Price Is Dealt to Orlando

The Orlando Magic moved to bolster its backcourt scoring, obtaining three-point shooting threat Mark Price from the Golden State Warriors in exchange for guard Brian Shaw and forward David Vaughn.

Price, 33, is an 11th-year pro and the NBA’s all-time leader in free-throw percentage (.907). He averaged 11.3 points, 4.9 assists and 2.6 rebounds per game for Golden State last year.

“We’re excited to get a player of Mark’s experience. He is an excellent shooter and will add to our offensive attack,” Magic General Manager John Gabriel said.

Dallas selected Price in the second round of the 1986 draft and traded his rights to Cleveland, where he played the first nine years of his career. He spent the 1995-96 season with Washington before moving to Golden State.

For his career, the 6-foot guard has averaged 15.8 points and 6.9 assists per game.

With the Magic, Price is expected to back up starting point guard Derek Harper and replace Dennis Scott, traded to Dallas during the off-season, as Orlando’s three-point scoring threat.

Shaw, a ninth-year pro, played three seasons with the Magic, averaging 6.7 points, 4.6 assists and 2.9 rebounds. Vaughn was the team’s first-round draft pick (No. 25 overall) in 1995 and appeared in 68 games in two seasons, averaging 2.6 points and 2.1 rebounds.

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Jorge Lugo, the bar patron thrown through a plate-glass window by Charles Barkley is considering a civil lawsuit against the Houston Rockets star, the man’s attorney said in Orlando, Fla.

Lugo sustained a cut to his upper right arm after he was thrown through the window Sunday morning at a downtown bar. Lugo, 20, is being evaluated by doctors to see if he injured his head, attorney Mark NeJame said.

“He has a contusion on the back of his head and landed in part on the back of his head,” NeJame said.

Barkley was charged with aggravated battery and resisting arrest without violence, police said.

Police were investigating Monday whether Lugo would face any charges, said Sgt. Bill Mulloy, an Orlando police spokesman. Witnesses at the bar said Lugo threw ice and a glass at a table where Barkley was sitting with three women.

According to a police report, Barkley then chased Lugo to the front of the bar, lifted him up and threw him through the window. An off-duty police officer tried to intervene but was unsuccessful.

NeJame, however, said his client didn’t throw any ice or a glass.

“This kid did nothing, but got thrown through a window,” NeJame said.

Barkley admitted to throwing Lugo, but said he was only defending himself.

“I think throwing ice on someone who was just minding his own business is inappropriate,” Barkley told reporters Sunday.

NeJame said his 5-foot-2 client should be compensated for his injury. He said his client’s case was different from other barroom brawls involving the 6-6 Barkley.

In August, a jury rejected a $550,000 lawsuit from a man who claimed Barkley beat him up at a Cleveland nightclub. Barkley and fellow NBA player Jayson Williams were accused of being in a bar fight in Chicago in 1992. Charges were dropped. The same year, Barkley was acquitted of misdemeanor battery charges brought by a man who said the player broke his nose outside a Milwaukee bar.