Last season's success has certainly been a boon for the Orlando Magic this offseason after the club announced their need to cap season-ticket sales at 13,000, a rise of well over 25%.
The Eastern Conference champions have already sold nearly 13,000 season packages, but are keen to leave enough tickets open to fans who want to watch the odd game at the Amway Arena, but cannot afford to splash out big money.
Magic chief operating officer Alex Martins admitted demand for season-tickets had been unprecedented, and confirmed that October 3 would be the date for non season-ticket buyers to be aware of if they wanted single game tickets for the first 20 home games of the 2009-10 campaign.
Meanwhile, on court there has been little in the way of action as the pre-season schedule is still some way away, but center Marcin Gortat has been busy playing for Poland in his homeland at the Eurobasket Tournament.
Gortat is one of a number of NBA stars playing in the event, and when he comes back he will have a shiny new $34m five-year contract with the Magic to look forward to.
He was one of the star performers of the opening set of games, averaging 17.3 points per game to go with 11.3 rebounds and 2.3 blocked shots, the thing most Magic fans will know him best for.
Basketball betting suggests that things will get tougher for him in the next stage of games though, three more again, as Poland's opposition takes a ramp up in quality.
They face Serbia, with the likes of Nenad Krstic, Slovenia who boast a couple of former NBA types in Primoz Brezec and Goran Dragic and then Spain, whose glittering side includes Pau Gasol, Rudy Fernandez and possible future star in Minnesota Ricky Rubio.
But at least Marcin is getting some important match practice ahead of the season; one in which he will be counted on for a much more important role, and one the amount of money he is being paid he must succeed in.
