Victor Oladipo photobombs Aaron Gordon and Elfrid Payton

The Orlando Magic have had three lottery picks since trading Dwight Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2012.

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In 2013, they had the worst record in the NBA and received the second-overall pick. They used that selection to take former Indiana Hoosiers’ guard Victor Oladipo. Oladipo was excellent for the Magic last season. He averaged 13.8 points, 4.1 assists and 4.1 rebounds per game while shooting 41.9% from the field, 32.7% from beyond the arc and 78.0% from the charity stripe.

This season, they posted the third-worst record in the league and received the fourth-overall pick and the 12th-overall pick (from the Denver Nuggets via the New York Knicks). They selected former Arizona Wildcats’ forward Aaron Gordon with the fourth-overall selection and Croatian forward Dario Saric with the 12th-overall selection. They then traded the rights to Saric and a future pick to the Philadelphia 76ers for the rights to former Louisiana Lafayette Ragin Cajuns’ point guard Elfrid Payton, who was the 10th-overall selection.

On Friday, Gordon and Payton met with the media and had a photoshoot like all rookies do. However, all rookies don’t have their shoots interrupted by Oladipo.

Gordon measured in at 6’8.75″ and 220 lbs. with a wingspan of 6’11.75″ at the NBA’s Scouting Combine. He averaged 12.1 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game while shooting 49.5% from the field, 35.6% from beyond the arc and 42.2% from the free throw line for the Wildcats this season. Jonathan Givony of Draft Express ranked Gordon as the ninth-best prospect in the daft.

Payton put up 19.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 2.3 steals per game and shot 50.0% from the floor, but just 25.9% from beyond the arc and 59.0% from the free throw line. He measured in at 6’3.75 and 185 lbs. with a wingspan of 6’8 at the NBA’s Scouting Combine. Payton wass ranked as the 15th-best prospect in the draft.

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