After a multi-year rebuild effort that seemed to involve more steps back than it did steps forward, getting the Orlando Magic back on track will not be an easy task. But in just their first offseason, Jeff Weltman has shown they do not intend to repeat the previous administration’s mistakes.
The team is not all that different, but it feels refreshed – like there is finally an emerging identity and a direction.
The Magic did not have much money to throw at free agents this summer, with most of the team’s salary cap tied into Bismack Biyombo, Nikola Vucevic, Evan Fournier and D.