NBA Mock Draft: Magic Selecting Next JJ Redick?

The Orlando Magic hold the No. 6 and No. 11 picks in this years NBA Draft, but will they keep both?

The Orlando Magic has decisions to make this offseason. 

And despite being one of the few teams with substantial money to spend in free agency, none seem bigger than the task of holding two lottery picks in the NBA Draft. 

If Orlando opts to hold on to the No. 6 and No. 11 pick, it will be the only team with multiple selections inside the top-14 - adding onto an already exciting young core. 

Yardbarker recently mocked up its 2023 first-round NBA mock draft, with the Magic taking Arkansas guard Anthony Black at No. 6. 

"If they stay put, Anthony Black could be a really nice fit with Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner because of the way his game should complement the two," Yardbarker writes. "At 6-foot-7, Black is a big guard who does a little bit of everything - he defends his butt off, he's a ball-mover and playmaker, and he knows how to use his size to his advantage around the basket. Adding him into the mix of jumbo athletes the Magic have at most positions would create even more mismatches against opponents."

Black, a 6-7 combo guard spent one season as a Razorback where he posted 12.8 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.9 assists in his one-and-done campaign. 

And if Orlando decides to keep both selections, it could decide to address one of its biggest struggles last season in perimeter shooting and select University of Connecticut guard Jordan Hawkins.  

"The Magic need shooters," Yardbarker writes. "They were 25th in the NBA in three-pointers and 24th in the NBA in three-point percentage. Enter Jordan Hawkins. Anyone who watched him during March Madness knows that he's got an absolute laser from deep - one of the purest jump shots you'll ever see. The UConn sophomore, who averaged 16.2 PPG with 41-39-89 shooting splits, would be an ideal floor spacer for Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner and Markelle Fultz, and could develop into a JJ Redick-type of threat from the outside."

If Hawkins is selected at No. 11, him and Redick - who was taken with the same pick by Orlando in 2006 - would already have that in common. 

And despite 4,704 career three-pointers being lofty expectations, Hawkins could be tasked with a similar role as Redick over his six career seasons in Orlando - a reliable knockdown shooter and sixth man. 

The NBA Draft is held on Thursday, June 22 at 8 p.m. from Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

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