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Weltman Excited to Bring Back Core of Last Year's Team

ORLANDO – Asked just after the Orlando Magic’s stirring late-season run and their experience in the playoffs what worried him most about the upcoming offseason, President of Basketball Operations Jeff Weltman cracked, ``everything’’ with a semi-serious and obviously nervous chuckle.

Weltman, the architect of Orlando’s first playoff team in seven years, has one less thing to worry about now that the Magic accomplished what he dubbed as ``Priority No. 1’’ in retaining franchise cornerstones in all-star center Nikola Vucevic and record-setting reserve guard Terrence Ross in free agency.

Still, Weltman reiterated recently that the Magic can’t afford to let their guards down or assume anything this summer with so much riding on the team’s ability to take momentum into next season.