The Close-Up Magic - an Orlando Magic Podcast

Stephen is joined by Close Up Magic media member, CJ Hill this week. With the new of Jonathan Isaac practicing with the Lakeland Magic, his return to NBA games feels close. CJ and Stephen discuss the emotional excitement from that announcement, as well as how he could impact the team on the court. The guys also discussed, Moritz Wagners Postitive play, How Markelle Fultz has impacted the team, Dis...

Stephen and Malik talk to Dante Marchitelli, and find out he sprung fully formed as an overnight success that was 24 Magical years in the making. We look at his Journalistic journey to Orlando, his philosophies on fandom, and even whether Dante and Galante could ever get Close up and Magical again before touching on the current squad and what to look for the rest of the season! Other topics: The r...

The Magic are on a 5 game-losing streak with a demanding upcoming schedule. Patrik Shehu joins Stephen this week to vent over the recent struggles, talk about some of the positives going on, and look at the schedule ahead. Side topics: -Paolos Bancheros Free Throws. -Bols Defense -Bols offense -Tired legs -Gary Harris impact -Injuries -and more. For auto entry into the giveaway - Select a Close-Up...

The rumors of Jalen Suggs death as an impact NBA rotation player have been GREATLY exaggerated, as he continues to show flashes and signs of being a player who has to be on the floor in crunch time. This is all despite the continuing run of injuries making a mockery of rotations and expectations for the Magic, as they lose 2 games against an Indiana team that was expected to be closer to their lev...

Paolo has missed a week since he rolled his ankle and the Magic have gone 2-1 since then. Stephen and Malik breakdown the ups and downs since then, while looking forward to what's to come. With returning players, and the upcoming schedule, there is a lot of opportunity to improve. Use promo code: Closeup for 20% off and free shipping at Manscaped.com Select a Close-Up Magic Patreon membership leve...

Stephen and Malik welcome a new sponsor and talk to Mark Schindler about the Magic, specifically Franz Wagner and Jalen Suggs. Follow Mark Schindler at @MG_Schindler Select a Close-Up Magic Patreon membership level at: https://www.patreon.com/thecloseupmagic/membership Subscribe and follow us on Youtube at: https://bit.ly/CloseUpMagic Follow us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/TheCloseUpMagic Ch...

Select a Close-Up Magic Patreon membership level at: https://www.patreon.com/thecloseupmagic/membership The Magic are 1-6. Malik and Steph talk through all sorts of subjects on this episode including. Thoughts on recent loses, coaching decisions, injury updates, roster decisions long term and more! Make sure to check out our Patreon and Merch. Subscribe and follow us on Youtube at: https://bit.ly/...

Stephen, Malik and Patrik take the opportunity to let out all of their frustrations and confess their hopes after the Magic lose their 4th straight game to open the season. Select a Close-Up Magic Patreon membership level at: https://www.patreon.com/thecloseupmagic/membership Subscribe and follow us on Youtube at: https://bit.ly/CloseUpMagic Follow us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/TheCloseUpM...

Select a Close-Up Magic Patreon membership level at: https://www.patreon.com/thecloseupmagic/membership Stephen and Malik announce the long-whispered-about debut of The Close-Up Magic Patreon before putting a bow on the preseason talking to CJ, who covered the last game at the Amway Center. The guys do a deep-dive on a few key players of note going into the regular season before ending with a few...

Stephen and Malik talk about how they watch NBA Preseasons, both of the Magic and the rest of the league, and discuss Orlando possibly having already revealed their opening night starting lineup. The show comes to a close as we talk about our own NBA League Pass rankings from a Magic perspective. Subscribe and follow us on Youtube at: https://bit.ly/CloseUpMagic Follow us on Twitter at: https://tw...

The Orlando Magic are a week into training camp and have one pre-season game under their belt. Luke Hetrick from Spectrum Sports 360 joins the show to discuss the Magics coming season, his time covering a wide range of sports, and more! Thanks to luke for joining the show! Subscribe and follow us on Youtube at: https://bit.ly/CloseUpMagic Follow us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/TheCloseUpMagi...

The Magic Just had its media day. Malik and Stephen are joined by Jonathan Alecia who covered media day in person for The Close Up Magic, to discuss all the ins and outs of what happened. Subscribe and follow us on Youtube at: https://bit.ly/CloseUpMagic Follow us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/TheCloseUpMagic Check out our website at: https://www.thecloseupmagic.com/ Follow us on Instagram at...

The Endless Summer is almost over, with Magic Media day coming quickly, and the Magic Pod Squad returning with a motivated and excited Coach Jamahl Mosley, along with new jerseys, Swole Bamba, #OnlyFranz and a score of announced hires and promotions… Subscribe and follow us on Youtube at: https://bit.ly/CloseUpMagic Follow us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/TheCloseUpMagic Check out our website...

