ESPN REPORT: The Orlando Magic head coach is been fired due to…
The Orlando Magic have fired coach Frank Vogel, the team announced Thursday.
Vogel was 54-110 in two seasons with the Magic.
Orlando’s front office of president Jeff Weltman and general manager John Hammond, who were hired in May 2017, will begin a search immediately for a new head coach.
“We would like to thank Frank for his contributions to the Orlando Magic,” Weltman said in a statement. “We appreciate the sacrifices he made as head coach and certainly wish him and his family well going forward.”
Frank Vogel is out as Magic coach after two seasons in which he couldn’t bring Orlando back to the playoffs. Fernando Medina/NBAE/Getty Images
Orlando will move on to its fifth coach since firing Stan Van Gundy after the 2011-12 season. A six-season playoff streak ended after Van Gundy’s departure that season, and the Magic haven’t made the postseason since — the longest drought in franchise history.
The Magic can sell an ownership group willing to commit resources to the roster and staff payroll, a respected new front office, young players including rookie Jonathan Isaac and Aaron Gordon, and a market that has supported the Magic through several frustrating and lean years.
The Magic’s search could include such candidates as Toronto Raptors assistant coach Nick Nurse, San Antonio Spurs assistants James Borrego and Ime Udoka, Portland Trail Blazers assistant David Vanterpool, Utah Jazz assistant Igor Kokoskov and Raptors 905 G League coach Jerry Stackhouse, league sources said.
Vogel previously coached the Indiana Pacers from 2011 to 2016, going 250-181 and taking the team to the playoffs five times.
The Magic have an 8.8 percent chance of receiving the No. 1 overall pick in June’s NBA draft after finishing 2017-18 with the fifth-worst record in the league.
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Lakers’ Anthony Davis forced out vs. Warriors with eye injury
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Anthony Davis’ night ends early after he takes a hit to the eye from Trayce Jackson-Davis. (0:22)
Dave Mc Menamin, ESPN Staff Writer
Mar 16, 2024, 10:26 PM ET
LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis left the Los Angeles Lakers’ game against the Golden State Warriors after the first quarter Saturday night with a left eye contusion, the team announced.
Davis was hurt after he was inadvertently hit in the face by Warriors forward Trayce Jackson-Davis while scoring on a layup. He continued to play the next few minutes but eventually left the game and did not return.
Davis’ vision was impaired and his eye swelled shut after the contact, a source familiar with the injury told ESPN. He will be monitored overnight and Sunday to determine his availability Monday against the Atlanta Hawks.
L.A. outscored Golden State by six in the 12 minutes Davis played, with the Lakers’ All-Star big man posting 8 points on 3-for-6 shooting, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block.
Backup big man Jaxson Hayes replaced Davis and finished with seven points and 12 rebounds in 28 minutes.
The Warriors (35-31) won 128-121 to inch ahead of the Lakers (36-32) by a percentage point — .530 to .529 — for ninth in the Western Conference standings.
