Trade Proposal Sends Hawks’ Bogdan Bogdanovic To Magic

One NBA analyst proposed that the Orlando Magic acquire Bogdan Bogdanovic from the Atlanta Hawks. 

Zach Buckley of Bleacher Report proposed the following mock trade between the Magic and Hawks:

Orlando Magic receive: Bogdan Bogdanovic

Atlanta Hawks receive: Cole Anthony, Jett Howard and a 2025 first-round pick (top-five protected, via DEN)

“The Magic just won 47 games and fell one victory shy of booking their first trip past the opening round in more than a decade,” Buckley wrote in his NBA trade proposal. “And they did all that despite being weighed down by the least efficient offense of all postseason participants (play-in teams included). It’s scary to think how high this club could climb with even a league-average offense. Because its third-ranked defense sure feels established as one of the Association’s very best.

“The Magic just have to address standing needs of perimeter shooting and support scoring for Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner. Bogdanovic checks both boxes. The perennial Sixth Man of the Year candidate has carried career averages of 14.7 points and 2.5 three-pointers (on 38.4 percent shooting, no less) across seven NBA seasons. He is the kind of player capable of both leading the reserve unit and slotting alongside the stars as part of the closing group. So long as he stays healthy (which, admittedly, isn’t always a given), he should raise Orlando’s floor and ceiling.”

Bogdanovic averaged 16.9 points, 3.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.3 blocks for the Hawks in 2023-24 while shooting 42.8% from the floor, 37.4% from beyond the arc and 92.1% from the free-throw line.

The veteran small forward, who helped Serbia win the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics, will make $17.3 million next season. 

Bogdanovic, 32, has career averages of 14.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.0 steals and 0.3 blocks with the Sacramento Kings and Hawks. 

The Hawks missed the playoffs in 2024, while the Magic lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round in seven games.