{"id":548109,"date":"2026-10-07T11:31:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=548109"},"modified":"2026-10-07T11:31:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:31:54","slug":"nikola-vucevic-on-magic-return-a-place-that-means-a-lot-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/nikola-vucevic-on-magic-return-a-place-that-means-a-lot-to-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola Vucevic on Magic return: \u201cA place that means a lot to me\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nikola Vucevic is returning to the Orlando Magic after nearly five seasons away. The veteran center said the move carries special meaning because of the relationships and memories he built during his first stint with the franchise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFeels great. Very excited to be back,\u201d Vucevic told <strong>Brandon \u201cScoop B\u201d Robinson<\/strong>. \u201cObviously, a place that means a lot to me\u2014a place where I built a lot of great relationships. And, you know, very excited to be back on this team that has a chance to win.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vucevic spent nine seasons in Orlando from 2012 to 2021, appearing in 591 games and earning two All-Star selections. After stints with the Bulls and Celtics, he has returned to the Magic on a one-year, $3.9 million minimum deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikola Vucevic is excited to return to the Orlando Magic, calling the franchise \u201ca place that means a lot to me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":393278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-548109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/06\/Orlando-Magic.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":548110,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548109\/revisions\/548110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548109"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=548109"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=548109"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=548109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}