With the Orlando Magic being one of the NBA's youngest teams and coming off a playoff appearance, No. 18 overall draft pick Tristan da Silva understands the situation he's joining.
ORLANDO — Few teams have accomplished what the Orlando Magic did last season while being the fifth-youngest team in the NBA.
"It's very rare to go into a situation with a lot of young talent that's already done so much," da Silva said at his introductory press conference on Friday at the AdventHealth Training Center in Orlando. "It's really special to join that group. I feel good going into a situation where I know there's a lot of players that are in a similar mind space as me and the same chapter in their career, even though they might have already played for three years.
Weltman spoke highly of da Silva and how he checked many of the boxes they were hoping to check. Among them were shooting and IQ, and the Magic's President of Basketball Ops lauded the 6-foot-8 forward's ability to make quick decisions in the heat of the moment.
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