Recently, according to a report from Shams, the Magic has reached a maximum salary contract of 270 million for 5 years with Wagner, the No. 8 pick in the 21st class, and he has become the first player in the history of the Magic team to have a single contract of more than 100 million.
Subsequently, according to reporter Brett Siegel, the contract between Magic and Wagner is $224 million for five years, but if Wagner can trigger the specified clause, then he can get 30% of the salary cap per year, and the total contract will reach $270 million over five years. And this designation clause is that Wagner will be selected to the All-NBA team, selected as the best defensive player, and selected as the regular season MVP in the 2024-25 season. Haliburton, like the Pacers, went to the court with an injury in order to play the full 65 games and then be eligible for the three honors and have his contract reach the super maximum salary.
Wagner joined the Magic with the eighth pick in the first round of the 2021 draft and has a four-year rookie contract that expires at the end of the 2024-25 season, but he is eligible for an early extension this offseason.
In the 2023-24 season, Wagner averaged 19.7 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.1 steals per game in the regular season, shooting 48.2% from the field, 28.1% from three-point range, and 85% from the free throw line, helping the team enter the playoffs as fifth in the East. In the Magic team, Banchero and Wagner are the absolute core, because of the absolute performance of the two of them, the team can play a good record, and some media even believe that Wagner is more suitable to be the boss of the Magic team.
In the playoffs, playing seven games, Wagner averaged 18.9 points, 6.9 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.3 blocks per game, shooting 40.8% from the field, 26.5% from three-point range, and 88.6% from the free throw line.
Wagner's new contract allows him to play for the Magic until the 2029-30 season, he can maintain a relatively high attendance rate, has a height of 2.08 meters, and plays well on both offensive and defensive ends, but Wagner also has his own shortcomings, that is, the three-point shooting rate is not high, and if he wants to help the team win a better record and make himself more honors, he needs to improve his long-range shooting ability and scoring consistency.
It is worth mentioning that 2021 is known as the year of the super draft, and the most famous at that time were Cunningham, Green, and Mobley, but so far in the offseason, this year, three of them, including Wagner, have won the maximum salary contract, namely the No. 4 pick Barnes and the champion Cunningham, and now Wagner, and Green and Mobley may have a very difficult maximum salary contract, and Shen Jing, who played All-Star data, is likely to not get an early contract extension.
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