2016–17 Orlando Magic season

2016–17 Orlando Magic season
2016–17 Orlando Magic season
Head coach	Frank Vogel
General manager	Rob Hennigan
Owners	RDV Sports, Inc.
Arena	Amway Center
Results
Record	29–53 (.354)
Place	Division: 5th (Southeast); Conference: 13th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Florida, Sun Sports
Radio	WDBO
< 2015–16	2017–18 >

The 2016–17 Orlando Magic season was the 28th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Key dates

May 12, 2016: Scott Skiles stepped down as head coach of the Magic.^[1]
May 20, 2016: The Magic hired Frank Vogel to become their new head coach.^[2]
June 24, 2016: The 2016 NBA draft takes place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York; Orlando trades their top selection (Domantas Sabonis), Victor Oladipo, and Ersan İlyasova to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for their defensive-oriented (star) center, Serge Ibaka.
February 14, 2017: Serge Ibaka gets traded to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Terrance Ross and the Raptors' 2017 draft pick.
April 13, 2017: Rob Hennigan is fired as general manager, despite having a year remaining on his contract.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	41	Stephen Zimmerman	PF / C	United States	UNLV
2	47	Jake Layman	SF	United States	Maryland

Roster

2016–17 Orlando Magic roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
G	14	Augustin, D. J.	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	1987-11-10	Texas
C	11	Biyombo, Bismack	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	1992-08-28	DR Congo
G	10	Fournier, Evan	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1992-10-29	France
G	29	Garino, Patricio	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	1993-05-17	George Washington
F	13	Georges-Hunt, Marcus	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1994-03-28	Georgia Tech
F	00	Gordon, Aaron	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1995-09-16	Arizona
F	34	Green, Jeff	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1986-08-28	Georgetown
G	8	Hezonja, Mario	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	1995-02-25	Croatia
G	20	Meeks, Jodie	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1987-08-21	Kentucky
G	4	Payton, Elfrid	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1994-02-22	Louisiana
G	31	Ross, Terrence	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1991-02-05	Washington
F	3	Rudež, Damjan	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	1986-06-17	Croatia
C	9	Vučević, Nikola	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	1990-10-24	USC
G	32	Watson, C. J.	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1984-04-17	Tennessee
C	33	Zimmerman, Stephen	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1996-09-09	UNLV

Head coach

Frank Vogel

Assistant coach(es)

Chad Forcier
Corliss Williamson
David Adelman
Jay Hernandez (player development)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: April 3, 2017

Standings

Division

Southeast Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y – Washington Wizards	49	33	.598	–	30‍–‍11	19‍–‍22	8–8	82
x – Atlanta Hawks	43	39	.524	6.0	23‍–‍18	20‍–‍21	6–10	82
Miami Heat	41	41	.500	8.0	23‍–‍18	18‍–‍23	9–7	82
Charlotte Hornets	36	46	.439	13.0	22‍–‍19	14‍–‍27	10–6	82
Orlando Magic	29	53	.354	20.0	16‍–‍25	13‍–‍28	7–9	82

Conference

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c – Boston Celtics *	53	29	.646	–	82
2	y – Cleveland Cavaliers *	51	31	.622	2.0	82
3	x – Toronto Raptors	51	31	.622	2.0	82
4	y – Washington Wizards *	49	33	.598	4.0	82
5	x – Atlanta Hawks	43	39	.524	10.0	82
6	x – Milwaukee Bucks	42	40	.512	11.0	82
7	x – Indiana Pacers	42	40	.512	11.0	82
8	x – Chicago Bulls	41	41	.500	12.0	82

9	Miami Heat	41	41	.500	12.0	82
10	Detroit Pistons	37	45	.451	16.0	82
11	Charlotte Hornets	36	46	.439	17.0	82
12	New York Knicks	31	51	.378	22.0	82
13	Orlando Magic	29	53	.354	24.0	82
14	Philadelphia 76ers	28	54	.341	25.0	82
15	Brooklyn Nets	20	62	.244	33.0	82

Game log

Pre-season

2016 pre-season game log
Total: 2–5 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–3)

