PBT: Orlando to acquire Shabazz Napier from Miami in trade

Fantasma Negro · Jul 26, 2015

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports....bazz-napier-from-miami-for-second-round-pick/

Orlando to acquire Shabazz Napier from Miami in trade

The guy Miami drafted in 2014 because LeBron James wanted him (Pat Riley tried to deny that), then LeBron bolted town. Napier struggled as a rookie in Miami. He averaged 5.1 points, 2.5 assists, 2.2 rebounds a game. He was given a real chance to backup Goran Dragic after the trade deadline, but quickly fell out of favor and had appeared once in the Heat’s last dozen games before he was shut down for the season due to a sports hernia.

Now he is on his way to Orlando. The Magic are finalizing a trade to get Nappier, reports Adrian Wojnarowski at Yahoo Sports.

The Orlando Magic will acquire Miami Heat guard Shabazz Napier for a protected future second-round pick, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

The Magic are going to give Napier a chance as a third point guard behind Elfrid Payton and C.J. Watson.

They didn’t give up anything of note for him it’s a reasonable gamble for the Magic. And if you want some hope Magic fans, watch this video of Napier in Summer League. (Second-year guys tend to do better there, but still this is a ray of hope.)
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I know the team is in win now mode but I think he would've been a nice third guard off the bench. In my opinion he has a very high ceiling, reminds me a lot of Chris Paul. The Magic got him for a second rounder

ThatBoyNick · Jul 26, 2015

Good deal for the Magic, I like what their doing.

PG: Payton / Watson / Napier
SG: Oladipo / Fournier
SF: Harris / Hezonja
PF: Frye / Gordon / Nicholson
C : Vucevic / Smith / Dedmond

Really solid young team oozing potential, and I like how they mixed in some vets with Frye/Watson/Smith to help out in the locker room, and to bring some consistency to the game.

J Sizzle · Jul 26, 2015

Heat thought drafting Shabazz guaranteed Lebron coming back lmao

Nimo · Jul 26, 2015

Loved him as a college player. Not so much as a pro.

UtilityPlayer · Jul 26, 2015

The Magic have done a lot of good things to add to their already young & talented squad.

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