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• Top Drop Candidates to Close Out Fantasy Playoffs, Including Jonas Valanciunas and Wendell Carter

Jason Shebilske highlights his top drop candidates during the fantasy playoffs, including Jonas Valanciunas, who's been losing playing time to Larry Nance....2024
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• Execs Believe Magic Are Team To Monitor To Make Notable Upgrade, Improve Shooting In Summer

According to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype, NBA executives believe the Orlando Magic are a team to monitor this offseason to make a notable upgrade and improve their shooting. The Magic could potentially have $50-60 million in cap space this summer. “With Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner, and Jalen Suggs on rookie-scale contracts and Wendell Carter on a team-friendly deal...2024
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• NCAA Tournament: Players In NBA Of The Sweet 16 Schools

The Sweet 16 of the 2024 NCAA Tournament is set with all eight No. 1 and No. 2 seeds reaching this stage where they are two wins away from the Final Four in Arizona. Here's a list of all the former players of the schools in the Sweet 16 who are currently in the NBA. Duke leads with 24 former players in the NBA, followed by North Carolina and Gonzaga with 10 apiece. Thursday West: • No. 2 Ari...2024
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• NCAA Tournament: Players In NBA Of The 64 First Round Schools

With the 2024 NCAA Tournament underway, here's a list of all the former players of the schools in the first round who are currently in the NBA, headlined by Kentucky with 28 and Duke with 24. The below links are to the 'Players in the NBA' page for each school. EAST REGION 1 Connecticut (4) vs. No. 16 Stetson (0)Connecticut: Andre Drummond, Jordan Hawkins, Andre Jackson Jr., Adama Sanogo 8 Florid...2024
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• Inside Coby White’s grueling summer to become NBA’s most improved player for Bulls

Coby White attacked the summer to level up for the Chicago Bulls. Weeks after Coby White realized his dream of being selected in the 2019 NBA Draft, he returned to his North Carolina roots at the behest of his first pro mentor. It was only a few years earlier that White had starred for Chris Paul’s grassroots club, Team CP3, on the Nike EYBL circuit. Now Paul had invited White to his Elite Guard c...2024
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• Trade Rumors: Pelicans, Carter, Tate, Hayes, Nets
The Pelicans are looking to shore up their frontcourt defense, but there aren’t many impact centers available on the trade market, according to Christian Clark of NOLA.com (subscriber link). Magic big man Wendell Carter Jr. has been floated as a potential trade candidate, but Clark hears there is some “doubt” about that happening now. New […]...2024

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• Hollinger & Duncan: Why Are Bad Teams So Bad? And the Minnows of the Trade Market

John and Nate discuss: The Memphis Grizzlies' future now that injuries have officially wrecked their season. Theories on why this year's bad teams are worse than any other year's bad teams. What the Knicks might be looking for with Quentin Grimes available and the Magic for Wendell Carter or Markelle Fultz. Also, what team could most use Dejounte Murray? What other available players could potentia...2024
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• Magic Exploring Trade Market For Wendell Carter Jr, Markelle Fultz

The Orlando Magic have been one of the league's surprises of the first half of the season. Orlando is firmly in the playoff picture and may be looking to bolster a run to the postseason. That standing has Orlando exploring the trade market for Wendell Carter Jr. and Markelle Fultz. Carter is making just over $13 million this season and has two years and $22.8 million remaining on his deal through ...2024
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• Southeast Notes: Carter, Wizards, Ball, Martin
The Magic welcomed back starting center Wendell Carter Jr. this week after his missed 20 games due to surgery on a fractured bone in his left hand, writes Jason Beede of The Orlando Sentinel. Carter got an immediate test with games on back-to-back nights against Miami and Milwaukee, and he said he’s still getting used to […]...2023
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• Southeast Notes: Carter, Fultz, Magic, Heat, Wizards
Magic center Wendell Carter Jr., who underwent surgery to address a broken bone in his left hand in early November, appears set to return to action on Wednesday, according to Jason Beede of The Orlando Sentinel, who notes that Carter doesn’t show up on the injury report for the team’s game vs. Miami. Carter has […]...2023
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• Magic Notes: Carter, Fultz, Okeke, Defense
Speaking to the media on Tuesday for the first time since breaking a bone in his left hand nearly four weeks ago, Magic center Wendell Carter Jr. admitted that he was frustrated at the time of the injury, knowing he would likely be facing an extended absence. However, he’s in better spirits now after having […]...2023
• Wendell Carter Jr. injury update: Magic center needs hand surgery, out at least three weeks