Pre-season: 2–5 (home: 2–2; road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 3	@ Memphis	L 97–102	Evan Fournier (18)	Bismack Biyombo (10)	Nikola Vučević (5)	FedExForum 18,119	0–1
2	October 5	@ Cleveland	L 102–117	Jeff Green (19)	Biyombo, Johnson, Vučević (5)	Nick Johnson (5)	Quicken Loans Arena 18,789	0–2
3	October 12	San Antonio	L 89–95	Evan Fournier (20)	Bismack Biyombo (11)	Biyombo, Hezonja, Watson (3)	Amway Center 15,092	0–3
4	October 14	Indiana	W 114–106	Serge Ibaka (19)	Serge Ibaka (17)	C. J. Watson (10)	Amway Center 14,097	1–3
5	October 16	Atlanta	L 98–105	Serge Ibaka (25)	Bismack Biyombo (19)	Elfrid Payton (5)	Amway Center 15,081	1–4
6	October 18	@ Miami	L 77–107	Serge Ibaka (15)	Serge Ibaka (9)	Elfrid Payton (4)	American Airlines Arena 19,600	1–5
7	October 20	New Orleans	W 114–111 (OT)	Evan Fournier (24)	Nikola Vučević (12)	Elfrid Payton (12)	Amway Center 14,901	2–5

2016–17 season schedule

Regular season

2016–17 game log
Total: 29–53 (Home: 16–25; Road: 13–28)

October: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 26	Miami	L 96–108	Evan Fournier (20)	Nikola Vučević (14)	Elfrid Payton (5)	Amway Center 19,298	0–1
2	October 28	@ Detroit	L 82–108	Aaron Gordon (17)	Nikola Vučević (14)	Elfrid Payton (6)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 19,122	0–2
3	October 29	@ Cleveland	L 99–105	Evan Fournier (22)	Jeff Green (10)	Fournier, Payton (5)	Quicken Loans Arena 20,562	0–3

November: 7–8 (home: 4–5; road: 3–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
4	November 1	@ Philadelphia	W 103–101	Nikola Vučević (24)	Nikola Vučević (14)	Elfrid Payton (10)	Wells Fargo Center 12,529	1–3
5	November 3	Sacramento	W 102–94	Evan Fournier (29)	Aaron Gordon (10)	Elfrid Payton (11)	Amway Center 17,026	2–3
6	November 5	Washington	W 88–86	Jeff Green (18)	Bismack Biyombo (12)	D. J. Augustin (5)	Amway Center 18,846	3–3
7	November 7	@ Chicago	L 80–112	Aaron Gordon (15)	Biyombo, Ibaka (7)	Elfrid Payton (6)	United Center 21,320	3–4
8	November 9	Minnesota	L 107–123	Nikola Vučević (24)	Nikola Vučević (14)	Elfrid Payton (7)	Amway Center 17,102	3–5
9	November 11	Utah	L 74–87	Evan Fournier (21)	Serge Ibaka (9)	Evan Fournier (4)	Amway Center 18,846	3–6
10	November 13	@ Oklahoma City	W 119–117	Serge Ibaka (31)	Serge Ibaka (9)	Elfrid Payton (9)	Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203	4–6
11	November 14	@ Indiana	L 69–88	Evan Fournier (14)	Serge Ibaka (13)	Ibaka, Payton, Fournier (2)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 14,825	4–7
12	November 16	New Orleans	W 89–82	Fournier, Ibaka (16)	Nikola Vučević (14)	Elfrid Payton (4)	Amway Center 16,127	5–7
13	November 19	Dallas	W 95–87	D. J. Augustin (18)	Nikola Vučević (12)	D. J. Augustin (6)	Amway Center 18,846	6–7
14	November 21	@ Milwaukee	L 89–93	Serge Ibaka (21)	Nikola Vučević (11)	Elfrid Payton (7)	BMO Harris Bradley Center 12,306	6–8
15	November 23	Phoenix	L 87–92	Evan Fournier (25)	Nikola Vučević (13)	Elfrid Payton (7)	Amway Center 17,069	6–9
16	November 25	Washington	L 91–94	Serge Ibaka (19)	Nikola Vučević (17)	Elfrid Payton (5)	Amway Center 17,103	6–10
17	November 27	Milwaukee	L 96–104	Evan Fournier (27)	Nikola Vučević (16)	Evan Fournier (7)	Amway Center 16,521	6–11
18	November 29	@ San Antonio	W 95–83	Serge Ibaka (18)	Nikola Vučević (10)	Evan Fournier (7)	AT&T Center 18,418	7–11

