[HitsterParticipant]

 After 5 years as GM Rob Hennigan has been dismissed by the Magic. During his 5 years there they only once achieved more than 30 wins. With the draft upcoming, the Magic will need to move fast to replace him.

Hennigan had the perfect credrntials to succeed when he was hired having been part of the Spurs Front Office tree and working under Sam Presti at the Thunder. Despite drafting some talented individuals and adding decent players via trades, the individuals never gelled as a team.

A bad trade for Serge Ibaka last summer who was subsequently moved on for much less than they gave up to get him and the revealing of draft ideas on a wipeboard on social media were probably two other major factors which lead to Rob’s downfall.

He was apparently well liked by the players so there doesn’t seem to have been any issue there.

It will be interesting to see who they hire, Rob had the perfect CV so would they go for similar again. Might they look for someone with more a playing background. Their Coach Frank Vogel worked behind the scenes for Boston amongst others so might chase a double role. Personally I think they would want him to concentrate on coaching and after a 29 win season, he isn’t in a great bargaining position and is too young perhaps to move upstairs and bring a younger coach in. 

I’m sure there will be Sam Hinkie, Billy King even Otis Smith returning jokes.

One notable FO guy who is available is Mitch Kupchak but most of his dealing were being on a contending team although he oversaw the Lakers recent drafts. Whether Mitch would want to return, relocate to Orlando or if the Magic would consider him is uinknown. But he is a very experienced, respected guy who might be some Vogel would like working with. Plus Mitch worked with some of the biggest egos in the NBA so would knowhow to handle players.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Robb_CParticipant]

 Matt Lloyd should retain the GM job, Hes a legit talent evaluator and has found incredible value in prospects in the late round.. Its obviously the owner feels comfortable with Lloyd running the war room for the draft or he wouldn’t be the interim GM, I think the Job stays with Lloyd.

[OhCanada-Participant]

 Saw this one coming feom a mile away. 

[Jr. ROXASParticipant]

Everyone is talking about that Ibaka trade or Tobias Harris trade being his downfall but honestly, one of his really worst moves was signing Biyombo for 72 million for 4 years thinking that he could work with Ibaka or Vucevic. That ironically is not a very Spurs like thought process in coming with that decision. 

[HitsterParticipant]

 I never got the logic of Ibaka and Biyombo on the same team rspecially with Vucevic and Gordon there. One of Ibaka and Biyombo alongside Vucevic and Gordon as a 3 man frontcourt would have made perfect sense or adding a stretch 4 for a 4 man rotation.

I’d forgotten that Matt Lloyd helped evaluate Taj Gibson and especially Jimmy Butler, so he is safe pair of hands to man their draft. Frank Vogel worked with Walsh, Bird and co at Indiana and knows how to evalute players well do I’d guess.

I wonder if Matt may prefer to be more a background guy as you’d think a team may have offered him a lead FO job by now and he has just been made interim GM by Magic. Maybe he is more an excellent scout/evaluator rather than an executive guy working on the ins and outs or trades. He identifies targets, others do the number crunching, negoiations.

 

 

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