Official 2025-2026 Magic Trade ideas thread

[Magic_Johnny12]

Not to continue to beat a dead horse regarding Poole, but a reminder that Paolo and him are close and they have worked out together in the past.

He also played with Moritz when they made it to the National Championship.

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In Paolos latest interview he blatantly said Orlando needs additional help for the playoffs so it will be interesting to see how the FO navigates this.

[jezzerinho]

I've thought about this a ton and I think we should go after Norm Powell as top objective. Jerome would be an OK consolation prize. McCollum for the bronze. Key here is cost control. Reaves and C White and D White and Herro and even Simons will all want big bank that we can't really afford, even with a rising cap.

Sign another cheap backup guard with more upside than CoJo. Dosunmu, Gillespie, Wells - be creative.

Try to get Porzingis off of Bos - using a 3rd team if necessary. They need to dump salary so it should be workable.

Lose Harris, Jett, KCP, Isaac, Anthony and Goga in the deals. Thats around $60m. Try to swing a cheap role player. Use at least 1 2025 fresh and 3 or 4 future srps.


Powell
Suggs
Wagner
Banchero
Porzingis

Complementary starting 5 that should fear nobody. Extend Powell and Porz on longer deals with lower AAV. Age and injury history be damned.

Gillespie (for example)
Black
TDS
Wendell (stagger him between PF and C)
Wagner (resign on cost controlled short deal)
2nd round pick

[ucfmay2000]

Orlando receives cam Johnson
Net receives Cole, Jett and future first from Orlando.

What do you think?

[dsg2021]

I’ve identified a buy-low trade that is intriguing enough to type out basically. Buy low on Dejounte Murray and get something out of it for freeing massive cap space flexibility for NOP.

Initial Framework:
Dejounte Murray (3 year deal; OUT all next season)
for
Gary Harris (immediate cap relief)
Jett Howard (young expiring if doesn’t click for you)
Cole Anthony (young expiring if doesn’t click for you)

NOP takes that and runs to the bank with all the new money. The cap space alone is loaded with potential for NOP; from playing facilitating brokers or to signing/trading into a steal of a player or two.

But now ORL is in the conversation for something extra. Does ORL like 1-2 of their players besides Murray?
Do we add in KCP and WCJ for CJ McCollum as the expiring PG next year while Dejounte is OUT? (Also keeping CJ’s bird rights for maybe a bench deal).
Now let’s finish constructing that deal with ORL sending out their #25 and their projected top 8 2026 1st for NOP’s #7 today.
ORL next shops #7, #16 and/or a future 1st for one more jump higher into the lottery if they want.
Or a 3-way trade flip instead of another draft jump.
Or stay #7 for an interesting Tier B player from the draft like Kon or Maluach.

Final Deal:
Dejounte Murray (3 year deal; OUT all next season)
CJ McCollum (looking for new contract money from
NOP)
#7 Pick
for
Gary Harris (immediate cap relief)
Jett Howard (young expiring if doesn’t click for you)
Cole Anthony (young expiring if doesn’t click for you)
KCP (2 year deal, coveted 2-way vet piece)
WCJ (young big on 3 year deal, never passes above 20 mil per year)
#25 Pick
2026 1st (Projected between #1-10)
*Trade works in Spotrac. Viability of trade idea was shown, and not the best version of the trade for ORL as their 2026 Pick could literally be like top 4 in an even deeper draft.


Want to play in Las Vegas with the future instead? Can ORL float 2026 unprotected 1st Swap rights with NOP’s 2026 1st, making NOP wonder if losing for example their 2026 #7 Pick for ORL’s 2026 #8 Pick that big a deal for getting something like maybe #25 today AND out of Dejounte’s 3 year deal and OUT all season long status. ORL hard gambles the Swap is never used, but NOP’s 2026 1st rights are completely unprotected and do include MIL’s 1st rights (intriguing if Giannis is traded later in the summer).

