ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Magic will bring 21 players to training camp when it opens Oct. 1, the team announced Friday.

The Magic have the maximum number of 15 regular-season players, plus a two-way player under contract for the upcoming season.

Orlando is coming off a season when it went 47-35 to earn the No. 5 seeding in the playoffs, the team's first postseason appearance since the 2019-20 season. The Magic have completely overhauled their roster since the 2019-20 playoffs, and the players said after last season's loss in seven games to the fourth-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs that the experience taught them that they need to focus on each game of the season to try to secure home-court advantage in this year's playoffs.

In the offseason, the Magic signed forward Franz Wagner to a maximum five-year extension that will be worth at least $224 million, the largest contract they have ever committed to a single player. They also re-signed forward Jonathan Isaac to a five-year, $84 million extension.

Guard Jalen Suggs, who was drafted No. 5 overall by Orlando in 2021 — the same NBA Draft as Wagner — remains eligible to sign a rookie extension until Oct. 21. If he does not sign an extension before then, he would become a restricted free agent after the upcoming season. The Magic would retain the rights to match any offer he receives heading into the 2025-26 season.

Orlando added three new players in the offseason, signing free-agent guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who has won NBA championships with the Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Lakers, and point guard Cory Joseph. They also drafted forward Tristan da Silva out of Colorado with the No. 18 overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft.

Guard Jett Howard also is expected to play with Orlando this season. Orlando drafted Howard No. 11 overall in the 2023 NBA Draft, but he spent most of last season playing with the G League Osceola Magic, at least partially because the NBA club had a jammed roster last season.

Free-agent forward Joe Ingles and guard Markelle Fultz were not re-signed, despite the Magic's need for a playmaker. 

They can sign up to two more two-way players, who split time between the NBA franchise and its G League team. The guard that the Magic have already signed to a two-way contract is Trevelin Queen. Two-way players may be active for up to 50 games with their NBA team. 

The Magic will hold media day on Monday.

The following is the roster they will bring into training camp, in alphabetical order. They have to reduce the roster to 15 players and no more than three two-way players before the regular season opens Oct. 22.

• Cole Anthony, fifth-year guard, 6 feet 3 and 198 pounds out of North Carolina
• Paolo Banchero, third-year forward, 6-10 and 250 pounds, out of Duke
• Goga Bitadze, sixth-year center, 6-11 and 235 pounds, out of KK Basket/Republic of Georgia
• Anthony Black, second-year guard, 6-7 and 212 pounds, out of Arkansas
• Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, 12th-year guard, 6-5 and 204 pounds, out of Georgia
• Wendell Carter Jr., seventh-year center, 6-10 and 262 pounds, out of Duke
• Jarrett Culver, fifth-year guard/forward, 6-6 and 195 pounds, out of Texas Tech
• Tristan da Silva, rookie forward, 6-8 and 217 pounds, out of Colorado and Germany
• Gary Harris, 11th-year guard, 6-4 and 205 pounds, out of Michigan State
• Caleb Houstan, third-year forward, 6-8 and 235 pounds, out of Michigan
• Jett Howard, second-year guard/forward, 6-8 and 215 pounds, out of Michigan
• Jonathan Isaac, eighth-year forward, 6-10 and 240 pounds, out of Florida State
• Cory Joseph, 14th-year guard, 6-3 and 200 pounds, out of Texas
• Mac McClung, guard, 6-2 and 185 pounds, out of Texas Tech and Osceola Magic
• *Trevelin Queen, guard, 6-6 and 190 pounds, out of New Mexico State
• Jalen Slawson, forward, 6-7 and 215 pounds, out of Furman
• Javonte Smart, third-year guard, 6-4 and 205 pounds, out of Louisiana State
• Jalen Suggs, fourth-year guard, 6-5 and 212 pounds, out of Gonzaga
• Ethan Thompson, guard, 6-5 and 195 pounds, out of Oregon State and Puerto Rico
• Franz Wagner, fourth-year forward, 6-10 and 230 pounds out of Michigan and Germany
• Moritz Wagner, seventh-year center, 6-11 and 250 pounds, out of Michigan and Germany
  • Players in bold are under contract for the Magic's regular-season roster
  • *Two-way player under contract