Magic Starting 5: Top 5 Games in Upcoming Season
1. TOP 5 GAMES "Which games could be the deciding-factor in the Magic becoming a playoff team? Here's are Orlando's five biggest games on the docket that surely everyone will agree with."
2. NO. 5 AT THE 5 "For the former No. 1 overall pick, the tournament provides an opportunity to try new things. In specific, the team's head coach Steve Kerr plans on using Banchero as the small-ball center.
3. MAGIC SIGNS TREVELIN QUEEN The Orlando Magic is making an addition to the roster.
According to Jason Beede of the Orlando Sentinel, the Magic is signing former Houston Rockets and Indiana Pacers guard Trevelin Queen to an Exhibit 10 deal.
Per Beede ... An Exhibit 10 contract is a 1-year deal worth the minimum that guarantees a player will get a camp invite. It allows teams to convert a player’s deal into a 2-way contract at the start of the season but also provides bonuses if a player signs with a G League affiliate.
Queen, 26, played 10 games for the Rockets in 2021-22 and seven games for the Pacers last season.
4. FINALS PREDICTION? "Bobby Marks had a prediction that will surely intrigue New York Knicks fans, as the former NBA front office prescience and current analyst for the Worldwide Leader believes that the Phoenix Suns' visit to Madison Square Garden on Nov. 26 will be the first of at least three for the coming campaign ... the latter two coming in June's Finals."
5. TIM DUNCAN REINCARNATED "San Antonio is the perfect for him because you know Popovich and we’re really seeing the reincarnation of Tim Duncan all over again with the same story,” Gooden said on "Scoop B Selects."
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