If you just look at J.J. Redick — the eye test alone, not knowing anything else about him — "longtime NBA veteran" likely isn't the first thing that comes to mind.
After all, Redick is just 6-foot-4, 190 pounds (and even that's generous). He's a thin, fairly average-looking guy. Even when he starred at Duke, he was never the fastest or strongest or biggest player on the court.
And yet, he's an NBA survivor.
Really he's much more than that. Now in his 12th professional season, Redick has developed into one of the NBA's savvier players.