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He was a High School All American and a college teammate of former Celtics' Paul Pierce and Scot Pollard.  He was the #3 pick in the 98 draft, a draft whose best players wound up getting selected at #s 9 and 10.  Along with Theo Ratliff he became synonmous with the term "expiring contract." If you followed the Celtics just last decade you absolutely remember Raef LaFrentz. Raef first dunked a basketball in 7th grade growing up in Iowa and in addition to being a promising hoops player was also a champion swimmer in high school.  His parents, Ron and Ellen, took his name from the 1960 movie Home From the Hill although in that movie it was spelled "Rafe." He was a McDonalds All American at MFL MarMac in Monona, Iowa before heading on to the University of Kansas.  It was at KU that he'd be part of those highly-rated Kansas teams that always seemed to disappoint come NCAA tournament-time.  The Nuggets would take him #3 overall in the 1998 draft. What the hell was this?After stops in Denver and Dallas, Raef was tr

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