Magic make intriguing transfer on G League MVP

With coaching camp approaching in lower than two weeks, the Magic made a number of roster strikes on Thursday night time, signing guards Mac McClung, Javonte Good, and Ethan Thompson to Exhibit 10 offers, as introduced by President of Basketball Operations Jeff Weltman. The phrases of the offers should not disclosed per workforce coverage.

The 6’2” McClung performed and began in 27 video games final season with the Osceola Magic of the NBA G League, averaging a league-leading 25.7 factors, 6.6 assists, 4.7 rebounds, and 1.26 steals in 35.4 minutes per recreation.

Mac McClung returns to the NBA with the Orlando Magic

He shot a formidable 50.9% from the sphere, 39.6% from three-point vary, and 84.3% from the free throw line.

McClung was named the 2023-24 NBA G League Most Precious Participant and earned All-NBA G League First Group honors. Throughout NBA All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis, McClung additionally gained the Slam Dunk contest for the second straight 12 months.

Undrafted by any NBA workforce, McClung has appeared in 4 common season video games with the Chicago Bulls, the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Philadelphia 76ers, averaging 8.3 factors, 3.3 rebounds, and a pair of.5 assists in 16.3 minutes per recreation.

Moreover, he has performed in 86 NBA G League video games, beginning 82 of them, with groups together with South Bay, Windy Metropolis, Delaware, and Osceola. Within the G League, he averages 21.9 factors, 6.2 assists, 4.6 rebounds, and 1.21 steals in 32.1 minutes per recreation, whereas taking pictures 51.0% from the sphere, 41.5% from past the arc, and 84.9% from the free throw line.

The 25-year outdated competed in 50 video games over two seasons at Georgetown College from 2018 to 2020, averaging 14.2 factors, 2.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists, and 1.06 steals in 26.6 minutes per recreation. Within the 2018-19 season, he topped all Huge East freshmen in scoring and earned a spot on the Huge East All-Freshman Group.

Mac McClung additionally performed one season at Texas Tech College in 2020-21, collaborating in 29 video games and averaging 15.5 factors, 2.7 rebounds, and a pair of.1 assists in 30.2 minutes per recreation.

Javonte Good additionally becoming a member of the Magic

Javonte Good noticed motion in a single recreation final season with Philadelphia. He additionally performed and began in six video games with Delaware within the G League, averaging 18.5 factors, 4.7 assists, and a pair of.5 rebounds in 34.2 minutes per recreation. He additionally had a stint in Serbia with Crvena zvezda.

Good, undrafted, has appeared in 18 common season video games—one as a starter—with the Milwaukee Bucks, Miami Warmth, and 76ers, the place he averages 2.8 factors and 1.3 rebounds in 11.2 minutes per recreation. Within the NBA G League, he has performed 63 common season video games, beginning 43 with Sioux Falls, Birmingham, and Delaware. There, he averages 17.0 factors, 3.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 1.25 steals in 32.6 minutes per recreation, taking pictures 81.4% from the free throw line.

Throughout three seasons at Louisiana State College from 2018 to 2021, Good performed in 93 video games, beginning 76 of them, and averaged 13.0 factors, 3.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 1.20 steals in 33.0 minutes per recreation. Within the 2020-21 season, he earned a spot on the All-SEC Second Group.

Ethan Thompson getting one other shot on the NBA

Ethan Thompson performed in 33 video games final season with Mexico Metropolis within the NBA G League, beginning all of them and averaging 22.8 factors, 5.1 assists, 4.5 rebounds, and 1.45 steals in 37.2 minutes per recreation. For his efforts, he was named to the 2023-24 All-NBA G League Third Group.

Thompson, additionally undrafted, has performed in 96 common season video games within the NBA G League—87 as a starter—with Windy Metropolis and Mexico Metropolis. He averages 16.9 factors, 4.5 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 1.26 steals in 32.7 minutes per recreation, whereas taking pictures 84.9% from the free throw line.

Moreover, Orlando has waived guard Myron Gardner and ahead Tre Scott, who had been each signed by the Magic on September 11.

Below fourth-year coach Jamahl Mosley, Orlando will kick off coaching camp on October 1 at AdventHealth Coaching Heart.