What can the Orlando Magic do this offseason to make another leap?
New York TimesCLEVELAND — The Orlando Magic lost their playoff series, but they still consider their season a win overall. If Orlando takes an aggressive cap approach, it likely would come via a high-profile free agent wanting to join the Magic or an unbalanced trade to save their trade partner money. Extreme flexibility lends itself to a high-aiming approach, where the front office pursues its top targets via trade and free agency at the outset while retaining the ability to run largely the same team back or even push that space to the 2025 offseason — though some of their theoretical future room will get eaten up by significant new contracts for Franz Wagner and Suggs via extensions or restricted free agency. In any potential trade or free agent decision, Magic executives must consider the degree to which they’re willing to sacrifice defense to add offensive talent, with Young being a primary theoretical example. Washington’s Tyus Jones, an unrestricted free agent-to-be, could help Orlando at point guard with his court generalship.
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