Orlando Magic select Jase Richardson as No. 25 pick of NBA Draft
You can tell the person by the way he plays and these two guys right here, they look *** lot different but they’re quite the same in that they both um are givers, you know, and I think uh I hope that they grow into our team in that respect and and look forward to that happening uh before we start actually I should have begun this by saying I wanna welcome some of the family members here so, um, Jason, whom I just met, Jackie not met yet. And Jackson Um, and, uh, Cody. Uh, Jason’s agent is here with checking his phone as as most agents do, and, um, from Noah’s family you guys made it so easy on me, Frederick and Frederick. And uh Sister Eva behind there and Flor so thank you guys all for coming. It’s really special to have you guys here uh all that being said, um oh, and where’s Francois? There he is, and Francois, magic hat. Um, All that being said, I’d like to open up for any questions and uh. Shoot. OK, if you could wait for *** microphone and state your name and affiliation, start with Dan. Dan Savage Orlando Magic.com this is for both Jace and Noah. Now that you’ve had *** short amount of time to to reflect, what was it like hearing your name called on draft night either on TV or in person and and what was the reaction to coming here to Orlando? Uh, I mean, uh, it’s still *** surreal feeling. I still can’t wrap my head around it. Um, I have all my family members there with me, Coach Izzo there, and all my close ones, so just be able to have that special moment with them, it was really, really special. Uh, me, uh, and like Jace, uh, I was there, uh, during both of the draft nights, so just being able to walk on stage and see, uh, my family being proud of me, uh, was just *** great feeling, and I started to. Understand what was happening to me as soon as I walked into this gym. Jason Beaty with the Atlanta Sentinel. No, we talked with you last night, just you were disappointed that you didn’t get picked in the first round, but for the Magic to actually trade up to select you, just what does that mean to you and then the expectations that come with that? Um, I think it’s uh. It’s *** reward uh of all the work I’ve been putting in the last uh years um I, I feel like it’s uh really *** mark of, uh, trust, uh, that the organization is putting in me and, uh, faith, so, uh, I’m just really glad to be in that position where I know that people are trusting me for the future. Philip Rossman Reich from from Orlando Magic Daily for for Jason Noah, um, you’ve heard Jeff say that you have the, the kind of magic DNA in you. I, I promise this isn’t to get you in trouble or part of *** quiz or anything, but what does, what does that mean to you and what, what do you, what do you feel that that means about you as you as you joined this team? Uh, I think it’s just me and, um, just coming in and working as hard as you can. I think me and Noah, when we came in, we worked out together, so, uh, we really came in and worked as hard as we possibly could, and I think that’s one thing they really liked about us is that we’re gonna put our full effort out there. Uh, yeah, uh, like you said, I think it’s, uh, probably also, uh, taking care of each other. Uh, I, I felt like the organization was, uh, really big on family, uh, having all of their players connected to each other, so, uh, I think it’s *** big part of the journey. Cody Taylor, uh, Ricky Wire USA Today for Jase, uh, do you have any prior relationships with any of the other magic players and just what from afar, what have you maybe liked or noticed about how the team plays under Coach Mos? Uh, I went to, uh, Kyrie camp with Anthony Black *** couple of years ago, so that’s, uh, one of the relationships that I have, but, um, just what I’m seeing from this team is this really hard-nosed defensive team. These guys really get after it defensively, so I think that’s one of the biggest things that I really like about this team is that it’s it’s kind of like *** Michigan State, like you’re gonna go out there and we’re gonna, we’re gonna play defense the whole game. Jason No, Alex Walker, Channel 9 here in Orlando. The reality of the NBA is that some players are gonna get picked for franchises and aren’t gonna win right away, and some like you guys are gonna get drafted to *** franchise that are ready to compete right away. So what does it mean to join *** franchise that could possibly contend for the East and beyond this year? Uh, again, uh, I think, uh, it shows that, uh, people in the organization are trusting us, uh, to be ready for, uh, day one, and at the same time they allow us to make mistakes and, uh, develop ourselves as the young player we both are. So again it’s just good to have that confidence around you. Almost definitely. I think just having *** group of guys that are really confident in how their team already is and you know, joining that and just trying to learn from guys like that, so stepping up with guys and just learning from them. Jeremy Brenner with Orlando Magic on SI. This question’s for Jeff and Noah. So over the last few years, I think when when Manama came into the draft, there was kind of this rise in French talent coming into the NBA, and we’ve seen that over the years there’s been more and more French talent coming into the league. What has changed over the last few years to kind of elevate the French talent in the world and what, what can you bring Noah to this team that you’ve learned through playing in France? Um, I’d say, uh, the mentality in France, uh, I think, I mean, I’ve been in both of those eras. I’ve been in the in between the transition, uh, between the mentality of the coaches, uh, the federation of basketball in France. Everything has evolved, uh, you have *** different way to approach the game now. uh, we start to look up to the United States of how they play, how they train, uh, and we try to catch up to this mentality of always working harder and harder, so I think the um. The progression, uh, translate, uh, like we had, we had, uh, yesterday, uh, 6, I mean overall in the draft we had 6 players 6 French players drafted two teams, so I think it’s um encouraging for uh the French uh basketball and, um, it shows that, um. We are, I mean, evolving as *** nation. Jamal, this is for you, Jason BD with the Orlando Sentinel again just how does Noah impact Orlando’s