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Orlando Magic | #1 | Forward

Jonathan

Isaac

PPG

5.5

RPG

4.0

APG

0.5

PIE

15.2

HEIGHT

6'10" (2.08m)

WEIGHT

230lb (104kg)

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Florida State

AGE

27 years

BIRTHDATE

October 3, 1997

DRAFT

2017 R1 Pick 6

EXPERIENCE

5 Years

6'10" | 230lb | 27 years

DRAFT

2017 R1 Pick 6

BIRTHDATE

October 3, 1997

COUNTRY

USA

LAST ATTENDED

Florida State

EXPERIENCE

5 Years

Player Bio

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Acquired: First round (sixth overall) of the 2017 NBA Draft by Orlando.

2023-24 SEASON: Played in 58 games (two starts) with Orlando, averaging 6.8 ppg., 4.5 rpg. and a team-high 1.21 blkpg. in 15.8 minpg.…Shot .510 (146-286) from the floor and .375 (42-112) from three-point range…As a starter, averaged 6.0 ppg., 4.0 rpg., 1.0 apg. and 1.50 blkpg. in 17.0 minpg….Tied for 14th in the NBA in blocked shots…Led (or tied) the team in scoring once and in rebounding five times…Scored in double figures 13 times and 20+ points once, including a career-high-tying 25 points on Mar. 23 vs. Sacramento…Pulled down a season-high 12 rebounds on Feb. 10 vs. Chicago…Recorded at least one blocked shot 41 times and two-or-more blocks 21 times, including a season-high four blocked shots on Jan. 31 @ San Antonio…Recorded at least one steal 33 times and two-or-more steals 10 times…Notched his 1,000th career NBA rebound on Mar. 27 vs. Golden State…Played in his 200th career NBA regular season game on Apr. 3 @ New Orleans…Tallied his 200th career NBA steal on Apr. 9 @ Houston…Passed Aaron Gordon (277) for ninth on the Magic’s all-time blocked shots list on Apr. 14 vs. Milwaukee…Missed 22 games due to injury: missed one game (Nov. 6) due to a sore left hamstring, two games (Nov. 26-29) due to a sore right ankle, two games (Dec. 6-8) due to a sprained right ankle, two games (Dec. 26-27) due to a sore right hamstring, seven games (Dec. 29-Jan. 9) due to a right hamstring strain, two games (Jan. 12, Feb. 29) due to an illness, two games (Jan. 22, Mar. 30) due to right hamstring injury maintenance, one game (Feb. 27) due to a left knee strain, two games (Mar. 6, 17) due to left knee injury maintenance and one game (Apr. 5) due to back spasms…Also missed one game (Oct. 31) due to rest…DNP-CD once…Also played in seven playoff games (three starts), averaging 6.3 ppg., 4.9 rpg. and 1.29 blkpg. in 21.0 minpg.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER: Appeared in 205 career NBA regular season games (108 starts), all with Orlando, averaging 8.4 ppg., 5.1 rpg. and 1.37 blkpg. in 22.2 minpg….Also played in 12 career NBA playoff outings (eight starts), averaging 6.4 ppg., 5.4 rpg. and 1.17 blkpg. in 23.7 minpg

BEFORE NBA

COLLEGE CAPSULE: Played and started in 32 games during his only season at Florida State University, averaging 12.0 ppg., 7.8 rpg., 1.2 apg., 1.53 blkpg. and 1.16 stlpg. in 26.2 minpg., while shooting .508 (130-256) from the floor, .348 (31-89) from three-point range and .780 (92-118) from the free throw line…Led the Seminoles in rebounding and blocked shots, while finishing second in scoring and steals…Named to the All-ACC Freshman Team and earned All-ACC Honorable Mention honors…His 7.8 rebounds per game set a school record for a freshman and were the most among all freshmen in the ACC in 2016-17…Named the ACC Rookie of the Week twice (Nov. 21, Jan. 23) and helped Florida State notch 26 wins, one shy of the school record, including 12 in conference play, which tied the school record for most ACC wins in a season.

PERSONAL LIFE

Full name is Jonathan Judah Isaac…Son of Jackie Allen…One of six children in his family – has one older sister, Kalilah, two older brothers, Jacob and Joel, and two younger brothers, Winston and Jeremiah…Majored in sport management while at Florida State…Recognized for his tremendous efforts in the Central Florida community as the co-winner of the Rich and Helen DeVos Community Enrichment Award in 2019…Started the Jonathan Isaac Fight for Literacy program in 2018 raising money and bringing awareness to the importance of reading…As part of the Magic’s Black History Month Celebration in 2019, took youth through an educational experience at a local museum of African-American art…Participated in the Magic’s youth basketball camps during 2017 and 2019…During the summer of 2019, participated in the NBA’s Basketball Without Borders program in Riga, Latvia…In 2020, invested in a program with his local church, J.U.M.P Ministries, to feed children under the age of 18…His www.ProjectLifeNow.org effort continued through the pandemic… Also joined Pepsi and Project Life to donate pizza, drinks and snacks to a local underserved community in the summer…Chosen to the 2019 USA Men’s Select Team…In 2015-16, played for IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., averaging 17.6 ppg. and 10.0 rpg., while shooting .510 from the floor…Competed in the Jordan Brand All-American Game (eight points, six rebounds and one block in 18 minutes) and was also a member of the USA Basketball Junior National Select Team that faced the World Select Team at the Nike Hoop Summit (seven points and four rebounds)…Also attended the International School in Hollywood, Fla., for two seasons (2013-15) and Barrion Collier High School in Naples, Fla., for two seasons (2011-13)…A native of Bronx, NY…You can follow him on X: @JJudahIsaac and on Instagram: @jonisaac_01.