Carter suffered the injury in the closing seconds of the team's win over the Jazz on Nov. 2...2023
• Magic center Carter (finger) out at least 3 weeks

Orlando Magic center Wendell Carter Jr. is set to undergo surgery to repair a fractured finger and will be reevaluated in approximately three weeks....2023
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• Magic's starting center Wendell Carter Jr. fractures hand, will miss time

He's important to the Magic's defense and will miss weeks, maybe a month or more....2023
• Magic’s Wendell Carter Jr. Breaks Bone In Hand
An injury to center Wendell Carter Jr. marred an otherwise encouraging road win in Utah for the Magic on Thursday night. According to the team (Twitter link), Carter broke the third metacarpal in his left hand during a fall in the final seconds of the victory while he was fighting for a rebound. The Magic […]...2023

• The NBA’s 11 best young cores, ranked by their future championship potential
Let’s rank the best young cores in the NBA. The future always seems so far away in the NBA until it’s not. It wasn’t long ago that Boston Celtics duo Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, Denver Nuggets tandem Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, and Phoenix Suns trio Devin Booker, Mikal Bridges, and Deandre Ayton made up the league’s best young cores. Only a few years later, all three teams have appeared in t...2023
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"Chicago had a growing young core in place — with White joining Lauri Markkanen, Wendell Carter Jr."

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"Big man Wendell Carter Jr."

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"The team traded young pieces such as Wendell Carter Jr."

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"Emotions were clearly running high when Julius Randle attempted to put Wendell Carter Jr on a poster with a dunk, but the Magic big man instead fouled him hard across the face."

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"20-year-old Wendell Carter Jr."

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"With 30 games this season, Wendell Carter Jr."

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"Michigan State's Miles Bridges, Duke's Wendell Carter among dozens of players named"

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"Duke 5-star signee Wendell Carter named national high school player of the year"

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• Execs Believe Magic Are Team To Monitor To Make Notable Upgrade, Improve Shooting In Summer
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• Inside Coby White’s grueling summer to become NBA’s most improved player for Bulls
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• Magic Exploring Trade Market For Wendell Carter Jr, Markelle Fultz
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• Stein’s Latest: Carter, Jazz, Hawks, Murray, Sixers, More
In his latest Substack article, Marc Stein reports that Magic center Wendell Carter is a “player to monitor” ahead of the February 8 trade deadline. As Stein explains, Orlando has played above expectations through 34 games (the team is currently 19-15), but it has a deep frontcourt featuring Carter, Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner, Moritz Wagner, […]...2024
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• Duke basketball’s best ever recruits of the one-and-done era, ranked

Let’s rank Duke’s best recruits of the one-and-done era after Cooper Flagg’s commitment. The Duke Blue Devils have maintained their dominance in men’s college basketball recruiting even after the retirement of Mike Krzyzewski. New head coach Jon Scheyer landed the No. 1 ranked recruiting class in the country in his first year in charge with the class of 2022, and his haul in the class of 2023 ran...2023
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• Community Shootaround: Magic Backcourt
Rookie of the Year award winner Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner could be one of the league’s top forward combinations for years to come. Wendell Carter Jr. has a stranglehold on the starting center job. The mystery for the Magic is how their backcourt will shake out. They’re loaded with high draft picks at the […]...2023
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• Bulls, Nikola Vučević agree to 3-year, $60 million extension: Sources
The Chicago Bulls and center Nikola Vučević agreed to a contract extension, the franchise announced Wednesday. It is for three-years and $60 million, league sources told The Athletic. Here’s what you need to know: Vučević, 32, will be under contract through the 2025-26 season. He appeared in all 82 games last season and averaged 17.6 points, 11 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 33.5 minutes. Vučević ar...2023
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• NBA Scores: Wild ending in Brooklyn pushes Cavs closer to clinching playoff spot
Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Plus: Has the Magic run out for the Knicks? While everyone else was watching the first night of Sweet 16 action in the Men’s NCAA Tournament, I was watching... well, I, too, was watching the Men’s NCAA Tournament. But thank goodness for iPads, right? That’s how I streamed Thursday’s NBA action, four games that not only all had the potential to be tight — a...2023
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• NBA DFS Picks: Yahoo Plays and Strategy for Thursday, March 9
At the near minimum salary, Mortiz Wagner has an excellent opportunity against the Jazz with Wendell Carter sitting out a third straight game....2023