Alternative Deal:
Dejounte Murray (3 year deal; OUT all next season)
Jordan Hawkins
2026 1st Swap (Unprotected)
for
Gary Harris (immediate cap relief)
Jett Howard (young expiring if doesn’t click for you)
Cole Anthony (young expiring if doesn’t click for you)

In the next draft 13 months out, ORL enters it with better odds for a top 1-8 pick and a Dejounte Murray and Mo Wagner exiting the Injured list.

[pepe1991]

Gary Harris has team option, you can outright just drop him without any salary burden

[Idiosyncratic]

I was terrified of Dejounte's fit here even before he got hurt. Chucks a lot of shots on little efficiency. Dude also stopped defending once he got it in his head that he can score. I was a HUGE fan of San Antonio Dejounte too.

I think we could look to New Orleans for potential bargains like Hawkins and Alvarado. I don't mind McCollum if other options fall through either. He's been consistently pretty good for his career, not sure we can say the same about Poole, Sexton, White, Simons etc.

[dsg2021]

I've thought about this a ton and I think we should go after Norm Powell as top objective. Jerome would be an OK consolation prize. McCollum for the bronze. Key here is cost control. Reaves and C White and D White and Herro and even Simons will all want big bank that we can't really afford, even with a rising cap.

Sign another cheap backup guard with more upside than CoJo. Dosunmu, Gillespie, Wells - be creative.

Try to get Porzingis off of Bos - using a 3rd team if necessary. They need to dump salary so it should be workable.

Lose Harris, Jett, KCP, Isaac, Anthony and Goga in the deals. Thats around $60m. Try to swing a cheap role player. Use at least 1 2025 fresh and 3 or 4 future srps.


Powell
Suggs
Wagner
Banchero
Porzingis

Complementary starting 5 that should fear nobody. Extend Powell and Porz on longer deals with lower AAV. Age and injury history be damned.

Gillespie (for example)
Black
TDS
Wendell (stagger him between PF and C)
Wagner (resign on cost controlled short deal)
2nd round pick

I think Powell increased his trade value too much this season, if I am not mistaken? I really don’t know so it’s not sarcasm or anything.
But Ty Jerome got exposed a bit in the Playoffs. We can ignore that and hope he keeps improving with like a 14/3 MLE deal.
Literally do everything else you said too. Which keeps us with some flexibility having all picks basically and not having to pay more than 2 contracts at 27+ per year.
(I really don’t think Porzingis would reach 25+ per year if we offered him like 3-4 full years with like half guaranteed injury protection per year. He’s got the features to be the next Al Horford playing strong up to 36+ years old.)

[jezzerinho]

I've thought about this a ton and I think we should go after Norm Powell as top objective. Jerome would be an OK consolation prize. McCollum for the bronze. Key here is cost control. Reaves and C White and D White and Herro and even Simons will all want big bank that we can't really afford, even with a rising cap.

Sign another cheap backup guard with more upside than CoJo. Dosunmu, Gillespie, Wells - be creative.

Try to get Porzingis off of Bos - using a 3rd team if necessary. They need to dump salary so it should be workable.

Lose Harris, Jett, KCP, Isaac, Anthony and Goga in the deals. Thats around $60m. Try to swing a cheap role player. Use at least 1 2025 fresh and 3 or 4 future srps.


Powell
Suggs
Wagner
Banchero
Porzingis

Complementary starting 5 that should fear nobody. Extend Powell and Porz on longer deals with lower AAV. Age and injury history be damned.

Gillespie (for example)
Black
TDS
Wendell (stagger him between PF and C)
Wagner (resign on cost controlled short deal)
2nd round pick

I think Powell increased his trade value too much this season, if I am not mistaken? I really don’t know so it’s not sarcasm or anything.
But Ty Jerome got exposed a bit in the Playoffs. We can ignore that and hope he keeps improving with like a 14/3 MLE deal.
Literally do everything else you said too. Which keeps us with some flexibility having all picks basically and not having to pay more than 2 contracts at 27+ per year.
(I really don’t think Porzingis would reach 25+ per year if we offered him like 3-4 full years with like half guaranteed injury protection per year. He’s got the features to be the next Al Horford playing strong up to 36+ years old.)

