{"id":764772,"date":"2026-06-28T00:53:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T00:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/764772\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T00:53:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T00:53:50","slug":"jonathan-isaac-waived-by-magic-top-landing-spots-in-nba-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/764772\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Isaac Waived by Magic, Top Landing Spots in NBA Free Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Orlando Magic waived<\/a> forward Jonathan Isaac on Saturday. <\/p>\n

NBA insider Jake Fischer first reported the news. <\/p>\n

The 28-year-old has spent his entire career with the Magic after they selected him with the No. 6 overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft.<\/p>\n

While Isaac averaged a career-low 2.6 points in 10.0 minutes per game during the 2025-26 regular season and missed the end of the year due to a\u00a0knee sprain<\/a>, his defensive versatility could still result in teams showing interest in him as a free agent.<\/p>\n

The Phoenix Suns may be a suitor for Isaac in free agency, even after\u00a0reportedly<\/a>\u00a0agreeing to a three-year contract worth $38 million with center Mark Williams on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Suns also boast young frontcourt options such as Khaman Maluach and Oso Ighodaro, but Isaac can step in as an experienced option for head coach Jordan Ott to work with.<\/p>\n

A similar situation could unfold for the Sacramento Kings, as Maxime Raynaud and Dylan Cardwell both showed promise as rookies.<\/p>\n

Domantas Sabonis also remains on Sacramento’s roster, although he’s been mentioned in\u00a0trade rumors<\/a>\u00a0ahead of free agency.<\/p>\n

If the Kings ultimately part ways with Sabonis, they may decide to bring in a veteran such as Isaac to join Raynaud and Cardwell.<\/p>\n

The New York Knicks are coming off a championship victory for the first time in 53 years, but backup center Mitchell Robinson\u00a0may depart<\/a>\u00a0in free agency. Reserve big man Ariel Hukporti is also set to become a restricted free agent.<\/p>\n

With New York\u00a0not planning<\/a>\u00a0to go into the second apron, its front office might view Isaac as a cheaper alternative to Robinson.<\/p>\n

Although Isaac has struggled to return to form following a\u00a0torn ACL<\/a>\u00a0that kept him out for two seasons from 2020-22, he’s still made his presence felt defensively when available.<\/p>\n

After all, the Magic owned a 106.1 defensive rating with him on the floor last season compared to a 113.7 defensive rating with him off the court (via\u00a0NBA.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Free agency will begin on Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Orlando Magic waived forward Jonathan Isaac on Saturday. NBA insider Jake Fischer first reported the news. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":764773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-764772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=764772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/764773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}