• Inside Coby White’s grueling summer to become NBA’s most improved player for Bulls
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• Wendell Carter Jr. Could Be Available In Trade Window

Wendell Carter Jr. is a "player to monitor" on the trade market, according to Marc Stein of Substack. Stein cites the Magic's frontcourt depth and future need to sign Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner to extensions as reasons for why the team could part with Carter. Carter is averaging 8.1 points and 6.4 rebounds on the season....2024
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• Duke basketball’s best ever recruits of the one-and-done era, ranked
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• Bulls, Nikola Vučević agree to 3-year, $60 million extension: Sources
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• Game Recap: Magic 119, Nets 106
Cole Anthony led Orlando with 21 points, six rebounds, and three assists as the Magic defeated the Nets 119-106 tonight in Orlando. Franz Wagner (19 points, 10 rebounds, six assists) and Wendell Carter Jr. (18 points, six rebounds) combined for 37 points for the Magic in the win. Mikal Bridges led the Nets with 44 points and six rebounds as Cam Thomas added 18 points in the loss. The Magic improve...2023
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• NBA Scores: Wild ending in Brooklyn pushes Cavs closer to clinching playoff spot
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• Game Recap: Magic 111, Knicks 106
Paolo Banchero totaled 21 points, six rebounds, and four assists to lead the Magic to a 111-106 win over the Knicks tonight in Orlando. Cole Anthony went for 18 points and six rebounds as Wendell Carter Jr. added 16 points and eight rebounds in the victory. Quentin Grimes (25 points, six assists, five rebounds) and Immanuel Quickley (25 points, seven assists, five rebounds) combined for 50 points ...2023
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• Game Recap: Magic 126, Heat 114
After outscoring Miami 18-6 in overtime, the Magic defeated the Heat 126-114. Wendell Carter Jr. recorded 27 points and 11 rebounds for the Magic, while Paolo Banchero added 17 points, 10 rebounds, and a career-high nine assists in the victory. Jimmy Butler led all scorers with 38 points and five rebounds for the Heat in the losing effort. The Magic improve to 28-40 on the season, while the Heat f...2023
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• Jaden Ivey's big night goes for naught; Detroit Pistons lose in Orlando, 108-106, at buzzer
Detroit Pistons' Jaden Ivey scored 25 points on 13 shots and tied the game with a late 3-pointer, but Wendell Carter Jr. won it a putback dunk....2023
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• Inside Coby White’s grueling summer to become NBA’s most improved player for Bulls
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• Hollinger & Duncan: Why Are Bad Teams So Bad? And the Minnows of the Trade Market
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• Duke basketball’s best ever recruits of the one-and-done era, ranked
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• NBA Scores: Wild ending in Brooklyn pushes Cavs closer to clinching playoff spot
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• Nets star Kevin Durant hilariously hits up LeBron James over viral glasses incident vs. Magic
LeBron James was in a bit of a jovial mood on Sunday as the Los Angeles Lakers took on the Orlando Magic in the Staples Center. At one point in the game, the four-time league MVP decided to put on Wendell Carter Jr.’s glasses — a hilarious moment that has unsurprisingly gone viral. So much […] The post Nets star Kevin Durant hilariously hits up LeBron James over viral glasses inc...2021
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• Wendell Carter Jr. reacts to getting back on the court
Wendell Carter Jr. was back on the court today for the first time since suffering a high ankle sprain January 6, but he knows there’s a lot of work ahead to get back to normal. Playing under a minutes restriction, Carter posted six points and nine rebounds in a loss to the Knicks, then talked to Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times about the adjustment of getting back into game shape. “I got winded...2020
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• Why Wendell Carter Jr.’s Mom Is Angry At Mike Krzyzewski For ‘Shady’ Recruiting

Wendell Carter Jr.’s mom has a bone to pick with Mike Krzyzewski. Carter played one season at Duke for Krzyzewski... »...2018
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• Wendell Carter Jr.'s mom has beef with Coach K after Marvin Bagley came to Duke early
Carter Jr. parents aren't happy they weren't told that Bagley would play last season...2018
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• Mother of ex-Duke star Wendell Carter puts NCAA on blast and compares its rules to slavery
The mother of Wendell Carter, a projected lottery pick, did not hold back when it came to NCAA rules...2018
• Duke's Wendell Carter Jr. was born into basketball en route to an NBA future
Carter Jr.'s parents played a big role in his development as a star for the Blue Devils...2018

