Host Danny Leroux, Mike Prada of SB Nation and Andrew Sharp of Sports Illustrated break down the NBA’s Southeast Division.
Nikola Vucevic is entering the final season of his contract with the Magic.
This move brings the Grizzlies under the luxury tax.
The Thunder have been working to reduce their luxury tax bill.
Timofey Mozgov will go the Magic while the Hornets will acquire Bismack Biyombo.
Isaiah Briscoe played in Estonia last season.
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The NBA cap will jump by $7 million while some of the bad contracts of 2016 will come off the books, which means an abundance of cap space again.
The Magic are bucking the trend by cementing their foundation with bigs in Jonathan Isaac, Aaron Gordon and Mohamed Bamba.
Similar to Donovan Mitchell with the Jazz and James Harden leaving the Ginobili role behind in OKC, fit, freedom and usage play a critical part in raising the ceiling of shooting guards like Victor Oladipo.
