ORLANDO – The day that Nikola Vucevic re-signed with the Orlando Magic back in July, guaranteeing that he will continue being the franchise’s longest tenured-player, the 7-foot center said something very revealing about his future as an all-star center.
In not so many words, Vucevic stressed that last season’s career year was basically just the start of what is to come from him in the years ahead and not some fluke-ish blip that will never be witnessed again. Vucevic, who is a little more than a week away from turning 29 years old, stressed that the lucrative and long-term contract that he signed is an investment that the Magic made in his future and not some lifetime achievement award given for riding out the tough years as the franchise went through six seasons of rebuilding.