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On Tuesday, guard Desmond Bane met with the media for the first time since being traded to the Orlando Magic. Bane said he was nervous when he was first told he was being traded, but was happy to find out that he was headed to Orlando.

"Before he told me where I was going, my heart sank, just because there’s 29 other teams outside of the Grizzlies that I could have ended up on," Bane said. "Once he said Orlando, I was smiling through the phone. I wasn’t trying to be disrespectful like I was moving on from Memphis that fast, but I was genuinely excited about the new opportunity."

Now that he's a member of the Magic, Bane said the pieces are in place for a successful season.

"It’s time to win," Bane said. "It’s pretty much as simple as that. If we do what we’re supposed to do … Not to say those picks weren’t valuable, but they would have fallen in place that, we’ve got a lot of young talent here already in the building, and we have a lot of talent at the top of the roster, so I think it’s a perfect for the organization to do what they did."

Via Jason Beede/Orlando Sentinel

He should be excited. It's a great opportunity for him, an opportunity he didn't have in MEM. He was kind of invisible there behind Ja and 3J's. He will still be the 2a or 2b in ORL, but he was exactly the player they needed... and it's the East. I predict he averages 24/5/5 and makes his first All-Star game next season.