The Orlando Magic are filling out their training camp group as they get set to open camp in less than a week, and four familiar names are now in the mix.
The team signed Baldwin, Council, Cumberland, and Toney to training camp contracts, adding players who are expected to factor into the organization’s plans for the Osceola Magic in the G League as well.
Baldwin is back with Orlando after appearing in 19 games for Osceola last season. In that stretch, he averaged 1.7 points and 1 assist in 7.6 minutes per game.
At 25, he’s not being treated like a long-term project, but the Magic clearly value him enough to bring him into camp. Before his time in the organization, Baldwin spent three seasons at VCU and then transferred to Penn State for his senior year, playing there from 2023 to 2025.
Council’s path has been a little busier. He played three seasons at Wichita State before finishing his college career at Arkansas.
After going undrafted in 2023, he landed with the Philadelphia 76ers and made 105 appearances over three seasons, putting up 6.7 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.1 assists in 14.7 minutes per game. He split last season between the Delaware Blue Coats and the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, then suited up for Orlando’s Summer League team this summer, earning another shot with the organization.
Cumberland brings a more experienced résumé. He spent four seasons at Cincinnati from 2016 to 2020, where he averaged 13.4 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 3.1 assists in 28 minutes per game.
He went undrafted in 2020, later appeared in three NBA games with the Portland Trail Blazers during the 2021-22 season, and hasn’t been back in the league since. Last year, he played for Osceola and averaged 5.2 points and 2.8 rebounds per game.
Toney has taken the longest route of the four. He went undrafted in 2022 and has since moved around the basketball world, including a stint with the Magic in their Lakeland days, a stop with the Grand Rapids Gold, and time overseas in Greece and Kosovo. He then returned to the G League with the Noblesville Boom, the Indiana Pacers’ affiliate, where he averaged 11.8 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 29.7 minutes per game last season.
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