INSTANT REACTION! Orlando Magic to sign Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

INSTANT REACTION! Orlando Magic to sign Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

you are locked on Magic your daily Orlando Magic podcast part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day and guess what Jeff zilet coming through with us uh coming through with us with some news right at the end of the show cavius cwell Pope leaving the Denver Nuggets and heading to the Orlando Magic is that a fake Jeff zgate no it isn’t okay good our friend Jeff silet of USA Today reporting cavius cwell Pope is leaving the Denver Nuggets and headed to the Orlando Magic on a three-year deal I am told um Mr suggested magic are not talking to Paul George or have done talk talk to Paul George but gavius callwell Pope excellent 3point shooter uh excellent Defender like we’ve kind of said he is a uh Gary Harris plus like he is a bigger Gary Harris he is a better shooter than Gary Harris he’s a better Defender than Gary Harris he is someone that um he is someone that uh will enhance this team what what they were doing last year he will make that better um we don’t have the details of the contract yet a three-year deal I would suspect if it’s a three-year deal it is not for that 25 sorry is not for that $25 million um that we tal 25 million or that two-year 50 that we were talking about my bet is that this is a little bit more reasonable maybe on the $18 million range maybe 19 maybe three for 60 um I would bet that there are non that there’s a non- guarantee on that third year that that third year is an option option deal but uh this is kind of the move we all expected very Baseline move very much a um very much a guy that enhances what the magic did last year gives them a better version of what they had last year without changing too much um I’m a big believer in the horse Grant Theory uh having a guy who’s been on championship teams that has been on very good teams in the past imparts wisdom to those young teams um I think that’s really really valuable for for young teams especially uh so I am not at all shocked that this is what the magic ultimately did I’m not shocked that this is where the magic start I think that I I think that this is again a relatively safe move on the Magic’s part um but uh I but I think this does make the team better I think this does make the team appre ably better uh someone asking kcp backup or starter next year not that one sorry um this one uh kcp is going to start you know you don’t sign a guy at a $20 million contract or whatever the case may be I if I were predicting I don’t have the numbers yet if I were predicting it would be three for 60 um or three for 61 62 give him a little extra money somewhere but um my bet my bet is that is is that he’s coming in around $20 million again just good trade Ballance too in the future but I’d bet there’s a team option or non-g guarantee done that third year if I if I were guessing um and he’s going to start like like he he would he’s going to he started for the Nuggets he is an excellent Defender excellent really good three-point shooter maybe not the greatest not like a standout spot up shooter you know spot up shooting is about the same as Gary Harris he is a better version of Gary Harris he will stay healthy uh he’s been on championship teams he he’s a much more aggressive and physical Defender um so so on that front he is a better option than uh he has a better option than Gary Harris so the magic do get better here with cavius calwell Pope I I 100% believe this um the question now is what comes next um and here’s the number actually uh we actually get the number now three years 60 sorry I was add that to Stage uh we actually get the number now three years $66 million deal so that’s $22 million straight um starting shooting guard uh shamia with the number here three years $66 million uh again Rel I I think this is a fair price like I said I didn’t think they were going to get the two for 50 um I think that this is a a good spot this this does make Jaylen sugs the starting point guard as many of you are predicting um whether this means the magic are done whether this means the magic will do more uh is certainly a fair question um you know again a lot of people asking here what do you think this meets to the Magic’s plans for the rest of free agency do we turn to hartenstein so here’s what let’s do some math magic paying $22 million for cavius colell pop if they have about $50 million in cap room that means they have $38 million left that would be enough to go after Isaiah hartenstein so if that is the plan they can still offer that two for 50 or three for another three for 66 why not um they can still offer that deal for Isaiah hardenstein so my again my big thing my my thought when the magic were supposedly chasing um Paul George was that I don’t think that the magic should throw their money at one guy they need multiple players they need multiple high-end players um so I didn’t think they should throw their money at one guy at like Paul George um but I think that I think that now you know you can go after multiple players so maybe hartstein still a play again like I’ve kind of mentioned I I’m looking for some Wing help too I think Gary Trent Jr would be play so you have 38 that’s roughly let’s estimate $38 million in cap room left you could go spend 25 of that on uh Isa heart and shine if you want and then you’ve got 13 left to spend on someone else so there is still a lot to get to here now I think that this is a fair criticism Blake biger staff saying he only made 1.63 points pointers per game last year I don’t get this um and this was my concern too so cavius calwell