2004–05 Orlando Magic season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Orlando Magic 2005 36 46 Southeast 3rd 10th Johnny Davis Chris Jent (interim) John Weisbrod Bob Vander Weide Richard DeVos TD Waterhouse Centre FSN Florida, WBRW Did not qualify ORL The 2004–05 season was the 16th season of the Orlando Magic in the National Basketball Association (NBA).2004-05 Orlando Magic After finishing the previous year with a league-worst 21–61 record, the Magic won the NBA Draft Lottery for the third time in franchise history, and selected high school star Dwight Howard with the first overall pick in the 2004 NBA draft. During the offseason, the Magic acquired All-Star guard Steve Francis and Cuttino Mobley from the Houston Rockets, Exit T-mac, Enter Steve Francis . . .the 7-player Trade With Houston Is Final. Tracy McGrady Didn't Want To Leave Here. Orlando Sentinel June 30, 2004 https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2004/06/30/exit-t-mac-enter-steve-francis-the-7-player-trade-with-houston-is-final-tracy-mcgrady-didnt-want-to-leave-here/ October 11, 2017 and signed free agent Hedo Turkoglu. The team looked to be a playoff contender playing above .500 for the first half of the season. In January, Mobley was traded to the Sacramento Kings for Doug Christie. However, head coach Johnny Davis was fired after a 31–33 start, and was replaced with Chris Jent. The Magic finished third in the Southeast Division with a 36–46 record, a 15-game improvement from the previous season. Grant Hill finally played a full season with the Magic averaging 19.7 points per game, while being selected to play in the 2005 NBA All-Star Game, his first All-Star selection since 2000. Howard was selected to the All-Rookie First Team, while Jameer Nelson made the All-Rookie Second Team. Draft picks 2004 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College / Club 1 1 Dwight Howard C United States 2 31 Anderson Varejão F/C Brazil FC Barcelona (Spain) 2 37 Antonio Burks G United States Memphis Roster Orlando Magic 2004–05 2 Stacey Augmon F 6 8 205 1968-08-01 UNLV 11 Andre Barrett G 5 10 172 1982-01-17 Seton Hall 4 Tony Battie FC 6 11 230 1976-02-11 Texas Tech 13 Kelvin Cato C 6 11 255 1974-08-26 Iowa State 1 Doug Christie GF 6 6 200 1970-05-09 Pepperdine 55 Andrew DeClercq FC 6 10 230 1973-02-01 Florida 3 Steve Francis G 6 3 195 1977-02-21 Maryland 8 Pat Garrity F 6 9 238 1976-08-03 Notre Dame 33 Grant Hill F 6 8 225 1972-10-05 Duke 12 Dwight Howard C 6 11 240 1985-12-08 SW Atlanta Christian Academy HS (GA) 34 Brandon Hunter F 6 7 260 1980-11-24 Ohio 41 Mario Kasun C 7 1 260 1980-04-05 Croatia 5 Cuttino Mobley G 6 4 190 1975-09-01 Rhode Island 14 Jameer Nelson G 6 0 190 1982-02-09 St. Joseph's 9 DeShawn Stevenson G 6 5 210 1981-04-03 Washington Union HS (CA) 15 Hedo Türkoğlu F 6 10 220 1979-03-19 Turkey Johnny Davis (fired) Chris Jent Clifford Ray Paul Westhead Morlon Wiley https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/ORL/2005.html March 31, 2005 Regular season Season standings ORL ORL z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot Game log Player statistics Regular season Player POS Position GP Games played GS Games starter MP Minutes played REB Rebounds AST Assists STL Steals BLK Blocks PTS Points MPG Minutes per game RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per gameDwight HowardPF82 82 2,670 823 75 77 136 981 32.6 10.0 .9 .9 1.7 12.0Tony BattieC 81 32 1,894 452 42 30 81 394 23.4 5.6 .5 .4 1.0 4.9Jameer NelsonPG 79 21 1,612 193 237 78 3 689 20.4 2.4 3.0 1.0 .0 8.7Steve FrancisPG 78 78 2,978 450 547 112 28 1,663 38.2 5.8 7.0 1.4 .4 21.3Pat GarrityPF 71 0 955 124 30 19 9 324 13.5 1.7 .4 .3 .1 4.6Grant HillSF 67 67 2,338 318 220 97 28 1,317 34.9 4.7 3.3 1.4 .4 19.7Hedo TürkoğluSF 67 11 1,757 233 153 41 18 937 26.2 3.5 2.3 .6 .3 14.0Kelvin CatoC 62 50 1,525 416 40 55 82 432 24.6 6.7 .6 .9 1.3 7.0DeShawn StevensonSG 55 27 1,089 102 69 16 9 429 19.8 1.9 1.3 .3 .2 7.8Stacey AugmonSF 55 7 663 99 36 23 8 193 12.1 1.8 .7 .4 .1 3.5Mario KasunC 45 0 356 128 8 8 13 118 7.9 2.8 .2 .2 .3 2.6Brandon HunterPF 31 0 224 69 3 4 7 95 7.2 2.2 .1 .1 .2 3.1Cuttino Mobley†SG 23 21 726 63 42 23 9 369 31.6 2.7 1.8 1.0 .4 16.0Doug Christie†SG 21 13 529 54 46 37 5 119 25.2 2.6 2.2 1.8 .2 5.7Andre Barrett†PG 11 1 169 21 27 5 1 62 15.4 1.9 2.5 .5 .1 5.6Mark Jones basketball, born 1975SF 10 0 116 13 6 5 2 23 11.6 1.3 .6 .5 .2 2.3Michael Bradley basketball†PF 8 0 55 14 2 1 2 6 6.9 1.8 .3 .1 .3 .8Andrew DeClercqC 8 0 49 10 0 2 0 9 6.1 1.3 .0 .3 .0 1.1 † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Magic only. Awards and honors Grant Hill – NBA Sportsmanship Award, All-Star Dwight Howard – All-Rookie 1st Team Jameer Nelson – All-Rookie 2nd Team Transactions List of 2004–05 NBA season transactions References Category:Orlando Magic seasons Category:2004 in sports in Florida Category:2005 in sports in Florida Orlando Category:2004 in Orlando, Florida Category:2005 in Orlando, Florida