Orlando Magic Is HYPED As New Season APPROACHES..
Welcome back to Sports Hype. Here’s some news for you about Orlando Magic. Much changed for the Orlando Magic on the night of May 17, 2022. That was when they won the NBA Draft lottery for the first time since 2004 and the fourth time in franchise history. At the time, nobody knew which direction the Magic would go with the pick, but just them having first dibs generated quite a unique buzz around town. A little over a month later, the Magic decided Paolo Banchero, a 6-foot-10, 255-pound versatile forward out of Duke, was the best prospect for them. That brought the excitement to a whole new level.
Things went well for the Magic in the summer league in Las Vegas. Banchero shined bright in the two games he appeared in, averaging 20.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 6.0 assists. The 19-year-old also sparkled in various pro-am games. He scored 50 points in a July 30 (defense optional) exhibition in his hometown of Seattle at The CrawsOver, for instance. The key now is for this team to show more growth in the regular season. The Magic have brought back nearly everyone from last year’s squad. That should be good for their chemistry and comradery. Each player, by all accounts, has been putting in serious work these last few months – on the court and in the weight room. For Franz Wagner, one of last season’s top NBA rookies, he’s been playing in some very meaningful games with the German national team the last few weeks. Let’s not ignore the fact, though, that the Magic are still extremely young, collectively. They currently have the league’s second-youngest roster, just behind the Oklahoma City Thunder. Terrence Ross is Orlando’s oldest player at 31 years old. Banchero and fellow rookie Caleb Houston are still in their teens, while everyone else is in their 20s. In related news, Not too long after he was traded to Orlando from Chicago in March 2021, Wendell Carter Jr. learned about the training center his new team, the Magic, was building. He remembers someone telling him where the construction site was, driving by there, and thinking it was pretty cool that he’d have a new facility to practice in eventually.
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Why was the Vooch squad even shown in the video? Whoever edited this most likely doesn't know who's on the current roster. Plus, don't butcher people's name. That's rude and ignorant. And people come to this video for the Magic, yet a huge part of it talks about other teams.
Sleeper to watch