Paolo Banchero agrees to five-year extension with Magic

Jason Beede: #Magic president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman was requested concerning the a number of future 1st spherical picks used to land Desmond Bane and their worth: Jeff Weltman on the quantity of future picks used to amass Desmond Bane: “That’s an important query. As a result of clearly we don’t know what the worth of these picks are, proper? They’re future picks and that’s as much as us to find out what the worth of these picks are. Clearly, the one we do know is yr, No. 16, and clearly a part of us taking the temperature of this commerce was our emotions about No. 16. So, we’ve got to bake that into how we have a look at the general package deal. After which going ahead, three of the remaining picks are underneath our management. We really feel that we’re betting on ourselves. We really feel like we’re going to be a great crew. We really feel that the opposite distinctive factor a few man like Des being obtainable to acquire in a commerce is the truth that he’s nearly to show 27, so if we’re a great crew then we hope to be a great crew for some time. As a result of our age profile is that our most-highly paid, core 4 gamers are ages 23-27. Hopefully we are able to come to an settlement with Paolo [Banchero] this summer season, we’ll be having these conversations shortly, and have this group collectively for a very long time carrying Magic uniforms. So, that can decide what the worth of these picks are, and a few of that is what the NBA is about. It’s betting on your self. It’s placing strain on your self and elevating your normal. I’ll say that one of many distinctive issues about this commerce when you consider the caliber of the participant that Desmond Bane is, on the age that he’s at, and with the contract management that you’ve, is that we gave up none of our personal core items. So, this was by definition going to be a draft capital commerce.” -via Twitter @therealBeede / June 16, 2025