The Orlando Magic Didn’t pull Moritz Wagner’s team option. This becomes the German basketball player in the NBA for now Free agent.
That reports “ESPN”. So had the franchise from Florida until June 29th time to extend Wagner’s eleven million dollar contract for another year. But that didn’t happen.
Continue open door in Orlando
Nevertheless, it is not excluded that Moritz Wagner will continue to play alongside his brother Franz at Orlando.
Because the magic keep them “Bird rights” to Wagner. As a result, they could commit the German again as a free agent – then of course to be less. This is possible because Wagner has been playing in Orlando for more than three years.
Franz Wagner (left) and Moritz Wagner
Magic need financial scope
The Magic also waived the team option at Caleb Houstan. The background is that at Orlando after the early Playoff-From a change. Without Wagner and Houstan, the financial scope is now greater.
The German international had started in the past season, but then suffered a cruciate ligament tear in the left knee in December and has failed since then. The Magic later failed in the first round of playoff Boston Celtics (1: 4)