DECEMBER 21: The Magic have officially signed Gillespie to his 10-day deal and also announced that veteran guard Tim Frazier has been added on a 10-day contract of his own. Hardship exceptions were used to complete both moves.
Frazier, who has 277 NBA regular season games under his belt, last played for the Grizzlies during the 2020/21 season. The 31-year-old has averaged 5.0 PPG, 4.0 APG, and 2.3 RPG on .404/.322/.728 shooting in 17.6 minutes per game across his NBA career.
DECEMBER 19: The Magic are planning to sign big man Freddie Gillespie to a 10-day contract, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link). Orlando will use a hardship exception to sign him.
Gillespie has been playing with the Grizzlies’ G League affiliate, averaging 11.4 points, 12.5 rebounds and 2.8 blocks per game. This is his second straight G League campaign with Memphis.
Gillespie also played 20 games with the Raptors last year, but he was waived this past fall. The 24-year-old went undrafted in 2020 after playing for Carleton and Baylor.
Orlando recently signed B.J. Johnson, Hassani Gravett, Admiral Schofield and Aleem Ford to 10-day contracts. The team is missing several players due to health and safety protocols.
This guy has a great story. Shame he hasn’t been able to play for my Grizzlies (although I guess that means we’ve been fortunate with respect to COVID-19), but I wish him the best
Was hoping the Warriors would Sign him, or another GLeague Big Man.
If Kevon Looney gets hurt before James Wiseman returns the team is looking at playing Jonathan Kuminga or Juan Toscano-Anderson at Center. But they are both kind of short in height to play Center.
Freddie looked good last season with Raptors but then looked like a stiff in summer league and preseason. Has he gotten better with Grizz or does Orlando just need bodies to fill COVID roster.
He recently had a 17-point, 20-rebound game in the NBA G League for the Memphis Hustle, and he leads the G League in rebounds per game with 12.5 rpg.
Pretty good for the magic. These guys should get plenty of minutes.
The magic have SIX players on 10day contracts.