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Orlando Magic sign D.J. Wilson

The Orlando Magic have signed free agent forward D.J. Wilson.

Wilson (6’10” tall, 230 pounds, born 2/19/96) played in five games (four starts) last season with Oklahoma City of the NBA G League, averaging 19.4 ppg., 8.6 rpg., 4.0 apg. and 1.40 blkpg. in 35.8 minpg.

Originally selected in the first round (17th overall) of the 2017 NBA Draft by Milwaukee, Wilson has played in 146 career NBA regular season games (six starts) with Milwaukee, Houston and Toronto, averaging 4.4 ppg. and 3.1 rpg. in 12.3 minpg. He has also appeared in 44 career NBA G League games (38 starts) with Wisconsin and Oklahoma City, averaging 17.9 ppg., 8.4 rpg., 3.0 apg. and 1.11 blkpg. in 30.1 minpg.

Wilson played in 69 career games (36 starts) during three seasons (2014-17) at the University of Michigan, averaging 7.1 ppg., 3.3 rpg. and 1.01 blkpg. in 19.4 minpg., while shooting .525 (192-366) from the field. He helped the Wolverines win the 2017 Big Ten Tournament championship and advance to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen.

Wilson will wear #23 with the Orlando Magic.

Orlando’s roster now stands at 21 players. Training camp begins on Tuesday, October 3.

Rockets trade P.J. Tucker, Rodions Kurucs to Bucks for D.J. Augustin, D.J. Wilson, draft pick

The Houston Rockets have traded forwards P.J. Tucker and Rodions Kurucs to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for guard D.J. Augustin, forward D.J. Wilson, and the Bucks first round pick in 2023.

The Rockets also received the right to swap their 2021 second round pick for Milwaukee’s 2021 first round pick (Top 9 protected), while the Bucks re-acquired their 2022 first round pick which Houston obtained from Cleveland as part of a four-team trade earlier this season.

Augustin (6-0, 183) was originally the ninth overall pick by Charlotte in the 2008 NBA Draft following his sophomore season at Texas. In 901 career games with 326 starts, he has averaged 9.7 points, 4.0 assists and 1.9 rebounds while shooting 37.9% from 3-point range.

Over the past three seasons, Augustin was one of five players to have averaged at least 10.0 ppg and 4.0 apg while playing fewer than 26.0 minutes per game. Rockets head coach Stephen Silas was an assistant coach with Charlotte during Augustin’s final two seasons with the Bobcats from 2010-11 through 2011-12.

Wilson (6-10, 224) was originally the 17th overall pick by Milwaukee in the 2017 NBA Draft following his junior season at Michigan. He appeared in 119 career games for the Bucks while averaging 4.0 points and 2.9 rebounds in 11.9 minutes per game.

While on assignment in the G League the past three seasons, Wilson averaged 16.0 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.9 3-pointers made on 38.2% shooting. He was the recipient of Michigan’s Rudy Tomjanovich Most Improved Player Award in his final collegiate season.

Tucker spent the past three and a half seasons with the Rockets while averaging 6.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 1.18 steals in 268 games with 220 starts. Since the start of 2012-13, he has played the most games of any player in the league.

Kurucs was acquired by Houston from Brooklyn earlier this season as part of a four-team trade with Cleveland and Indiana. He appeared in 11 games as a Rocket.