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.