Moncton Magic

The Moncton Magic were a Canadian professional basketball team based in Moncton, New Brunswick, that joined the National Basketball League of Canada for the 2017–18 season, replacing the league-operated Moncton Miracles in the summer of 2017. The Magic were one of two NBL teams in New Brunswick, the other being the Saint John Riptide (formerly Saint John Mill Rats). The Magic left the NBL in August 2021 and have been inactive since.^[1]

Moncton Magic
Division	Atlantic Division
League	NBL Canada (2017–2021)
Founded	2017
History	Moncton Magic 2017–2021
Arena	Moncton Coliseum (2017–2018) Avenir Centre (2018–2021)
Location	Moncton, New Brunswick
Team colours
Head coach	Nelson Terroba
Championships	1 (2018–19)
Website	monctonmagic.ca

History

In 2011, the Moncton Miracles were founded and made their debut in the 2011–12 season of the National Basketball League of Canada. After three seasons of operations under the league management and without an owner, the NBL Canada sold a new franchise to three local business to play as the Moncton Magic in 2017.^[2][3] They hired Joe Salerno from the Island Storm as the franchise's first head coach.^[4] In October 2020, Moncton Magic hired a new coach, Nelson Terroba, from the Texas Legends in the NBA G League.^[5]

The league did not play a 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and subsequently withdrew from the league in August 2021.

Season-by-season record

Season	Coach	Regular season				Post season
		Won	Lost	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
2017–18	Joe Salerno	23	17	.575	2nd	4	6	.400	Lost Div. Finals
2018–19	Joe Salerno	27	13	.675	1st	11	3	.786	Won Championship
2019–20	Joe Salerno	19	4	.826	Season curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic
Totals		69	34	.670	—	15	9	.625	1 league championship

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Moncton Magic roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 3   Allmond, Corey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 36 – (1988-01-20)20 January 1988 G 2   Calliste, Jason   6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 173 lb (78 kg) 34 – (1990-01-27)27 January 1990 C 24   Delph, Ronald 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 30 – (1993-03-29)29 March 1993 G 7   Jones, Maurice 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 32 – (1991-12-20)20 December 1991 SG 12   Lewis, Marcus 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 32 – (1992-02-16)16 February 1992 SF 22   McCullough, Wayne 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 29 – (1994-06-22)22 June 1994 G 4   Mordi, Jeremiah 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 28 – (1995-06-02)2 June 1995 SG 0   Neel, Brandon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 31 – (1992-12-07)7 December 1992 PF 15   Samuels, Jamal F 8   States, Brad 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) PF 5   Taylor, Denzell 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 29 – (1994-09-21)21 September 1994 PF 23   White, Billy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (100 kg) 35 – (1989-01-26)26 January 1989	Head coach   Nelson Terroba Legend (C) Team captain   Injured Roster Updated: January 8, 2020

Notable players

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team at any time.

•   Jason Calliste
•   Jeremiah Mordi^[6]

References

1. "Moncton Magic to depart the NBLC". Moncton Magic. August 12, 2021.
2. "Magic retires Miracles: Moncton welcomes new pro basketball team". CBC News. July 22, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
3. "New professional basketball team 'MONCTON MAGIC' coming to Moncton". Moncton Magic. June 26, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
4. "Salerno joins new NBL team in Moncton". The Guardian. July 6, 2017.
5. "Eyes looking forward as Magic sign new Head Coach". Moncton Magic. 23 October 2020.
6. Basket-ball. Jeremiah Mordi complète l’effectif du Caen BC Clement Herbert (Ouest-France), 2 July 2020. Accessed 30 November 2021.(in French)

External links

• Official website