There were two major developments at Thursday night's draft. Before picking up a point guard, the Magic announced a major four-person acquisition.

Reece Gaines, you know about. The stealth move was landing Dick, Dan, Doug and Cheri.

They are Rich DeVos' children, also known as the Next Generation. The Magic's future is a perpetual hot topic around here, and they are the future. The question was whether they wanted any part of it.

"We're in it for the long haul," Bob Vander Weide said.

He's Cheri's husband, the Magic's president and essentially the management face of the future. DeVos had a change of heart last year about selling the team. But he's 77, and his transplanted heart won't beat forever. Nobody knew whether his heirs wanted to keep the Magic.

They do, and that's a good thing. For one thing, it spares Orlando the psychodrama of a sale and all those moving ramifications. For another, the Magic could do a whole lot worse when it comes to ownership.