NBA Notes: Magic, Franz Wagner, Lakers, Deandre Ayton, Pistons

Magic Franz Wagner is still working his way back. It hasn’t been easy. The Magic forward has missed 40 of the past 44 games with a lingering ankle injury, and the timeline hasn’t gone as planned, as he told Jason Beede of the Orlando Sentinel. “Going into it, I was kind of expecting to feel really good within, like, four, six weeks,” Wagner said. “And obviously that wasn’t how I felt.” Orlando remains short-handed. Anthony Black has missed six straight with an abdominal issue. Jonathan Isaac is also sidelined with a knee sprain. Lakers Deandre Ayton said it out loud....