The Orlando Magic signed two free agents Monday in guards Omar Cook and Corey Benjamin, General Manager John Gabriel announced.

Cook (6'1", 190) played in 35 games last season with Fayetteville of the National Basketball Development League, averaging 12.2 points, 7.8 assists, 2.9 rebounds and 1.51 steals a game. He led the NBDL in assists, ranked seventh in steals and ninth in three-point field goal percentage (41-107, .383).

Cook was named to the 2001-02 All-NBDL Second Team. He also set a league record for most assists in a game, dishing out 19 on Feb. 8 vs. North Charleston.

The Magic originally selected Cook in the second round (32nd overall) of the 2001 NBA Draft. The team traded Cook?s rights to Denver for a future first-round draft pick.

Benjamin (6'6", 205) spent the 2001-02 season in Italy with S.S. Sutor Montegranaro and in the ABA with the Southern California Surf. He was originally selected in the first round (28th overall) of the 1998 NBA Draft by Chicago.

Benjamin has appeared in 144 NBA regular season games during his career, all with the Bulls, averaging 5.5 points and 1.6 rebounds a game.