• College basketball's FBI probe gets specific with players, teams named in report
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• Wendell Carter Jr. Believes Bigger Things To Come After All-Star Break
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• Wendell Carter Jr.: the unselfish teammate and competitor
With 30 games this season, Wendell Carter Jr. still hasn't played 82 games in his NBA career....2019
• Wendell Carter returns but the Bulls come up short in New York
The Bulls welcomed back Wendell Carter Jr....2020
• Duke Lands Top-5 Recruit Wendell Carter Jr
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• Duke’s Brotherhood Goes Far Beyond the Basketball Court

Duke’s starting five is in a 2-3 formation at center court of Cameron Indoor Stadium. Trevon Duval and Gary Trent Jr are upfront, while Grayson Allen, Marvin Bagley III and Wendell Carter Jr hold down the rear. It takes only a minute for Allen—Duke’s captain, lone senior and only non-freshman starter—to begin ribbing the youngsters. […] The post Duke’s Brotherhood Goes Far Beyond the B...2018
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• Knicks star Julius Randle speaks out on heated altercation with Wendell Carter Jr.
The New York Knicks rolled over the Orlando Magic on Friday night in a massive 121-96 victory. Emotions were clearly running high when Julius Randle attempted to put Wendell Carter Jr on a poster with a dunk, but the Magic big man instead fouled him hard across the face. Randle didn’t take kindly to that […] The post Knicks star Julius Randle speaks out on heated altercation with Wende...2021
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• Bulls lose Carter 4-6 weeks with ankle sprain
The Bulls will be without center Wendell Carter Jr. for four to six weeks because of a serious ankle sprain....2020

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• Top Drop Candidates to Close Out Fantasy Playoffs, Including Jonas Valanciunas and Wendell Carter
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• NBA picks: Hornets' LaMelo Ball remains top fantasy target for Friday amid hot streak

Dejounte Murray and Wendell Carter Jr. also stand out from Friday's player pool...2024
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• Basketball Pickups: Injury boosts Moritz Wagner's fantasy value

Wagner's value has been boosted by Wendell Carter Jr.'s hand injury, while two Pelicans stepped up for their injured teammates....2023
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• Fantasy 30: Wendell Carter Jr. is breaking out in Orlando

All the latest fantasy basketball news, buzz and trade rumors from around the NBA....2022

• Top Drop Candidates to Close Out Fantasy Playoffs, Including Jonas Valanciunas and Wendell Carter
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• NCAA Tournament: Players In NBA Of The Sweet 16 Schools
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• NCAA Tournament: Players In NBA Of The 64 First Round Schools
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• Inside Coby White’s grueling summer to become NBA’s most improved player for Bulls
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• Hollinger & Duncan: Why Are Bad Teams So Bad? And the Minnows of the Trade Market
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• Magic Exploring Trade Market For Wendell Carter Jr, Markelle Fultz
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• Southeast Notes: Carter, Wizards, Ball, Martin
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• Magic's starting center Wendell Carter Jr. fractures hand, will miss time
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• Duke basketball’s best ever recruits of the one-and-done era, ranked
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• Community Shootaround: Magic Backcourt
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• Watch Wendell Carter Jr. with game-winner putback, lifts Magic past Pistons
Wendell Carter Jr. tipped in Paolo Banchero's missed layup at the buzzer....2023
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• Watch Wendell Carter Jr. with game-winner putback, lifts Magic past Pistons

Wendell Carter Jr. tipped in Paolo Banchero's missed layup at the buzzer....2023
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• Jaden Ivey's big night goes for naught; Detroit Pistons lose in Orlando, 108-106, at buzzer
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• Fantasy 30: Wendell Carter Jr. is breaking out in Orlando
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• Bulls center Wendell Carter Jr. doesn’t mince words talking about Warriors trade rumors
Chicago Bulls center Wendell Carter Jr. didn’t hold back when discussing the trade rumors surrounding him. Discussed as a possible target by the Golden State Warriors leading up to the NBA Draft last month, Carter said he simply shrugged off the whispers. He told The Athletic’s Darnell Mayberry that he believes he has a long-term […] The post Bulls center Wendell Carter Jr. doesn...2020
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• Wendell Carter’s claim about Chicago amid Warriors trade rumors
Chicago Bulls forward Wendell Carter Jr. was recently linked to trade speculations involving the Golden State Warriors prior to the upcoming 2020 NBA Draft. As per NBC Sports‘ K.C. Johnson, the former Duke standout remains confident that he is still being valued in the organization amid the swirling rumors. FWIW, Wendell Carter Jr. has told […] The post Wendell Carter’s claim abo...2020
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