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M0RE AND M0RE

JOSH RICHARDSON used to be shocked during his early years in the NBA. For rookies getting acclimated to life as a pro, the first couple months can be a huge culture shock. There’s the traveling, rookie and team obligations, plus all kinds of meetings and the constant games and practices. It was way different than the field he had planned on entering: medicine.

“[I’m] not really shocked about it anymore,” he says. “My first couple of years, I definitely looked up like, This is crazy [and] not what I expected. But now that I’m here, I’m trying to make the most of it.”

Richardson was born and

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