He's had a great year but he's an expiring, as with nearly all of the Clips main players. They have big holes in their future draft pick list and it's a very old roster. They also need a backup big behind Zubac. Cole, Goga a late 1st and 2 2nds should prove tempting. Clips guy proposed something similar in T&T forum.

Jerome is young and it's his first meanimgful playoffs. I wouldn't ignore the great in pursuit of the perfect with an improving player..

[fendilim]

Knecht for Goga

[tiderulz]

Orlando receives cam Johnson
Net receives Cole, Jett and future first from Orlando.

What do you think?

i think Brooklyn laughs you off the phone

[Skybox]

I've thought about this a ton and I think we should go after Norm Powell as top objective. Jerome would be an OK consolation prize. McCollum for the bronze. Key here is cost control. Reaves and C White and D White and Herro and even Simons will all want big bank that we can't really afford, even with a rising cap.

Sign another cheap backup guard with more upside than CoJo. Dosunmu, Gillespie, Wells - be creative.

Try to get Porzingis off of Bos - using a 3rd team if necessary. They need to dump salary so it should be workable.

Lose Harris, Jett, KCP, Isaac, Anthony and Goga in the deals. Thats around $60m. Try to swing a cheap role player. Use at least 1 2025 fresh and 3 or 4 future srps.


Powell
Suggs
Wagner
Banchero
Porzingis

Complementary starting 5 that should fear nobody. Extend Powell and Porz on longer deals with lower AAV. Age and injury history be damned.

Gillespie (for example)
Black
TDS
Wendell (stagger him between PF and C)
Wagner (resign on cost controlled short deal)
2nd round pick

I think Powell increased his trade value too much this season, if I am not mistaken? I really don’t know so it’s not sarcasm or anything.
But Ty Jerome got exposed a bit in the Playoffs. We can ignore that and hope he keeps improving with like a 14/3 MLE deal.
Literally do everything else you said too. Which keeps us with some flexibility having all picks basically and not having to pay more than 2 contracts at 27+ per year.
(I really don’t think Porzingis would reach 25+ per year if we offered him like 3-4 full years with like half guaranteed injury protection per year. He’s got the features to be the next Al Horford playing strong up to 36+ years old.)

He's had a great year but he's an expiring, as with nearly all of the Clips main players. They have big holes in their future draft pick list and it's a very old roster. They also need a backup big behind Zubac. Cole, Goga a late 1st and 2 2nds should prove tempting. Clips guy proposed something similar in T&T forum.

Jerome is young and it's his first meanimgful playoffs. I wouldn't ignore the great in pursuit of the perfect with an improving player..

Only reason Powell might move is that LAC is concerned about paying him - we should be too. He had his best year at 32yo and he'll want to cash in.

Even if he continues his high level of play...is he the playmaker we truly lack? is he a defender?

I don't think he's any more intriguing than a much younger Simons or Sexton, etc... if he's not a LOT cheaper to get and keep, then I don't understand the appeal.

[basketballRob]

Knecht for Goga

I think Goga is way better than Knecht.

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[Skybox]

Orlando receives cam Johnson
Net receives Cole, Jett and future first from Orlando.

What do you think?

i think Brooklyn laughs you off the phone

and we're grateful because he makes way too much to come off the bench and he'll quickly prove he's not a plus defender. I'd keep KCP and hope his shooting returns first.

One of many guys that would make any team better, but far from an ideal pursuit for this team, given our current roster and payroll.

[RichCollab]

Orlando receives cam Johnson
Net receives Cole, Jett and future first from Orlando.

What do you think?

Cam is injury prone.

[jezzerinho]

I think Powell increased his trade value too much this season, if I am not mistaken? I really don’t know so it’s not sarcasm or anything.
But Ty Jerome got exposed a bit in the Playoffs. We can ignore that and hope he keeps improving with like a 14/3 MLE deal.
Literally do everything else you said too. Which keeps us with some flexibility having all picks basically and not having to pay more than 2 contracts at 27+ per year.
(I really don’t think Porzingis would reach 25+ per year if we offered him like 3-4 full years with like half guaranteed injury protection per year. He’s got the features to be the next Al Horford playing strong up to 36+ years old.)

