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Jrue Holiday: Let’s fast forward to the Pelican days. Obviously, I played on some super talented teams, but that Pelicans team with AD, DeMarcus Cousins, and me—when you look back at it, it was a cheat code. There was nobody at that time who could match up with AD. Nobody. And there sure as hell wasn’t anyone who could match up with DeMarcus. Then, you throw me into the mix. It was... oh my gosh. If we could have kept that team together—there are so many times I think, 'Man, if we had kept our Philly team together, we would have been really good.' But if we had kept that Pelicans team together? Oh my gosh. Nobody could see DeMarcus. Nobody could stop him. He was like a 5. And we still had Rondo, we had me, E’Twaun Moore, and Nico. We had three-point shooting and inside presence. What are you supposed to do when you come down the court as an opponent and see DeMarcus Cousins and Anthony Davis coming at you? Nothing. What do you plan to do? Nothing.

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KC Johnson: Bulls have hired former Bull and East Chicago, Ind., native E’Twaun Moore as a scout.

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Jorge Sierra: The highest-paid No. 55 picks in NBA history. Bronny James could be No. 7 after his first contract if he sticks around the four years of his deal.

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Moore was in his sixth season in the NBA, just 28 and in the prime of his career, when he really started thinking about his life after basketball. The thought came to him almost incidentally. OK, he told himself, you can’t do this forever. He hadn’t really considered it before then. His life was almost fully consumed by the sport. He made it out of East Chicago and to Purdue, then stuck around the NBA as a 6-foot-3 combo guard even though he was just the 55th pick in the 2011 draft. Twenty-seven players in his draft class never made it to a sixth season; six never played in a game. Time was a limited resource for Moore, and he spent it with only one thing in mind. “You’re just thinking basketball, basketball,” he said. “How can you make basketball work?”

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But that season, in New Orleans, he came to the realization all NBA players eventually get to, sooner or later: His basketball career had an end date. It was eye-opening. His family members had always asked what he would do after the NBA. They told him to take care of his money. Moore was thinking about it too. Now at 33, Moore said that realization was an inflection point for him. After 11 seasons, stints on five teams and more than $42 million in earnings, Moore is out of the NBA. Those hypotheticals have become reality, and Moore believes he is thriving. Moore hasn’t been on a roster since last February, when he was waived by the Magic, but he continues to work out and ready himself in case a team calls. Still, he is realistic. While many players talk about life after the league, Moore prepared for it.

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Today, Moore said his business interests are valued at roughly $40 million, after he invested $6 million to acquire them. He said he owns two McAlister’s Deli restaurants, has an executive transportation company in Orlando and rents out single-family homes in Indiana and New Orleans, and last year, he invested in a 600-unit multifamily real estate deal in Denton, Texas, near the University of North Texas. His most prominent deal is in Texas, where he is an investor in the development of Dallas Executive Airport. Moore was pulled into that project by his cousin and developer, Rodney Burchfield. “That’s just getting started,” said Moore, who graduated from Purdue with a bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership. “I want to try get nine figures. I want to make way more off the court than I did playing basketball.”

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Keith Smith: Players who cleared NBA waivers yesterday: Armoni Brooks Michael Carter-Williams PJ Dozier Drew Eubanks E'Twaun Moore Paul Watson Players set to clear waivers today at 5PM ET: DJ Augustin DeAndre' Bembry Moses Brown Abdel Nader KZ Okpala Jahmi'us Ramsey Robert Woodard II

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Chris Haynes: Orlando Magic will waive guard E’Twaun Moore, league sources tell @YahooSports.

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What have you thought of the season so far for the Magic? Cole Anthony: We all would’ve loved to win some more games, but we’re in a rebuild mode right now. I think that’s at least obvious. It’s just a matter of growing as a team and learning how to play with each other. We’ve got to have small victories. It may not be a win, but we have to look at if we got better in this aspect of the game, so we can ultimately end up winning more soon. If we do end up winning more games now, I don’t think anyone would complain about that. I just think we have to be realistic with ourselves and give it 125 percent every single night and try to win as many games as possible. We have a bunch of players injured. We had two guys coming into the season with Fultz and Isaac that are two of our best players who haven’t played a game yet. We’ve got Michael Carter-Williams and E’Twaun Moore out. Jalen Suggs has been out. Injuries haven’t been our friend.

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Josh Robbins: In their latest formal injury report, Magic have listed Gary Harris (right hamstring) among the players as out for Friday's game against the Knicks. The others are Michael Carter-Williams, Markelle Fultz, Jonathan Isaac, E'Twaun Moore (knee sprain) & Chuma Okeke (hip bone bruise.

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Cody Taylor: Magic head coach Jamahl Mosley said Jalen Suggs is trending toward playing tomorrow vs. the Spurs after missing some time with a non-COVID illness. E’Twaun Moore is out with a sprained knee, along with Jonathan Isaac, Markelle Fultz and Chuma Okeke.

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The Orlando Magic have signed free agent guard E’Twaun Moore, President of Basketball Operations Jeff Weltman announced today.

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Josh Robbins: (1/2) The Magic decided to sign E'Twaun Moore to give the team another reliable veteran to complement the young roster and an additional wing, and that's particularly important with Michael Carter-Williams recovering from ankle surgery. (@Adrian Wojnarowski first on the signing news)

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Josh Robbins: (2/2) Moore also will shore up the team's depth in case the team, as expected, decides to bring back Markelle Fultz slowly from knee surgery in January.

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