The Orlando Magic desperately need outside shooting. They’ve turned to a familiar face to supply it.
The team reached a one-year deal in principle with free-agent swingman Arron Afflalo on Tuesday, reuniting the team with a player who enjoyed his greatest individual success in Orlando.
Afflalo should bring depth to the team’s wing spots, where Terrence Ross finished last season as the starting shooting guard and Evan Fournier ended the season as the starting small forward.
Afflalo could play a role similar to the one Jodie Meeks occupied last season: as a backup shooting guard who’ll space the floor.
Given that the Magic recently signed free agent swingman Jonathon Simmons to a three-year deal, the addition of Afflalo could further marginalise Mario Hezonja or signal that coach Frank Vogel envisions Hezonja playing as a backup power forward.
Afflalo played for the Magic during the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons, averaging a career-high 17.4 points per game. But Afflalo lost patience with the Magic’s losing ways, and the team traded him after the 2013-14 season to the Denver Nuggets for Fournier and the draft rights to Devyn Marble.
Afflalo, who will turn 32 in mid-October, hasn’t enjoyed any stability in the years since.
He played for four teams during the last three seasons: the Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers, New York Knicks and Sacramento Kings.
Last season in Sacramento, he averaged 8.4 points and sank 41.1 percent of his 3-pointers in 25.9 minutes per game.
Afflalo’s pending one-year deal with the Magic was reported first by ESPN.

Curry completes rich deal with Warriors
The Golden State Warriors announced on Tuesday they had finalised a raft of free agent deals, including Stephen Curry’s contract reportedly worth a whopping $201 million.
The Warriors did not release terms of their deals with Curry, Kevin Durant, Andre Iguodala, Shaun Livingston, Zaza Pacuhlia and David West.
But Curry’s agent told ESPN back on July 1 that the two-time NBA Most Valuable Player had agreed to terms on a five-year deal worth $201 million.
At the time it was the richest contract in NBA history, but the Houston Rockets have since signed James Harden to a $228 million extension.
Durant had already agreed to a two-year deal worth some $53 million. Iguodala’s contract was worth a reported $48 million over three years.
Reports put Pachulia’s one-year deal at $3.5 million and Livingston’s three-year contract at $24 million. West would be eligible for the veteran minimum of $2.3 million over one year.