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The G-League impact on the Orlando Magic’s draft process

The Orlando Magic are in a position to take a few risks and take a few projects. The team is still not wholly formed and is thinking about how to develop and build their franchise more than competing immediately. With their draft picks in the second round they grabbed two athletic wings to fill the roster.

It seemed like duplicating talent so close to each other in the second round was something of a risk. How would the team play both players — especially with a roster that is already full of wings like Jonathon Simmons, Terrence Ross and Evan Fournier.