Redick Hopes Magic Playoff Run Leads To Next Contract

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- A run to the NBA Finals last spring earned Orlando Magic backup center Marcin Gortat a surprisingly lucrative, long-term contract last summer.



Reserve guard J.J. Redick is hoping to do the same now.



Redick, a restricted free agent finishing his fourth NBA season, believes that going deep into the playoffs for the second consecutive year -- and him looking good in the process -- will lead down the same path.



Gortat, as a restricted free agent who looked reasonable good in the playoffs, signed a five-year, $35 million offer sheet with Dallas, but the Magic kept him by matching it.



"As players, you're judged by what you do in the postseason. Anyone can put up numbers on a bad team in the regular season. If I can help this team win a championship, I'll do fine (this summer),'' Redick said Wednesday. "I'd like to think if we win a championship, they'll want to keep this team together.''

 

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