The Orlando Magic needed a point guard late last season. The team had traded Elfrid Payton and were platooning D.J. Augustin and Shelvin Mack together. They were finding the duo actually worked well together. But they were limited playing them that way because of their realities without a point guard.
The Magic did not have a point guard in their list of two-way players — Adreian Payne had already been cut past the deadline to find a replacement and Jamel Artis was a wing player — but there was an open 10-day spot.