Magic sign Ethan Thompson to Two-Way Contract

[Howard Mass]

The Magic have finally signed someone to their third Two-Way Contract.

It's Ethan Thompson from The Osceola Magic.

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He's having a good season down in Osceola. The contract is well-deserved although I thought they would give it to a bigman.

Then again, Mac McClung has hardly played in Orlando even with all of their injuries so there is that.

[MagicTownBaller]

Can he shoot?

[RichCollab]

Interesting. Why not add him sooner when we were down so many bodies?

Signing another guard may be a signal to the guards on the roster they aren’t enough.

[Audi]

Can he shoot?

Regular season + tip-off tournament he’s shooting 38%+ from 3 on 8 attempts. Last season was 35% though so…we’ll see. Can’t be much worse than Caleb though!

[Blue_and_Whte]

This is the big move Weltman promised.

[ORLMagicGirl15]

We need a vet point guard and shooters so we did nothing at the trade deadline. We need a 3rd big man that should be signed to a 2-way so we get another guard. These decisions man…

[Optimus_Steel]

Plays for the Puertorican national team.

[Optimus_Steel]

Can he shoot?

Looks like he can. Seems mostly a scorer. We desperately need guard gunners.

[drsd]

Well, if the Magic do buyout Harris to sign a big, Thompson's G-League stats are ok.

https://stats.gleague.nba.com/player/1630679/

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[drsd]

I calculate he just got a 170K pay raise. NICE!

Congrats to Thompson for this life-changing money!

[The Real Dalic]

Can he shoot?

Looks like he can. Seems mostly a scorer. We desperately need guard gunners.

We need good ones that will be part of the rotation though. Not ones that suck and will average 4 minutes per game and only plays when we're getting blown out.

[BadMofoPimp]

Can he shoot?

40% from the 3 this year on 8 attempts per game. Waive Jett, sign Ethan!

[BadMofoPimp]

I take it the Magic were not impressed enough with Castleton . . .

[Dub_Sax]

Can he shoot?

40% from the 3 this year on 8 attempts per game. Waive Jett, sign Ethan!

Keep Jett. Waive Caleb.

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[Optimus_Steel]

Can he shoot?

Looks like he can. Seems mostly a scorer. We desperately need guard gunners.

We need good ones that will be part of the rotation though. Not ones that suck and will average 4 minutes per game and only plays when we're getting blown out.

There is no disagreement here.

[Idiosyncratic]

Not very good in college, not great in the G League for his career either. Maybe he is a good defender, I have no idea, nothing about his numbers say he is an NBA player.

38.8% from 3 this year, been around 35% for his career previously. 34% in college.

I do believe he would be the 1st ever NBA player named Ethan if he gets into a game this year.

[drsd]

Not very good in college, not great in the G League for his career either. Maybe he is a good defender, I have no idea, nothing about his numbers say he is an NBA player.

38.8% from 3 this year, been around 35% for his career previously. 34% in college.

I do believe he would be the 1st ever NBA player named Ethan if he gets into a game this year.

And-1

I assume he will bring intensity in to the practice squad; and that will be his only job.

[JBSouthpaw]

I take it the Magic were not impressed enough with Castleton . . .

In the 10 games CC has been with OM, he's averaging 18ppg, 12+Rpg., 1.2BLKs, 8 double doubles.

Weird to carry 3 guards, with so many guards on the roster already.

[basketballRob]

What's his wingspan?

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[Message Boar]

I thought it was Etan Thomas for a second, coming in to help our center rotation