National basketball player Moritz Wagner is not in the NBA roster for the Orlando Magic. The list published the day before the start of the season shows that Franz Wagner’s four-year-old brother is initially listed as an inactive player.
The 25-year-old injured his ankle in a friendly once morest the Cleveland Cavaliers and was unable to finish the game. The season starts on Wednesday night with the Boston Celtics playing the Philadelphia 76ers (1:30 a.m. CEST), the Magic have their opening game on Thursday night once morest the Detroit Pistons (1:00 a.m. CEST).
Franz Wagner (Orlando Magic), Dennis Schröder (Los Angeles Lakers), Daniel Theis (Indiana Pacers), Maxi Kleber (Dallas Mavericks) and Isaiah Hartenstein (New York Knicks) have a squad place with one of the 30 teams from Germany.