LeBron James drove a Hummer while he was still in high school last season. Reece Gaines, then a senior star at Louisville, didn't even have a car.

Well, he had a car - until the season started. Then Gaines called his parents and said, "Come and get it. It's just a distraction."

Gaines didn't want to be driving anything but his team.

Impressed with how driven Gaines can be, the Orlando Magic selected the point guard with the No.. 15 pick in the NBA draft on Thursday night, filling their primary need.

The Magic landed one of several marquee point guards available and got a physical player. They hope that Gaines, at 6-foot-6 and 205 pounds, can match up defensively with opposing point guards who have tortured the Magic, especially in the playoffs.

"That helps. Obviously if you look at the first round, our series changed when Chauncey Billups took over," said Magic Coach Doc Rivers, whose club didn't hold a 3-1 series lead over the Pistons. "We've improved on that. There are few big point guards who can dominate us anymore."