Magic GM Hennigan out with 5th losing season

The Orlando Magic have fired general manager Rob Hennigan after a five-season tenure that included zero playoff appearances, the team announced Thursday.


The Magic have made assistant general manager Matt Lloyd their interim GM, and a source told ESPN's Brian Windhorst that he will be considered for the permanent job.


Hennigan was under contract through next season.


The Magic had expected to make their first playoff appearance since 2011-12 after hiring former Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel to replace Scott Skiles and trading for Serge Ibaka on draft day last June.


Hennigan, the league's youngest GM at age 35, wound up trading Ibaka to the Toronto Raptors just eight months after surrendering Victor Oladipo, No. 11 overall pick Domantas Sabonis and another future first-round pick to acquire him from the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Magic were 29-53 in 2016-17 and finished last in the Southeast Division in each of Hennigan's five seasons.


Hennigan was hired at age 30 by Orlando in July 2012 after front-office stints with San Antonio and Oklahoma City. He traded a disgruntled Dwight Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers within his first month on the job but wasn't able to steer the Magic to a position higher than last season's 11th in the East.



Information from ESPN's Marc Stein contributed to this report.

on paper, they have a better team than their record shows. They should at least be .500

I would say they have 1 of the worst rosters in the league and their record should reflect that.

Their preseason win total was way too high.

I thought they have some good potential. But nothing got even close to developing this year.

Biyombo, Vucevic & Aaron Gordon for the bigs.
Terrence Ross, Jeff Green on the wing.
Elfrid & Fournier for the guards.

a few veteran guards coming off the bench in Augustin, Meeks, C.J. Watson

Not an all star team, not even a good team but I thought they could have been much better than a 50+ loss team.