Orlando's acquisition!

Clearly, the best thing the Magic got out of Thursday's NBA draft was a chubby and curly-haired 5-foot-8 guy from State University of NewYork-Brockport.He is expected to have a major upside, although he asks, "Wearing black makes you look slimmer, right?"And with the 39th pick, the Magic received Stan Van Gundy. He will be coaching the team, of course. That was the second-round selection the Magic gave up for the right to pry Van Gundy from under Pat Riley's Bruno Magli after Billy Donovan's about-face.The Miami Heat chose Stanko Barac of Bosnia with Orlando's pick, then traded his rights to the Indiana Pacers.The Magic sold the Nos. 44 and 54 picks for about $300,000, all proceeds going to the arena fund, no doubt. "We were young enough,'' General Manager Otis Smith said.They wound up taking the last pick at No. 60 after trading No. 44 to Dallas. I'd tell you whom the Magic landed, but at my age, I can't stay up that late anymore. Neither can Greg Oden, who's 43. Good thing he went No. 1.Besides, if you're getting picked after Jay Leno's monologue, what's the point?The Magic actually had a terrifically dull night.What most fans forget is that the idea is not to have your team be the life of a draft party. The more anticipation and excitement, . . . the more agony and anonymity said club is suffering.You think fans in San Antonio were filling out mock drafts? They save celebrations for parades. They want the Spurs to get the last pick every year so they can take a forward from Finland.Smith wants draft night in Orlando to be even more uneventful. That's his mission, trying to make it an annual nuisance, titillating as an audit.The last thing Smith wants is his team having the chance to select another Dwight Howard. The Magic finally managed to get out of the lottery for the first time in three seasons.Smith thinks so highly of the draft that he dealt the club's first-round pick Thursday early in 2006, swapping it and Kelvin Cato to the Pistons for Darko Milicic and Carlos Arroyo.It wound up being the No. l5 pick for the Pistons, who selected guard Rodney Stuckey. The Magic boast that they, in effect, extracted Milicic -- Detroit's former flamed-out No. 2 pick in '03 -- from this draft. And it could be only a matter of days before they, in effect, lose that pick or not.Milicic will test free agency after floating a trial balloon in Orlando. The courting period begins Sunday, with Smith on the clock.The Magic are eyeing Seattle small forward Rashard Lewis, and he is eyeing them. This is where the Howard Era could take a turn.To land Lewis, the Magic will be competing against some of the greatest marquee recruiters in NBA history: Shaq, D-Wade, LeBron and some guy named M.J.According to those close to the situation, the Miami Heat, fueled by the star power of Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade; the Cleveland Cavaliers, led by LeBron James; and the Charlotte Bobcats, directed by managing member of basketball operations Michael Jordan, are the leading candidates wooing Lewis.The Magic might have received an assist from their old coach, Doc Rivers.Doc's Celtics traded out of the first round and acquired Lewis' running mate, Ray Allen, from the Sonics. With Kevin Durant now the face of the Seattle franchise and the Sonics on training wheels, Lewis has every reason to search for his star bucks in Orlando.Maybe the Magic got more out of the draft than they thought.Brian Schmitz can be reached at bschmitz@orlandosentinel.com.