Magic Starting 5: G League Team Moving Closer to Orlando
1. LAKELAND MAGIC MOVING TO KISSIMMEE, REBRANDING TO OSCEOLA MAGIC
The Orlando Magic organization is moving closer to home.
After being stationed in Lakeland since 2017, the Magic is moving to Silver Springs Arena in Kissimmee. The team will be named the Osceola Magic.
The move is set to be effective immediately and the team will begin playing in its new arena next season.
2. JALEN SUGGS FOCUSED ON CONSISTENCY
"It's really the word of the offseason for me and where my mental is that, and that's consistency," Suggs said in Monday's exit interview. "Being able to lock in defensively every night, that's something I take a lot of pride in and I think I've done a good job in showing that.
"A 5-20 start pretty much doomed any hopes the Orlando Magic may have had of getting into the postseason, but they've quietly been a solid to straight-up good team since then," Bleacher Report writes. "And a number of individual players have been better than expected (a big part of why Orlando smashed its preseason over/under). Markelle Fultz suddenly looks like a floor-raising point guar who can make teammates better and get to the paint at will. Despite abysmal shooting marks, Paolo Banchero has shown No. 1 scorer upside. And Wendell Carter Jr. looks like an ideal gap-filling center who can defend and space the floor."
4. WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S GAMES
Chicago Bulls vs. Toronto Raptors, 7:00 p.m., TNT
Oklahoma City Thunder vs. New Orleans Pelicans, 9:30 p.m., TNT
5. NBA DRAFT LOTTERY COUNTDOWN
The Magic is 34 days away from the NBA Draft Lottery, where it will be revealed if Orlando will have the opportunity to take Victor Wembanyama with the No. 1 overall pick.
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