{"id":83772,"date":"2025-06-07T22:50:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T22:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/83772\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T22:50:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T22:50:15","slug":"magic-rumors-why-orlando-is-team-to-watch-in-trade-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/83772\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic rumors: Why Orlando is \u2018team to watch\u2019 in trade market"},"content":{"rendered":"

The post Magic rumors: Why Orlando is \u2018team to watch\u2019 in trade market<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As the Orlando Magic<\/a> prepare for the 2025-26 NBA season, the organization is reportedly positioned as one of the most active teams in the trade market. Following a first-round playoff exit to the Boston Celtics, Orlando has entered the offseason with a clear shift toward a \u201cwin-now\u201d mentality<\/a>, centered around rising stars Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner.<\/p>\n

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In recent weeks, the franchise unveiled a full rebrand, including a new logo and updated jerseys<\/a>, signaling the beginning of a new era. Now, attention has turned to reshaping the roster, with league insiders identifying the Magic as a team aggressively pursuing upgrades.<\/p>\n

Bleacher Report\u2019s Jake Fischer recently reported that Orlando has emerged as a key team to watch in the trade market this summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Orlando is another team to watch. I really do,\u201d Fischer said. \u201cI\u2019ve heard a ton of buzz so far\u2026 they\u2019re clearly making calls, and seem to be a team that\u2019s going to be a factor on the guard market. They\u2019ve got a couple scenarios to make trades to open up the full mid-level exception. They\u2019ve got a lot of wide range of salaries above the mid-level, below $30 million, around $30 million to package together to go out and make any number of moves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Magic explore $25M in trade packages, eye mid-level targets like Nickeil Alexander-Walker\"\u00a9<\/p>\n

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Opening up the full mid-level exception would give the Magic the flexibility to pursue additional talent in free agency, including Minnesota Timberwolves guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker<\/a>. According to Marc Stein of The Stein Line, Orlando is already being discussed as a potential suitor.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNext season\u2019s full mid-level exception will be worth more than three times what Alexander-Walker made last season at $14.1 million,\u201d Stein reported. \u201cWith rumbles already in circulation that Orlando is a team to watch as a potential suitor.\u201d<\/p>\n

These developments come alongside a recent report from Hardwood Paroxysm, which revealed the Magic are exploring ways to package roughly $25 million in salary<\/a> to acquire multiple offensive-minded players. The move would aim to improve a unit that struggled to produce throughout the 2024-25 season.<\/p>\n

\u201cOrlando is indeed shifting its approach, as it sounded like in their postseason pressers, towards making major upgrades,\u201d the outlet reported. \u201cSources believe they are looking to package around $25 million in salary for various players to give the offense the jump it needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite boasting one of the NBA\u2019s top-ranked defenses, Orlando finished the regular season ranked 27th in points per game and last in three-point shooting percentage. Their offensive struggles carried over into the postseason, where they averaged just 93.6 points per game\u2014lowest among all playoff teams.<\/p>\n

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With two first-round picks in the 2025 NBA Draft (No. 16 and No. 25), and a strong young foundation led by Banchero and Wagner, the Magic appear primed to be one of the most aggressive teams in the league this offseason.<\/p>\n

Related: Magic rumors: Anfernee Simons, Darius Garland must be on trade radar, says insider<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The post Magic rumors: Why Orlando is \u2018team to watch\u2019 in trade market appeared first on ClutchPoints. As…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3779],"tags":[7,75,403,3553,48,2546,152,6,379,47,76,3883,402,4923],"class_list":{"0":"post-83772","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando-magic","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-boston-celtics","10":"tag-franz-wagner","11":"tag-jake-fischer","12":"tag-magic","13":"tag-marc-stein","14":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-nickeil-alexander-walker","17":"tag-orlando","18":"tag-orlando-magic","19":"tag-orlandomagic","20":"tag-paolo-banchero","21":"tag-trade-market"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114644531495005440","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}