Magic honor co-founder Hewitt

The Orlando Magic will induct franchise co-founder and Orlando businessman

into their Hall of Fame on March 29, team officials announced Wednesday. In 1987, Hewitt and

convinced the NBA to award an expansion franchise to Orlando.

Hewitt will become the sixth member of the Orlando Magic Hall of Fame.

and Williams were the inaugural inductees in 2014. A year later, the team inducted

Last season, team officials enshrined the Magic’s current owner, Earlier this season, the Magic inducted

Hewitt will be honored during the Magic’s home game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on March 29. lower back when he sits on the bench during games.

As the Associated Press pointed out in a recent article, no NBA team has changed coaches so far this season. If that holds, it will be the first time in 53 years that no NBA franchise has made an in-season coaching change, according to the AP.

“It’s been overly volatile and unreasonable, quite frankly, over the last five, 10 years in particular,” Magic coach said. “So I’m very happy about that . . . I noticed it a couple of weeks ago. I just kind of thought to myself, ‘Has anybody been let go?’ The fact that no one has is a shock and something that’s great for our profession. I think teams need to understand that continuity is important. Everybody wants to win now, but there’s strength in continuity.” Chicago Bulls.

Lopez and Ibaka each threw a punch as referees, teammates and assistant coaches tried to separate them. The punches just barely missed connecting, and Lopez and Ibaka were both ejected. League officials have suspended them for one game without pay.

Magic players saw the replays of the altercation.

“They got lucky they didn’t touch the other because it could have been a lot worse,” Fournier said. “If someone touched the other guy, then it’s probably going to be one team against the other one. So it’s a great thing [that didn’t happen].

“And, man, what a reach!” Fournier added, smiling. “They had three guys between them, and they could still throw the punch. That’s a nice reach right there. They could be in boxing.”

Magic forward said, tongue planted in firmly in cheek: “It reminded me of hockey a little bit. I think they should’ve just given the guys a three-minute timeout in the box and let them come back in.”

Fournier was asked if he could recall a fight in which two basketball players actually landed punches.

“Back in France,” Fournier said. “We don’t have fines over there. So you can say whatever you want and do what you want.”

Wednesday’s HornetsMagic game featured two Frenchmen in the teams’ starting lineups: the Hornets’ and Fournier.

Fournier considers

and as France’s true basketball pioneers, paving the way for himself and Batum.

But Fournier did acknowledge times have changed for young French players who try to make the jump to the NBA.

“I feel like they get more credit, because there’s a lot of French players that are successful in the NBA,” Fournier said. “It’s just good for French basketball. We’ve got more and more guys coming in and having an impact. What else can you ask [for]? It’s great for our country.”