Orlando Magic: Top 10 NBA Draft picks in franchise history

Jun 26, 2014; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Aaron Gordon (Arizona) poses for a photo with NBA commissioner Adam Silver after being selected as the number four overall pick to the Orlando Magic in the 2014 NBA Draft at the Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /

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10. Michael Doleac (C) — No. 12 pick in 1998 NBA Draft

Career stats (with the Magic): 207 GP, 6.6 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 0.7 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.4 BPG, 0.7 TOV, 44.2 FG%, 78.6 FT%

The Magic had three first round selections entering the 1998 NBA Draft. With the 12th overall pick, they took Michael Doleac.

Doleac spent three years with the Magic, with his most successful season taking place in 1999-00. During that season, he averaged a career-best 7.0 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.

Yes, you read that correctly. Those numbers are a career-best for a guy that was taken at the No. 12 spot.

Following his three-year stint in Orlando, Doleac went on to play for the Cleveland Cavaliers, New York Knicks, Denver Nuggets, Miami Heat and the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Although Doleac was a lottery pick, his production didn’t quite live up to the expectations that come with being taken that early in the draft. But despite the fact he was never a great scorer (4.9 PPG) or rebounder (3.3 RPG), he did manage to stay in the league for 10 seasons and he was a member of the Heat roster that won it all back in 2006.

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