NBA Trade Rumors: The Orlando Magic will head to the trade market in order to bolster their scoring punch. Here are four names to watch
During the summer, one thing was apparent. Well, many things were. However, for the Orlando Magic, there was one that stood out – they wanted to make the playoffs. This was a team, after trading Victor Oladipo on NBA Draft night, that clearly wanted to break their four-year postseason drought.
After trading Oladipo and the draft rights to Domantas Sabonis, the Magic went on to free agency to sign Bismack Biyombo, Jeff Green and re-signed Evan Fournier to a fat new deal. They also hired Frank Vogel as the team’s new head coach.
The Magic had one thing in mind for the 2016-17 season, to make the playoffs. However, at 10-14, sitting in the 11th slot in the East, that’s kind of the opposite that Orlando is on their way to doing this season.
Instead of making that return to the postseason, the Magic are well on their way to another trip to the draft lottery. Not acceptable, apparently.
According to the Orlando Sentinel, the Magic will head into the trade market in an attempt to find help on the offensive end.
"The Orlando Magic will sift through the trade market in an effort to add a scorer, a league source with knowledge of the situation told the Orlando Sentinel."
Perhaps even more interestingly, ESPN’s Marc Stein suggests that the Magic could dangle Mario Hezonja in an attempt to get the right deal done.
More evidence to suggest that the Magic, who are openly seeking a scoring boost via trade, are willing to move Hezonja in the right deal ... https://t.co/IJunuX9cFk
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) December 9, 2016
But who could the Orlando Magic target in order to bolster their offensive arsenal? We have a few suggestions.