CLEVELAND – With an entirely new coaching staff and seven new players – 13 if you count the make-good training-camp invitees – the Orlando Magic arranged a getting-to-know-you dinner on Tuesday night designed to build team chemistry.
No, the players didn’t wear those, `Hi, my name is …’ nametags while chowing down on steak, seafood and chicken dishes at a local Cleveland fine-dining establishment, but many of the conversations between the players and coaches were at the very basic level because of the newness of the group.
``It was just getting to know people and asking questions – kind of like when you go on a first date and you ask (general) questions,’’ joked Magic center Nikola Vucevic.