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Mario Hezonja was officially presented in Orlando on Thursday having been the Magic's top pick in the recent NBA draft.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Rob Hennigan, Orlando Magic General Manager:

"Mario Hezonja is a player that we've been following for several years and we're very, very excited about him joining out team. Mario, as we studied and watched him form afar we really, really grew to be quite intrigued to a lot of the qualities he brings to the basketball floor - incredibly passionate, incredibly intense. He brings a spirit and and a competitiveness to the floor separate from his skill that I think really, really attracted us."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Mario Hezonja, Orlando Magic player:

"I was thinking about the NBA already, I was 17 turning 18. But as my father explained to me, you need to be the boss in your bed and in your room and in your house and in your garden and you go up. And I didn't want to miss the step to play in the highest stage in Europe. So I think Three years in Barcelona really helped me a lot to make it here with this wonderful organisation."