Orlando Magic middle Wendell Carter Jr. has agreed to a three-year, $59 million contract extension, his agent, Mike Miller of LIFT Sports activities Administration, informed ESPN’s Shams Charania on Monday evening.
Orlando Magic middle Wendell Carter Jr. is now below contract via the 2028-29 season for a mixed $82 million
Carter, 25, is now below contract with the Magic via the 2028-29 season for a mixed $82 million, together with the 2 remaining years on his present four-year, $50 million deal.
Per ESPN’s Tim Bontemps, Carter’s new deal additionally features a crew possibility for 2028-29. The Magic acquired Carter from the Chicago Bulls within the 2020-21 season.
Right here’s the breakdown of the extension for Carter Jr.
He turns into the sixteenth participant since July 6 to signal an extension (not together with rookie or tremendous max). https://t.co/qTc902HfKM pic.twitter.com/C9dc2TP484
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In 55 video games (48 begins) final season with Orlando, the Duke product averaged 11 factors, 6.9 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 25.6 minutes per contest whereas capturing 52.5% from the sector, a career-best 37.4% from 3-point vary, and 69.4% on the free throw line.
On Dec. 30, 2023, Carter returned from a knee damage and got here off the bench for the primary time final season within the Magic’s 112-107 loss to the Phoenix Suns at Footprint Middle.
Orlando reached the postseason for the primary time since 2020 final season
At Phoenix, Carter scored a then-season-high 17 factors and had 5 rebounds and two assists. Magic head coach Jamahl Mosley praised the 6-foot-10 massive man for a stable outing after lacking 20 straight video games as a consequence of accidents.
“I believed he did a heck of a job stepping again in,” Mosley stated of Carter. “Simply to have him again on the market, and as we proceed to search out totally different rhythms for our group, it’s nice to have him on the ground.”
Moreover, in Orlando’s 124-109 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Jan. 19, 2024, he recorded a season-high 25 factors on 9-of-13 (69.2%) capturing from the ground and 6-of-7 (85.7%) on the foul line.
The Magic are coming off their greatest season in over a decade, ending 47-35 and reaching the postseason for the primary time since 2020. Orlando pressured a Recreation 7 in opposition to the Cleveland Cavaliers within the opening spherical, however the contender did not advance to the Jap Convention semifinal.
Earlier this offseason, the Magic re-signed backup facilities Goga Bitadze and Moritz Wagner and prolonged ahead Jonathan Isaac. The position gamers complement stars Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner. Orlando additionally added veteran guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