defensive identity? You know, you know, like, you know, just watching him and seeing how he plays his physical stature, uh, the IQ, uh, the ability to guard multiple positions. I think just sitting in that realm for us right now, switch the switch ability, I think that’s, you know, sits *** lot on the forefront for us. Hey Jamal back here, uh, Zach Mascot West to back at the cameras straight ahead. Here you go. Got you. There you are. Uh, you got *** chance to have Jason Noah in the building now for obviously *** short period of time, but what’s your overall impression of meeting these young men and and how they can gel and fit with, with this team? Well, like Jeff said, um, character, the character first, their families, um, and before I do anything, I, you know, you have to give Jeff and his team credit for what they’ve done, the research that they do, the, the, the hours that they spend to getting it right. Uh, and bringing the right type of player and person in the building and so to that point it’s, it says they’ve been fantastic, uh, welcome them with open arms, uh, the way in which they approach the people in the building, they understand what this, what we are about. He talked about family, uh, the way that these guys connect to each other, the guys were on the floor just *** minute ago, being around each other, getting some work in, and you know they fit exactly what that is, uh, and who we are and what we represent here. Mose Dan Savage OrlandoMagic.com. Uh, you know, Jeff talked last night about once you get the guys in here indoctrinating them into the, the magic way. What, what goes into that process and as you’re going through that process. How much does it help that you have guys who’ve already gone through it in and out of the building, you know, especially during the summer. It’s huge, um, them being able to come into the building, meet guys, talk, and just, just fit right in, but again it it speaks to their character, it speaks to the way that they were raised that it’s about people, it’s about the the how you treat. People, uh, the care factor you have, they’re both selfless individuals, uh, and that fits who we are as *** group and more than anything on the other side of it on the court they’re both competitors and that’s gonna be big for us, uh, whether they’re 19 and 20 or 25 and 30, we’re they’re competitors and they want to compete and that’s who you know, we are in this organization. Back here in the back Shane Whitehead WFTV Jay this is for you. For those of us that that covered this team for quite *** while, we can remember you running around the Amway Center watching your dad, uh, 67 years old, maybe 8, I don’t know, but, um, what’s it like for you to kinda complete this circle and. Your first NBA shot is with the team your dad played for. Uh, it’s *** super crazy feeling. Um, I remember coming around here, running around the Nway Center, uh, Stuff’s Castle. I was running around in there doing 360s trying to dunk, just running around. So it’s just super crazy from, you know, being there as *** kid to now being an NBA player on the team. So it’s super crazy. Ryan Welch from News 6 here in Orlando. Jace is also for you and kind of piggybacking off that question. What is your relationship like with your dad as someone that has obviously been there and done that, how much do you lean on him for advice and feedback as you go through this process? I mean, *** lot, um, when you have somebody that’s gone through something that you want to go through, um, you take any advice you can get so I’m always open ears listening to anything he has to say what he has any advice he has to give, so it’s *** really good resource and uh we have *** really good relationship. Jay’s in the back back here over here. um, Brandy Green Spectrum News. So what does the number 11 mean to you? Why did you want to wear it for the magic? Uh, for me, um, my original number is 4, but Jalen’s got that, so I can’t, I can’t go back to that one, but, um, 11, I wore it in college because Ford was retired there, but, um, Kyrie Irving was one of the players I kinda looked looked up to as *** kid, so 11 and then my name’s Jason Richardson the 2nd, so it kind of means like the second, so you got the double one. else Phil Prossman right from Orlando Magic Daily, uh, coach, you asked, uh, what Noah brings on the defensive end. What does, what does Jace add to this team offensively, knowing that he’s been credited as such ***, such an efficient scorer. The, the one thing that he does is he’s got such *** high basketball IQ, um, his decision making, his ability to make plays for others, uh, you know, I’d be remiss to talk about he shoots the heck out of the basketball as well, um, but his ability to just create and get his own shot one but also finding others and the quick decisions and go I’ll go back to it that basketball IQ of making those around him better is huge. Uh, for, for Noah, uh, what were some of the things that that you worked on this offseason to prepare for the draft and and the things that you wanted to get better at in the gym? Uh, I mean to prepare for the, uh, uh, for the draft, I didn’t have *** lot of time because, uh, we got eliminated of the first round of the playoffs in Monaco, uh, after I just, uh, flew through the states after three days of recovery, um, so after it was just traveling around, uh, doing *** lot of back to back workouts, and, uh, so I didn’t work, uh, on, on anything, uh, I’ve been working the whole year to get prepared for the draft, uh, so. It was just uh the work of all the year, but now that I’m, I was there, I was just like flying everywhere. Brandon Kravitz, 96.9 in the game. Jeff Weltman had mentioned *** text that he got from Tom Izzo on the night of the draft. Jace, what did you learn from Izzo in your one year at Michigan State? Your big takeaway as you exited the campus? Uh, just *** lot. Um, I think one of the biggest things was film. Um, he loves film, he watches it right after we win, right after we lose. Any single time we’re on the bus, he’s got the game popped up. He’s watching the clip 10 times on one play. So I think I just became *** lot better film watcher with him. We broke down *** lot of film together, uh, days where I wouldn’t have class. I would go go into his office and we just watch film together for like 2 hours. Thank you, everyone. Thank you.
