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Orlando Magic Waive Jonathan Isaac One Day Before $14.5 Million Salary Would Become Guaranteed
The Orlando Magic waived forward Jonathan Isaac on Saturday, saving $6.5 million. Isaac's $14.5 million salary for the 2026-27 season was set to become guaranteed the next day.
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The Orlando Magic waived forward Jonathan Isaac on Saturday. The move saved the team $6.5 million, according to ESPN's Bobby Marks. Isaac's $14.5 million salary for the 2026-27 season was set to become guaranteed on Sunday.
The Magic still owe Isaac $8 million. The team has not stretched that amount over seven seasons. Isaac, who is 6 feet 10 inches tall, was drafted sixth overall by Orlando in 2017. Isaac played 70 or more games in just two of his nine seasons with the Magic.
He missed the entire 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons after tearing his left ACL in August 2020. In the most recent season, he averaged 2.6 points and 2.5 rebounds in 52 games. Isaac did not play in the final 22 games of the regular season or in the Magic's first-round playoff series loss to Detroit because of a sprained left knee.
He appeared in 328 regular-season games for the team over his career.
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