While the Magic are currently in 5th place in the Eastern Conference, with 37 wins and 28 losses, ESPN announces that the Florida club has decided to extend its coach, Jamahl Mosley.
Arriving at the head of the club in 2021, the 45-year-old technician has signed a four-year contract extension, which should take him until the 2027/28 season.
For Orlando, it is a great mark of confidence, however deserved for the former assistant of Denver, Cleveland and Dallas, whom he joined in 2014 and whose defense he led between 2018 and 2021, under the orders of Rick Carlisle . Perceived as one of the most promising assistants, he was then poached by Orlando.
A very solid defense, an attack still under construction
The team was then launched into a phase of reconstruction, following the departures of Nikola Vucevic, Aaron Gordon and Evan Fournier, but Jamahl Mosley gradually imposed his influence.
From a first season with 22 wins for 60 losses, the Mosley version of the Magic went to 34 wins for 48 losses last year, following the arrival of Paolo Banchero, the first choice of the Draft, with especially an interesting second part of the season. Confirmation therefore this year since the Magic, led by their duo Wagner/Banchero, has established itself in the Top 6 of the Eastern Conference, even if its place is not yet assured.
This is because if the general size, scope and power of the group does damage in defense (5th), the team still has work to do on the offensive level (23rd) with in particular the 26th outdoor address (35.1%) but the foundations are there.
