Noah Penda

A 6-foot-7 forward out of France, Noah Penda landed in Orlando as the 32nd pick in the 2025 draft, his rights flipped from Boston on draft night. The Magic didn't reach for him for scoring upside — they liked how he already reads the game. At Le Mans he handled, passed and defended multiple positions as a teenager, and he carried that connective, low-mistake style into a rookie year where he cracked the rotation in nearly 60 games. The counting stats stay modest, but Penda's value lives in the margins: switchable defense, smart cuts, and a willingness to do the quiet work that fits Orlando's defense-first identity. For a young roster still learning to win, that maturity matters more than the raw numbers suggest.