Pope essentially and I did a podcast on this last week um you know there I did a podcast on this last week in fact let’s uh let’s play that game I can’t okay uh We’re not gonna play that game today um uh I did a podcast on that last week I’m actually going to pull it up for you here uh you can go here uh let’s find it where’ you go where’d you go where’d you go uh sorry I’m I’m I’m I’m I’m promoting myself here uh where are you case for cavius cwell Pope I know you’re right here somewhere I don’t know where you went uh I know I did it there’s the case for GU Paul George whatever it’s it’s somewhere it’s it’s somewhere in my archive sorry um I don’t mean to waste time here uh but um yes he only made at 1.63 pointers per game last year um and my concern with that is that he the Nugget so the magic were 29th in the league in three-point attempts per game last year the Nuggets were 30th um that’s the that that was my biggest issue with gavius sco po his stats they won’t directly translate to the magic because they have Nicole yic um one of my concerns is that kcp wouldn’t give the magic the shot volume that they’re that they’re that they probably need from the position and and what and again what I think they need is the shot volume so I share some of your skepticism but at the very least kcp is a better version of Gary Harris um Gary Harris was F you know I am a notable Gary Harris Defender I am a notable let’s try this actually I am a notable Gary Harris Defender um I think that sorry uh I think that Gary Harris got a bad rap from fans he’s kind of the the scapegoat in a lot of ways um he did what was asked him um and I would always argue that you need to get him more shots because if he’s getting the ball that usually means the magic are moving the ball well kcp has the same issue and and that would always be my concern with bringing in a guy like kcp and bringing in a player like cavius cwell pop um and third year player option for for Caldwell Pope per Shams let’s add him to the stage there third year player option for calwell Pope per Shams so very honestly very player friendly deal at that point um but kcp like look at the end of the day the goal is to get better um you know did the magic get significantly better here no I would I would agree with that uh I don’t think that they got like 100% better with this move did they get better today though did they get better adding cavius calwell Pope absolutely they did absolutely they got better with cavius calwell Pope he has a better version of Gary Harris he’s gonna make he fits defensively he fits their needs offensively they absolutely got better today with this uh so the magic do only have 28 million sorry I I I didn’t math well they have $28 million a cap room they’re out on Paul George Klay Thompson they’re probably they’ve probably been eliminated from that a while ago anyway um so you know the magic did their thing you know they they did their thing uh Clifford rapael asking what about Lonnie Walker I would like him as an end bench guy as well I think that’s that’s a good option I think he fits with the magic want to do um but again that’s an end of summer guy you know we’ll we’ll get to we’ll get to that as well okay taking minutes away from abjet um I don’t think so um you know honestly so the Saturday fight says uh is he taking minutes away from uh ab and Jet uh to me that answer is no um to me that answer is uh to me that answer is no because AB is playing Marquel foltz’s minutes jet Howard is essentially going to be playing Caleb Houston’s minutes you hope or or kind of sliding in there uh kyp is playing Gary Harris’s minutes um and you’ll probably get a little bit more so yes they will take a little bit little bit of time from them but um KC kcp is is gonna he’s gonna help like the team the team got better like you know is it the giant step forward no um but the team got better today for sure I I I absolutely absolutely believe that and you know again he’s been in the playoffs he’s been a champion he’s a two-time NBA champion 2020 with the Lakers 2023 with the Nuggets he absolutely makes this team better so I I do really I I like this sign um again it’s not the it’s not the like runaway home run signing this is like you know we’re we’re getting on base you know get singles and doubles here um he does make this team better they’re going to look very similar to what they look like last year though um that’s that’s that’s that’s where the magrat again they have $28 million of cap room left to spend um that’s that’s going to be that’s gonna be a boost for this team so I like what the magic did here um I I like that I like I like the signing uh overall we’ll we’ll dive more into the signing tomorrow um so we’ll dive more into the signing on tomorrow’s episode of lockon magic uh I I I I have a Tristan D Silva interview in my back pocket as well but yes I am you could kind of tell I’m I’m running out of steam a little bit here it’s been two hours of of live broadcasting um Andrew Canal 100% means sugs at point I absolutely agree with this um you know again this is kind of the big question the magic are not addressing that point guard role in a meaningful way um one my drawbacks on kavus calwell Pope is certainly that he is not a playmaker um he’s a good decision maker like he will make good decisions he’s not going to hurt you on that front but he’s not a playmaker he is going to be a spot-up shooter he’s actually a pretty good pull-up shooter too um uh but he is he is going to make this team better significantly so the magic clearly believe Jaylen sugs can develop his point guard skills to the level that they need him to uh and and that I think is ultimately a good thing for for