May 15, 2008 - 3:08 PM
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A former first-round pick, Redick played in just 34 games this season and saw limited minutes in two postseason contests for Orlando, which was eliminated Tuesday by Detroit in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
With two years remaining on his contract, Redick had requested a trade in January, the Sentinel reported Wednesday.
"I want to play," Redick told the newspaper. "There were a lot of things that were said last summer and in the preseason, and I thought I was going to play. It didn't happen."
Redick was the 11th pick in the 2006 draft after scoring 26.8 points per game during his senior year at Duke University.
But the 6-4 sharpshooter averaged just 4.1 points in 8.1 minutes for the Magic this season, prompting Redick and his supporters to ask for more playing time.
"I don't think you reward playing time because I get an e-mail a day," Orlando general manager Otis Smith told the Sentinel. "We do think he's a pretty good player, but he's a backup (shooting guard)."
During his rookie season, Redick averaged 6.0 points in 14.8 minutes over 42 games.
