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Free Agency: 5 Bargain Point Guards for Orlando Magic

By Brett David Roberts

Apr 15, 2015; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder guard D.J. Augustin (14) dribbles in the second quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center. The Oklahoma City Thunder beats the Minnesota Timberwolves 138-113. Mandatory Credit: Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 15, 2015; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder guard D.J. Augustin (14) dribbles in the second quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center. The Oklahoma City Thunder beats the Minnesota Timberwolves 138-113. Mandatory Credit: Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports /
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Ramon Sessions 

May 11, 2015; Washington, DC, USA; Washington Wizards guard Ramon Sessions (7) shoots the ball over Atlanta Hawks forward Paul Millsap (4) in the fourth quarter in game four of the second round of the NBA Playoffs at Verizon Center. The Hawks won 106-101, and tied the series at 2-2. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
May 11, 2015; Washington, DC, USA; Washington Wizards guard Ramon Sessions (7) shoots the ball over Atlanta Hawks forward Paul Millsap (4) in the fourth quarter in game four of the second round of the NBA Playoffs at Verizon Center. The Hawks won 106-101, and tied the series at 2-2. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports /

Ramon Sessions burst on to the scene with the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2008 season and looked prepped to have a big time career. He closed that season with double-digit assists in five of the final six games, including a 20-point, 24-assist performance against the Chicago Bulls.

He brought size at 6-foot-3 and seemed to have all the tools to be an elite NBA guard when he was given the chance. But it never really happened.

Sessions came back to Milwaukee for a full season in 2009 and performed reasonably well, averaging 12 points and five assists per game. And he has continued to develop into a very solid pro.

Now at 28, he is in his prime, and could be the perfect backup to Elfrid Payton.

Sessions played 64 games last year for Sacramento and Washington, compiling averages of six points and three assists per game. Sessions is not really a knock-down shooter, but he is better than Payton at 31 percent in his eight-year NBA career.

For Orlando, he would bring stability in the second unit and he is definitely a playmaker. Sessions has kind of fluctuated between the role of starter and reserve throughout his career, but he would be the type of playmaker the Magic could fill out the bench with (and rely on spot starts at either guard position really).

He is definitely an upgrade over Luke Ridnour, and he has got a lot left more in the tank. A good defender, he would fit the defensive culture Scott Skiles is sure to impart to the Magic.

Sessions made $2.1 million last season and the Magic could likely get him on the books again for $2 to $3 million. Comparatively, the less-than-productive Ben Gordon made $4.5 million last year.

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