He's had a great year but he's an expiring, as with nearly all of the Clips main players. They have big holes in their future draft pick list and it's a very old roster. They also need a backup big behind Zubac. Cole, Goga a late 1st and 2 2nds should prove tempting. Clips guy proposed something similar in T&T forum.

Jerome is young and it's his first meanimgful playoffs. I wouldn't ignore the great in pursuit of the perfect with an improving player..

Only reason Powell might move is that LAC is concerned about paying him - we should be too. He had his best year at 32yo and he'll want to cash in.

Even if he continues his high level of play...is he the playmaker we truly lack? is he a defender?

I don't think he's any more intriguing than a much younger Simons or Sexton, etc... if he's not a LOT cheaper to get and keep, then I don't understand the appeal.

Defence for a start. He's going to be realistic about what contract he gets and should prefer a long deal to take him to career end over a 2 year bigger deal. He's able to thrive on lower usage than Simons or Sexton which we'll need.

[cedric76]

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KCP
Goga
#16
2026 FRP
2028 FRP

Suggs
Murphy
Franz
Paolo
WCJ

Let's go

[Magic_Johnny12]

Not to continue to beat a dead horse regarding Poole, but a reminder that Paolo and him are close and they have worked out together in the past.

He also played with Moritz when they made it to the National Championship.

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In Paolos latest interview he blatantly said Orlando needs additional help for the playoffs so it will be interesting to see how the FO navigates this.

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My dude is already shopping for homes in Orlando

[BlueBlazer]

Knecht for Goga

I think Goga is way better than Knecht.

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I’d rather do WCJ + 25 for Reaves and keep Goga. Then you could either find your guy at 16 or flip it for a vet, but I think a cost-controlled player becomes ever the more valuable as we get further up into the cap.

[yoyojw17]

Not to continue to beat a dead horse regarding Poole, but a reminder that Paolo and him are close and they have worked out together in the past.

He also played with Moritz when they made it to the National Championship.

Read on Twitter

In Paolos latest interview he blatantly said Orlando needs additional help for the playoffs so it will be interesting to see how the FO navigates this.

Read on Twitter

?s=46&t=U-6BxaJHr50VVe8YqOpDSQ

My dude is already shopping for homes in Orlando

Screw it.... NOT MAD AT IT!

Last Year.... "HELLLLLLLLL NAH!"

but with only 2 years left on his contract. I'm down to try see what he's got as a reclamation project. He gives us what we need... shooting n playmaking without having to give up a ton. I'd rather keep our draft picks for the future.... ESPECIALLY this years first rounders and Next years with the swap. Also leaves more flexibility for trades in the future. Select/acquire players that can fill the needed role within the next two years as Paolo and Franz get closer to their primes. Guard and Maybe Fleming (JI "replacement")

Love JI and cole.... will always be fans... but if that can do it... sold. Makes sense too for Washington who could instantly use JI for their starting lineup and secure a bench spot for a year or two with Cole.... or give him a straight up try while they tank another season as they let their young guys grow.

[VFX]

Yeah put me in the insane camp, but if Jordan Poole allows Orlando to consolidate bad contracts to test him out...I'm down.
If he doesn't work in a year or two, then fine. Don't resign him.

I'm leaning closer to not wanting to give away a million assets, and potentially depth Weltman never addressed, just to land one guy hoping the "all eggs in one basket" approach happens to work out.

Poole isn't getting close to $30m on his next deal and Magic can go fishing for someone better when they get rid of KCP and his deal should he be a bust.

Yeah... I get it. He's a bad first option on a trash team that is tanking and horribly built.

Magic can hide him defensively in their system, which happens to be the only thing Mosely can teach right now apparently. His best ability is bending defenses and volume shooting/playmaking.

Do I think he's the perfect temperament and fit? NO. I think he has a skillset that makes sense and wont cost 2-3 firsts and positive assets that actually matter right now due to cap implications.