Magic Center Goga Bitadze 'More Than Happy' to Return Next Season

With the story of the Orlando Magic's 2023-24 season said and done, few players had a more underrated impact on their success than center Goga Bitadze. When Wendell Carter Jr. suffered a fractured hand and was out for 20 games, Bitadze stepped into the starting lineup and Orlando didn't skip a beat, going 13-7, including a nine-game winning streak. Bitadze also had a stretch where he started 11 of 12 games with Carter Jr. battling a knee injury, but he played sparingly for the rest of the season, as he didn't surpass 10 minutes in any of the Magic's final 17 games of the regular season. In total, Bitadze appeared in 62 games and started 33 for Orlando.