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Orlando Magic general manager Otis Smith believes his team needs only an “eighth of an inch” improvement to be an NBA champion. He told fans finding ball handlers, and adding one or two pieces to the “puzzle” would be the priority. Orlando's lack of cap space, and multiple high-dollar contracts limit what can be accomplished via free-agency. The Magic do have a trade-exception and mid-level exception, giving them some slack. That figures to be consumed with keeping J.J. Redick— possibly a free-agent. Any other moves would require a sign-and-trade agreement. In the words of Smith, it takes “two teams” wanting to make a deal. Smith described both of Orlando's back-up guards, Jason Williams and Anthony Johnson, as “long in the tooth.&rdquo ...

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