Brother union perfect
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Moritz Wagner signs new contract with Orlando Magic
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Moritz Wagner (back) in the game against the Boston Celtics.
Photo: dpa / John Raoux
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Orlando Moritz Wagner will play again for Orlando Magic in the coming NBA season and will therefore play alongside his younger brother Franz Wagner. The national basketball player has signed a new contract with the Florida team.
For the first time, two German brothers are playing for the same team in the professional basketball league NBA: National player Moritz Wagner signed a new contract with Orlando Magic on Monday (local time) and is going basketball with his younger brother in Florida. Franz Wagner was drafted in eighth place by the club at the end of July.
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Shortly thereafter, Moritz Wagner (24) had agreed on a two-year contract with Magic, according to media reports. The franchise made the deal official only now – without any information on the term. The Berliner landed in Orlando at the end of last season after the Boston Celtics separated from him. It had previously been given to Boston by the Washington Wizards.
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9 images The Germans in the NBA
Photo: dpa/Sue Ogrocki
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For Orlando, “Moe” Wagner played eleven encounters, ten of them as a starter, and averaged eleven points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists. The last time the 2.11 m man was in action at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. With the German national team, the former college player reached the quarter-finals against Slovenia (70:94).
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Franz Wagner (19) was only drafted as early as Detlef Schrempf. Even Dirk Nowitzki, number nine at the Milwaukee Bucks in 1998, was eclipsed.
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