{"id":322211,"date":"2026-06-28T01:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T01:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/322211\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T01:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T01:40:13","slug":"jonathan-isaac-cut-loose-by-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/322211\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Isaac: Cut loose by Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n        This page may contain affiliate links. If you click and sign up, make a deposit, or place a wager, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.\n    <\/p>\n<p>    Jun 27, 2026<\/p>\n<p>                    at<\/p>\n<p>    9:05 pm ET<\/p>\n<p>                \u2022<\/p>\n<p>            1 min read<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/players\/2844715\/isaac\/fantasy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Isaac<\/a> (knee) was waived by the Magic on Saturday, Michael Scotto of USA Today reports.<\/p>\n<p>Isaac had been with the Magic since the organization selected him No. 6 overall in the 2017 NBA Draft, but he&#8217;ll now depart after his effectiveness and role diminished in recent years. Across 52 regular-season appearances during the 2025-26 campaign, the 28-year-old averaged 2.6 points and 2.5 rebounds in 10.0 minutes per contest before a left knee sprain sidelined him from mid-March through Orlando&#8217;s Eastern Conference first-round series loss. Isaac will now seek a fresh opportunity elsewhere, and while earning a consistent role may prove challenging, the forward&#8217;s length and defensive ability may make him an intriguing option for teams looking to bolster their frontcourt depth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This page may contain affiliate links. If you click and sign up, make a deposit, or place a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1475,35695,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-322211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-fantasy-basketball","tag-jonathan-isaac","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322211","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=322211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}