{"id":326800,"date":"2026-07-02T02:19:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T02:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/326800\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T02:19:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T02:19:14","slug":"nikola-vucevic-returning-to-magic-on-1-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/326800\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola Vu\u010devi\u0107 returning to Magic on 1-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2254976\" class=\"wp-image-2254976 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Vucevic-magic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2254976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nikola Vu\u010devi\u0107 played for the Magic from 2012 to 2021 after being traded to Orlando following his rookie season in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran center Nikola Vucevic signed a one-year, $3.9 million minimum contract with the Orlando Magic in NBA free agency, the team confirmed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">We have signed free agent center Nikola Vu\u010devi\u0107.<\/p>\n<p>welcome back to Orlando, Vooch \ud83d\udc99<\/p>\n<p>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SPHMNWHzLX\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/SPHMNWHzLX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fR1iQSfjk1\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/fR1iQSfjk1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Orlando Magic (@OrlandoMagic) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OrlandoMagic\/status\/2072443921179853083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 64 games last season between Chicago and Boston, Vu\u010devi\u0107 averaged 15.1 points, 8.4 rebounds, and 3.3 assists per game.<\/p>\n<p>Vu\u010devi\u0107 returns to the team where he\u2019s spent the bulk of his 15-year NBA career. He earned two All-Star nods during his stint with the Magic from 2012 to 2021 after being traded to Orlando following his rookie season with the Philadelphia 76ers.<\/p>\n<p>During his tenure with the Magic earlier in his career, Vu\u010devi\u0107 averaged 17.6 points, 10.8 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game while shooting 35.3% from 3-point range. On a one-year contract with the Magic, Vu\u010devi\u0107 will provide key frontcourt depth to a team that expects to be a threat in the Eastern Conference playoff picture.<\/p>\n<p>Vu\u010devi\u0107, 35, was traded to the Chicago Bulls in 2021. He then spent six seasons in Chicago before being traded again in February, just before the trade deadline, to the Boston Celtics.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nikola Vu\u010devi\u0107 played for the Magic from 2012 to 2021 after being traded to Orlando following his rookie&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[135066,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-326800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-nikola-vucevic-magic","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326800","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=326800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}