With the Magic preparing to ramp things up for training camp, Steve Clifford gave some surprising updates on two key players.
Mo Bamba and Al-Farouq Aminu both remain “a ways away” from full participation and contact drills.
“When we start on Friday, the guys that won’t be cleared to do everything, to do contact: Farouq, Mo,” Clifford told reporters on Tuesday.
Bamba contracted COVID-19 in June and the virus had a lasting impact as he was unable to fully return to game shape while the Magic played in the NBA bubble. Bamba played a combined 10 minutes in the Magic’s first two games before getting DNPs over the final six games.