Orlando Magic facts for kids

Orlando Magic
Orlando Magic
Conference	Eastern
Division	Southeast
Founded	1989
History	Orlando Magic; 1989–present
Arena	Amway Center
Location	Orlando, Florida
Team colors	Blue, black, silver;
Main sponsor	Walt Disney World
CEO	Alex Martins
President	Jeff Weltman
General manager	John Hammond
Head coach	Steve Clifford
Ownership	RDV Sports, Inc.; (Dan DeVos, chairman)
Affiliation(s)	Lakeland Magic
Championships	0
Conference titles	2 (1995, 2009)
Division titles	6 (1995, 1996, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2019)
Retired numbers	1 (6)
	City

The Orlando Magic are an American professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. The Magic compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The franchise was established in 1989 as an expansion franchise, and such notable NBA stars as Shaquille O'Neal, Penny Hardaway, Patrick Ewing, Grant Hill, Tracy McGrady, Steve Francis, Dwight Howard, Vince Carter, Rashard Lewis, Dominique Wilkins, and Hedo Türkoğlu have played for the club throughout its young history. As of 2019^[update], the franchise has played in the NBA playoffs for exactly half of its existence (15 playoff appearances in 30 years), and twice went to the NBA Finals, in 1995 and 2009. Orlando has been the second most successful of the four expansion teams brought into the league in 1988 and 1989 in terms of winning percentage, only after the Miami Heat.

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Tracy McGrady with the Orlando Magic in 2002.
Dwight Howard was drafted No. 1 overall in the 2004 NBA draft.
Jameer Nelson spent 10 seasons with Orlando from 2004 to 2014.
JJ Redick in 2008
Scott Skiles coached the Magic in the 2015–16 season.
Aaron Gordon selected by the Magic in the 2014 NBA draft.
Amway Center, the Magic's arena since 2010
Originally called the Orlando Arena, and later TD Waterhouse Centre, the Amway Arena was the home of the Magic from 1989 to 2010.
Wordmark logo (2008–present)
Stuff with the Orlando Magic Dancers.