Daniel Orton to Miss Preseason With Ailing Knee

Filed under: Magic, NBA Injuries

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The first-round draft pick who could least afford to miss an NBA training camp -- unpolished center Daniel Orton of Kentucky -- is going to miss it entirely.

Orton, taken with the 29th pick by the Orlando Magic, already was considered a long-term, project-type center after averaging just 13 minutes a game in his only season at Kentucky.

Now the wait becomes a little longer.

Orton said Thursday after watching his teammates practice that he has been put on a four-week, left knee strengthening program before he can begin scrimmaging with his teammates.

"To be new here, in a new atmosphere, I wanted to get out there and show my teammates that I could play. And I haven't been able to do that,'' he said Thursday. "It's frustrating, annoying, aggravating to not be out there. I need the work.''

 

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