Jim Jackson played for teams far and wide during his lengthy career in the NBA, but something always stuck out about his one year with the Miami Heat.

He was 31 at the time, getting ready for the 10th season of his journeyman career in the league.

He still remembers playing under the detail-oriented Pat Riley, how meticulous he was every day and how he hated to lose above everything else.

And then there was the professionalism throughout the organization, from top to bottom.

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