NBA legend torches Magic after embarrassing playoff exit

Basketball Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady spent 4 years with the Orlando Magic, earning All-Star selections and a Most Improved Player of the Year Award portion with the franchise.

As a erstwhile Magic star, McGrady was dismayed with however their 2025-26 play ended – a first-round playoff exit aft going up 3-1 successful a bid against the Detroit Pistons. Orlando ended up firing caput manager Jamahl Mosley connected Monday and McGrady fired disconnected disapproval astir the roster.

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Tracy McGrady attends the crippled betwixt the Orlando Magic and the Atlanta Hawks astatine the Kia Center successful Orlando, Fla., connected Jan. 7, 2024. (James Gilbert/Getty Images)

"What they person connected their roster close now, what you spot connected their bench, they gotta go," McGrady said during NBC’s playoff sum connected Monday. "I'm sorry. They ain't bully enough. They request to amended this roster if they wanna beryllium a squad successful the East that's gonna compete.

"New York ain’t going nowhere. Boston isn’t going nowhere. Detroit ain’t going nowhere. You person to amended this roster."

Orlando Magic guardant Paolo Banchero drives to the handbasket against Detroit Pistons guardant Tobias Harris during the 2nd fractional of Game 7 successful the first-round NBA playoffs successful Detroit connected May 3, 2026. (Duane Burleson/AP)

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Orlando was successful large presumption to upset the No. 1-seeded Pistons successful the archetypal round. The Magic had 3 games to get the occupation done, but couldn’t propulsion it off. In 1 of those games, the Magic saw a 24-point pb evaporate astatine home. In Game 6, Orlando missed 23 consecutive shots.

The Magic built a corps astir Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner, Jalen Suggs and Desmond Bane, who are each nether declaration for the foreseeable future. The enactment intelligibly feels that a caller dependable connected the seat whitethorn assistance elevate the franchise.

Orlando Magic defender Desmond Bane drives betwixt Detroit Pistons defender Javonte Green and guardant Paul Reed during the 2nd fractional of Game 6 successful the first-round NBA playoffs successful Orlando, Fla., connected May 1, 2026. (John Raoux/AP)

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Orlando improved dramatically implicit the people of Mosley’s tenure, but person inactive failed to get retired of the archetypal circular of the playoffs.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.