Official Site of the Magic · Aug 11, 2017
Lakeland Will Enhance Orlando's Ability to Develop Young Players
LAKELAND – This coming season, the Orlando Magic can envision a scenario where one of its young players goes through a morning practice at the Amway Center, plays a NBA G League game in Lakeland and then returns to The City Beautiful that night to sleep in his own bed.
Such a scenario is possible now with Orlando’s G League affiliate, the Lakeland Magic, being approximately an hour away in Polk County. That’s a dramatic difference than the previous setup when Magic players sent to the G League and were forced to fly from Orlando to Buffalo and then shuttle by car to Erie, Pa. – usually an icy, treacherous endeavor in basketball’s winter months.