ORLANDO - Josh Magette’s No. 1 strength is his passing. The 6-foot-1, 160-pounder ranked first in the G League in total assists in 2016-17 while playing for the Los Angeles D-Fenders, now named the South Bay Lakers, and No. 3 the next season with the Erie BayHawks when he was one of the Atlanta Hawks’ two-way players.
Aside from having great court vision and awareness when he’s running the offense, the 29-year-old excels getting into the paint and forcing the defense to collapse, allowing him to kick the ball out to open shooters on the perimeter, deliver pocket passes to rollers or toss up lobs to teammates for alley-oop dunks or layups.