JULY 6: The Magic have officially signed Aminu, the team announced today in a press release.
JUNE 30: The Magic have agreed to a contract with Al-Farouq Aminu, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.com (Twitter link).
The deal will be for three years and $29MM, which works out to the amount of the full non-taxpayer’s mid-level exception. It includes a player option on the final year.
Aminu, 28, averaged 9.4 PPG and 7.5 RPG in 81 games (28.3 MPG) as the Trail Blazers’ starting power forward last season. He’s also capable of knocking down three-pointers, having made 35.3% of his attempts during his four years in Portland, and is a strong defender.
With so many high-priced commitments in Portland, it’s no surprise that Aminu was forced to look elsewhere for a contract this offseason. Orlando has been busy this weekend, already agreeing to bring back Terrence Ross and Nikola Vucevic.
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Orlando compiling an all front court team
Aminu
Vuc
Gordon
Bamba
Isaac
5 guys for 2 positions and the logjam continues
The injured kid they drafted, Okeke, is also a 4
Don’t forget Birch, too.
And Iwundu and Ross
Aminu could easily enough play the three in terms of agility. He’s an okay at best shooter. They have Ross & Fournier 2 & 3 now.
They must still be dreaming those Fultz dreams to use their draft pick and MLE this way.
Best defense in basketball just got a whole lot better