Moncton Magic

Moncton Magic
Moncton Magic
2019–20 NBL Canada season
League	NBL Canada
Founded	2017
History	Moncton Magic; 2017–present
Arena	Moncton Coliseum; (2017–2018); Avenir Centre (2018–present)
Team colours
Head coach	Joe Salerno
Championships	1 (2018–19)
Website	MonctonMagic.ca

The Moncton Magic are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Moncton, New Brunswick, that joined the National Basketball League of Canada for the 2017–18 season, replacing the league-operated Moncton Miracles during summer 2017. The home games are played at Avenir Centre. The Magic are one of two NBL teams in New Brunswick, the other being the Saint John Riptide.

History

In 2011, the Moncton Miracles were founded and made their debut in the 2011–12 season of the National Basketball League of Canada. After three seasons of operations under the league management and without an owner, the NBL Canada sold a new franchise to three local business to play as the Moncton Magic in 2017.^[1]^[2] They hired Joe Salerno from the Island Storm as the franchise's first head coach.^[3]

Season-by-season record

Season	Coach	Regular season				Post season
Season	Coach	Won	Lost	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
2017–18	Joe Salerno	23	17	.575	2nd	4	6	.400	Lost Div. Finals
2018–19	Joe Salerno	27	13	.675	1st	11	3	.786	Won Championship
Totals		50	30	.625	—	15	9	.625	1 League Championship

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Moncton Magic roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
SG	3	Allmond, Corey	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	36 – (1988-01-20)20 January 1988
G	2	Calliste, Jason	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	173 lb (78 kg)	34 – (1990-01-27)27 January 1990
C	24	Delph, Ronald	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	31 – (1993-03-29)29 March 1993
G	7	Jones, Maurice	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	32 – (1991-12-20)20 December 1991
SG	12	Lewis, Marcus	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	32 – (1992-02-16)16 February 1992
SF	22	McCullough, Wayne	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	29 – (1994-06-22)22 June 1994
G	4	Mordi, Jeremiah	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	29 – (1995-06-02)2 June 1995
SG	0	Neel, Brandon	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	31 – (1992-12-07)7 December 1992
PF	15	Samuels, Jamal
F	8	States, Brad	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)
PF	5	Taylor, Denzell	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	29 – (1994-09-21)21 September 1994
PF	23	White, Billy	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (100 kg)	35 – (1989-01-26)26 January 1989