December: 8–8 (home: 3–5; road: 5–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
19	December 1	@ Memphis	L 94–95	Evan Fournier (28)	Bismack Biyombo (14)	Elfrid Payton (5)	FedExForum 13,344	7–12
20	December 2	@ Philadelphia	W 105–88	Aaron Gordon (20)	Bismack Biyombo (13)	Nikola Vučević (5)	Wells Fargo Center 13,711	8–12
21	December 4	@ Detroit	W 98–92	Serge Ibaka (21)	Nikola Vučević (8)	Biyombo, Ibaka (4)	The Palace of Auburn Hills 15,206	9–12
22	December 6	@ Washington	W 124–116	Elfrid Payton (25)	Bismack Biyombo (13)	Elfrid Payton (9)	Verizon Center 12,116	10–12
23	December 7	Boston	L 87–117	D. J. Augustin (17)	Nikola Vučević (10)	Evan Fournier (5)	Amway Center 17,009	10–13
24	December 9	@ Charlotte	L 88–109	Evan Fournier (14)	Serge Ibaka (7)	Elfrid Payton (6)	Time Warner Cable Arena 15,707	10–14
25	December 10	Denver	L 113–121	Evan Fournier (24)	Biyombo, Gordon (6)	D. J. Augustin (7)	Amway Center 17,010	10–15
26	December 13	@ Atlanta	W 131–120	Serge Ibaka (29)	Bismack Biyombo (9)	Elfrid Payton (14)	Philips Arena 17,789	11–15
27	December 14	L.A. Clippers	L 108–113	Aaron Gordon (33)	Bismack Biyombo (12)	Elfrid Payton (9)	Amway Center 18,846	11–16
28	December 16	Brooklyn	W 118–111	Fournier, Vučević (21)	Ibaka, Vučević (10)	Elfrid Payton (5)	Amway Center 17,668	12–16
29	December 18	Toronto	L 79–109	Evan Fournier (15)	Bismack Biyombo (12)	Fournier, Payton (3)	Amway Center 17,251	12–17
30	December 20	@ Miami	W 136–130 (2OT)	Fournier, Vučević (26)	Nikola Vučević (12)	Augustin, Payton (6)	American Airlines Arena 19,600	13–17
31	December 22	@ New York	L 95–106	Serge Ibaka (23)	Serge Ibaka (10)	Nikola Vučević (6)	Madison Square Garden 19,812	13–18
32	December 23	L.A. Lakers	W 109–90	Elfrid Payton (25)	Serge Ibaka (11)	Elfrid Payton (9)	Amway Center 18,846	14–18
33	December 26	Memphis	W 112–102	Aaron Gordon (30)	Bismack Biyombo (12)	Augustin, Payton (7)	Amway Center 17,104	15–18
34	December 28	Charlotte	L 101–120	Nikola Vučević (21)	Serge Ibaka (7)	Payton, Vučević, Watson (4)	Amway Center 18,273	15–19

