The Redemption Of Gary Harris’s NBA Career

Of the 17 players who ended the 2022/23 NBA season on the roster of the Orlando Magic, as many as 14 returned to start 2023/24. Considering the fact that they finished with only a 35-47 record last season, missing the playoffs for the third consecutive season, and have finished with only an above-.500 record once since 2010-11 – the 42-40 record they posted in 2018/19 – this seems counterintuitive at first glance.

However, the Magic posted that 35-win total with one of the youngest teams in the NBA, and it was a season in which they exhibited enough internal growth to justify seeing where it goes. And in adding only one veteran (signing Joe Ingles as a free agent to a two-year, $22 million deal) compared to two first-round picks over the summer, plus two-way contract signee Trevelin Green, they are planning on staying young.