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The wait ended. 2026 Orlando Magic Media Day has come and gone. It’s time to transfer the talking onto the training camp floor. It’s probably unfair to Sean Sweeney that Jeff Weltman has so much riding on him out of the gate, but our new head coach might be able to figure it out after all. A lot was said, and now we’ll see which players will actually back it all up. Let’s go! All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

Less than two weeks away from Orlando Magic training camp beginning, more national media is sharing their rankings of teams and youthful talent…and the Magic continue to be ranked low. Whether you think Jeff Weltman has properly done his job or not, Magic fans can choose to be pessimistic or optimistic this season. Plus, DAZN, gear, Stuff, free agent rumors. All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

It’s September. We’re less than a month from training camp. And that’s fantastic. Because with the FIBA window now closed, current Orlando Magic news is about as skinny as Noah Penda. All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

The schedule’s been out for the 2026-2027 season. It’s been examined thoroughly by everyone. The big deal for us is we get over seventy free games of Orlando Magic basketball broadcasted over the air throughout central Florida for the first time in about two decades. The sad part is we’ll only get it for one season. So savor it. Doc Rivers is in the Hall of Fame, Magic fans should respect that more than what I’ve seen. And we’ve got a little FIBA basketball window with Tristan da Silva and Goga Bitadze playing for their nations. All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

We’re in August. And without a FIBA tourney this summer, we’re in the really quiet part of the offseason. The NBA schedule will be released within the week, but with free agency transactions mostly done, there’s not a lot going on a court until training camp starts in late September. But we’ve still got plenty of Magic questions and topics to discuss. All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

Whatever Magic fans believe the 2026-2027 Orlando team will achieve this upcoming NBA campaign, one common opinion is being shared across the basketball media landscape: this Magic squad is expected to be a play-in team again in the East. The relatively quiet offseason from Jeff Weltman’s front office has invited these tepid viewpoints. But are those opinions justified? Will the Magic really not be a top-6 seed in this stronger Eastern Conference? The Magic still have their 15th man roster spot open as some rumored names as signed with other NBA teams. Also, Desmond Bane is very underrated by non-Magic media. All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

UPDATE: Apologies if you’re seeing this episode appearing again in your feed. The show’s intro needed to be redone. Hope you don’t view it as a downgrade. It’s a sad time for Magic fans. This Orlando franchise is lucky to have had David Steele call its games on radio and television for all 37 seasons of its existence. Unfortunately for us, there won’t be a 38th. David has retired. And with his exit, that’s four enormous legendary voices with great importance to this team that have left us over the past six years. Dennis Neumann was fired during COVID, Pat Williams passed away two years ago, Paul Porter was forced out last year, and now David has retired. Those men are like the four horsemen of deeply impactful voice that now won’t be in our lives. That are irreplaceable, that have not been properly replaced, and thus this Magic fan base is weaker for it. Watching and hearing Magic games is worse without them. And we’ve just concluded Summer League. Now we’re really in the NBA offseason. All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

We’re in Summer League mode. How have Jase, Penda, and Nelson looked? With Izaiyah, he just broke his ankle so that’s a big setback for him. Could some extra roster shuffling happen based on these other Magic performances? Will Anthony Black get a contract extension? Will Goga Bitadze be moved? All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

It’s been a frustrating wait as Magic fans watch other East teams improve while we stayed relatively quiet. Until July 1st, where Orlando announced a lot of predictable and mostly underwhelming Jeff Weltman signings. Moritz Wagner says goodbye. But there is some good news, Nikola Vucevic is back. All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

It’s very difficult to be optimistic about this franchise’s future when the man tasked with improving this Magic roster continues to sit idly by while other East teams catch up. Just look at the Southeast division alone. Our rival Miami just got a top-5 NBA player. The Hawks keep building depth. Charlotte got better by dumping LaMelo Ball. Even the Wizards now have AJ Dybantsa. Orlando drafted Izaiyah Nelson with the 51st pick. What else do you have, Jeff? Free agency begins June 30th. All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

We finally got to see and hear Sean Sweeney accept the Orlando Magic head coaching job. As his coaching staff gets filled, the NBA Draft is this week. Jeff Weltman may not even be heard from on day one of the draft, as we only have the 46th pick. It’s clear some type of roster moves need to be done, but don’t tell Jeff that. Whether the Magic get involved in Giannis Antetokounmpo or not, a lot of league-wide action seems to be delayed. All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

To massive relief, the Magic are not hiring Billy Donovan to be their next head coach, but instead it’ll be 41-year-old highly-praised San Antonio Spurs associate head coach and experienced NBA assistant Sean Sweeney guiding this Orlando franchise next season. The good news is Sweeney’s official introduction will be delayed because he’s got his second NBA Finals to partake in. This is an enormous hiring for the Magic, and if done correctly, Sweeney could be with our franchise for a very long time. All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

The Magic are in the interviewing phase of their head coaching search. It could be as soon as this week that Orlando names their next hire. Which coaching options out there would we be acceptable with the franchise selecting? All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

The Magic are in offseason mode. We found out Jeff Weltman was hiding his contract extension after all. So there will be no new President of Basketball Operations. There will be a new Orlando Head Coach as Weltman fired Jamahl Mosley around twelve hours after our Game 7 exit, and it certainly feels like Billy Donovan already has the job. All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language

The Magic decided to traumatize us all and resurrect 2003 by crashing out of the playoffs to Detroit after leading the series 3-1. Obviously the absence of Franz Wagner is why we’re not in the second round. The Pistons win their first playoff series since they beat us in the second round of the 2008 playoffs. Our franchise-long drought continues, we still haven’t won a playoff series since 2010. We haven’t won’t a series in the Kia Center era. And now a lot of changes need to occur with this franchise. And it’s on ownership to stop hiding. All of that and more! #LetsGoMagic Warning: Adult Language