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Orlando Magic: 25 Best Players To Play For The Magic

By Phil Watson

ORLANDO, FL - DECEMBER 11: A general view of Amway Center during the game between the Orlando Magic and the Cleveland Cavaliers at Amway Center on December 11, 2015 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
ORLANDO, FL - DECEMBER 11: A general view of Amway Center during the game between the Orlando Magic and the Cleveland Cavaliers at Amway Center on December 11, 2015 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) /
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1990: Terry Catledge of the Orlando Magic holds the ball during a game against the Denver Nuggets at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado. Mandatory Credit: Tim de Frisco /Allsport
1990: Terry Catledge of the Orlando Magic holds the ball during a game against the Denver Nuggets at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado. Mandatory Credit: Tim de Frisco /Allsport /

PF. 1989-93. Terry Catledge. 22. player. 38. <strong>How acquired:</strong> Expansion draft, Washington Bullets, June 15, 1989.

When the Orlando Magic approached their first expansion draft in June 1989, the opportunity to draft a guy who started 77 games the previous season was too good to pass up.

The Magic selected Washington Bullets power forward Terry Catledge, who immediately became Orlando’s go-to guy down low as he led the expansion club in scoring in its inaugural season.

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In four seasons with the Magic, Catledge averaged 15.3 points and 6.8 rebounds in 29.5 minutes per game, shooting .479/2-for-17/.684.

Catledge was a double-double man at South Alabama before declaring for the NBA Draft after his junior season and being taken 21st overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1985.

In June 1986, he was part of a blockbuster swap that sent him to the Bullets along with future Hall of Famer Moses Malone.

Catledge persisted with basketball for a few years after being let go by Orlando, but never returned to the NBA, playing in the Continental Basketball Association and U.S. Basketball League, as well as making stops abroad in France, Greece and Argentina before retiring in 1997.

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