When the Orlando Magic originally signed Admiral Schofield it was because the team was dealing with the fallout of a run of COVID on the team. They called him up from their G-League team because all but six players contracted COVID and the team needed bodies for its next set of games.
He quickly signed two 10-day contracts in December 2021. That represented something every young player grinding in the G-League wants: Opportunity.
Schofield took it and ran, establishing himself as one of the better players on the Lakeland Magic that year and graduating to a two-year deal as the Magic burned quickly through their original deals to start the season.