MoMM wrote:Except for #1 picks, we are really really bad in terms of drafting and when we draft a good player, we trade them before they making a real jump in terms of production.
Value picks:
1989 1 11 Nick Anderson
1989 2 37 Michael Ansley
1990 1 4 Dennis Scott
2006 1 11 J. J. Redick
2012 2 49 Kyle O'Quinn
2014 1 4 Aaron Gordon
2017 1 6 Jonathan Isaac
2017 2 33 Wesley Iwundu
*** (tbd) 2018 1 6 Mohamed Bamba
Players traded to soon:
1998 1 12 Michael Doleac
1998 1 15 Matt Harpring
2000 1 5 Mike Miller
2000 1 10 Keyon Dooling (but the Magic did trade back for him mid career)
2003 2 42 Zaza Pachulia
2004 2 30 Anderson Varejão
2005 2 38 Travis Diener (just kidding)
2008 1 22 Courtney Lee
2013 1 2 Victor Oladipo
2014 1 12 Dario Šarić
2016 1 11 Domantas Sabonis
2017 2 35 Ivan Rabb
What I see with previous management is that rookies and sophomores wee trade assets. And with new management, all picks are made for development.
It is quite stunning that most of Orlando's current players were developed in Orlando. The continuity of current Management is extraordinarily patient.
Bamba/Birch/Fournier/Frazier/Fultz/Gordon/Isaac/Iwundu/Vučević: that is the list of names that have learnt the game wearing magic blue. That is probably amongst the league's most stable roster.
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