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Richard Jefferson, in his own words: I'm going to miss dunking on people

I REMEMBER MY very first draft workout was against Joe Johnson and Rodney White. I'd never heard of these guys. One went to Arkansas. One went to UNC Charlotte. Both of them were really, really good.

I came into the draft process as a very raw athlete who had worked hard in the pre-draft months to work on my jump shot and round out my game. So when I got to a workout, and it was like, "All right, we're going to play 1-on-1," not having done a ton of that, it was eye-opening to see that there were talented guys all around the country that I hadn't even heard of.