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Jones begins night of surprises

By Andy Katz
ESPN.com

Wednesday, June 26, 2002

NEW YORK -- Kareem Rush was angry, flat out disgusted when he sat down for an ESPN television interview after learning he had been bumped by the Indiana Pacers at No. 14 in favor of Oregon's Freddie Jones. Rush eventually fell to the Toronto Raptors at No. 20, a team he didn't work out for prior to the draft. "I thought I was going to Indiana,'' said Rush, hours before he would later be traded to the Lakers in a late-night deal. "I'm mad." And stunned that it was Jones who went to Indiana i ...

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