Apr 4, 2015; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Duke Blue Devils forward Justise Winslow (12) is fouled by Michigan State Spartans forward Marvin Clark Jr. (0) during the second half of the 2015 NCAA Men

In the summer of 2012, the Orlando Magic tabbed a relatively unknown and unproven 30-year-old as their new general manager. Rob Hennigan, then in his second year as assistant GM of the Oklahoma City Thunder, started his career in the famed San Antonio Spurs front office.

He was tasked with rebuilding a one-time perennial playoff team, now in ruins after a 37-29 season and yet another first-round exit in the playoffs.

Head coach Stan Van Gundy and GM Otis Smith were let go, and Hennigan sent All-Star center Dwight Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers in a massive four-team trade that saw the Magic recoup Nikola Vucevic, Arron Afflalo, Maurice Harkless, forward Josh McRoberts (among other players), and most importantly three first-round picks. Drastic change was under way.

In the 2013 NBA Draft, Hennigan selected a junior guard from Indiana by the name of Victor Oladipo, a hyper-athletic guard with a great motor, defensive skills, and a possible franchise-cornerstone.

However, Oladipo was far from a finished product– he was a weak three-point shooter without a definitive position at the NBA level (was he a point guard or an undersized shooting guard?).

In 2014, Hennigan was active on draft day, adding yet another hyper-athletic player without a definitive position and another defensive guard without a jump shot (SF/PF Aaron Gordon and PG Elfrid Payton).

Behind Payton, Oladipo, Gordon, combo forward Tobias Harris and Vucevic, the Magic set out to develop a stout defensive-minded, multi-faceted team out of their athletic, unorthodox, position-less, YOUNG players.

Things didn’t work out so well. After finishing 58-158 in just more than three seasons at the helm, coach Jacque Vaughn was let go midway through this past season, and Hennigan’s seat went up a few degrees.

And while the team played hard for interim head coach (and yet another individual with ties to the Spurs) James Borrego, the Magic GM faces a near make-or-break season in 2015-16.

From hiring a new coach (and the Magic are reportedly a possible landing spot for Mike Malone, Billy Donovan, and possibly even Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau), deciding on re-signing Harris, who’s bound to receive a high-priced offer sheet from someone this offseason, and adding quality players to fill out the roster, Hennigan has his hands full in the coming months.

One thing to ease the burden is nailing their probable high spotted draft pick when June 25th rolls around.

Assuming the Magic don’t luck out and land a top two pick, but instead land in the three to five range, one player in particular seems like the prototypical Hennigan draft pick: Duke freshman forward Justise Winslow.

The SF/PF from the NCAA champion Duke Blue Devils became arguably the most talked about Dukie for a good portion of the season after breaking out halfway through the season. For the year Winslow averaged 12.6 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.3 steals, and 0.9 blocks in just less than 30 minutes per game.

Winslow came into the year as a projected late-round first pick, and after a four-game stretch of single digit scoring in mid-January, scouts doubted he was even ready to go after one season.

Instead, Winslow turned it around Jan. 28 at Notre Dame (scoring 13), on his way to double-digit scoring in all but one game the remainder of the season (he scored only six against Robert Morris in the opening round of the NCAA tournament)– including eight double-doubles.

Winslow, who came into the year not known as a shooter, actually shot 41.8 percent from three-point range (including going 8-for-14 down the stretch in the NCAA tournament) and 48.6 percent from inside the arc.

In his only year of college ball, Winslow scored predominantly off hard drives to the rim, with little to no variation; he was steamrolling his way to the rim, something a brick house shaped man can do in college.

If Winslow is just touching his potential as an offensive weapon, he’s got the ability to develop as Andre Iguodala or Jimmy Butler did: expanding his range, while maintaining his ability to cause mismatches on the wing.

Justise represents the prototypical Magic draft pick: a versatile athletic player with a body straight out of 2K Create-A-Player (Winslow is all of 6-foot-6 and 225 pounds with a chiseled physique, a 6-foot-11 wingspan, and most importantly … a J.Cole-esque hairstyle), with loads of potential, and the ability to guard multiple positions at the next level, an increasingly popular demand for most teams nowadays.

Most importantly, for those who have watched a Duke game this year, Winslow has that “it” factor. He plays hard, he’s tough, and he makes big plays. If he adds to his offensive game, some think his ceiling is the next Kawhi Leonard.

Wouldn’t a lineup of Payton, Oladipo (who showed major signs of being capable of playing together as the season came to a close), a Leonard replica, free-agent shot blocker X, and Vucecic make for an interesting lineup? But didn’t they pick that player last season?

The Magic’s biggest needs are a rim protector down low and a knockdown, go-to three-point shooter, and with a little luck, the Magic might be able to land either of those players (Karl-Anthony Towns/Jahlil Okafor/D’Angelo Russell).

This represents quite the problem for the Magic: assuming the Magic pick at No. 4, do they just roll the dice on Winslow, the perfect Hennigan-led Magic player — even if the fit isn’t perfect? Can a lineup of athletes with no jump shot play together– and if not, can the Magic afford to keep parts of their young core on the bench?

Would Aaron Gordon and their first-round pick be enough to convince a team like Philadelphia to swap positions (if the 76ers are in a position to land either of those aforementioned players) with them? Wouldn’t 76ers GM Sam Hinkie want to collect yet another asset to his treasure collection?

If Winslow’s ceiling is Leonard, next in line to the Spurs throne, then his basement is Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, another freshman phenom with a shaky jump shot and all-star athleticism (though, to be fair, MKG’s shot makes Winslow look like Stephen Curry). While MKG might have developed into an All-NBA level defender, inept offense keeps him off the floor for large portions of the game.

Winslow presents quite the dilemma for Orlando: pick the best player available (someone who, with enough time and effort committed to his game could become a star) but doesn’t balance out the roster offensively, or risk watching him blossom into stardom for a competitor (a la the Pacers with Leonard, or the Cavs with every draft pick in the post-Lebron era outside of Kyrie Irving … sorry, I’m still upset).

On June 25, Rob Hennigan faces a major decision that could vault the Magic out of rebuilding or cost him his career.