January: 4–12 (home: 1–4; road: 3–8)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
35	January 1	@ Indiana	L 104–117	Nikola Vučević (18)	Nikola Vučević (11)	Elfrid Payton (7)	Bankers Life Fieldhouse 17,530	15–20
36	January 2	@ New York	W 115–103	Jodie Meeks (23)	Nikola Vučević (13)	Elfrid Payton (14)	Madison Square Garden 19,812	16–20
37	January 4	Atlanta	L 92–111	Gordon, Payton (15)	Serge Ibaka (11)	Payton, Vučević (6)	Amway Center 18,846	16–21
38	January 6	Houston	L 93–100	D. J. Augustin (19)	Ibaka, Vučević (12)	Aaron Gordon (7)	Amway Center 19,272	16–22
39	January 8	@ L.A. Lakers	L 95–112	Fournier, Ibaka, Vučević (19)	Bismack Biyombo (11)	D. J. Augustin (8)	Staples Center 18,997	16–23
40	January 11	@ L.A. Clippers	L 96–105	Aaron Gordon (28)	Nikola Vučević (12)	Nikola Vučević (4)	Staples Center 19,060	16–24
41	January 13	@ Portland	W 115–109	Nikola Vučević (30)	Ibaka, Vučević (10)	Elfrid Payton (7)	Moda Center 19,344	17–24
42	January 14	@ Utah	L 107–114	Elfrid Payton (28)	Elfrid Payton (9)	Elfrid Payton (9)	Vivint Smart Home Arena 19,911	17–25
43	January 16	@ Denver	L 112–125	Elfrid Payton (20)	Bismack Biyombo (9)	Elfrid Payton (12)	Pepsi Center 11,217	17–26
44	January 18	@ New Orleans	L 98–118	Gordon, Payton (14)	Gordon, Vučević (8)	Nikola Vučević (5)	Smoothie King Center 15,818	17–27
45	January 20	Milwaukee	W 112–96	Elfrid Payton (20)	Bismack Biyombo (13)	D. J. Augustin (8)	Amway Center 19,307	18–27
46	January 22	Golden State	L 98–118	Elfrid Payton (23)	Bismack Biyombo (14)	Elfrid Payton (10)	Amway Center 18,846	18–28
47	January 24	Chicago	L 92–100	Nikola Vučević (20)	Ibaka, Vučević (8)	C.J. Watson (6)	Amway Center 18,846	18–29
48	January 27	@ Boston	L 98–128	Rudež, Vučević (14)	Biyombo, Vučević (7)	Elfrid Payton (7)	TD Garden 18,624	18–30
49	January 29	@ Toronto	W 114–113	Nikola Vučević (25)	Nikola Vučević (10)	Elfrid Payton (10)	Air Canada Centre 19,800	19–30
50	January 30	@ Minnesota	L 105–111 (OT)	Elfrid Payton (21)	Nikola Vučević (15)	Nikola Vučević (5)	Target Center 11,124	19–31

February: 3–7 (home: 2–4; road: 1–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
51	February 1	Indiana	L 88–98	Serge Ibaka (20)	Nikola Vučević (15)	Nikola Vučević (5)	Amway Center 16,662	19–32
52	February 3	Toronto	W 102–94	Fournier, Ibaka (20)	Serge Ibaka (12)	Elfrid Payton (6)	Amway Center 17,141	20–32
53	February 4	@ Atlanta	L 86–113	Aaron Gordon (16)	Nikola Vučević (7)	Fournier, Augustin, Gordon, Watson (3)	Philips Arena 16,691	20–33
54	February 7	@ Houston	L 104–128	Serge Ibaka (28)	Nikola Vučević (19)	Elfrid Payton (8)	Toyota Center 15,514	20–34
55	February 9	Philadelphia	L 111–112	Evan Fournier (24)	Nikola Vučević (11)	Evan Fournier (8)	Amway Center 17,829	20–35
56	February 11	@ Dallas	L 80–112	Bismack Biyombo (15)	Nikola Vučević (10)	C.J. Watson (5)	American Airlines Center 20,052	20–36
57	February 13	@ Miami	W 116–107	Evan Fournier (24)	Nikola Vučević (17)	Fournier, Payton (4)	American Airlines Arena 19,600	21–36
58	February 15	San Antonio	L 79–107	Nikola Vučević (16)	Nikola Vučević (10)	Evan Fournier (5)	Amway Center 17,101	21–37
All-Star Break
59	February 23	Portland	L 103–112	Evan Fournier (20)	Gordon, Vučević (9)	Jeff Green (4)	Amway Center 17,487	21–38
60	February 25	Atlanta	W 105–86	Terrence Ross (24)	Nikola Vučević (14)	Elfrid Payton (9)	Amway Center 18,498	22–38

