{"id":180136,"date":"2026-03-06T01:45:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T01:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/180136\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T01:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T01:45:13","slug":"orlando-magic-make-two-way-player-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/180136\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Magic make two-way player decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6d\">While every team can sign players to their 15-man roster up until the final day of the 2025-26 NBA Season, there&#8217;s a different caveat for the three two-way spots that each team is allotted.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6g\">Every NBA team had until March 4 to sign players to two-way contract. As a result, several teams made last-second decisions in the days, hours and even minutes leading up to the deadline. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6j\">But the Orlando Magic were not one of those teams.<\/p>\n<p>Magic will stick with trio of two-ways for rest of season:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/01kk06d197pm676xpqa0.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Morales\" title=\"Alex Morales\" width=\"3240\" height=\"2160\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"6w\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sep 29, 2025; Orlando, FL, USA; Orlando Magic guard Alex Morales (30) poses for a picture during Magic-Media Day at AdventHealth Training Center. Mandatory Credit: Mike Watters-Imagn Images | Mike Watters-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"70\">There&#8217;s essentially no risk in filling up two-way spots, especially this late in the season; players on two-way contracts don&#8217;t count against the cap, and they can be active for up to 50 of the team&#8217;s 82 games (if the 15-man roster is completely filled out).<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"73\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/magic\/onsi\/news\/magic-shake-up-final-two-way-spot-in-recent-move-01khqcn306wx&amp;ved=2ahUKEwia1djh-ImTAxWdCTQIHS33N10QFnoECB0QAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw2BzbD5nIqhduy_aBJzQ0sF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">only recent change <\/a>the Magic made to their two-ways was releasing Orlando Robinson and subsequently signing forward Alex Morales, accomplished in mid-February.<\/p>\n<p>Orlando has sparingly used two-ways this season:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/01kk06e3y3f1vt7xezm7.jpg\" alt=\"Jamal Cain\" title=\"Jamal Cain\" width=\"2603\" height=\"1735\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"7g\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Nov 23, 2025; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Orlando Magic forward Jamal Cain (8) shoots the ball while Boston Celtics forward Chris Boucher (99) defends during the first half at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images | Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7k\">Even while Orlando&#8217;s dealt with myriad injuries, their two-ways have barely seen the floor this season. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7n\">That is partially done by design, since the team wasn&#8217;t carrying a full 15-man roster for most of the season. Without a full 15-man roster, two-way players are only eligible to be active &#8212; not necessarily play &#8212; for 90 combined games.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7q\">After the Magic signed guard Jevon Carter after the trade deadline, that was no longer an issue.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7t\">Before his release, Orlando Robinson appeared in just four games (one start); Jamal Cain played in 21; Colin Castleton, who has NBA experience, and Alex Morales &#8212; both still on two-ways &#8212; haven&#8217;t played at all.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7w\">Barring a flurry of injuries, I wouldn&#8217;t necessarily expect that to change any time soon, either. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7z\">In 12 games with the Osceola Magic (G-League affiliate), Castleton&#8217;s averaged 18.6 points and 9.7 rebounds on 62.8 percent true shooting. Morales has strung together a career season in his third G-League season with Orlando, averaging 16.2 points and 7.4 rebounds on 51.4\/37.7\/83.3 shooting splits.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"82\">Cain, 26, has played the fewest of the three (9 games) in the G-League, averaging 20.1 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.7 stocks (steals + blocks) on 50.4 percent true shooting.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"89\">None of them are inactive ahead of the Magic&#8217;s contest against the Dallas Mavericks. So if Orlando is up by 30-plus in Cooper Flagg&#8217;s return with two minutes left in the game, you may see them! Never say never!<\/p>\n<p>More Orlando Magic OnSi Stories:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While every team can sign players to their 15-man roster up until the final day of the 2025-26&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-180136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}