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As the Magic build, center Nik Vucevic is the foundation

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The rebuilding has to start somewhere. Why not half a world away? It was there that a boy with a basketball tried to walk in the footsteps of a father. It was there where Nik Vucevic determined how far the game could take him, and how far it could not. He is 25 now, and frankly, Vucevic remains the best bet the Orlando Magic has to get better. No, he is not the perfect player. He is not Shaquille O’Neal…

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Magic create cap flexibility in trading away Tobias Harris

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Seven months after making him their highest-paid player, the Orlando Magic have traded away forward Tobias Harris. The Magic shipped Harris to the Detroit Pistons for Brandon Jennings and Eran Ilyosova, a pair of players who do not figure into the team’s long-term goals. The move, however, along with the possible trade of Channing Frye, is to free up cap space for the possible pursuit of free agents. Magic general manager Rob Hennigan said that the core of his team…

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What does Magic have to do to become a team that matters?

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They are halfway between improvement and arrival. Halfway between a good streak to start the first half of the season and a bad streak to end it. Halfway between being forgotten, again, and being a team worthy of notice. They are the Orlando Magic. They live on the border. Here at the NBA All-Star game, they are a team on the fringes. Currently, they not in the playoff race. They do not have a representative in the all-star game. They are below…

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