March: 5–11 (home: 4–5; road: 1–6)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
61	March 1	New York	L 90–101	Evan Fournier (22)	Nikola Vučević (10)	Elfrid Payton (4)	Amway Center 16,005	22–39
62	March 3	Miami	W 110–99	Nikola Vučević (25)	Gordon, Payton (10)	Elfrid Payton (8)	Amway Center 17,136	23–39
63	March 5	@ Washington	L 114–115	Terrence Ross (20)	Bismack Biyombo (15)	D. J. Augustin (4)	Verizon Center 19,195	23–40
64	March 6	New York	L 105–113	Evan Fournier (25)	Bismack Biyombo (14)	Elfrid Payton (10)	Amway Center 16,046	23–41
65	March 8	Chicago	W 98–91	Elfrid Payton (22)	Elfrid Payton (14)	Elfrid Payton (14)	Amway Center 16,063	24–41
66	March 10	@ Charlotte	L 81–121	Aaron Gordon (20)	Bismack Biyombo (10)	Elfrid Payton (12)	Time Warner Cable Arena 17,444	24–42
67	March 11	Cleveland	L 104–116	Nikola Vučević (20)	Nikola Vučević (16)	Elfrid Payton (6)	Amway Center 18,846	24–43
68	March 13	@ Sacramento	L 115–120	Nikola Vučević (20)	Elfrid Payton (10)	Elfrid Payton (13)	Golden 1 Center 17,608	24–44
69	March 16	@ Golden State	L 92–122	Green, Payton (13)	Bismack Biyombo (10)	Nikola Vučević (4)	Oracle Arena 19,596	24–45
70	March 17	@ Phoenix	W 109–103	Evan Fournier (25)	Nikola Vučević (17)	Elfrid Payton (11)	Talking Stick Resort Arena 16,880	25–45
71	March 20	Philadelphia	W 112–109 (OT)	Nikola Vučević (26)	Payton, Vučević (13)	Gordon, Payton (4)	Amway Center 16,236	26–45
72	March 22	Charlotte	L 102–109	Terrence Ross (19)	Nikola Vučević (12)	Nikola Vučević (8)	Amway Center 16,034	26–46
73	March 24	Detroit	W 115–87	Terrence Ross (18)	Elfrid Payton (11)	Elfrid Payton (10)	Amway Center 18,076	27–46
74	March 27	@ Toronto	L 112–131	Elfrid Payton (22)	Nikola Vučević (15)	Elfrid Payton (9)	Air Canada Centre 19,800	27–47
75	March 29	Oklahoma City	L 106–114 (OT)	Evan Fournier (24)	Nikola Vučević (16)	Elfrid Payton (8)	Amway Center 18,408	27–48
76	March 31	@ Boston	L 116–117	Aaron Gordon (32)	Aaron Gordon (16)	Elfrid Payton (15)	TD Garden 18,624	27–49

April: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
77	April 1	@ Brooklyn	L 111–121	Nikola Vučević (27)	Aaron Gordon (15)	Elfrid Payton (11)	Barclays Center 15,976	27–50
78	April 4	@ Cleveland	L 102–122	Evan Fournier (21)	Biyombo, Vučević (10)	Payton, Watson (6)	Quicken Loans Arena 20,562	27–51
79	April 6	Brooklyn	W 115–107	Elfrid Payton (22)	Nikola Vučević (12)	Elfrid Payton (11)	Amway Center 18,095	28–51
80	April 8	Indiana	L 112–127	Terrence Ross (29)	Nikola Vučević (10)	Elfrid Payton (10)	Amway Center 18,846	28–52
81	April 10	@ Chicago	L 75–122	Fournier, Vucevic (14)	Nikola Vučević (10)	Elfrid Payton (4)	United Center 21,545	28–53
82	April 12	Detroit	W 113–109	Aaron Gordon (32)	Aaron Gordon (12)	Elfrid Payton (13)	Amway Center 19,458	29–53

2016–17 season schedule

Transactions

Trades

June 23, 2016	To Orlando Magic Serge Ibaka^[3]	To Oklahoma City Thunder Draft rights to Domantas Sabonis Victor Oladipo Ersan İlyasova
July 15, 2016	To Orlando Magic C. J. Wilcox^[4] Cash considerations	To Los Angeles Clippers Devyn Marble 2020 Cleveland 2nd round-pick
February 14, 2017	To Orlando Magic Terrence Ross 2017 first-round pick	To Toronto Raptors Serge Ibaka

Free agency

Re-signed

Player	Signed
Evan Fournier^[5]	5-year contract worth $85 million

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Bismack Biyombo^[6]	4-year contract worth $72 million	Toronto Raptors
D. J. Augustin^[7]	4-year contract worth $29 million	Denver Nuggets
Jeff Green^[8]	1-year contract worth $15 million	Los Angeles Clippers

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Andrew Nicholson^[9]	4-year contract worth $26 million	Washington Wizards
Jason Smith^[9]	3-year contract worth $16 million	Washington Wizards
Brandon Jennings^[10]	1-year contract worth $5 million	New York Knicks
Dewayne Dedmon^[11]	2-year contract worth $6 million	San Antonio Spurs
Serge Ibaka	Traded	Toronto Raptors
C. J. Wilcox	Waived	Portland Trail Blazers

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