What the Orlando Magic can do this offseason
- ›Can add an outside free agent up to $4.8M via the Taxpayer MLE.
- ›Over the first apron: capped at 100% salary matching in trades.
- ›Draft capital: 4 extra incoming picks, owes 5.
CapTax1A2A
Taxpayer MLE$4.8MMinimum$3.9M
Projected record
42-40
Projected net rating
+0.3
Current baseline
42 wins · +0.3 net
Full standings · models the position-aware rotation, a real-age aging curve, perimeter defense, and a bounded penalty for a structural hole; a talent-on-hand projection, not a full-season forecast (no coaching or playoff translation).
Team profile · on-court identity + fit
Offense
B-
54
Defense
B
58
Spacing
B-
56
Playmaking
D+
32
Rim protection
B
59
Perimeter D
B
60
Rebounding
C+
50
Defensive core +2.2Defense +0.8Spacing +0.7Connectors +0.6Balanced +0.5Thin playmaking -1
Grades are minutes-weighted from the projected rotation; the chips are the fit read — how much each strength or gap is worth in net rating, on top of raw talent. Dimensions come from each player’s real 2025-26 box profile. Injuries are real reported facts, factored into projected minutes.
Projected rotation · minutes by position, best players first
PGPoint
61Jalen SuggsST25y28m
47Anthony Black23y20m
SGShooting
59Desmond BaneST28y24m
48Tristan Da Silva25y23m
SFSmall F
60Franz WagnerST25y21m
59Desmond Bane28y9m
48Noah Penda22y12m
52Jonathan Isaac29y6m
PFPower F
57Paolo BancheroST24y34m
60Franz Wagner25y9m
52Jonathan Isaac29y4m
CCenter
53Nikola VučevićST36y28m
58Goga Bitadze27y15m
51Wendell Carter Jr.27y4m
Out of rotation · no projected minutes in the 240-a-night budget
46Jevon Carter46Jase Richardson40Izaiyah Nelson
Projected minutes from the position-aware rotation model: five on-court spots share a fixed 240-minute-a-night budget, best players first, with versatile players (their secondary spot shown on hover) sliding to a second position. ST = projected starter. Not a coach’s actual rotation.
Roster (14)
60SFFranz Wagner$41.8M
57PFPaolo Banchero$41.5M
59SGDesmond Bane$39.4M
61PGJalen Suggs$32.4M
51CWendell Carter Jr.$18.1M
47SGAnthony Black$10.1M
58CGoga Bitadze$7.6M
48SFTristan Da Silva$4.0M
46SGJase Richardson$3.1M
53CNikola VučevićNO-TRADE$2.4M
46PGJevon CarterNO-TRADE$2.4M
52PFJonathan IsaacNO-TRADE$2.4M
48SFNoah Penda$2.2M
40CIzaiyah NelsonNO-TRADE$1.4M
Draft capital
Own first-rounders
’27 kept’28 → POR’29 swap w/ MEM’30 → MEM’31 kept’32 kept
Incoming picks & swap rights
’28 2nd · swap more’30 2nd · from MIL’30 2nd · swap more’31 2nd · swap more
Full ledger — 4 in, 5 out
in 2028 — second round draft pick from L.A. Lakers or Washington (more favorable)
in 2030 — second round draft pick from Milwaukee
in 2030 — second round draft pick from New Orleans (swap, Orlando outgoing)
in 2031 — second round draft pick from New Orleans (swap, Orlando outgoing to Oklahoma City)
out 2027 — second round draft pick to Utah or Phoenix
out 2028 — first round draft pick to Portland
out 2028 — second round draft pick to Charlotte
out 2029 — first round draft pick to Memphis (Memphis incoming)
out 2030 — first round draft pick to Memphis