Making a sacrifice to help better yourself, and your team can sometimes be hard.
When Rashard Lewis signed with the Orlando Magic in the summer of 2007, he had one stipulation: he wanted to play small forward. In his first nine seasons with the Seattle SuperSonics, Lewis thrived as a floor spacer at the three, forming a formidable duo with fellow sharp shooter Ray Allen.
Orlando, however, already had it’s starting small forward in Hedo Turkoglu, whom the team had signed just three years earlier. Moving Turkoglu to the bench seemingly wasn’t an option, especially due to his importance to their offense as a point-forward.