REPORT: NBA free agency: Is Magic interested in Clippers’ rated-star.
ORLANDO — The Orlando Magic are the Eastern Conference’s youngest playoff squad, which could be related to the franchise’s 3-2 series loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Going into the offseason, the Magic have a lot of financial room, and they might utilize some of it to sign a marquee free agent like Los Angeles Clippers guard Paul George.
“There’s two teams that are paying very close attention to Paul George: the Orlando Magic and the Philadelphia 76ers, because both of them have the money to throw at him and have a need for a wing just like him, a veteran guy,” NBA insider Ramona Shelburne said on Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective podcast.
George, who turns 34 this month, is one of the top free agents on the market, and he may be looking for his final major NBA contract this offseason. A team like the Magic has the cap flexibility to sign him because the majority of their top players are still on rookie contracts. Perhaps they are looking at George as someone they can pay while the team still has reasonable contracts for Franz Wagner, Jalen Suggs, and Paolo Banchero.
Eventually, Wagner, Suggs and Banchero will all get extensions, but that won’t kick in until the 2025-26 season at the earliest. Adding someone like George gives the team another scorer, something the Magic desperately need, and it may be the player that gets them to the next level as a team.
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