Orlando Magic select Jase Richardson as No. 25 pick of NBA Draft
Updated: 1:00 PM EDT Jun 27, 2025
Video above: Orlando Magic introduces draft picksThe Orlando Magic selected guard Jase Richardson out of Michigan State as the No. 25 overall pick of Wednesday’s NBA Draft in Brooklyn. His father, Jason, played 13 years in the NBA, including more than 100 games for the Magic. The Magic also acquired the draft rights to French forward Noah Penda (32nd overall, second round of the 2025 NBA Draft) from the Boston Celtics in exchange for the draft rights to Amari Williams (46th overall, second round of the 2025 NBA Draft) From the Associated Press: NEW YORK (AP) — Cooper Flagg is the new Maine man in Dallas.The Mavericks took the Duke forward with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Wednesday night, hoping they have found their next franchise superstar less than five months after trading one away.Mavericks fans were furious when Dallas traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers on Feb. 1, some immediately threatening to end their support of the team.But the ones who stuck around may quickly love Flagg, the college player of the year who averaged 19.2 points and 7.5 rebounds while leading Duke to the Final Four. The Mavericks quickly announced that Flagg would wear No. 32 in Dallas, where fellow Duke products Kyrie Irving and Dereck Lively II are on the roster.“I’m really excited. I think I keep saying I’m excited to be a sponge, to get down there and just learn, be surrounded by Hall of Fame-caliber guys and just to be able to learn from them,” Flagg said. “It’s going to be an incredible experience.”His selection — considered likely ever since Flagg showed off his considerable game last summer after being invited to the U.S. Olympic team’s training camp — was a daylong celebration in his home state for the 18-year-old forward from Newport, Maine.“It means a lot to me to have the support of the whole state. I know how many people showed up today and supported me at some of the draft parties back home,” Flagg said. “It feels amazing knowing I can inspire younger kids. I was in their shoes really not that long ago, so just to know I can give those kids those feelings and have the whole state behind me, it means a lot.”He joined Elton Brand, Irving, Zion Williamson and Paolo Banchero as Duke players drafted No. 1 since 1999, and he returned the draft to its longtime start with a one-and-done college player.That’s the way the draft began every year from 2010 until Banchero’s selection in 2022, but the last two No. 1 picks, Victor Wembanyama and Zaccherie Risacher, are both from France.Rutgers freshman Dylan Harper was taken by the Spurs with the No. 2 pick and will try to follow Wembanyama and Stephon Castle and give San Antonio a third straight NBA Rookie of the Year.“It’s definitely a goal of mine to make it three in a row,” Harper said. “I think the coaching staff and the players are going to make it easy for me to go out there and showcase my talent, so definitely.”The 76ers then took Baylor’s VJ Edgecombe, getting the first sustained burst of loud cheers of the draft from what seemed to be a number of Philadelphia fans who made the trip to Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The first two picks had long been expected, but the No. 3 spot was the first one where there was intrigue.Kon Knueppel made it two Duke players in the first four picks when the Charlotte Hornets took him at No. 4. When big man Khaman Maluach went at No. 10 — a pick made by the Houston Rockets but headed to Phoenix as part of the trade for Kevin Durant that can’t become official until next month — it gave the Blue Devils three top-10 picks and 50 in the first round since 1989, moving past Kentucky (48) for most by any school.“It was so emotional getting to see my teammates, my fellow freshmen getting drafted,” Maluach said. “I was so happy for them because they deserve everything they have. They worked hard for it, for that moment, too.”Ace Bailey, Harper’s teammate with the Scarlet Knights who could have been in the mix to go third but declined to work out for the 76ers, ended up going at No. 5 to Utah to end a draft process in which he was criticized for how his camp handled it.“I’m glad it’s over,” Bailey said. “I’m ready to play some basketball now.”Then it was Tre Johnson of Texas to the Washington Wizards at No. 6 and Oklahoma’s Jeremiah Fears to New Orleans at No. 7, before the host Nets took BYU’s Egor Demin at No. 8, Brooklyn’s first of potentially five selections in the first round. Toronto took South Carolina’s Collin Murray-Boyles at No. 9.The NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder took Georgetown center Thomas Sorber at No. 15, their first of two picks in the first round.
