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For some rookies, NBA draft isn't the start of a pro career

Michael Owen Baker, File, Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2016, file photo, UCLA's Jonah Bolden blocks a shot by Arizona State's Willie Atwood in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Los Angeles. Bolden is an Australian-born forward who played one season at UCLA, then left and has since been playing in pro leagues in Australia and Serbia. Bolden is hoping to be picked in Thursday's NBA Draft.

MIAMI — Isaiah Hartenstein's NBA odyssey will start at the draft.

His pro career started years ago.

Unlike Markelle Fultz, Lonzo Ball, Josh Jackson, Jayson Tatum and most everyone else who will get their names called at Thursday's NBA draft — the true start of their pro lives — Hartenstein already knows what playing for a living is like.