11:05am: The deal with Mosley has been finalized, the Magic announced on Twitter.
“We would like to welcome Jamahl and his family to the Magic family,” president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman stated in a press release. “Within the NBA coaching community, Jamahl is considered a rising star. His coaching path is rooted in player development. He is a communicator and connector, and we look forward to him leading our group.”
9:11am: Mavericks assistant Jamahl Mosley will be the new head coach of the Magic, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic. Mosley has agreed in principle to a four-year contract, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (Twitter link).
A report on Thursday suggested that Mosley was the frontrunner for the position, which has been vacant since Steve Clifford and the team agreed to part ways in early June. Nuggets assistant Wes Unseld Jr. was the other finalist for the job.
Mosley, 42, has been an assistant to Rick Carlisle in Dallas for the past seven years and has earned a reputation for building relationships and developing young talent. He had been expected to leave the organization after the Mavs hired Jason Kidd as head coach when Carlisle left.
Orlando had been targeting a young coach to oversee the team’s rebuilding effort. The roster is loaded with players in their early 20s after the Magic parted with Aaron Gordon, Nikola Vucevic and Evan Fournier at the trade deadline in March.
Now that Orlando has hired a head coach, only two teams are still conducting coaching searches. Those teams are New Orleans and Washington.
Magics are on right path. Getting rid of Fournier and Gordon was a good call. They should have good use of their picks and take the necessary time to rebuild.
I’m not sure what they planning to do with Gary Harris and Wendell but hopefully they’ll get it right. They shouldn’t be keeping MCW and Otto Porter.
Fournier is good complimentary player when there is couple of bigger stars in starting line up.. just not a superstar himself…Gordon didn’t impress me much
The Magic are on the right track. You’re never going to get anywhere with Vuc as your best player. So ridding the team of him Gordon and the Frenchman is a step in the right direction.
Boy ORL is staring at a very, very, very, veeery long rebuild… their young players are ok, not great!
Can’t see anyone in that team that will ever reach the level of Vucevic…
& to top it all up they go & sign this dude to coach, SMH!
How wrong can they get before someone makes a good decision, even if it is by mistake, at some point is bound to happen, right?
Probably not…
Doncic was not expansive about Mosely; he may have just been polite after Mosely was HC for a game. Mosely could have looked a critical bit of sanity on a torn team. But with one starting over?— the only good pieces will be the rookies. Kuminga or Barnes will be fun to watch.
I like the talent in Orlando Fultz and Isaac both have All Star Potential. Bamba end Carter both had some good games. Harris and Ross is good depth. Cole Anthony showed much promise. 2 good picks this year I think they are well on their way to making the playoffs. Like Atlanta 22-23 they should be in the playoffs with Mosley’s coaching
Boylen grabbed his resume out of the library’s printer. After one last review for typographical errors in the cover letter, he sealed it in an envelope, writing “Mr. Jamahl
Mosley” on the front. Personal letters get more attention, he thought. This could be his big comeback, assistant toughness coach for the Disney World team, perfect story for a based-on-true-events Disney movie.