ORLANDO, Fla. — With the NBA trade deadline looming on Thursday at 3 p.m. ET, the Orlando Magic have difficult decisions to make.



Will the team consider trading All-Star Nikola Vucevic? Will the Magic be buyers or sellers? And are any of Orlando’s young players available?



Those questions are on your mind — and for good reason.



So let’s get to them with another edition of The Athletic’s Magic Mailbag.



My reporting suggests the rumor that rookie center Mo Bamba is available for trade is completely false.



Everything I have heard over the past few months indicates that the Magic’s long-term plan is to develop Bamba and second-year forward Jonathan Isaac and build around them and Aaron Gordon.



I do not believe the Magic want to trade Gordon. In fact, one of the organization’s biggest goals for this season is to see how a frontcourt of Gordon and Isaac playing simultaneously would...