Osceola Magic acquire returning player rights to Aamir Simms, Mac McClung

The Osceola Magic have acquired thereturning player rights to Aamir Simms from the Rip City Remix inexchange for returning player rights to Drake Jeffries, the teamannounced today. Osceola also recently acquired the returningplayer rights to Mac McClung from the Delaware Blue Coats inexchange for returning player rights to Jeff Dowtin and asecond-round pick in the 2024 NBA G League Player Draft.

Simms was acquired by Rip City in the2023-24 NBA G League Expansion Draft. Simms most recently playedfor the Denver Nuggets in the 2023 NBA Summer League.

Simms (6-foot-8, 245 pounds) played in23 games (16 starts) with the Westchester Knicks in the 2021-22season, averaging 11.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 24.0minutes per game, while shooting 39.4% from three-point range and89.3% from the free throw line.

Simms played in 122 games (100 starts)in four seasons at Clemson University (2017-21), averaging 9.2points and 5.2 rebounds. Simms was named to the All-Atlantic-CoastConference Third-Team in 2020 and was named to the All-ACCSecond-Team in 2022.

McClung (6-foot-2, 185 pounds) playedin two games last season with the Philadelphia 76ers, averaging12.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists in 20.5 minutes per game.He also appeared in 31 games (28 starts) with Delaware of the NBA GLeague, averaging 19.8 points, 5.0 assists and 2.6 rebounds in 26.8minutes per game, helping the Blue Coats capture the 2022-23 NBA GLeague championship. At NBA All-Star Weekend in Salt Lake City,McClung won the Slam Dunk contest.

After going undrafted in the 2021 NBADraft, McClung has played in four career NBA regular season gameswith the Chicago Bulls, L.A. Lakers and 76ers, averaging 8.3points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 16.3 minutes per game. Hehas also appeared in 58 career NBA G League outings (55 starts)with South Bay, Windy City and Delaware, averaging 20.6 points, 6.1assists, 4.6 rebounds and 1.14 steals in 31.1 minutes per game,while shooting 50.7% (425-838) from the floor, 42.7% (123-288) fromthree-point range and 85.4% (134-157) from the free throw line.

McClung played in 50 career gamesduring two seasons (2018-20) at Georgetown University, averaging14.2 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.06 steals in 26.6minutes per game. During the 2018-19 season, he led all Big Eastfreshmen in scoring and was named to the Big East All-FreshmanTeam. McClung also played in 29 games during one season (2020-21)at Texas Tech University, averaging 15.5 points, 2.7 rebounds and2.1 assists in 30.2 minutes per game.

The Orlando Magic's G League affilaterecently relocated from Lakeland to Osceola (and they are based inKissimmee).One of 31 teams in the NBA G League, the Magicrecently won the 2021 NBA G League Finals. Last season, the Magicposted a 18-14 record, which was eighth-best in the G League.