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[Amer] Free agent center Goga Bitadze plans to sign a three-year, $25 million deal to return to the Orlando Magic, per @wojespn Jeff Weltman and company pivoted quickly to secure the 24 year-old big man with the center market drying up rather quickly



[Amer] Free agent center Goga Bitadze plans to sign a three-year, $25 million deal to return to the Orlando Magic, per @wojespn Jeff Weltman and company pivoted quickly to secure the 24 year-old big man with the center market drying up rather quickly

by FromORLtoSD

28 Comments

  2. Fit-Structure-9395

    Moe getting resigned too so that means WCJ is the odd man out, go get ant simons in a 3 team trade pelicans,lakers, and a shit ton of other teams need a center.

  3. TheAerial

    Good for Goga man, he’s really earned a place for himself. He was a beast during that 9 game streak.

  5. thewrongnotes

    Well well well, wasn’t expecting this at all. Great job Weltman and well done Goga!

    I like to think this means he’ll get a lot more minutes than he did down the stretch last season.

  6. _Hououin_Kyouma_

    Good move, this makes WCJ expendable for trades if the need arises.

  9. StarshipTroopersFan

    Hmmm. I would be surprised if Wagner isn’t resigned, so this really does seem like WCJ could be on the way out. Which I am perfectly fine with. I just don’t think Orlando is dishing this kind of money out to a guy they are sure would be the 3rd center off the bench. Maybe WCJ is traded only to free up more money, who knows.

  10. Massive-Celery-7926

    I like this, I like this a lot. Loved what he brought to the table in Dells absence. Happy he got paid and it was by us! I’m guessing Moe is next.

  11. Residual-Heat

    solid contract, and we definitely need depth at C given WCJ’s injury history

  12. Infinite-Wonder-2527

    Great work by the front office! Now we resign Mo, then WCJ becomes a tradable asset. Put a package together of WCJ, whoever else and picks and go and get a guard who can take us to the next level 💪

  13. kmagic13

    Very happy with this. If WCJ misses a handful of games, Magic doesn’t miss a beat with Goga.

  14. d12fsu

    Nice for us and for Goga. People who think this means we’re packing WCJ for something need to stop setting themselves up for disappointment just so they can in turn be pissed off at the FO. Goga is gonna have the same role with us as WCJ insurance, and now he’s a nice trade chip on a great contract.

  16. casebarlow

    Awesome. Goga is a fine backup and the center market is thin and crazy expensive right now.

  20. dwninaho

    Goga is a great backup and brings a different perspective to our C rotation. I’m not sure why everyone thinks him getting paid means WCJ is gone though.

    I’m not against them moving WCJ for the right player but there isn’t really anyone available that could play starter for us right now.

    Great pickup, we have seen he can step up when needed.

  21. Total-Tonight-7163

    Wasn’t expecting this and I feel like the FO wouldn’t be wanting to do the odd man out thing with 3 rotation level bigs again, and I thought tbh Goga would be tryna get somewhere else to play as well.

    Feels like Mo ain’t coming back or a WCJ trade is something they’re confident in

  22. SeanKilpatrickFan

    I’m glad Goga is back, he’s a quality backup big – and with the way the cap space has gone up it’s a very solid deal money wise. Now to just also retain Mo Wagner to complete the big man rotation please

  23. Herban_Myth

    Why if he’s going to average 5 MPG in the playoffs??

  26. Special_Push7751

    When your starting C is injury prone you’ve got to have 2 more as backup. Solid deal.

  27. Loose-Animal7305

    All of this Trade WCJ talk is sacrilegious, dude was playing hurt most of the year, fully expect a bounce back season where he is looking more like the beast he was before 

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