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Our four-day winning streak came to a brutal end Tuesday night when the Sacramento Kings defeated the Golden State Warriors by one as 1.5-point favorites. Let's gun for a bounceback winner with our favorite NBA player prop for Wednesday night's slate.
Goga Bitadze was rarely in the Indiana Pacers rotation. The Pacers selected Bitadze with the 18th overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, but he was frequently stuck behind other centers when it came to minutes.
Sometimes first-round picks find themselves in the wrong situation. They may not be ready for the work it takes to make it in the NBA. There may be other developments on the roster.
The highlight of the first day of the second round in the FIBA World Cup? Nobody: Absolutely Nobody: Me: The Orlando Magic’s two backup bigs went head to head and both players made a great case for playing time as we inch closer to training camp.
FIBA ranks Georgia as the No. 32 team in the world. Goga Bitadze just led them to the final 16 in the World Cup.
The Orlando Magic have a decision to make this offseason about the future of their roster. They have a choice to make about the kind of team they want to be and to begin to see what it will take to make the playoffs.
The Magic have exercised their team option on reserve center Goga Bitadze for the 2023-24 season, while turning down their options on veteran point guard Michael Carter-Williams and combo forward Admiral Schofield.
Opportunity is everything in the NBA. Being a first-round pick does not guarantee a chance. It is always something that gets earned. And teams try to help their young players have pathways to playing, but still opportunity can be fleeting and brief.
Goga Bitadze arrived in Orlando shortly after the trade deadline ready for a fresh start. More than anything, he was ready to prove himself and get an opportunity.
There is still a bit of, “Who is this guy?” when No. 35 on the Orlando Magic enters the court. Goga Bitadze was a former first-round pick, but played sparingly in his years with the Indiana Pacers.
Center Goga Bitadze made his Orlando Magic debut last night in Orlando. Fittingly, it came against the Indiana Pacers. Bitadze, a 23-year old center, spent his first three-and-a-half seasons in the NBA with the Pacers.
Former Indiana Pacers center Goga Bitadze has signed with the Orlando Magic. The Magic announced the agreement on Monday. Bitadze, who the Pacers waived last week in a string of transactions, was drafted by Indiana with the 18th overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft.
Bitadze was waived when Indiana needed to create roster space in the four-team blockbuster trade that sent Kevin Durant to Phoenix. The Pacers acquired Jordan Nwora, George Hill, Serge Ibaka in the deal, though Ibaka was later waived.
According to a report from Shams Charania of The Athletic, the Indiana Pacers are waiving young big man Goga Bitadze. Bitadze, the 18th overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, has spent his entire career with Indiana to date.
According to a report published in Yahoo Sports by Jake Fischer, the Indiana Pacers big man who is "most likely," to be traded in advance of the February 9 trade deadline is 23-year old Goga Bitadze.
The NBA G League has been experimenting this fall with its overtime period by using a variation of the “Elam Ending,” as Kevin Pelton writes for ESPN. Instead of following up regulation with a two-minute overtime period, G League teams have played to a target score — the first team to score seven points in overtime wins the game.
Monday night, Miami Heat guard Victor Oladipo played a game against the Indiana Pacers for the first time since the Pacers traded him away in January of 2021.
Goga Bitadze just played his 164th career game on Wednesday, meaning he has officially reached two full NBA seasons of appearances. He's been just outside of the Indiana Pacers rotation for much of his career, but in the last two seasons, there have been more opportunities for the former 18th overall pick.
The Georgian big man also competed in WC qualifying. After playing his part in the European Qualifiers for the 2023 FIBA World Cup, Goga Bitadze has another chance to showcase his talent and represent his country this week, as Georgia is one of four countries to host the group phase of FIBA EuroBasket 2022.
Whatever Bitadze was going for, expect the NBA to take a look at it.
It’s hard to know how this season will end up for the Pacers. It’s harder to know what awaits this offseason. For most of the year, everything seemed to be going according to what made sense.
Sources say that the two have worked closely together this season and that both are looking "to move past the incident."
There’s no set timetable for how much time Bitadze will miss, according to the Pacers.
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