The Orlando Magic has already laid out its changes for the upcoming season, revealing a trade for Shabazz Napier to the Portland Trail Blazers. Meanwhile, on the free agency front, the team has already confirmed getting the services of Bismack Biyombo.
With Bismack Biyombo already confirmed to be getting into a Magic jersey, the multi-year deal will give the Orlando hoops team some need rotation in its lineup, since Biyombo can take over from both Serge Ibaka and Nikola Vucevic for the center and power forward positions.
Meanwhile, the free agency deal is already in the books quicker than it should have been, thanks to point guard Elfrid Payton. According to Orlando Sentinel, Payotn helped the management in snagging Biyombo quickly from the free agency roster. Payton sat in on the meetings and helped convinced Biyombo to join the Magic.
"It was definitely an experience, definitely a sign of respect that they asked me to come with them. I'm grateful for that," the Orlando NBA team PG pointed out.
As for roster rotation within the team, the Orlando Magic has also confirmed that it is inking a deal with Portland to send point guard Shabazz Napier to the Trail Blazers for cash. Napier has been with the team for a year, coming in from the Miami Heat where he played 51 games. Napier is the 24th pick in the 2014 NBA draft, picked up by the Charlotte Hornets but was immediately traded to Heat.
In his year for the Magic, Napier averaged 3.7 points and 1.8 assists coming from the bench, playing in 55 games.
With Napier's trade, the Orlando Magic will commit to 12 players for the 2016-2017 season, namely, D.J. Augustin, Bismack Biyombo, Evan Fournier; Aaron Gordon, Jeff Green, Mario Hezonja; Serge Ibaka, Devyn Marble, Jodie Meeks; Elfrid Payton, Nikola Vucevic, and C.J. Watson.