the Orlando Magic so uh we did get a signing in we did get that that in before we shut down um and and I’m glad that we did uh as well uh so you know we’ve gone two hours here um for for us um I will take last questions here in a minute uh in a minute but um I want to thank everyone who joined us here for this live look sorry I’m responding to the comments um uh kcp signing does not mean there’s room left for Paul George magic have now you know 3 years 66 million assuming it’s flat that’s $22 million magic had about $50 million a CO room magic only have 28 million left Paul George is looking for 50 so magic are off the board for Paul George um Gary Harris is still not under contract Gary Harris is a free agent so they’re not worried about that Al Jr saying your thumbnail is ominous now I think we all kind of saw that that was the direction the team was going I tried to I tried to be predictive and when all the Paul George stuff came out yesterday I was like I need to change my thumbnail to Paul George to be a little more enticing but now we know that with the magic are doing now we know who the magic have signed so we’ll dive a lot more into contavious callwell Pope what he brings to the Orlando Magic on tomorrow’s episode of lock on Magic uh as well I want to make sure I I hit questions here and Catch My Breath a little bit um essent like kind of people are talking about this um this is this is kind of the magic standing Pat um you know Orlando Adams this has been a criticism of the Orlando Magic and Jeff welman if we’re okay with standing Pat then we should have just resigned our guys to cheaper contracts and keep the great team chemistry that is true but here’s the other problem Orlando um teams are required to spend 90% of the cap um this year uh and if you don’t spend 90% of the cap by opening day um if if you don’t if you don’t put don’t spend 90% of the cap by by the beginning of the regular season then um you don’t get the luxury tax payments so you don’t so all the luxury tax payments are split between the non-t tax paying teams um so you don’t get the luxury tax payments and you get get a cap hold for the difference to get you to 90% uh so they had to spend money like they needed to spend and Gary Harris like again at the end of the day did the magic get better today like this is the question did the magic do the biggest thing no but did the magic get better today I don’t I I may have my question about cavius callwell Pope for the big picture but yes the magic got better today the magic 100% got better today and if that’s the biggest takeaway that you can make from all this I have questions I have all of that the magic got better today gavius cwell Pope is a better version of Gary Harris at minimum uh he is he is an excellent Defender a much more physical and bigger Defender than Gary Harris he is as good if not better of a shooter than Gary Harris he’s been on championship teams before you know this this is this is a good signing for Orlando this is a good player um this is this is a the magic got better today at the end of the day that’s that’s the question you got to ask and I think they did now there weren’t a lot of opportunities in free agency I’ve been joking with people all day that if the magic sign if the magic didn’t get Paul Geor whoever didn’t get Paul George between the Sixers and the magic the loser was gonna get gavius cwell Pope that’s the drop off and so yeah if you expected magic at Paul George today is disappointing because gavius cwell Pope is not Paul George but the magic did get better today the question now is what comes next so so I assume the magic are you know they’ve taken care of gavius cwell Pope hopefully they’re on the next flight to Eugene Oregon to meet with Isaiah hartenstein um that would be the next big move the magic have about $28 million of cap room left to spend will the question is will they spend it on one big player like I say hartenstein or will they spend it on several players will they look to add some depth they bolster their bench a little bit um that’s that’s the next question for the Orlando Magic that’s the next question that this team faces um he’s going to help I I want to I want to I I want to make that clear like he is going to make this team better um and again is he going to dramatically make this team better probably not you know know there he doesn’t solve the big problems on this team but the magic still won 47 games last year like I like yes there are issues that team needs to resolve and kcp helps a little bit with the shooting issue um not the volume issue but the shooting issue but he does make this team better I I want that to be abundantly clear so we’ll see what the magic end up doing next we’ll see uh where the magic go from here um there is there is definitely a lot to go and look he’s he’s a healthier he’s healthier too I think that’s that’s the part I forgot to mention thank you Shannon Thomas for mentioning that he is healthier than Harris he does all the things Harris does but does it better so if you’re looking to straight upgrade of a position the magic won 47 games last year it’s it’s not like they were a failure last season um ultimately the end goal is poo banero has to be better like if poo banero gets better France vogner rebounds with his shooting Jaylen suggas continues his Improvement that’s going to be that’s gonna help the match get a lot better too and so yes you know is this the most exciting signing in the world no but kcp makes this team better and and it’s gonna be really excit you know I’ll be really excited to see him play this year and I think that he will help this team out a ton a ton for you know I think he will help this team out a