Magic bring back Afflalo for scoring

The Orlando Magic desperately need outside shooting. They’ve turned to a familiar face to supply it.

The team reached a one-year deal in principle with free-agent swingman Arron Afflalo on Tuesday, reuniting the team with a player who enjoyed his greatest individual success in Orlando.

Afflalo should bring depth to the team’s wing spots, where Terrence Ross finished last season as the starting shooting guard and Evan Fournier ended the season as the starting small forward.

Afflalo could play a role similar to the one Jodie Meeks occupied last season: as a backup shooting guard who’ll space the floor.

Given that the Magic recently signed free agent swingman Jonathon Simmons to a three-year deal, the addition of Afflalo could futher marginalize Mario Hezonja or signal that coach Frank Vogel envisions Hezonja playing as a backup power forward.

Afflalo played for the Magic during the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons, averaging a career-high 17.4 points per game. But Afflalo lost patience with the Magic’s losing ways, and the team traded him after the 2013-14 season to the Denver Nuggets for Fournier and the draft rights to Devyn Marble.

Afflalo, who will turn 32 in mid-October, hasn’t enjoyed any stability in the years since.

He played for four teams during the last three seasons: the Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers, New York Knicks and Sacramento Kings.

Last season in Sacramento, he averaged 8.4 points and sank 41.1 percent of his three-pointers in 25.9 minutes per game.

Afflalo’s pending oneyear deal with the Magic was reported first by ESPN. The Magic signed rookie swingman Wesley Iwundu to a deal Tuesday.

The first two seasons of the deal are fully guaranteed, with a salary of approximately $1.05 million for the upcoming season and a salary of $1,378,242 for the 2018-19 season, said Iwundu’s agent, Austin Walton.

The final year of the deal, the 2019-20 season, is not guaranteed. Iwundu would receive a salary of $1,618,520 if he remains on the Magic’s roster beyond a specified trigger date during the summer of 2019.

Iwundu’s second- and third-year salaries are for the league minimum.

The Magic drafted Iwundu 33rd overall last month. three-year