3 players the Orlando Magic should target in the trade market

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Landry Shamet, Brooklyn Nets

After the James Harden trade that gave the Brooklyn Nets their third superstar, Landry Shamet seems to be the odd man out. After the Nets exhausted most of their resources getting Harden, Shamet was rumored to be on the trading block.

According to Brian Windhorst of ESPN, Landry Shamet was offered by the Nets in an attempt to get a first-round pick in return.

The Orlando Magic currently have their own 2021 first-round draft pick and have several bench players who could prove to be useful to the Brooklyn Nets.

Now whether or not the Magic would be willing to part ways with the pick is unknown — it is not likely considering how up in the air the team’s future is, they would need a big return to give up their draft capital. Most likely this pick will land in the top half of the first round barring the Magic significantly improve their play.

That being said, in what is predicted to be a deep draft class, trading their first-round pick for Shamet may not be an optimal decision for the Magic at this time.

However, similar to J.J. Redick, Landry Shamet would provide the Magic with the shooting that they have been lacking.

This season Shamet has played the fewest minutes (17 minutes per game) of his young career. Similarly, he has shot a disappointing 28.6-percent from three. His poor shooting can most likely be chalked up to playing alongside three ball-dominant all-stars as he is a career 39.3-percent three-point shooter.

His lack of production should not be a red flag for any team looking to trade for Shamet, especially the Magic.

What makes Shamet a good fit in Orlando is that Shamet does most of his work off of assists rather than putting the ball on the floor.

In his five seasons in the league, 96-percent of Shamet’s made three-pointers were assisted, alternatively, 3.8-percent of his three-pointers made were unassisted.

Shamet is super affordable too, which actually might make him more difficult to trade. He makes $2.1 million this year and is due $3.7 million next year before entering restricted free agency in 2022.

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If the Magic trade for Shamet, he most likely will not be asked to create off the dribble, that is why they have Terrence Ross. Shamet will become a reliable kick-out option for Fournier or Vucevic which will in turn, improve the team’s spacing.