After Stephen and Malik give heartfelt words about the too-soon passing of The Ringer’s basketball writer and podcaster Jonathan Tjarks and what he meant to many people, as he leaves behind his wife and son. Then, the always charming and professional Josh Robbins, who covered the Magic for 13 years, including the last 4 with The Athletic, joins Stephen and Malik for a far-ranging discussion that i...

In this episode, we discuss the quickly approaching media days, Gary Harris’ return, Franz Wagner and Germany in the Knockout Round of Eurobasket, and urge Magic fans to be ready for Bandwagon fans on the way. Early Adopters this year, true squatters in years to come, whether you love them like we do or hate them, THEY COMIN’… Tweets of the Week Malik (@MalikG): https://twitter.com/Sam_Vecenie/sta...

In this episode, Franz Wagner and Germany begin Eurobasket play this week, and Stephen and Malik make their wish list of Magic games to get to this year in a surprisingly full August Close-Up Magic show… Mo Bamba spreads the basketball love in the Ivory Coast Jalen Suggs and Cole Anthony hug it out with Moritz in Munich A week of group stage games at Eurobasket w/Franz begins Thursday The tough be...

In this episode, it’s Franz Wagner’s turn to drag us through the summer as he plays Magical meaningful basketball in August and September overseas, and we have Adam Papageorgiou ( https://twitter.com/PapageorgiouMBO) from the Penny and Pops podcast to guide us… Adam gives us the lowdown on FIBA’s World Cup Qualifying and Eurobasket Franz Wagner even more at the center of Germany’s hopes Tragic inj...

Patrick Shehu joins Stephen to talk about the latest Orlando Magic news. Including the leaked games from the season schedule and the Jordan Poole noise. It's a fun a show. Thanks to Patrick for jumping in last minute. Tweets of the Week Stephen (@Stephen0610): https://twitter.com/PacksPinstripes/status/1559296231582703616 Subscribe and follow us on Youtube at: https://bit.ly/CloseUpMagic Follow us...

In this episode, we celebrate that this summer Paolo Banchero is managing to keep the Magic in the NBA consciousness week after week and Philip Rossman-Reich continues to grind out Magic content day after day… Paolo and Dejounte Murray (Space) Needling each other in their home state and on social media Philip Rossman-Reich comes on to help get us through the summer Phil’s history covering the Magi...

In this episode, we celebrate what we hope aren’t the last real Magic “news and happenings” for a while. Magic Jersey Guys or No? Dogs Days of Summer Tweets of the Week (Magic Top Shots and our dude Joey) Kevon Harris gets more love Paolo is a Jordan Brand dude Paolo at the Crawsover warrants NBA app live coverage Magic Twitter doesn’t care Malik broke the hiring of Strength Coach Todor Pandov. Tw...

In this episode, the podcast spans from Florida to California to Australia as Stephen and Malik welcome Close-Up Magic OG Luke Smith. Topics covered include the news of the day as Orlando fills its 2nd two-way spot and the numerous connections between the Magic and the NBL, including RJ Hampton. They also break a little bit of news about the Magic’s Strength and Conditioning Staff as the quiet add...

Player Development coach, Henry Woo joins the show for an excellent conversation. Henry has worked with a few Magic players including Mo Bamba and Khem Birch. The topics of this show include his path to coaching, what an offseason plan looks like, working with Mo Bamba, and so much more. Subscribe and follow us on Youtube at: https://bit.ly/CloseUpMagic Follow us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com...

In this episode, Malik and Stephen mourn the early end of Paolo Banchero’s at-times dominant Summer League games by exploring the current 5 burning questions at the top of their minds. Tweets of the Week Stephen: https://twitter.com/jamesabaileyjr/status/1546214972627337217 Malik: https://twitter.com/ComplexSports/status/1545835620953735170 5 burning questions each from Malik and Stephen, includin...

The guys get together to recap NBA Free Agency and how the Magic did. They hit on NBA Summer League expectations. Have some fun with a new segment called Tweet Of The Week. Then the main section of the show, Malik has Eric Fawcett of NBA Canada on to discuss a bit more about the draft now that it's over. Make sure you follow Eric at : https://twitter.com/EricFawcett_ Please follow The Close Up Mag...

Malik and Stephen are joined by long time Close Up Magic friend and contributor Jonathan Alicea and Magic beat writer for the Orlando Sentinel, Khobe Price. The crew discusses the recent media sessions post draft, with Jeff Weltman. Then they hit some offseason questions regarding Terrence Ross and Mo Bamba. Then wrap up the episode with a fun round of rapid fire questions for Khobi, who is still...