Orlando Magic
Gonzaga freshman Jalen Suggs landed in the NBA as a member of the Orlando Magic hours after St. Paul, Minnesota, childhood friend Sunisa Lee captured the Olympics gold medal in the women’s gymnastics all-around competition.
The NBA draft is just hours old, but it’s never too early to declare some winners and losers from the annual pro basketball selection event. The Houston Rockets, Montverde Academy, and Zion Williamson are among the winners and the Sacramento Kings, Franz Wagner, and New York Knicks fans are some losers.
Fran Vázquez will forever be a mystery to fans of the Orlando Magic, who drafted him 11th overall in 2005. Vázquez never played in the NBA and retired in 2020 after a 19-year professional career in Spain.
In this post lottery 2021 NBA mock draft, the Pistons win big with Cade Cunningham, No. 2 prospect Evan Mobley falls to No. 3, and Baylor’s Davion Mitchell takes the biggest tumble. There are no trades in this mock draft and every team takes all it picks, even if a trade is likely.
Shaquille O’Neal famously ripping down the backboard against the Nets overshadowed a 50-point game from Nick Anderson.
Dennis Rodman and Shaquille O’Neal engaged in an intense battle during the 1996 Eastern Conference Finals, both on and off the court.
Luke Ridnour was traded four times in a week after the 2015 season and never played another NBA game in the league.
Hall of Fame forward Grant Hill could have signed with the New York Knicks in 2000, had the team not offended his wife, Tamia.
The Orlando Magic are on the hook for $47 million to Markelle Fultz, the No. 1 pick in the 2017 NBA draft who has suffered a season-ending knee injury.
Markelle Fultz’s NBA career got off to a start no author could script. The Philadelphia 76ers drafted the scoring guard out of Washington.
