Orlando Magic Daily

For much of the last decade, this time of year is the time for Orlando Magic fans to reawaken. Hope lay dormant since mid-April and came alive again for the NBA Draft Lottery. For the first time since 2020, Magic fans are not focused at all on the NBA Draft Lottery (taking place Sunday afternoon). Instead, they are recovering from the end of their season after a first-round exit in Game 7 and thinking more clearly about what the team needs to improve that finish. This is indeed a summer for the Magic to focus on their roster and supplement it with needs to prevent another playoff loss next year. While everyone is focused on free agency and trades as the way to improve the Magic— and to be sure, with a little more than $30 million in anticipated cap room, those tools will be important to building this team—the draft is coming up.