lot um you know it’s it’s it doesn’t solve the big issues so I I get that um I get that it doesn’t solve the big issues the point guard the playmaking the setting things up he helps with shooting I think he has gravity as a shooter um but you know it it he helps he helps doesn’t solve big issues but he does help and does help this team improve um so you know there is still obviously a lot more work to do for the Orlando match they are not done but this is this is the big signing for um this is the this is the big signing for the Orlando Magic uh or this is the first signing for the Orlando Magic at least for for this team and so a lot to to break down here over the next um next thing and and as several people are mentioning like kcp was was on all defensive team bals let me see if I can pull those up here NBA all defensive team roading let me see if if I could pull that up uh here we go um let’s see here voting all defense team defensive team here we go so ke this is this is another really important point then uh cavius calwell Pope received 11 all defensive second team votes I want to repeat that like like honestly like let’s let me let me throw this up here let me throw this up here so y’all can see it on on on the stream cavius calwell Pope received 11 all defensive team votes you could see him right here right there so again like I know the magic have a lot of defense and you know some people are mentioning names like magic can still go get tus Jones if they want Daniel caps if you want tus Jones they can still sign him he just won’t be he just won’t be a starter um is a Simon’s deal still still an option it’s still an option he doesn’t have a place to start anymore but yes yes it’s still an option um they have they could go get Isaiah hartenstein if they want um but cavius cwell Pope checks a lot of boxes for the magic excellent Defender good three-point shooter good size for for his position selfless player you know you know what he’s going to give you um he’s a better version of Gary Harris like at at at minimum that’s what the magicap is a better vers version of Gary Harris and so I again is that worth $22 million a year in this environment probably is um you know magic down to about $30 million in cap room now um but you know magic their starting lineup set starting lineup looks pretty good I’m not I’m not going to deny that and and obviously they still have a lot of work to do um yeah so we got our big we got our big signing we got our big news if you made it to the end of the show if you’re listening on uh if you’re listening on replay I appreciate that thanks for getting to two hours and 15 I am very much running out of steam um so I’m going to wrap up shop here um we will have a lot more on the magic signing cont tavius called will Pope be sure to follow my socials Philip _ OMD omic daily for the latest free agent goings on here uh with the orlandoo magic they’re they’re definitely not done they’ve still got money to spend they’re still going to spend it so uh we will get to all that you can of course follow me on Twitter Philip romd if you haven’t done so already and enjoyed the show check out locked on Magic you sub subcribe wherever you download podcast as well as check out the YouTube page which you’re watching right now if you’re listening to me uh live as well for the L sou Atlant magic be sure check out orlandomagic.com I’ll break down some thoughts on gavius cwell Pope here in a in a bit too um you can check that out at Orlando Magic daily.com follow us there of course at om magicd and for even more Orlando Magic content including my final player grades um you can check out Orlando magichub patreon.com orlandomagic Hub as always be sure to check out the lock on Sports a 247 streaming Channel as well for the latest on Sports around the world from local experts who know their team best okay uh that is all I have for theine for for today you can tell I am running out of steam talking for two hours and 15 minutes is a lot for me um but the orlandoo magic got better today I think that honestly that’s a big takeaway there are still big questions to ask big questions to see a lot of it still comes from internal development but the orine no magic did some good work today or it appears they did some good work today uh and we’ll see how they move forward from here but that is it for me I am tapping out um I wanted to get all the way to seven I’m here at 745 uh so I appreciate everyone who joined us for this live free agency paloa show I want to thank you all again for listening to today’s episode of lockdown match we’ll be back tomorrow to talk about Kevin cavius calwell Pope and what this signing means I’ll have an episode with locked on Buffs disc discussing Tristan to Silva later on in the week as well um it’s my birthday week it’s a holiday week as well so we’ll have uh we’ll be taking some time as well I may be back here and I may be back with a bonus episode later today as well to talk more about cavius callwell Pope instead of saving that for tomorrow but we’ll see how I feel um thanks again everyone for joining the live stream thanks again for everyone who made it to the end if you’re listening on Replay for Orlando Magic daily and locked on Magic this has been Philip Rossman Reich see you again next time for another episode of Locked on Magic spare no expenses people peace out

During our live show, the Orlando Magic made their first big move of the offseason, agreeing to terms with Denver Nuggets wing Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. In this clip, I provide my initial reaction to the Magic’s signing and what Caldwell-Pope brings to the team.

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