Orlando Magic Trade Value Column 2019: Who are the Orlando Magic's most valuable trade assets

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Category IV — If you keep twisting my arm, I might say maybe

7. Evan Fournier (3 years, $51 million)

Evan Fournier is not a worse player than D.J. Augustin. He is probably not a worse player than most of the players still upcoming on this list. But there are a combination of factors that will push Fournier down this list and make it more difficult for the Orlando Magic to trade him at this deadline or even moving forward.

Fournier is still owed $17 million per season for the next three years. At the production he was at when he signed it, it felt like a slight overpay if not a fair deal. Fournier is a solid shooter and scorer. The Magic needed him to play a role bigger than he probably should.

That was a tough ask. But the one thing that would keep Fournier with some value was that he was a reliable shooter and his scoring just kept increasing. That last part was not sustainable but the shooting should be.

This year is an aberration then. Fournier is hitting on just 33.9 percent from beyond the arc, a career low. Any hope of getting equal value for Fournier is probably out the window.

He is nearly untradeable at this deadline (unless the Orlando Magic are looking for a salary dump like the Dallas Mavericks got for Harrison Barnes, although Dallas did rally well to get Justin Jackson).

Still, the player the Magic are probably most eager to move and get some value for is Fournier. His contract is weighing down the Magic’s books, especially since his production and efficiency have dropped so much. And he is proving to be the hardest guy to move.

6. D.J. Augustin (2 years, $7.3 million)

D.J. Augustin is probably the player with surprisingly the most value. When the Magic signed him four years ago in that fateful summer of 2016, it felt like the team overpaid for a guy who was an inconsistent backup. He had bounced around the league so much with no stability, he was just happy to have some long-term security. Both the amount and the years felt ltoo long.

Augustin had something of an up-and-down ride to start his career with the Magic. But he has put together back-to-back solid years and the Magic would be in a much tougher spot without him.

Like with Fournier, the Magic have certainly asked too much of him. He probably should not be a starter on a winning team. Augustin is more a high-end backup. But the Magic have valued and needed his stability at that position to make this season work.

Augustin has averaged 11.7 points per game and 4.7 assists per game. Hardly amazing statistics. But he is a reliable shooter.

Augustin’s trade value will skyrocket this summer. He is on an affordable deal now and will be expiring this offseason. There could be a team in need of point guard help that could ask about him.