ORLANDO – Not long after 7-foot center Mo Bamba was selected sixth overall in last June’s NBA Draft by the Orlando Magic, one of the first people to reach out to him and offer advice was Dwight Howard.
While that news might cause some Magic fans to shudder considering the way Howard forced his way out of Central Florida back in 2012, Bamba said that Howard couldn’t have been more helpful and positive about the Magic and Orlando.
And why wouldn’t Howard have spoken glowingly about the Magic? His Magic teams reached the NBA playoffs each of his final six seasons in Orlando, he once won three consecutive Defensive Player of the Year awards and the franchise got to the 2009 NBA Finals and the 2010 Eastern Conference Finals.