Video above: Orlando Magic introduces draft picks
The Orlando Magic selected guard Jase Richardson out of Michigan State as the No. 25 overall pick of Wednesday’s NBA Draft in Brooklyn.
His father, Jason, played 13 years in the NBA, including more than 100 games for the Magic.
The Magic also acquired the draft rights to French forward Noah Penda (32nd overall, second round of the 2025 NBA Draft) from the Boston Celtics in exchange for the draft rights to Amari Williams (46th overall, second round of the 2025 NBA Draft)
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From the Associated Press:
NEW YORK (AP) — Cooper Flagg is the new Maine man in Dallas.
The Mavericks took the Duke forward with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Wednesday night, hoping they have found their next franchise superstar less than five months after trading one away.
Mavericks fans were furious when Dallas traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers on Feb. 1, some immediately threatening to end their support of the team.
But the ones who stuck around may quickly love Flagg, the college player of the year who averaged 19.2 points and 7.5 rebounds while leading Duke to the Final Four. The Mavericks quickly announced that Flagg would wear No. 32 in Dallas, where fellow Duke products Kyrie Irving and Dereck Lively II are on the roster.
“I’m really excited. I think I keep saying I’m excited to be a sponge, to get down there and just learn, be surrounded by Hall of Fame-caliber guys and just to be able to learn from them,” Flagg said. “It’s going to be an incredible experience.”
His selection — considered likely ever since Flagg showed off his considerable game last summer after being invited to the U.S. Olympic team’s training camp — was a daylong celebration in his home state for the 18-year-old forward from Newport, Maine.
“It means a lot to me to have the support of the whole state. I know how many people showed up today and supported me at some of the draft parties back home,” Flagg said. “It feels amazing knowing I can inspire younger kids. I was in their shoes really not that long ago, so just to know I can give those kids those feelings and have the whole state behind me, it means a lot.”
He joined Elton Brand, Irving, Zion Williamson and Paolo Banchero as Duke players drafted No. 1 since 1999, and he returned the draft to its longtime start with a one-and-done college player.
That’s the way the draft began every year from 2010 until Banchero’s selection in 2022, but the last two No. 1 picks, Victor Wembanyama and Zaccherie Risacher, are both from France.
Rutgers freshman Dylan Harper was taken by the Spurs with the No. 2 pick and will try to follow Wembanyama and Stephon Castle and give San Antonio a third straight NBA Rookie of the Year.
“It’s definitely a goal of mine to make it three in a row,” Harper said. “I think the coaching staff and the players are going to make it easy for me to go out there and showcase my talent, so definitely.”
The 76ers then took Baylor’s VJ Edgecombe, getting the first sustained burst of loud cheers of the draft from what seemed to be a number of Philadelphia fans who made the trip to Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The first two picks had long been expected, but the No. 3 spot was the first one where there was intrigue.
Kon Knueppel made it two Duke players in the first four picks when the Charlotte Hornets took him at No. 4. When big man Khaman Maluach went at No. 10 — a pick made by the Houston Rockets but headed to Phoenix as part of the trade for Kevin Durant that can’t become official until next month — it gave the Blue Devils three top-10 picks and 50 in the first round since 1989, moving past Kentucky (48) for most by any school.
“It was so emotional getting to see my teammates, my fellow freshmen getting drafted,” Maluach said. “I was so happy for them because they deserve everything they have. They worked hard for it, for that moment, too.”
Ace Bailey, Harper’s teammate with the Scarlet Knights who could have been in the mix to go third but declined to work out for the 76ers, ended up going at No. 5 to Utah to end a draft process in which he was criticized for how his camp handled it.
“I’m glad it’s over,” Bailey said. “I’m ready to play some basketball now.”
Then it was Tre Johnson of Texas to the Washington Wizards at No. 6 and Oklahoma’s Jeremiah Fears to New Orleans at No. 7, before the host Nets took BYU’s Egor Demin at No. 8, Brooklyn’s first of potentially five selections in the first round. Toronto took South Carolina’s Collin Murray-Boyles at No. 9.
The NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder took Georgetown center Thomas Sorber at No. 15, their first of two picks in the first round.