Brandon Jennings will come off the bench Friday against the Mavericks, the Orlando Sentinel reports.

Jennings will come off the bench Friday against the Mavericks, the Orlando Sentinel reports.

Analysis:

Both Jennings and fellow recent addition Ersan Ilyasova will be available in bench roles Friday as they make their debuts for the Magic. It's unclear if they'll remain reserves in the long-term, but it seems likely, especially in the case of Jennings, who has both Victor Oladipo and Elfrid Payton ahead of him on the depth chart. After the Magic dealt Channing Frye and Tobias Harris, Ilyasova's primary competition for minutes will be Aaron Gordon, but Gordon figures to have the upper hand as a potential franchise building block, while the final year of Ilyasova's contract is expected to be renounced this summer as Orlando clears cap space.