AUGUST 6: The Magic have officially signed Lopez, according to an announcement from the team.
AUGUST 3: The Magic are signing veteran free agent center Robin Lopez to a one-year, $5MM deal, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (Twitter links). The 33-year-old is coming off a stint with the Wizards.
Lopez provides Orlando with a locker room presence, joining the likes of Wendell Carter Jr. (22 years old) and Mohamed Bamba (23 years old) at the center position. He was drafted No. 15 overall in 2008 after playing two collegiate seasons at Stanford.
In 71 games with Washington last season, Lopez averaged nine points, 3.8 rebounds and 19.1 minutes per contest. He’s also made stops with Phoenix, New Orleans, Portland, New York, Chicago and Milwaukee throughout his 15-year NBA career.
The Magic also signed lottery picks Jalen Suggs and Franz Wagner to their rookie contracts on Tuesday. As Bobby Marks of ESPN notes (via Twitter), Orlando will use part if its $9.5MM midlevel exception to sign Lopez and still owns a $17.2MM trade exception.
Orlando battling OKC for the #1 spot in the lottery. Who will win?
The Rockets
Beat me to it.
One year after leaving Milwaukee they win a ring. And he goes to Washington & now Orlando.
Should I bet on the Wiz to win this year then?
I can’t believed he scored more per 36 this past season than he ever had in his career.
This seems like a no playing time bad fit after a season like that.
He’s a good backup big. I like Carter but he’s more a big 4 to me. Or small ball center. This yr Magic have to play Mamba, or why draft him. It’s getting ridiculous.