Courtesy of Josh Robbins & the Orlando Sentinel

DALLAS — With 15 hours remaining before the NBA trade deadline at 3 p.m. Thursday, J.J. Redick said he still has no idea whether or not the Orlando Magic will send him to another team.

And it also sounds like he wouldn’t be heartbroken if the Magic send him to a title contender.

Asked specifically if he wants to remain with the team through the end of the season, he sighed and said,
“There’s just too many variables to say that. There’s just too many variables. The shortest way to answer that is I wouldn’t be disappointed if I end up going to a team that is playing for a championship if that were to happen. Look, if any player is in this situation and they’re on a team that’s one of the five or six teams in the league that have one of the worst records and they go to a contender, it’s not a bad thing.  

“If I were to stay here, though, it’d be great.”

Would he consider re-signing long-term with the Magic, who are clearly in a rebuilding period and have now lost 26 of their last 29 games?

“I haven’t thought about the long-term, to be honest with you,” he said. “This whole season has been about trying to get better as a player and trying to put myself in a position for the deadline to be healthy and to be playing well, to be helping my team. And if I come back, I come back. If I get traded, I get traded. I’ll be the same guy. I’ll worry about the long-term after the season.”

He said he and the Magic have not discussed whether he wants to stay in Orlando after this season.