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Former Oak Ridge player Josh Warren worked to go from Walmart cashier to NBA summer league

McDonald's manager + Walmart cashier = professional basketball player?

For Josh Warren, the jobs did add up to a dream. The 6-foot-9 center has come a long way since leaving Oak Ridge High in 2007.

Back then, he worked at McDonald's until about 1 in the morning five or six days a week. He'd be up for school at 7, then there was basketball practices, games and trying to pass the FCAT, a standardized test that no longer exists.

"I look back and all I see is great memories," said Warren, 26. "I don't see one bad memory.