SEPTEMBER 9: The Magic have officially signed Moore, the team announced today in a press release.
SEPTEMBER 8: The Magic have agreed to a one-year, $2.6MM contract with guard E’Twaun Moore, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN tweets.
It’s a veteran’s minimum contract for a player with Moore’s experience. He began his NBA career during the 2011/12 season.
Moore appeared in 27 games with the Suns on a one-year contract last season, including one start. He averaged 4.9 PPG and 1.5 APG in 14.4 MPG but struggled with his 3-point shot (31.4%). He also saw action in seven of Phoenix’s postseason games, averaging 2.4 PPG in 6.6 MPG.
This will be Moore’s second stint with the Magic. He appeared in 154 games with Orlando during his second and third seasons in the league.
Moore’s NBA career has also included stops in Boston, Chicago and New Orleans. He’s appeared in 598 regular-season games, averaging 7.9 PPG and 1.8 APG in 21.o MPG while making 38.8% of his 3-point attempts.
Orlando already had 17 players on its official roster, including 14 with guaranteed deals. Adding Moore makes it less likely that those without guaranteed deals will have a spot on the opening-night roster.
I thought that he would have been a good fit on the Blazers
As a Celtics fan, I never thought this guy would put together the career he has. He’s made a great living for himself as a depth player on the teams he’s played on. Congrats to him.
Moore is a solid bench guy, will always give effort on defense and can score a little. He is a solid pickup.
Why??? He’s not exactly the Udonis Haslem of shooting guards
Moore has gotten extremely lucky as a fringe NBA player who should have spent his entire career overseas. .
Moore was a solid rotation level player in his peak prime. He was a legit NBA caliber player who earned 4 NBA contracts (not luck).
More importantly he learned how to carve out a role in the NBA for a decade. He did that with limited natural gifts by having great work ethic and working hard to maximize what he had on & off the court.
Like Robin Lopez, Moore is basically joining ORL as a player-coach.
He’ll be there to mentor ORL’s five young guards and challenge them in practices. He’ll show them how to take care of their bodies, how to manage the NBA life on/off the court + share the tricks and intricacies of guard play in the NBA that someone whose played guard for a decade in the NBA knows.