ORLANDO - Long before he was ever officially affiliated with an NBA team, Jeff Weltman would discuss, debate and even argue at times about talent and team building with his father, Harry Weltman, who was a long-time GM in the ABA and NBA.
Weltman, the Orlando Magic’s President of Basketball Operations, has dedicated so much of his life to the nebulous nature of constructing rosters and prospecting for talent out of the college ranks. Because there are so many ways to do the job and so many contrasting variables at play, Weltman knows full well that the task can be as complex a scientist mixing volatile chemicals or as simplistic as a toddler assembling a 500-piece puzzle.