The Orlando Magic hope to have a Florida-based NBA Development League team begin play in the 2017-18 season, the Orlando Sentinel has learned.
A team spokesman said the Magic sent requests for proposals today to eight potential locations to serve as a home base for the team. Four of the potential locations are in Central Florida: Daytona Beach, which has the Ocean Center arena; Kissimmee (Silver Spurs Arena); Orlando/ESPN Wide World of Sports (HP Field House) and Orlando/UCF (CFE Arena).
The others are: Lakeland (The Lakeland Center); Estero (Germain Arena); Fort Myers (Lee Civic Center) and Jacksonville (Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena).