Magic sign Devin Cannady to multi-year contract
The Orlando Magic signed Devin Cannady to a new contract Sunday ahead of their season finale vs. the Miami Heat at Amway Center, the team announced. The deal is a partially guaranteed multi-year contract, a league source told the Orlando Sentinel. Cannady joined the Magic from their G League affiliate, the Lakeland Magic.
The Orlando Magic signed Devin Cannady to a new contract Sunday ahead of their season finale vs. the Miami Heat at Amway Center, the team announced.
The deal is a partially guaranteed multi-year contract, a league source told the Orlando Sentinel. With the new contract, he’ll be eligible to play Sunday.
Cannady, who filled the team’s 15th and final standard roster spot, signed a 10-day deal with the Magic on March 31.
He’s averaged 8.8 points (39.3% on 3-pointers) and 2 assists in 27.8 minutes in four games.
Cannady joined the Magic from their G League affiliate, the Lakeland Magic.
He averaged 15.8 points on 46.8% shooting on 3-pointers (59 of 126) in 16 games (11 starts) with Lakeland this season.
Cannady signed a 10-day deal with Orlando on April 6, 2021, before signing a two-way contract 10 days later. He averaged 4.3 in 9.3 minutes in eight games before suffering an open fracture of his right ankle against the Indiana Pacers later that month.
He was waived five games later before the season ended later in May.
Cannady played in 13 games (nine starts) with Lakeland last season before joining the Magic, averaging 11.7 points and shooting 40% on 3s.
He recorded 22 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists and was named the G League Final MVP in Lakeland’s 2021 championship-clinching win over the Delaware Blue Coats.
Cannady, who went undrafted out of Princeton in 2019, has averaged 14.1 points on 38.7% shooting from 3 in 66 G League games (46 starts) with the Long Island Nets and Lakeland.
This article first appeared on OrlandoSentinel.com. Email Khobi Price at khprice@orlandosentinel.com or follow him on Twitter at @khobi_price.
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