Magic decline team option on Joe Ingles
Adrian Wojnarowski: ESPN Sources: The Orlando Magic are declining forward Joe Ingles’ $11 million team option but sides are expected to continue dialogue in free agency next week. Ingles, 36, will be entering his 11th NBA season.
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Orlando appears to have an appetite to only offer a short-term deal, similar to the two-year, above-market contract the Magic awarded Joe Ingles a season ago. Orlando could very well exercise the 2024-25 option on Ingles’ deal, sources said, depending on how much room the Magic will need to operate through its overall offseason — with the knowledge that Jalen Suggs is in line for a significant payday before his fourth season in Orlando. -via Yahoo! Sports / June 22, 2024
Michael Gallagher: Dante Exum ranked second in above-the-break 3P% (min 50 attempts, 293 quals, Aaron Wiggins) and he ranked second in C&S; efficiency (min 100 attempts, 251 quals, Joe Ingles). Sure, he hasn’t been great for most of the playoffs, but it’s not really that hard. -via Twitter @MikeSGallagher / June 13, 2024
There are a lot of ways for teams in the NBA to improve over the course of the offseason. They can sign free agents, make trades, and add quality pieces through the draft. They can also make significant process simply through internal growth. The 2023-24 Orlando Magic were the perfect example of that concept. The franchise only signed one outside free agent, veteran Joe Ingles, and still made a 13-win improvement – the largest in the Eastern Conference – over their prior season. The only other additions made to that team were two rookies, Anthony Black and Jett Howard. -via NBA.com / May 9, 2024