USA - Magic seal Redick deal

ORLANDO (NBA) - Guard JJ Redick, who won a handful of Collegiate player of the year awards last season, has signed a two-year contract with the Orlando Magic.

Under the rookie salary scale, Redick will receive at least 3.2million US dollars for two years and the Magic hold options for the third and fourth years.

Last year Orlando drafted forward Fran Vazquez 11th overall, but he signed a multi-year deal to remain in Spain.

But this year the Magic have locked up Redick, also the 11th pick.

The 6ft 4in, 190lb guard was the Wooden and Naismith Player of the Year as a senior at Duke, capping an outstanding career by becoming the NCAA's ll-time leader with 457 three-pointers.

He also finished the second highest ever in free-throw percentage (.912).

A two-time Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year and the league's all-time leading scorer, Redick was discovered last month to have a herniated disk but claims does not need surgery.

Redick will have to get used to playing mostly off the basketball and not having the ball in his hands to begin the offensive sets as he became ccustomed
to at Duke.

He will be tested constantly as a rookie to see what type of man-to-man defence he can play against athletic shooting guards.

However, he should find time on the court right away as Orlando's options at shooting guard are Keyon Dooling and DeShawn Stevenson, who is a free agent.

by PA Sport, Exclusively for FIBA.com