Orlando Magic: 3 Players the Magic could attempt to trade this summer

The 2018-19 season marked the first time that the Orlando Magic had qualified for the playoffs since Dwight Howard departed back in 2013. Back in November, the team was sliding towards another dismal season, but the Magic improved after the All-Star break, eventually finishing with a 42-40 record.

Orlando bowed out in the first round of the playoffs but did manage to win a road game in Toronto against the eventual champions. Buoyed by a breakout season, the team is bringing back Nikola Vucevic and Terrance Ross for the upcoming season, although further additions will be needed to reach the next level.

Any more substantial deals will have to be fulfilled through trades, and here are three players that the Magic could trade away this summer.

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#3 Timofey Mozgov

Timofey Mozgov failed to play a single minute of basketball during the 18-19 season

If the Magic could snap their fingers and rid themselves of one player it would be Timofey Mozgov. Since heading to Orlando as part of a three-team deal last summer, the Russian has failed to play a single minute of basketball, although he has pocketed a cool $16 million.

The 32-year-old also has a year remaining on the head-scratching four-year, $64 million contract that the Los Angeles Lakers handed him back in 2016.

Mozgov has only averaged 10 points per game for a season once in his NBA career, and with the Magic already boasting plenty of bigs, there is no chance that the Magic will consider bringing the veteran back in the fold.

Due to this, Orlando will do everything in their power to somehow find a taker for the former Cavs man this summer, although a buyout could be the Magic's only realistic option.

#2 D.J. Augustin

D.J. Augustin is among the worst starting point guards in the NBA

D.J. Augustin has spent the past three seasons with the Magic, although the 18-19 season marked the first in which Augustin enjoyed a prolonged spell as Orlando's starting point guard.

Augustin started 81 times in the regular season, averaging 11.7 points, 5.3 assists, and 2.5 rebounds, and the guard also put on a show in Game 1 of the playoffs as he hit the game-winning shot against the Raptors.

But Augustin is still among the NBA's worst starting point guards and his poor defense was mercifully exposed against the best teams. Augustin will also turn 32 later this year, and he clearly doesn't fit in with Orlando's youthful roster.

The Magic have all the experience they need in Terrence Ross and Nikola Vucevic, and the Magic may look to offload Augustin in favor of a younger playmaker.

#1 Mo Bamba

Nikola Vucevic's contract extension appears to have signaled the end for Bamba

The Magic selected Mo Bamba with the sixth overall pick of the 2018 draft, and the big was tipped to immediately become a key player in Orlando.

However, after the Magic failed to find a trade partner for Nikola Vucevic, Bamba was relegated to the bench, making just one start during his rookie season.

When on the court, Bamba struggled to make much of an impact, averaging just 6.2 points and 5.0 rebounds in 16.3 minutes per game.

Following the Magic's decision to sign Vucevic to a new four-year, $100 million contract, Bamba's situation also looks unlikely to improve anytime soon.

Evidently, the Magic have no long-term plans for the 7-foot-1 big man, and with his value only likely to decrease as time goes by, Orlando will be motivated to complete a trade before the end of the summer.