NBA virus numbers still rising, expanded testing begins
“You expect the unexpected,” Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said. Such is the norm around the NBA right now, after yet another day of adding more names to the health and safety protocols list. The numbers may continue to rise, now that the league's expanded testing for players who have not received booster shots started on Sunday and will continue into early January. “We haven’t done a thing since our last game,” Raptors coach Nick Nurse said about 90 minutes before tip-off. Memphis saw its protocols list grow to five on Sunday.
wftv.comHomeless Coalition of Central Florida hands fresh Thanksgiving meals out to families in need
ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando Magic Head Coach Jamahl Mosley joined a group of volunteers to hand out hundreds of fresh Thanksgiving meals to Parramore residents in need Thursday. Homeless shelter guests and neighbors in need received 244,737 meals last year at the Coalition. You made this possible.... Posted by Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida on Tuesday, November 16, 2021Volunteer Latanya Porter agrees, giving back is important. According to the coalition, one in seven people in Central Florida may experience food insecurity this year. Nearly 250,000 Coalition shelter guests received free meals last year.
wftv.comMosley formally introduced as coach of Orlando Magic
Jamahl Mosley first got noticed as someone with NBA coaching potential when he was hired by the Denver Nuggets as a development coach 16 years ago. Also in Denver at the time: an assistant general manager named Jeff Weltman, now the basketball operations president of the Orlando Magic. Fast-forward to Monday, when Weltman formally introduced Mosley as coach of the Magic. “We just have to work on getting better,” Mosley said. That’s what made Weltman think about Mosley.
wftv.comMagic finalize hiring of Mavs assistant Mosley as head coach
Magic Mosley Basketball Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Jamahl Mosley in the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018, in Denver. The Orlando Magic finalized a deal Sunday, July 11, 2021 to make Mosley the 14th coach in franchise history. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) (David Zalubowski)Jamahl Mosley has agreed to become the new coach of the Orlando Magic, the team announced Sunday, giving the longtime NBA assistant his first chance at running his own club. The 42-year-old Mosley has spent the last 15 years as an assistant in Denver, Cleveland and Dallas. Mosley worked in Las Vegas under Miami coach Erik Spoelstra; they’ll now become division rivals in the NBA with Mosley taking over the Magic.
wftv.comOrlando Magic name Jamahl Mosley as new head coach
Orlando Magic name Jamahl Mosley as new head coachORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Magic announced Sunday that it had picked a new head coach. Jamahl Mosley was named head coach of the Orlando Magic by President of Basketball Operations Jeff Weltman. We have named Jamahl Mosley as our head coach. Welcome to Orlando, Coach Mosley!https://t.co/4zELXyakFt pic.twitter.com/SGq0Ivbb4m — Orlando Magic (@OrlandoMagic) July 11, 2021Team officials said Mosley is the 15th head coach in franchise history. If you don’t include interims then Jamahl Mosley is the 4th first time head coach hired by the @OrlandoMagic.
wftv.comOrlando Magic finalize hiring of new coach Jamahl Mosley
Magic Mosley Basketball Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Jamahl Mosley in the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018, in Denver. The Orlando Magic finalized a deal Sunday, July 11, 2021 to make Mosley the 14th coach in franchise history. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) (David Zalubowski)Jamahl Mosley has agreed to become the new coach of the Orlando Magic, the team announced Sunday, giving the longtime NBA assistant his first chance at running his own club. Mosley becomes the 14th coach in Magic history. Mosley worked in Las Vegas under Miami coach Erik Spoelstra; they’ll now become division rivals in the NBA with Mosley taking over the Magic.
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