Here’s the Orlando Sentinel on Magic center Wendell Carter Jr., who averaged 11.7 points and 8.8 rebounds in 26.5 minutes per game in the 22 games (19 starts) he played for the Magic this past season after a trade from the Bulls:
Carter completed the third year of the rookie-scale contract he signed in 2018 after being acquired in a March 25 trade with Chicago. He will earn $6.92 million in 2021-22 and is set to reach free agency in the 2022 offseason. If the Magic extend a qualifying offer, Carter can either accept it and remain with the team for 2022-23 or decline it and become a restricted free agent…
Carter will compete with Mo Bamba for the starting center job next season. But the Magic will have a decision to make regarding the two players because both can become restricted free agents after next season.
