PHILADELPHIA — Orlando Magic General Manager Otis Smith indicated Monday that he has no plans to make a major move to alter his team's roster in the near future.

"If a string of losses causes you to change your plans, then I'm in the wrong job," Smith said Monday night, before the Magic fell 74-69 to the Philadelphia 76ers to lose their fourth consecutive game.

"I think you look at your team as a whole and understand that we have to fight through whatever we have to fight through and you continue to evaluate everything top to bottom. That's what you do. When it's time to make a change, you make a change."

Smith generally does not like to make trades in-season, but he did so last season after the Magic lost five of six games from Dec. 4-14, 2010.

On Dec. 18, he completed two major moves.

The Magic acquired Jason Richardson, Hedo Turkoglu and Earl Clark from the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Vince Carter, Marcin Gortat, Mickael Pietrus, a 2012 first-round pick and cash.

In a separate deal, the Magic obtained Gilbert Arenas from the Washington Wizards for Rashard Lewis.

This season, Smith would be hamstrung if he wanted to make a move now.

Players who were signed as free agents prior to the season — a list that includes Richardson, Clark and Glen Davis — cannot be traded before March 1.

Smith said he is inclined to put the Magic's recent struggles into context.

On Monday, the Magic played their 10th game in 15 nights and played without their regular starting backcourt of Jameer Nelson and Jason Richardson, who are injured.

"No matter what the issue is, losing concerns me," Smith said.

"So you have a combination of things. You have a combination of injuries. You've got tired bodies. You've got good teams [you are facing]. The schedule's not very conducive to playing very good basketball right now. But we've got to fight through it."

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