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Magic Nightly Desk · transactions · Wednesday, September 23

Au'Diese Toney Joins the Orlando Magic Roster

Free agentOrlando Magic
Au'Diese Toney
G · 26 · rookie
The move
Joins the Magic
official roster · Sep 23, 2026
2026-27 cap hit
Not on file yet
public salary data lags a signing by a day
Magic payroll
$223.3M
above the second apron · cap $165.0M · tax $200.4M
Roster
23 players
standard limit 15 + 3 two-way
By the Magic Nightly Desk · 2 h ago

Au'Diese Toney joins the Orlando Magic as a 26-year-old rookie guard, a move detected from the club's official roster on Wednesday, September 23. He arrives with no report on file and no NBA line from last season, joining a Magic roster that now carries 23 players and a payroll over the second apron.

The move

Au'Diese Toney joins the Orlando Magic. The 26-year-old guard had no roster spot as a free agent before Wednesday, September 23, when the move showed up on the club's official roster. Toney comes into the league as a rookie, with no NBA game log to his name before this move. No injury report preceded the transaction, and none is logged for him.

The money

Toney's contract is not on file yet; public salary data can lag a transaction by a day. The Magic carry a payroll of $223.3 million across 16 contracts for 2026-27, putting them over the second apron. The league cap sits at $165.0 million, the tax line at $200.4 million, the first apron at $209.0 million and the second apron at $221.7 million. Orlando's spending already clears every threshold on the books before Toney's number is even filed.

The fit

Toney arrives with no NBA line from last season. At guard, Orlando's returning rotation last season featured Jalen Suggs at 27.6 minutes and 13.8 points, Anthony Black at 29.8 minutes and 15.0 points, and Jevon Carter at 20.4 minutes and 7.2 points. The Magic now count 23 players on the roster, against a standard limit of 15 plus three two-way spots. Toney joins a backcourt that already has established minutes at the position.

Did an injury report precede Au'Diese Toney's move to the Magic?

No. None is logged for him in the official report.

What is Toney's contract with Orlando?

It is not on file yet. Public salary data can lag a transaction by a day.

How many players are on Orlando's roster now?

23, against a standard limit of 15 plus three two-way spots.

By the Magic Nightly Desk, from the data on this page, rewritten when the data changes. How the desks work.
No contract on file yet: public salary data usually catches up within a day.

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Moves are detected from the official rosters, so the mechanism (trade, signing, waiver claim, two-way conversion) comes from the linked report when there is one. Salary figures are cap hits from public salary data.