Jared Dudley came into the NBA as a 6'7", pudgy, braid-wearing power forward with no real position in the NBA. After being named the ACC Player of the Year as a senior at BC, he was drafted late in the first round as a project that teams figured would eventually have to convert to small forward if he wanted to last.
He was included as a throw-in on the Jason Richardson trade to Phoenix in his 2008 rookie year, but even when the trade happened a few onlookers suggested that Dudley was a sneaky-good throw-in that might turn some heads because of his all-out hustle.