The Magic have signed free agent guard Michael Carter-Williams, the team announced (via Twitter).
Shams Charania of The Athletic was the first to report the deal, tweeting that it’s a two-year contract with a team option for 2023/24.
Carter-Williams, 31, was the No. 11 pick of the 2013 draft out of Syracuse, winning Rookie of the Year with the Sixers in the ’13/14 season. He has bounced around a good amount since, having also played for Milwaukee, Chicago, Charlotte, Houston and Orlando.
The veteran guard, who is known for his defense, originally caught on with the Magic at the end of the 2018/19 season, signing a couple of 10-day contracts and then a rest-of-season deal. He signed a one-year, minimum-salary deal to remain with Orlando that summer, then re-signed with the Magic in the 2020 offseason on a two-year, $6MM contract that ran through the end of 2022.
Carter-Williams’ last NBA appearance came in April 2021 during the ’20/21 season, as he had offseason ankle surgery in August 2021 that kept him sidelined in ’21/22 until he was waived as part of a multiplayer trade. He has been a free agent since he was cut last February.
In 391 games, including 217 starts (25.3 MPG), Carter-Williams holds career averages of 10.3 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 4.4 APG and 1.3 SPG on .402/.255/.706 shooting splits. The Magic have an opening on their standard roster, so a corresponding move is not necessary.
Yes I’m glad he gets another chance. Now somebody give okafor and Giles a chance
Why this trade?
They signed him as a free agent; there was no trade.
Reading is fundamental
Rookie year was nuts at beginning of “Tha Procezz”
I always wonder how that whole thing would have played out in another market. Hiring Colangelo was such a disaster.
Lol what?
I’m happy for you MCW. Philly did you, hinkie and okafor dirty
And fulks. Where is Hollis Thompson and Rob C. Process worked for them
So they’re 4 deep at PG now.
Suggs has been playing the two.
MCW also spends a fair amount of time guarding twos himself.
They do, but so much more effective with the ball in their hands.
Terrible. Terrible person, terrible decision.
What makes him a terrible person?
Hyphenated last name.
Ask him about his days at Syracuse, and his legal career there. How Jim Boeheim saved his butt!
Hopefully he has grown up! Next year Sign and Trade for Fred VanVleet.
Bwahahaha, Celtics fans out here justifying Mazzulla for choking women but calling Carter Williams a terrible person cause he got caught shoplifting? Hahahahaha, what a joke!
Magic love guards that can’t shoot
Is he in good playing condition to contribute soon ? … Really cannot understand this signing, as after his rookie year, he was always mediocre at best !!
Well, you can never have too many points guard with no jump shot.
I hope he finally developed a jumpshot. During his last stint in the league he was scared to death to shoot.
Better than Simmons. Philly should of kept him